Book DescriptionA brand-new translation of the world's greatest satirist. With a signature style that is at once bawdy and delicate, as well as a fearless penchant for lam...
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Book DescriptionWhile the Victorian period is often considered one of the most repressive and homophobic in American history, a literature of love between men actually flo...
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Book DescriptionPioneering translator Denys Johnson-Davies brings together thirty colorful tales of a mosaic of life as lived and portrayed by Arabs from Morocco to Iraq. ...
A legendary bestseller for more than forty years, this is the classic survey to the field from the Middle Ages to the twenty-first century. With 274 authors, the Eighth E...
The definitive compendium of classic and modern oratory expanded?with a new preface on what makes a speech "great." An instant classic when it was first published a decad...
This year's collection is edited by the Pulitzer Prizewinning novelist and short story writer Michael Chabon. His eclectic selections include pieces from publications as d...
Over the course of his short life, John Keats (1795-1821) honed a raw talent into a brilliant poetic maturity. By the end of his brief career, he had written poems of such...
The essays provided in this condensed collection, meant for art lovers and novices alike, introduce and analyze the distinct artistic manifestations and tendencies of the ...