5
× 8½.
0-486-41910-X
THIRTY YEARS THAT SHOOK PHYSICS: The Story of Quantum Theory, George Gamow. Lucid, accessible introduction to the influential theory of energy and matter features careful explanations of Dirac’s anti-particles, Bohr’s model of the atom, and much more. Numerous drawings. 1966 edition. 240pp. 5% x 8½.
0-486-24895-X
TREASURE ISLAND, Robert Louis Stevenson. Classic adventure story of a perilous sea journey, a mutiny led by the infamous Long John Silver, and a lethal scramble for buried treasure — seen through the eyes of cabin boy Jim Hawkins. 160pp. 
× 8¼.
0-486-27559-0
THE TRIAL, Franz Kafka. Translated by David Wyllie. From its gripping first sentence onward, this novel exemplifies the term “Kafkaesque.” Its darkly humorous narrative recounts a bank clerk’s entrapment in a bureaucratic maze, based on an undisclosed charge. 176pp. 
× 8¼.
0-486-47061-X
THE TURN OF THE SCREW, Henry James. Gripping ghost story by great novelist depicts the sinister transformation of 2 innocent children into flagrant liars and hypocrites. An elegantly told tale of unspoken horror and psychological terror. 96pp. 
× 8¼.
0-486-26684-2
UP FROM SLAVERY, Booker T. Washington. Washington (1856-1915) rose to become the most influential spokesman for African-Americans of his day. In this eloquently written book, he describes events in a remarkable life that began in bondage and culminated in worldwide recognition. 160pp. 
× 8¼.
0-486-28738-6
VICTORIAN HOUSE DESIGNS IN AUTHENTIC FULL COLOR: 75 Plates from the “Scientific American–Architects and Builders Edition,” 1885-1894, Edited by Blanche Cirker. Exquisitely detailed, exceptionally handsome designs for an enormous variety of attractive city dwellings, spacious suburban and country homes, charming “cottages” and other structures — all accompanied by perspective views and floor plans. 80pp. 9¼ x 12¼.
0-486-29438-2
VILLETTE, Charlotte Brontë. Acclaimed by Virginia Woolf as “Brontë’s finest novel,” this moving psychological study features a remarkably modern heroine who abandons her native England for a new life as a schoolteacher in Belgium. 480pp. 
× 8¼.
0-486-45557-2
THE VOYAGE OUT, Virginia Woolf. A moving depiction of the thrills and confusion of youth, Woolf’s acclaimed first novel traces a shipboard journey to South America for a captivating exploration of a woman’s growing self-awareness. 288pp.
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