In this revised and updated edition of Of Mice and Magic, Leonard Maltin not only recreates this whole glorious era from the silent days through the Hollywood golden age to Spielberg's An American Tai
Written by eminent classical scholar Michael Grant.? The Ancient Mediterranean is a wonderfully revealing, unusually comprehensive history of all the peoples who lived around the Mediterranean from ab
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Covering over thirteen centuries of Islamic writing, this quintessential anthology contains the most important and seminal works of the Islamic world. Told from all types of storytellers from differen
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Enjoying a relaxed life with his wife and daughters, under-motivated lawyer Michael Benedict suffers a personal crisis when his wife becomes unexpectedly pregnant at the age of forty, a situation that
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A hilarious collection of upended fairy tales that will recast your classic family favorites in an all-wrong light Remember those beloved fairy tales you read as a child? Where the damsel in distress
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The Complete Self-Publishing Handbook is a step-by-step guide to the publishing process for those who want to produce their own books. Every aspect of the making of books is covered, from the initial
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