TABLE OF CONTENTS - COMPACT CLASSICS VOLUME TWO
LIBRARY #1: Drama Though the Ages
LIBRARY #2: Literary Masterpieces
LIBRARY #3: Poets & Poetry
LIBRARY #4: World Religions
LIBRARY #5: Western Philosophy
LIBRARY #6: Reaching & Understanding
LIBRARY #7: More Quotes & Anecdotes
LIBRARY #8: More Trivia To Learn By
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LIBRARY #1: Drama Though the Ages
Section A: The Greek Legacy
Agamemnon, by Aeschylus
Antigone, by Sophocles
The Cyclops, by Euripides
The Trojan Women, by Euripides
Medea, by Euripides
The Birds, By Aristophanes
Section B: Historical Shakespeare
Henry V
Richard II
Richard III
Anthony and Cleopatra
Troilus and Cressida
Section C: Encore Shakespeare
All’s Well That Ends Well
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Comedy of Errors
Two Gentlemen of Verona
The Winter’s Tale
Section D: Classic Opera
The Barber of Seville, By Gioacchino Rossini
The Marriage of Figaro, by Wolfgang A. Mozart
Carmen, By George Bizet
Aida, by Giuseppe Verdi
La Boheme, by Giacomo Puccini
Madame Butterfy, by Giacomo Puccini
Section E: Classic Drama
The Pirates of Penzance, by Gilbert & Sullivan
Saint Joan, by George Bernard Shaw
A Doll’s House, by Henrik Ibsen
Pygmalion, by George Bernard Shaw
Section F: Twentieth-century Stage
The Crucible, by Arthur Miller
Desire Under the Elms, by Eugene O’Neill
Equus, by Peter Schaffer
The Lesson, by Eugene Ionesco
The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams
Murder in the Cathedral, by TS Elliot
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LIBRARY #2: Literary Masterpieces BACK TO TOP
Section A: Short Story Collections…Human Nature
The Short Stories of O Henry (Collection A)
The Short Stories of John Updike
The Short Stories of Katherine Mansfield
The Short Stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Short Stories of Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Short Stories of Eudora Welty
Section B: Children’s Literature…The Magic of Youth
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, by CS Lewis
The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien
Matilda, by Roald Dahl
Stone Fox, by John Reynolds Gardner
Charlotte’s Web, by E.B. White
Mrs. Frisby and the Raths of NIMH, by Robert C. O’Brien
Ramona the Pest, by Beverly Cleary
Section C: Adolescent Classics… Coming of Age
A Day No Pig Would Die, by Robert Newton Peck
The Witch of Blackbird Pond, By Elizabeth G. Spear
Sing Down the Moon, by Scott O’Dell
Zeely, by Virginia Hamilton
Sounder, by William H. Armstrong
Section D: On the American Frontier
The Short Stories of Brete Harte
The Ox-Bow Incident, by William van Tilburg Clark
Death Comes for the Archbishop, by Willa Cather
Shane, by Jack Schaefer
Drums Along the Mohawk, by Walter D. Edmonds
Section E: Danger & Romance
Twenty-thousand Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne
Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson
Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austin
A Room With a View, by E.M. Forster
Sea Wolf, by Jack London
Section F: Moral & Social Explorations
The Short Stories of Shirley Jackson
The Short Stories of James Baldwin
The Short Stories of Anton Chekov
Animal Farm, by George Orwell
The Red Badge of Courage, by Stephen Crane
Sula, by Toni Morrison
Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens
The Hunchback of Notre Dame, by Victor Hugo
The Age of Innocence, by Edith Wharton
Section G: Wit and Wisdom
The Short Stories of Mark Twain
The Short Stories of O. Henry (Collection B)
The Devil’s Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce
The Screwtape Letters, by CS Lewis
Life With Father, by Clarence Day
Life With Mother, by Clarence Day
Section H: Suspense, Mystery, Ghosts & Gore
The Short Stories of Edgar Allen Poe
The Short Stories of Edith Wharton
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson
Dracula, by Bram Stoker
