The denial of the Holocaust has no more credibility than the assertion that the earth is flat. Yet there are those who insist that the death of six million Jews in Nazi concentration camps is nothing
Offering nine brilliant readings of the great myths of the world, from Beowulf to The Cid, this is the first collection to compare national heroes at a time when their cultures were emerging from barb
A young, American-born child of an aristocratic Mandarin family that has fled China struggles to assimilate in 1950s San Francisco in a novel from "an incredibly rich and new voice." (Amy Tan).
This irresistible collection of cloned recipes is the product of years of obsessive research by self-confessed junk-food addict Todd Wilbur. Big food manufacturers guard their recipes like the gold in
Joyce Carol Oates has taken a shocking story that has become an American myth and, from it, has created a novel of electrifying power and illumination. Kelly Kelleher is an idealistic, twenty-six-year
Describes how decentralization and entrepreneurship can revitalize government and outlines ten principles guiding an entrepreneurial public organization
Introduction One: The River PlateHoracio Quiroga: The Dead Man Julia Cortazar: Axolotl Armonia Somers: Waiting for Polidoro Jorge Luis Borges: The Circular Ruins Juan Carlos Onetti: The Dog Will Have
This edition offers Hansberry's complete uncut screen adaptation of her play, containing at least forty percent new material that does not appear in the play.
In 1935, David Miller began to gather the stories of 72 elderly Native American participants in the Battle of the Little Bighorn. This work is the result of his exhaustive, 22-year research--a superb
"The most important book by one of the outstanding military authorities of our time." ? Library Journal This is the classic book on war as we know it. During his long life, Basil H. Liddell Hart was
Recounts how mysteries of modern medicine involving strange allergies, food poisonings, environmental contamination, and outbreaks of mass hysteria have been solved
Now in a totally updated edition--the secrets of how to stretch memory skills to the fullest. Buzan has devised an ingenious system for memory improvement, geared to handle each specific memory proble
In Good News, Edward Abbey's acclaimed underground classic, the West is wild again. American civilization as the twentieth century knew it has crumbled. In the great Southwest, a new breed or settle
Long considered an underground classic, The Journey Home stands beside Desert Solitaire as one of Abbey's most important works. In a voice edged eith chagrin, Abbey offers a portrait of the American W
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
A game of cards leads Flashman from the jungle death-house of Dahomey to the slave state of Mississippi as he dabbles in the slave trade in Volume III of the "Flashman Papers". When Flashman was invei
Published around the world, this book has become an undisputed classic in the field of motivational literature. Inspired by Andrew Carnegie, it has been cited by many as the "calling card" that prope
Excellent Women is probably the most famous of Barbara Pym's novels. The acclaim a few years ago for this early comic novel, which was hailed by Lord David Cecil as one of 'the finest examples of high
When his beautiful and brainless wife Elizabeth is abducted from Singapore by a half-breed ex-Etonian millionaire, Harry Flashman sets out on an odyssey of reluctant pursuit
A prolific writer, bestselling novelist, and world-renowned philosopher, Ayn Rand defined a full system of thought--from epistemology to aesthetics. Her writing is so extensive and th
His name is J. Henry Waugh. He eats delicatessen, drinks in a neighborhood bar, picks up B-girls, and likes country music. But he has one strange obsession. He has devised a baseball game whose eve
If ever there was a time when I felt that 'watcher-of-the-skies-when-a-new-planet' stuff, it was when I read the first Flashman."? P.G. Wodehouse Fraser revives Flashman, a caddish bully from Tom
"If Broadway ever erects a monument to a patron saint of laughter, Neil Simon will have to be it." ?Neil Simon This first volume of The Collected Plays of Neil Simon contains the triumphs that put N
The final book in Anne Rice's erotic Sleeping Beauty series Before E.L. James' Fifty Shades of Grey, there was Anne Rice’s provocative take on the timeless fairy tale “Sleeping Beauty. “ In the final
From early childhood through adolescence—a uniquely practical, reassuring, and effective parenting guide. Even normal, well-adjusted children manifest difficult behavior. At times they ca
With the discovery and translation of the Dyskolos (“The Grouch”), Menander comes alive with subtle philosophy and vision. His world of troubled lovers, scheming servants, and foolish old men, with it
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
The second volume in Stephen King’s acclaimed, epic Dark Tower series. After his confrontation with the man in black at the end of The Gunslinger, Roland awakes to find three doors on the beach of Mi
“This collection has two stated purposes: to serve as a ‘readings’ book for a college-level business ethics course and for business professionals with an interest in ethical decision-making. The work
Rebecca Jean Wooten St. Clair and her sister, Carleen, pack up their two teenage daughters and leave California via Route 66 for Blue Lick Springs, Kentucky, where they will celebrate the seventy-fift
Intimacy is a collection of erotica for couples that is an intoxicating romp through wild fantasies and sexual obsession and also a meditation on the vulnerability and security of those in a deeply in
The third volume in Stephen King’s acclaimed, epic Dark Tower series. Roland continues his quest for the Dark Tower, but he is no longer alone. He has trained Eddie and Susannah—who entered Mid-World
The fourth volume in Stephen King's acclaimed, epic Dark Tower series Roland and his band have narrowly escaped the city of Lud and boarded Blaine, a train that will take them to, of all places, Kansa
