John Steinbeck

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Sweet Thursday

John Steinbeck

In Monterey, on the California coast, Sweet Thursday is what they call the day after Lousy Wednesday, which is one of those days that are just naturally bad. Returning to the scene of Cannery Row—the weedy lots and junk heaps and fl...

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Published: Aug 2008

Cannery Row: (Centennial Edition)

John Steinbeck

Today, nearly forty years after his death, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck remains one of America's greatest writers and cultural figures. We have begun publishing his many works for the first time as blackspine Penguin Classics fea...

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Published: Feb 2002

Travels with Charley in Search of Ame...

John Steinbeck

Penguin Classics commemorates the 50th anniversary of Steinbeck's Nobel Prize with two stunning new editions of his best-loved works/bAt age fifty-eight, John Steinbeck and his poodle, Charley, embarked on a journey across America. Th...

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Published: Sep 2012

Of Mice and Men (Steinbeck Centennial...

John Steinbeck

MAXnotes offer a fresh look at masterpieces of literature, presented in a lively and interesting fashion. Written by literary experts who currently teach the subject, MAXnotes will enhance your understanding and enjoyment of the work...

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Published: Jan 1993

America and Americans and Selected No...

John Steinbeck

America and Americans is a representative, noteworthy collection of John Steinbeck's journalism, including the title piece, actually his last book. Editors Susan Shillinglaw and Jackson J. Benson, who provide an able, informative intr...

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Published: Apr 2003

The Moon Is Down

John Steinbeck

Today, nearly forty years after his death, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck remains one of America's greatest writers and cultural figures. We have begun publishing his many works for the first time as blackspine Penguin Classics fea...

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Published: Nov 1995

Travels with Charley in Search of Ame...

John Steinbeck

With his dog Charley, John Steinbeck set out in his truck to explore and experience America in the 1960s. As he talked with all kinds of people, he sadly noted the passing of region speech, fell in love with Montana, and was appalled ...

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Published: Feb 2002

To a God Unknown

John Steinbeck

As his father lies dying, Joseph Wayne decides to trade his Vermont farm for a new life in California. Once established on his ranch, he comes to revere a huge tree as the embodiment of his father's spirit. Joseph's brothers and thei...

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Published: Aug 1995

Cup of Gold: A Life of Sir Henry Morg...

John Steinbeck

In the 1670s Henry Morgan, a pirate and outlaw of legendary viciousness, ruled the Spanish Main. He ravaged the coasts of Cuba and America, striking terror wherever he went. Morgan was obsessive. He had two driving ambitions: one to ...

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Published: Aug 2008

Tortilla Flat

John Steinbeck

Today, nearly forty years after his death, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck remains one of America?s greatest writers and cultural figures. We have begun publishing his many works for the first time as blackspine Penguin Classics fea...

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Published: Apr 1977

East of Eden (Oprah's Book Club)

John Steinbeck

This sprawling and often brutal novel, set in the rich farmlands of California's Salinas Valley, follows the intertwined destinies of two families--the Trasks and the Hamiltons--whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam an...

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Published: Oct 1992

The Pastures of Heaven

John Steinbeck

Today, nearly forty years after his death, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck remains one of America's greatest writers and cultural figures. We have begun publishing his many works for the first time as blackspine Penguin Classics fea...

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Published: Apr 1995

Cannery Row

John Steinbeck

Unburdened by the material necessities of the more fortunate, the denizens of Cannery Row/b discover rewards unknown in more traditional society. p Henry the painter sorts through junk lots for pieces of wood to incorporate into the...

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Published: Feb 1993

The Winter of Our Discontent

John Steinbeck

From a swashbuckling pirate fantasy to a meditation on American morality—two classic Steinbeck novels make their black spine debutsIN AWARDING John Steinbeck the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Nobel committee stated that with T...

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Published: Sep 2008

Bombs Away: The Story of a Bomber Tea...

John Steinbeck

A magnificent volume of short novels and an essential World War II report from one of America?s great twentieth-century writersOn the heels of the enormous success of his masterwork The Grapes of Wrath?and at the height of the America...

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Published: Oct 2009

Burning Bright: A Play in Story Form

John Steinbeck

'A man can't scrap his bloodline, can't snip the thread of immortality.' Such is the strength of Joe Saul's desperate longing for a child, that he feels as if a dark curse is upon him after three unfruitful years of marriage. Yet unbe...

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Published: Dec 2006

Classic Stories of World War II

John Steinbeck

A collection of the greatest stories ever written about World War II.World War II brought grief and destruction, but it also inspired some of the most impassioned literature in history. Classic Stories of World War II includes excerpt...

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Published: May 2018

East of Eden & Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck

East of Eden East of Eden was dubbed "the first book" by Nobel Laureate John Steinbeck in his journal, and it does have the primal power and simplicity of myth. This expansive and often cruel novel, set in the fertile farml...

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Published: Nov 2022

East of Eden: (Penguin Orange Collect...

John Steinbeck

A masterpiece of Biblical scope, and the magnum opus of one of America's most enduring authors, in a commemorative hardcover edition In his journal, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck called East of Eden "the first book," an...

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Published: Sep 2016

In Dubious Battle

John Steinbeck

Today, nearly forty years after his death, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck remains one of America's greatest writers and cultural figures. We have begun publishing his many works for the first time as blackspine Penguin Classics fea...

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Published: Jun 2006

Once There Was a War

John Steinbeck

Nobel laureate John Steinbeck's bracing from-the-frontlines account of World War II—now with a new cover and introduction In 1943 John Steinbeck was on assignment for The New York Herald Tribune, writing from Italy and North Afr...

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Published: Sep 2007

Steinbeck in Vietnam: Dispatches from...

John Steinbeck

Although his career continued for almost three decades after the 1939 publication of The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck is still most closely associated with his Depression-era works of social struggle. But from Pearl Harbor on, he o...

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Published: Dec 2012

The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble...

John Steinbeck

The first book John Steinbeck read as a child was the Caxton Morte d'Arthur, and he considered it one of the most challenging tasks of his career to modernize the stories of King Arthur. 'These stories are alive even in those of us wh...

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Published: Dec 2008

The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck

The Grapes of Wrath is a novel written by John Steinbeck that tells the story of the Joad family's journey from Oklahoma to California during the Great Depression. The novel highlights the struggles and hardships faced by migrant work...

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Published: Oct 1992

The Red Pony

John Steinbeck

A Penguin Classic Written at a time of profound anxiety caused by the illness of his mother, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck draws on his memories of childhood in these stories about a boy who embodies both the rebellious spirit ...

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Published: Oct 2022

The Short Reign of Pippin IV: A Fabri...

John Steinbeck

A work of antic political satire from an American master In The Short Reign of Pippin IV, John Steinbeck turns the French Revolution upside down as amateur astronomer Pippin Heristal is drafted to rule the unruly French. Steinbeck c...

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Published: May 2007

The Wayward Bus

John Steinbeck

Today, nearly forty years after his death, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck remains one of America's greatest writers and cultural figures. Over the next year, his many works, beginning with the six shown here, will be published as b...

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Published: Apr 2006
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