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Books published by publisher Harper Colophon Books

  • The War Prayer

    Mark Twain, John Groth

    Paperback (Harper Colophon, Dec. 28, 2001)
    Written by Mark Twain during the Philippine-American War in the first decade of the twentieth century, The War Prayer tells of a patriotic church service held to send the town's young men off to war. During the service, a stranger enters and addresses the gathering. He tells the patriotic crowd that their prayers for victory are double-edged-by praying for victory they are also praying for the destruction of the enemy... for the destruction of human life. Originally rejected for publication in 1905 as "not quite suited to a woman's magazine," this antiwar parable remained unpublished until 1923, when Twain's literary executor collected it in the volume Europe and Elsewhere. Handsomely illustrated by the artist and war correspondent Philip Groth, The War Prayer remains a relevant classic by an American icon.
  • Illuminations from the Bhagavad-Gita

    Kim Murray, Chris Murray

    Paperback (Harper Colophon Books, Aug. 1, 1980)
    36 full page, full color, 8 1/2" x 11" illustrations, and 2 double-page illustrations, of Lord Krsna's pastimes and activities and selected verses from A. C. Bhaktivendanta Swami Prabhupada's translation of the Bhagavad-Gita as found in the Bhagavad-Gita As It Is. Smaller black and white drawings appear on facing pages.
  • Dissonant Voices in Soviet Literature

    Max Blake, Patricia ; Hayward

    Paperback (Harper Colophon Books, Jan. 1, 1964)
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  • Solitaire: A narrative

    Aimee Liu

    Paperback (Harper Colophon Books, Jan. 1, 1980)
    Liu vividly recounts her four-year battle with anorexia nervosa, the obsessive syndrome in which teenage girls literally starve themselves in a desperate attempt to stop their sexual maturation
  • Life in a Medieval City

    and Frances Gies Gies, Joseph

    Paperback (Harper Colophon Books/Harper & Row, Jan. 1, 1900)
    I have been researching the Middle Ages for a number of years and this is one of the most even -handed books I have come across. The authors are researchers par excellence, and have presented their findings in an imminently readable form. If I were not already a student of the Middle Ages, however, I might have found the wealth of detail somewhat overwhelming and some of the terms and references obscure. This is a book for people who really want to know.(Amazon customer)
  • The Enormous Radio and Other Stories

    John Cheever

    Paperback (Harper Colophon, March 15, 1965)
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  • OUR TOWN:A PLAY IN THREE ACTS.*

    Thornton WILDER

    Paperback (Harper Colophone Books, Jan. 1, 1964)
    Our Town A Play in three acts by Thornton Wilder. Acting Edition published by Coward-McCann, Inc. 2 west 45th street New York
  • The War Prayer

    Mark Twain, John Groth

    Paperback (Harper Colophon, Feb. 25, 1984)
    Written by Mark Twain during the Philippine-American War in the first decade of the twentieth century, The War Prayer tells of a patriotic church service held to send the town's young men off to war. During the service, a stranger enters and addresses the gathering. He tells the patriotic crowd that their prayers for victory are double-edged-by praying for victory they are also praying for the destruction of the enemy... for the destruction of human life.Originally rejected for publication in 1905 as "not quite suited to a woman's magazine," this antiwar parable remained unpublished until 1923, when Twain's literary executor collected it in the volume Europe and Elsewhere. Handsomely illustrated by the artist and war correspondent Philip Groth, The War Prayer remains a relevant classic by an American icon.
  • The Obsession

    Kim Chernin

    Paperback (New York: Harper Colophon Books, 1981, March 15, 1981)
    BRAND NEW, Exactly same ISBN as listed, Please double check ISBN carefully before ordering.
  • The War Prayer by Mark Twain

    Mark Twain

    Paperback (Harper Colophon, March 24, 1873)
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  • Pete the Cat and the New Guy

    Kimberly Dean, James Dean

    Hardcover (Harper Collins Books, Nov. 4, 2014)
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  • ALISON'S FISHING BIRDS.

    Roderick Haig-Brown

    Hardcover (Colophon Books, Aug. 16, 1980)
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