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social observation

Books about social observation for readers of all ages.

Kay Thompson's Eloise in Hollywood

J. David Stem, Kay Thompson, Hilary Knight, David N. Weiss

Ages 7–12adventureindependence

Ring Lardner Short Stories (Cassette Bookshelf)

Ring Lardner

Ages 10–18humorhuman nature

Great American Short Stories

Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, Louisa May Alcott, Mark Twain, Bret Harte, Ambrose Bierce, Henry James, Sarah Orne Jewett, Kate Chopin, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, Charles Waddell Chesnutt, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Edith Wharton, O. Henry, Stephen Crane, Jack London, Willa Cather, Sherwood Anderson, F. Scott Fitzgerald

Ages 14–18american identitysocial observation

Great Short Stories of the World -- a collection of complete short stories chosen from the literatures of all periods and countries

Barrett Harper Clark, Barrett H. Clark, Maxim Lieber, Charles Dickens, Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский, Антон Павлович Чехов, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, Ambrose Bierce, Theodore Dreiser, BARRETT H. CLARK, CLARK AND LIEBER, Gerda Charles, Clark, Barrett H.; Lieber, Maxim, Barrett H. & Maxim Lieber Clark, Clark, Barrett H. / Lieber, Maxim, Barrett H. and Maxim Lieber Clark, Clark & Lieber, Barrett Harper Clark

Ages 12–18human naturemorality

The Family Mark Twain

Mark Twain

Ages 12–18humoramerican identity