Harper Perennial modern classics

The story of Selina De Jong, a farmer in High Prairie, and her marriage, widowhood, eventual success as a truck farmer, and of her son, Dirk.

Contains the texts of twentieth-century English novelist Aldous Huxley's "The Doors of Perception," and "Heaven and Hell," written in the 1950s, in which he explores the mind's remote frontiers.

An English translation of French historian and political scientist Alexis de Tocqueville's mid-nineteenth-century account of the history, geography, politics, legal system, economy, and culture of the United States, including discussion of such issues as a free press and racism.

The Hartes and the Golds, long-time neighbors and friends, are not surprised when their children Chris and Emily fall in love, but the bond between the families is placed under an enormous strain when Emily is killed, leaving behind the question of whether her death was a suicide, or murder.

A collection of poems by American poet Allen Ginsberg, collecting all of his published verses, spanning his fifty-year career.

The author discusses some of the concerns addressed in his novel "Brave New World," covering such issues as brainwashing, overpopulation, and the use of propaganda in democratic societies.