History & Criticism

A mischievous youth encounters a runaway slave and together they travel down the Mississippi in search of adventure, in the classic novel accompanied by ess...

British Literary Critic John Carey Profiles Fifty Books Of Fiction, Nonfiction, And Poetry From Around The World That Were Published In The Twentieth Centur...

The major statements of the leading figures in the nineteenth- and twentieth-century German and French hermeneutic traditions.Here are the major statements...

This book contains the 101 best stories from Chicken Soup's library on the mother-daughter bond. Mothers and daughters will laugh, cry, and find inspiratio...

Collects both humorous and inspirational stories about family gatherings, holiday mishaps, and the good and bad experiences involving family life.Categories...

The doctor's office is cool, white, sterile. But the doctor's words are searing: blood tests prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that Margaret and Arthur Crawf...

in 1977, The new York Times Trade Paperback Bestseller List Back Then The Exclusive Province Of Self-help Guides, Cartoon Collections, And Any Number Of Ca...

In the mode of her esteemed bestseller A Natural History of the Senses, Diane Ackerman's new book, Cultivating Delight celebrates the sensory pleasures she...

The American book tour that catapulted Gertrude Stein from quirky artist to a household name. In 1933, experimental writer and longtime expatriate Gertrude...

Maria Laurino sifts through the stereotypes bedeviling Italian Americans to deliver a penetrating and hilarious examination of third-generation ethnic ident...

Presents a selection of spiritually and morally uplifting literature, organized according to the stages along life's wayCategories: Politics & Social Sc...

Studying Literature: The Essential Companion is a unique guide for English undergraduates. It combines practical advice on study skills with key informati...

The book has a unique status as an emblem of human culture and civilisation. It is a vessel for sharing stories, dispersing knowledge, examining the natu...

Tom Piazza’s sharp intelligence, insight, and passion fuel this new collection of writings on music, literature, New Orleans, and America itself in despe...

Sir Orfeo -- Lay Le Freine -- Sir Degare -- Emare -- Sir Launfal -- Sir Gowther -- Erle Of Toulous -- Sir Cleges. Edited By Anne Laskaya And Eve Salisbury. ...

Polygamy, forced marriage, female genital mutilation, punishing women for being raped, differential access for men and women to health care and education, ...

This anthology of classic and cutting-edge statements in literary theory has now been updated to include recent influential texts in the areas of Ethnic Stu...

As an outspoken lawyer, law professor, bestselling author, and public personality extraordinaire, Alan M. Dershowitz has been a controversial and vocal crit...

The 1972 Nobel Prize-winning writer expresses his feelings about the people of war-torn Nazi Germany in this sensitive portrayal of a solitary woman's effor...

In this retitled and revised edition of The Problems of Mathematics, renowned mathematician Ian Stewart gives math buffs and non-technical readers—as well...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The House of the Spirits, Isabelle Allende, comes a passionate tale of one young woman's quest to save her lo...

The most-trusted literature anthology of all time, now in its 50th year. The Ninth Edition offers more complete works and more teachable groupings than eve...

From The Turn Of The Century To The 1960s, The Songwriters Of Tin Pan Alley Dominated American Music. Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, George And Ira Gershwin, R...

April, 1536. Danilo Del Medigo Arrives Incognito In Venice From Istanbul, With Two Assassins From Suleiman The Magnificent's Court Hot On His Trail. Western...

Divorced at ten, a mother at thirteen & three times a widow. The extraordinary true story of the 'Red Queen', Lady Margaret Beaufort, matriarch of the T...

Teaching The I Ching (pinyin Yijing) Is A Comprehensive And Authoritative Source For Attaining An Understanding Of 3,000 Year Old Book Of Changes, Arguably ...

This third edition of Modern Criticism and Theory represents a major expansion on its previous incarnations with some twenty five new pieces or essays inclu...

Nominated for the 2023 Heritage Toronto Book Award\A defense of the dying art of losing an afternoon—and gaining new appreciation—amidst the bins and sh...

By Georges Poulet ; Translated By Elliott Coleman. Translation Of L'espace Proustien. Includes Bibliographical References.Categories: Literature & Ficti...

‘The first time I saw a train, I was standing on a wooded slope outside a tunnel, not far from Kalka. Suddenly, with a shrill whistle and great burst of s...

Barbara Herrnstein Smith. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.Categories: Politics & Social SciencesPhilosophy

bestselling Author And Literacy Expert Mem Fox Reveals The Incredible Emotional And Intellectual Impact Reading Aloud To Children Has On Their Ability To ...

'My New Year's Eve Toast: to all the devils, lusts, passions, greeds, envies, loves, hates, strange desires, enemies ghostly and real, the army of memorie...

The most popular Literature anthology continues to bring students the finest literature from fables to poetweets. The Twelfth Edition of Literature: An Int...

New Vocabularies in Film Semiotics provides a comprehensive lexicon of semiotic concepts, defining over 500 critical terms. The authors address key aspects ...

Conversations with Gwendolyn Brooks features sparkling interviews with one of America's most valued poets. Throughout this book, which spans three decades,...

The bestselling author of Seinfeldia offers a fascinating retrospective of the iconic and award-winning television series, Sex and the City, in a “bubbly, ...

The Feminist Writer And Author Of The Amanda Cross Mystery Series Looks Back On A Youthful Pledge To Commit Suicide At Seventy, Explaining Why, Given That H...

A portrait of the prominent twentieth-century French writer is based on a wealth of primary material only recently made available and considers the intellec...

"A masterly book . . . will prove of great assistance to a student of Japanese literature and thought from the eleventh century onwards."--Times Literary Su...

This novel offers a contemporary and explosive picture of the nuclear family, which pivots on the bizarre odyssey of a Japanese father and son.Categories: P...

This is the only anthology to present a full history of Canadian poetry — from the early 1600s through the expansiveness of poetic activity during the 18t...

Enduring Literature Illuminated By Practical Scholarship In This Extraordinarily Rich And Complex Novel, Anna Karenina Defies The Conventions Of Nineteenth-...

Nurdin Lalani and his family, Asian immigrants from Africa, have come to the Toronto suburb of Don Mills only to find that the old world and its values...

This rich survey of children's literature from the middle ages to the mid-nineteenth century features a remarkable variety of literary forms, including fair...

General Editor, Michael Dobson ; Associate General Editor, Stanley Wells. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 537-539).Categories: Literature & Fict...

join Professor Helen Vendler In Her Course Lecture On The Yeats Poem Among School Children. View Her Insightful And Passionate Analysis Along With A Conde...

In all six of its volumes The Broadview Anthology of British Literature presents British literature in a truly distinctive light. Fully grounded in sound l...