Literary History & Literature

Cambridge History of English & American Literature (18 vols.). 1907–21.
The most important work of literary history and criticism ever published on writings in the English language.

Eliot, Charles W., ed. 1909–17. The Harvard Classics and Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction.
The most popular anthology of the twentieth century comprises 70 volumes.

Eliot, T.S. 1920. The Sacred Wood.
Eliot’s collection of essays on poetry and criticism.

Shakespeare, William. 1914. The Oxford Shakespeare.
The 37 plays, 154 sonnets and miscellaneous verse that constitute the unrivaled literary cornerstone of Western civilization.

Van Doren...

Literary History & Literature

Cambridge History of English & American Literature (18 vols.). 1907–21.
The most important work of literary history and criticism ever published on writings in the English language.

Eliot, Charles W., ed. 1909–17. The Harvard Classics and Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction.
The most popular anthology of the twentieth century comprises 70 volumes.

Eliot, T.S. 1920. The Sacred Wood.
Eliot’s collection of essays on poetry and criticism.

Shakespeare, William. 1914. The Oxford Shakespeare.
The 37 plays, 154 sonnets and miscellaneous verse that constitute the unrivaled literary cornerstone of Western civilization.

Van Doren, Carl. 1921. The American Novel.
Historical treatment of the development of the “Great American Novel.”

See Also: Verse & Fiction.

Anatomy

Gray, Henry. 1918. Anatomy of the Human Body, 20th ed.
Featuring 1,247 vibrant engravings—many in color—from the classic 1918 publication.

Cooking

Farmer, Fannie Merritt. 1918. The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book.
This landmark American cookbook advocates a no-nonsense approach to cooking for the ordinary person.

Etiquette

Post, Emily. 1922. Etiquette.
Pithy advice on every subject of American social life.

Parliamentary Procedure & Government

Robert, Henry M. 1915. Robert’s Rules of Order Revised.
The rules of Congress for every deliberative society.

Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States. 1989.
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Anatomy

Gray, Henry. 1918. Anatomy of the Human Body, 20th ed.
Featuring 1,247 vibrant engravings—many in color—from the classic 1918 publication.

Cooking

Farmer, Fannie Merritt. 1918. The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book.
This landmark American cookbook advocates a no-nonsense approach to cooking for the ordinary person.

Etiquette

Post, Emily. 1922. Etiquette.
Pithy advice on every subject of American social life.

Parliamentary Procedure & Government

Robert, Henry M. 1915. Robert’s Rules of Order Revised.
The rules of Congress for every deliberative society.

Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States. 1989.
Illustrated and annotated edition of all Inaugural addresses from George Washington to George W. Bush.

Bryan, William Jennings, ed. 1906. The World’s Famous Orations.
Two millennia of Western Civilization come into focus through these 281 masterpieces by 213 rhetoricians.

See Also: Nonfiction.