SUMMARY: A keenly observed depiction of the effects of a mother's mental illness on her young daughter, Another Life Altogether is a profoundly moving, funny, and ultimately heartr...
SUMMARY: High-profile new Doctor Who-inspired drama created by Russell T. Davies. The 21st century is when it all changes, and you've got to be ready. Separate from the government;...
Product DescriptionThe pirates hired to assassinate the kidnapped Waterdeep bride are hot on their prey. Having landed on the shores of the Utter East, they face great danger--all ...
A classic of modern travel writing, An Area of Darkness_ _is Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul[HTML_REMOVED]s profound reckoning with his ancestral homeland and an extraordinarily perce...
From Publishers WeeklyMore than a million ships have gone lost or missing in the seas, and going down in "the museum of the deep" to find famous shipwrecks is a risky yet profitabl...
EDITORIAL REVIEW: The paperback edition of Daniel H. Pink's groundbreaking book, *A Whole New Mind*. Described by reviewers as "an audacious and powerful work," "a profound read," ...
SUMMARY: A once-respected college professor and novelist, Dale Stewart has sabotaged his career and his marriage -- and now darkness is closing in on him. In the last hours of Hall...
About the AuthorKevin J. H. Dettmar is Professor of English and Cultural Studies at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He is the author or editor of a half-dozen boo...
SUMMARY: When an eccentric professor acquires an ancient book, a riddle on a spare piece of parchment tucked neatly within its pages leads him and his nephew on an unparalleled adv...
Frederick Busch has an enduring love affair with great books, and here he brilliantly communicates his passion to us all. Whether expounding on Melville or Dickens, or celebrating ...