Murder on the Orient Express, by Agatha Christie
Section I: Science Ficton
The Short Stories of Ray Bradbury
The War of the Worlds, by H.G. Wells
The Invisible Man, by H.G. Wells
Caves of Steel, by Isaac Asimov
Dune, by Frank Herbert
Fahrenheit 453, by Ray Bradbury
Section J: Reflections of the Mind
The Short Stories of Joyce Carol Oats
The Short Stories of John Cheever
The Short Stories of Flannery O’Conner
The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoevsky
Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger
The Awakening, by Kate Chopin
Section K: Personal Odysseys
The Short Stories of Isak Dinesen
The Short Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer
The Short Stories of Heinrich Boll
Exodus, by Leon Uris
The Fountainhead, by Ayn Rand
Getting Used to Dying, by Zhang Xianliang
All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque
Section L: Contemporary Favorites
Jurassic Park, by Michael Crichton
Patriot Games, by Tom Clancy
The Stand, by Stephen King
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, by Anne Tyler
Crossing to Safety, by Wallace Stegner
Bonfire of the Vanities, by Thomas Wolfe
The Firm, John Grisham
Section M: Voices from the Past
Black Elk Speaks, by Nick Black Elk
The Tale of Genji, by Murasaki Shikibu
War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy
Billy Budd, by Herman Melville
The Diary of a Young Girl, by Anne Frank
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LIBRARY #3: Poets & Poetry BACK TO TOP
Section A: Paradigm Poetry: Epic Versemakers
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
John Donne (1573-1631)
William Blake (1757-1827)
George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824)
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1821)
John Keats (1795-1821)
Section B: Mid- and Late-Nineteenth-century Lyricists
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861)
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
Edgar Allen Poe (1809-1849)
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)
Walt Whitman (1819-1892)
Emily Dickinson (1830-1894)
Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)
Section C: Twentieth-century Verse: Master Poets
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)
William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)
Robert Frost (1875-1963)
James Joyce (1882-1941)
William Carlos Williams (1883-1963)
Ezra Pound (1885-1972)
Marianne Moore (1887-1972)
T.S. Eliot (1888-1965)
Section D: A Modern Mix: Today’s Favorites
Dorothy Parker (1893-1967)
Ogden Nash (1902-1971)
Dylan Thomas (1914-1953)
Sylvia Plath (1932-1963)
Shel Siverstein (1932- )
Jack Prelutsky (1940- )
Larry Levis (1946- )
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LIBRARY #4: World Religions BACK TO TOP
Section A: Living World Religions – Origin & Doctrines
Section B: Middle-Eastern/Eastern Works
The Koran (Islam)
The Bhagvad-Gita (Hinduism)
The Vedas (Hinduism)
The Ko ji ki and the Nigonhi (Shinto)
Analects (Confucianism)
The Tao Te Ching (Taoism)
The Writings of Chuang Tzu (Chinese philosophy)
I Ching (Chineese Philosophy)
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Egyptian beliefs)
The Dhammapada (Buddhism)
An Introduction to Zen Buddhism
A Tibetan Book of the Dead (Tibetan Buddhism)
The Avestas (Zoroastrianism)
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (Persian philosophy/poetry)
Section C: Judeo-Chrisian Works
The Talmud
The Old Testament
The New Testament
The Gnostic Gospels
The Confessions of St. Augusine
The Imitation of Christ, by Thomas a Kempis
The Ninety-five Theses, by Martin Luther
Institutes of Christian Religion, by John Calvin
The Book of Mormon
Systematic Theology, by Paul Tillich
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LIBRARY #5: Western Philosophy BACK TO TOP
A Brief Guide to Philosophy
Section A: Classical Philosophy… In the Beginning
