320pp. 
× 8¼.
0-486-41923-1
THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS WITHIN YOU, Leo Tolstoy. The soul-searching book that inspired Gandhi to embrace the concept of passive resistance, Tolstoy’s 1894 polemic clearly outlines a radical, well-reasoned revision of traditional Christian thinking. 352pp. 
× 8¼.
0-486-45138-0
THE LADY OR THE TIGER?: and Other Logic Puzzles, Raymond M. Smullyan. Created by a renowned puzzle master, these whimsically themed challenges involve paradoxes about probability, time, and change; metapuzzles; and self-referentiality. Nineteen chapters advance in difficulty from relatively simple to highly complex. 1982 edition. 240pp. 5
× 8½.
0-486-47027-X
LEAVES OF GRASS: The Original 1855 Edition, Walt Whitman. Whitman’s immortal collection includes some of the greatest poems of modern times, including his masterpiece, “Song of Myself.” Shattering standard conventions, it stands as an unabashed celebration of body and nature. 128pp. 
× 8¼.
0-486-45676-5
LES MISÉRABLES, Victor Hugo. Translated by Charles E. Wilbour. Abridged by James K. Robinson. A convict’s heroic struggle for justice and redemption plays out against a fiery backdrop of the Napoleonic wars. This edition features the excellent original translation and a sensitive abridgment. 304pp. 6
x 9¼.
0-486-45789-3
LILITH: A Romance, George MacDonald. In this novel by the father of fantasy literature, a man travels through time to meet Adam and Eve and to explore humanity’s fall from grace and ultimate redemption. 240pp. 5 × 8½.
0-486-46818-6
THE LOST LANGUAGE OF SYMBOLISM, Harold Bayley. This remarkable book reveals the hidden meaning behind familiar images and words, from the origins of Santa Claus to the fleur-de-lys, drawing from mythology, folklore, religious texts, and fairy tales. 1,418 illustrations. 784pp. 5 × 8½.
0-486-44787-1
MACBETH, William Shakespeare. A Scottish nobleman murders the king in order to succeed to the throne.
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