Justin Kaplan Books

This author gained renown primarily as a biographer, focusing on pivotal figures in American history and culture. His profound interest in heroes and their legacies shines through in his insightful portrayals. Serving as the general editor of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, he demonstrated a masterful command of language and its historical resonance.

Huckleberry Finn
56 pages
2 hours of reading
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A level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read. Retold for Learners of English by Diane Mowat. Who wants to live in a house, wear clean clothes, be good, and go to school every day? Not young Huckleberry Finn, that's for sure. So Huck runs away, and is soon floating down the great Mississippi River on a raft. With him is Jim, a black slave who is also running away. But life is not always easy for the two friends. And there's 300 dollars waiting for anyone who catches poor Jim . . .
The pocket Aristotle
400 pages
14 hours of reading
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In Pocket Aristotle the author, Justin D. Kaplan brings to life selections from Aristotle. Included in this edition are the most widely read, studied, and quoted works of the great philosopher. The editor's notes give the reader a convenient and concise review of each work.
When the Astors Owned New York
208 pages
8 hours of reading
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Traces the lives of cousins William Waldorf Astor and John Jacob Astor IV, rivals who pursued separate ambitions, built the original Waldorf-Astoria hotel, and influenced social behavior before John Jacob perished aboard the Titanic.

Huckleberry Finn

The pocket Aristotle

When the Astors Owned New York