anthology

n. reader; collection; miscellany; compilation; collection of literary works, collection of chosen literary passages

ANThology is the first major label album by Alien Ant Farm. Their first single, "Smooth Criminal", was a cover of Michael Jackson's song "Smooth Criminal", which started to bring popularity to the band. The song "Wish" was featured on the video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 and "Courage" was featured on the video game "Shaun Palmer's Pro Snowboarder". "Courage" was also featured in the game ATV Offroad Fury 2. The album has sold over 1,000,000 units in the US.
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An anthology, literally "a garland" or "collection of flowers", is a collection of literary works, originally of poems. In genre fiction and especially science fiction, anthology is used to categorize collections of shorter works such as short stories and short novels, usually collected into a single volume for publication.
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(n.)
A service book containing a selection of pieces for the festival services.
  

(n.)
A discourse on flowers.
  

(n.)
A collection of flowers; a garland.
  

(n.)
A collection of flowers of literature, that is, beautiful passages from authors; a collection of poems or epigrams; -- particularly applied to a collection of ancient Greek epigrams.
  

Noun
1. a collection of selected literary passages
(hypernym) collection, compendium
(hyponym) divan, diwan
(derivation) anthologize, anthologise