History & Criticism

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...

Anna is a writer, author of one very successful novel, who now keeps four notebooks. In one, with a black cover, she reviews the African experience of her...

For no gentleman is this more true than Charles Morwellan, the eighth Earl of Meredith. Although he's seen the many successful unions of his Cynster conne...

A hilarious collection of the funniest family-friendly jokes, quotes, stories, cartoons, and anecdotes from the past 100 years of Reader’s Digest magazine...

Booker Prize—winning novelist Penelope Lively's latest masterpiece opens with a snapshot: Kath, before her death, at an unknown gathering, holding hands w...

“What are you reading?” That’s the question Will Schwalbe asks his mother, Mary Anne, as they sit in the waiting room of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering ...

Patrice Pavis is one of France's most brilliant academics and a leading expert internationally in the theory of theatre. Dictionary of the Theatre is an En...

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...

A New Translation Of Prometheus Bound With Extant Fragments Of The Lost Prometheus Plays. Aeschylus ; Translated By James Scully And C.j. Herington. Include...

The Penguin Classics debut that inspired a classic film and a current Broadway revival Reginald Rose's landmark American drama was a critically acclaimed ...

From Achilles's heel to the sword of Damocles, Western culture teems with allusions from the rich heritage of classical literature, and this new edition o...

John Gray Was Among The Tragic Generation Of English Decadent Artists Of The 1890s And The Reputed Model For The Hero In Oscar Wilde's Novel The Picture Of ...

The Moral Compass, The Inspiring And Instructive Companion Volume To The Book Of Virtues, Offers Many More Examples Of Good And Bad, Right And Wrong, In Gre...

with Classic Simplicity And A Painter's Feeling For Atmosphere And Detail, Isak Dinesen Tells Of The Years She Spent From 1914 To 1931 Managing A Coffee P...

One century after the death of Anton Chekhov (1860-1904), his plays are celebrated throughout the world as a major milestone in the history of theatre and d...

Best Book of June 2015 (The Christian Science Monitor) Book of the Year by the Conference on Christianity and Literature C. S. Lewis is the 20th century's ...

the Wild Boys Is A Futuristic Tale Of Global Warfare In Which A Guerrilla Gang Of Boys Dedicated To Freedom Battles The Organized Armies Of Repressive Pol...

From The Bible To Ralph Ellison, America's Most Prominent And Bestselling Literary Critic Takes An Enlightening Look At The Concept Of Genius Through The Ag...

Review\"[Olivia Laing is] a kind of cultural sage… an accidental literary grande dame of the emotional havoc wrought by late capitalism and digital discon...

The “Guermantes Way,” in this the third volume of In Search of Lost Time, refers to the path that leads to the Duc and Duchess de Guermantes’s châte...

Burns : A Biography Of Robert Burns By James Mackay. Title On Spine: Burns. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 691-724) And Index.Categories: Literatur...

When the Fifth Edition of The Oxford Companion to English Literature appeared in 1985, it received a glowing front-page review in The New York Times Book Re...

adored Bestselling Author Diana Gabaldon Brings Us The First Book In A New Trilogy Featuring Many Of The Characters From Her Wildly Popular Outlander Seri...

When Mahatma Gandhi died in 1948 by an assassin's bullet, the most potent legacy he left to the world was the technique of satyagraha (literally, holding ...

'I always wanted to be historical,' Gertrude Stein once quipped. In 1932, Stein began writing the 'autobiography' of her longtime friend and companion, Alic...

No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of King Lear on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right. Each ...

Edited From The Manuscripts By C.w. Hatfield ; [foreword By Irene Taylor]. Includes Index. Facsimile Manuscripts: P. [20]-21. Sources From Which The Text Of...

On Themorning Of Christ's Nativity -- A Paraphrase On Psalm 114 -- On The Death Of A Fair Infant Dying Of A Cough -- The Passion -- On Time -- Upon The Circ...

Umberto Eco ; Translated By William Weaver. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [117]-119) And Index.Categories: Literature & Fiction History & ...

this 4,500-page Collection Presents The Finest Literature Produced In Great Britain From The Middle Ages Through The Twentieth Century. It Has Been Edited A...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “All the Steve Berry hallmarks are here: scale, scope, sweep, history—plus breathless second-by-second suspense. I love t...

This book provides a detailed examination of the writings of Chinua Achebe, Africa's best-known and most widely-read author, shortlisted for the 1987 Booker...

Welcome to Our Book of Awesome, a celebration of the small joys that bring us together.\In a world that is often overwhelming, it’s time to return to the ...

The ultimate gift edition of Walden for bibliophiles, aficionados, and scholars. Thoreau’s literary classic, an elegantly written record of his experime...

Contains Shakespeare's Play Involving Young Athenian Lovers, A Boisterous Group Of Local Tradesmen, And The Monarchs And Subjects Of The Fairy Kingdom; And ...

This book contains the 101 best stories from Chicken Soup's library honoring the lifelong relationship between mothers and their male offspring. There is ...

"White's prose is as fresh as a series of slaps to the face, filled with reckless energy . . . [Our Young Man] speeds you along with its winningly hectic pr...

turning Away From The Privileged World Of The "eminent Victorians," Gertrude Bell (1868—1926) Explored, Mapped, And Excavated The World Of The Arabs. Recrui...

Nella Larsen’s fascinating exploration of race and identity—the inspiration for the Netflix film directed by Rebecca Hall, starring Tessa Thompson and R...

Pecola Breedlove, a young black girl, prays every day for beauty. Mocked by other children for the dark skin, curly hair, and brown eyes that set her apart...

Upon publication in 1997, The Norton Shakespeare set a new standard for teaching editions of Shakespeare's complete works. Instructors and students worldwi...

Upon publication in 1997, The Norton Shakespeare set a new standard for teaching editions of Shakespeare's complete works. Instructors and students worldwi...

The Hudson Series is dedicated to providing the best literature - without commentary or interpretation - at a student-friendly price.Categories: Literature ...

Immortal Poems Here is the most inclusive anthology of verse ever published at so low a price. It contains not only the best-known works of the British a...

Tragic, comic, and utterly honest, this extraordinary memoir is at once a great family saga and a magical self-portrait of a writer who witnessed the birth...

e.e. Cummings Is Without Question One Of The Major Poets Of This Century, And This Volume, First Published In 1959, Is Indispensable For Every Lover Of Mo...

The definitive guide for all fans of Georgette Heyer, Jane Austen, and the glittering Regency period Publishers Weekly Meticulously researched yet splend...

A Collection Of Sharp, Poignant Essays That Expertly Blends The Personal And Political In An Exploration Of American Culture Through The Lens Of Our Obsessi...