Greek
Plato: The Socratic Dialogues
Aristotle :Ethics
Roman
Marcus Aurelius Antonius: Meditation (Stoic thought)
Lucretius: On the Nature of Things (Epicurean thought)
Section B: Early Modern Philosophy
Rationalism
Descartes: Meditations
Spinoza: Ethics
Empiricism
Locke: Concerning Human understanding
Berkeley: 3 Dialogues Between Hylas & Philonus
Rationalism/Empiricism
Kant: Critique of Pure Reason
Idealism
Hegel: Logic
Political
Hobbes: Leviathan
Rousseau: The Social Contract
Hayek: The Road to Serfsom
John Stuart Mill: Essay on Liberty
Thoreau: Civil Disobedience
Existentialism
Kierkegaard: The Sickness Unto Death
Nietzsche: Beyond Good and Evil
Economic & Social Theory
Adam Smith: The Wealth of Nations
Marx/Engels: The Communist Manifesto
John Mayard Keynes: The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money
Malthus: Essay on the Principle of Population
Section C: A Sampling of Contemporary Thought
Pragmatism
William James: The Varieties of Religious Experience
Richard Rorty: The Mirror of Nature
Logical Positivism
Bertrand Russell: Our Knowledge of the External World
Deconstruction/Language
Wittengenstein: Philosophical Investigations
Jacques Derrida: Structure, Sign, and Play in the Discourse of The human Sciences
Existentialism
Sartre: Existentialism and Human Emotions
Ethics
John Ravis: A Theory of Justice
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LIBRARY #6: Reaching & Understanding BACK TO TOP
Section A: Leadership – Taking Charge
Principle-Centered Leadership, by Steven Covey
The Art of War, by Sun Tzu
How To Run a Successful Meeting in Half the Time, by Milo O. Frank
Smart Talk, by Roberta Roesch
The Effective Executive, by Peter Druker
What They Still Don’t Teach You At Harvard Business School, by Mark McCormack
Section B: On the Job
The Game of Work, by Charles A. Coonradt
Secrets of Closing the Sale, by Zig Ziglar
The Ten Commandments of Business and How to Break Them, by Bill Fromm
The Do’s and Taboos of International Trade, by Roger Axtell
Barbarians to Bureaucrats, by Lawrence M. Miller
How to Get Your Point Across in 30 Seconds – or Less, by Milo O.Frank
Section C: Defining – and Redefining – YOU
Gift from the Sea, by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
A Kick In the Seat of the Pants, by Roger von Oech
All I really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, by Robert Fulghum
Man’s Searching for Meaning, by Victor Frankl
How to Be Organized in Spite of Yourself, by Sunny Schlenger and Roberta Roesch
The Dance of Anger, by Harriet Lerner
How to Get Off the Fast Track, by M.M. Kirsh
A Guide to Confident Living, by Norman Vincent Peale
The Sky’s the Limit, by Dr. Wayne Dyer
Section D: Relations and Rhythms
People of the Lie, by M. Scott Peck
I’m Ok, You’re Ok, by Thomas Harris
The Art of Loving, by Erich Fromm
Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, by John Gray
Backlash, by Susan Faludi
The Way things Ought to Be, by Rush Limbaugh
Future Shock, by Alvin Toffler
Section E: Health, Wealth… and Happiness
The Relaxation Response, by Herbert Benson, M.D.
Fit for Life, by Harvey & Marilyn Diamond
Anatomy of An Illness, by Norman Cousins
Grow Rich Slowly, by Merrill Lynch
The Portable MBA, by Eliza G.C. Collins and Mary Anne Devanna
One Up On Wall Street, by Peter Lynch
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LIBRARY #7: More Quotes & Anecdotes BACK TO TOP
Section A: The Human Race
Ethics
People
Men and Women
Children
Section B: Issues of the Day
Patriotism
Politics
Freedom
The Media
Section C: Seize the Day
Opportunity
Education/Experience
Mind & Attitude
Humor/Wit
Section D: Savor the Day
Creativity
Music
Art
Literature
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LIBRARY #8: More Trivia To Learn By BACK TO TOP
Section A: The Human Touch
Art and Architecture
Music
Literature
Words and Phrases
Section B
Science
Geography
History
Quotes