History & Criticism

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...

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

In this volume along with its companion, The Library of America presents all of the most significant and best-loved works of Eudora Welty. Of her own work, ...

A GLOBE & MAIL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR 2012 “Glover is a master of narrative structure.” —Wall Street Journal In the tradition of E.M. Forste...

A Tour Of Key Historic Sites In America Where Incidents Of Political Violence Have Occurred Reveals Lesser-known Points Of Interest Pertaining To Each And S...

"An extraordinary book . . . Peter Ackroyd is arguably the most talented and prolific writer working in Britain today." ―Daily Express (UK) In Foundation...

The Autobiography The Food Network Would Write If It Could Write One--a Candid, Behind-the-scenes Look At How One Network Launched One Of The Biggest Cultur...

Originally published in 1973, the groundbreaking, uninhibited story of Isadora Wing and her desire to fly free caused a national sensation. It fueled fanta...

The "hilarious and super-relatable" (Cosmopolitan) New York Times bestselling guide to living your best life, with a new foreword and updated material If y...

From the bestselling author of The Book of Awesome, You Are Awesome, and the award-winning, multimillion-hit blog 1000 Awesome Things comes even more of th...

"The greatest writer of historical adventures today." —Washington Post Critically acclaimed, perennial New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell...

England Resides In A State Of Unrest As Henry Iv Despairs Over His Son And Heir, Prince Henry, Who Is Led Into A Life Of Debauchery By Falstaff, While The P...

Twelve essays written between 1928 and 1945 that demonstrate key points in the development of Eisenstein’s film theory and in particular his analysis of ...

Paperback. 13,50 / 21,00 cm. In Turkish. 312 p. Rüzgar Bizi Götürecek Makbule Aras Eivazi'nin Farsça aslindan çevirisiyle, Furug'un Tutsak (1952), Duva...

The Signet Classics edition of one of William Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies.Full of cruelty and betrayal, King Lear is the timeless and timely story o...

In this new biography, based on a reexamination of Thoreau's manuscripts and on retracing of his trips, Robert Richardson offers a view of Thoreau's life a...

"What good is the study of literature? Does it help us think more clearly, or feel more sensitively, or live a better life than we could without it?"Written...

Orphaned At Birth, Eliza Sommers Is Raised In The British Colony Of Valparaíso, Chile, By The Well-intentioned Victorian Spinster Miss Rose And Her More Ri...

The Friendly Dickens Helps You Turn The Pages Of A Masterpiece Like David Copperfield Or An Obscure Novel Like Nicholas Nickleby As Eagerly As You Switch Ch...

Nobel laureate Halldór Laxness’s Under the Glacier is a one-of-a-kind masterpiece, a wryly provocative novel at once earthy and otherworldly. At its outs...

"[Julian Barnes] reinvents the wheel; I'm always fascinated to see what shape it's going to be next."—Jay McInerney With the same brilliant style and idio...

How Does One Live? How Does One Do The Good Or Honorable Thing, While Flourishing And Feeling Happy? This Question Obsessed Renaissance Writers, None More T...

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...

Here is a lovingly assembled, essential A-Z companion to Dorothy Dunnett’s brilliant Lymond Chronicles and the first five novels in the House of Niccolò s...

responsibility. Courage. Compassion. Honesty. Friendship. Persistence. Faith. Everyone Recognizes These Traits As Essentials Of Good Character. In Order Fo...

Anthony Trollope was a giant of Victorian letters whose works are still read avidly today. Now, in what is surely the definitive biography, the world's lead...

Preeminent Shakespeare Scholar James Shapiro Shows How The Tumultuous Events In England In 1606 Affected Shakespeare And Shaped The Three Great Tragedies He...

The Oxford Classical Texts, or Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliotheca Oxoniensis, are renowned for their reliability and presentation. The series consists of a ...

michael Anstruther-wetherby Is A Man Destined For Power. Except That Michael, For All His Political Skill And Intelligence, Lacks The Most Important Elemen...

The elusive image of the Holy Grail has haunted the Western imagination for eight centuries. It represents the ideal of an unattainable yet infinitely desi...

The Flowers Of Evil, Which T. S. Eliot Called The Greatest Example Of Modern Poetry In Any Language, Shocked The Literary World Of Nineteenth Century France...

The Author's Most Political Novel Since The Cider House Rules And A Prayer For Owen Meany, This Novel Is An Intimate And Unforgettable Portrait Of The Solit...

From tales of chivalrous knights to the barbarity of trial by ordeal, no era has been a greater source of awe, horror, and wonder than the Middle Ages. In...

Little Red Riding Hood (1697) / Charles Perrault -- Little Red Riding Hood (1729) / Robert Samber -- The Story Of Little Red Riding Hood (1796) / Anonymous ...

AN UNFORGETTABLE HEROINE, A KING MISUNDERSTOOD BY HISTORY, A LOVE STORY THAT HAS NEVER BEEN TOLD In A Rose for the Crown, we meet one of history's allege...

From One Of His Generation's Most Inventive And Gifted Writers (the New York Times), Intimate And Sharply Observed Commentary On Life, Art, Politics, And Th...

This Is The First Systematic Critique Of Edward Said's Influential Work Orientalism, A Book That For Almost Three Decades Has Received Wide Acclaim In Both ...

Recently rediscovered by art historians, and one of the few female post-Renaissance painters to achieve fame during her own era, Artemisia Gentileschi led...

“Reading How Literature Saved My Life is like getting to listen in on a really great, smart, provocative conversation. The book is not straightforward, it...

Benjamin And Barbara Harshav, Translations With The Participation Of Kathryn Hellerstein, Brian Mchale, And Anita Norich. Includes Bibliography.Categories: ...

New York Times bestseller, now adapted for young readers, Flags of Our Fathers is the unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American...

Have you ever thought about how your seemingly insignificant life events have formed who you are? How intriguing it is to look back and discover how your cu...

From The New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Came Home comes a historical novel inspired by true events, and the extraordinary female lightho...

The hilarious and controversial host of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher has written his funniest, most opinionated, and most necessary book ever--a brillian...

A Retelling Of Snow White Set In Renaissance Italy Draws A Link Between The Original Fairy Tale And The Borgia Family's Infamous Practice Of Poisoning Its E...

Contains A Reference To Authors And Illustrators Of Children's Literature And Includes Biographical Sketches, Photos, And Lists Of Resources That Profile Fo...

From The Publisher: Lucio, A Normal Man In A Normal (nosy) City Neighborhood With Normal Problems With His Wife (not The Easiest Person To Get Along With) A...

When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, this book offers students what they need to succeed. It provides chapter-by-chapter analysis, explanations of k...