You had better shove this in the stove," Mark Twain said at the top of an 1865 letter to his brother, "for I don't want any absurd 'literary remains' and '...more

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910), better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist.During his lifetime, Twain became a...more

Published in 1907, Christian Science by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) is a highly critical essay on the beliefs of Christian Scientists...more

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (often shortened to Huck Finn) is a novel written by Mark Twain and published in 1884. It is commonly regarded one of the Great American Novels...more

This book contains a wonderful collection of some of Mark Twain's finest writings, including: -1601 - In Defence of Harriet Shelley - Is Shakespeare Dead? - How to Tell...more

eve's Diary is a comic short story by Mark Twain. It is written in the style of a diary kept by the first woman in the Judeao-Christian creation myth, eve, and is claimed to ...more

At once a romantic history of a mighty river, an autobiographical account of Twain?s early steamboat days, and a storehouse of humorous anecdotes and sketches, here is the raw...more

Of all the contenders for the title of The Great American Novel, none has a better claim than The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Intended at first as a simple story of a boy'...more

Huckleberry Finn had a tough life with his drunk father until an adventure with Tom Sawyer changed everything. But when Huck's dad returns and kidnaps him, he must escpe ...more

"Sarah Vowell exposes the glorious conundrums of American history and culture with wit, probity, and an irreverent sense of humor. With Assassination Vacation, she takes us on...more

The iconic musician presents a behind-the-handlebars view of the world's cities...more

"You belong to me and all Paris belongs to me and I belong to this notebook and this pencil." Begun in the autumn of 1957 and published posthumously in 1964, ernest ...more

In recent years, Ireland has enjoyed a newfound prosperity as europe's most affluent nation. But tucked away in a far corner of the so-called "Celtic Tiger," that ...more

An unforgettable account of Alaska and Alaskans...more

To a trio of twenty-something adrenaline junkies, it sounded like an irresistible challenge -- tackle the Amazon with nothing more than a rubber raft between them and...more

Ferdinant Ossendowski, a scientist and writer, chronicled his experiences during the Russian Revolution of the 1920's. He was caught up in the bloody overthrow by the ...more

Tales of derring-do from adventurer extraordinaire Robert Pelton Young. Weaving together dispatches of mayhem in such exotic locales as Africa, the Philippines, and Borneo, ...more

Days Like Floating Water: A Story of Modern China...more