Literature
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BotchanBotchan (1906) is a novel by Natsume Sōseki. Inspired by his experience as a teacher on the island of Shikoko, Sōseki composed a beloved tale of growth and moral decency that continues to be read in Japan and around the world to this day....
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Journey to the Center of the EarthAs one of the many installments in Jules Verne's Voyage Extraordinaire series, Journey to the Center of the Earth promises high stakes and thrilling adventure. When Professor Otto Lidenbrock bought an ancient runic manuscript, which chronicles the lives of Norwegian Kings, he did not...
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Whaddaya Got, Loran?: Dispatches from GeorgiaMost Georgians know Loran Smith from Saturday afternoons and Georgia Bulldog football. Larry Munson would oftentimes say after a play, Whaddaya got, Loran? His colorful responses and chemistry with Munson made listening to the game an absolute joy. But, for decades Loran Smith has...
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Balaam's Ass: Vernacular Theology Before the English Reformation: Volume 1: Frameworks, Arguments, English to 1250For over seven hundred years, bodies of writing in vernacular languages served an indispensable role in the religious and intellectual culture of medieval Christian England, yet the character and extent of their importance have been insufficiently recognized. A longstanding identification of medieval western European...
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The Substance of Fiction: Literary Objects in China, 1550-1775Do the portrayals of objects in literary texts represent historical evidence about the material culture of the past? Or are things in books more than things in the world? Sophie Volpp considers fictional objects of the late Ming and Qing that defy being read...
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IntertextualityThis successful introduction to intertextuality deftly introduces this crucial area and relates its significance to key theories and movements in the study of literature. The third edition is updated to include a brand new chapter, looking at intermediality, and how the study of intertextuality...
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Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair's Youth (Heathen Edition)Hermann Karl Hesse (1877-1962) was a German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946. He found early popularity as an author in his native Germany but was soon embroiled in public controversy following the publication of an...
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Poetic Song Verse: Blues-Based Popular Music and PoetryPoetic Song Verse: Blues-Based Popular Music and Poetry invokes and critiques the relationship between blues-based popular music and poetry in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The volume is anchored in music from the 1960s, when a concentration of artists transformed modes of popular music...
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The Weird Tales Story: Expanded and EnhancedThe Weirdest Story Ever ToldIn this definitive history and analysis of Weird Tales magazine, Robert Weinberg's original narrative is expanded and enhanced with contributions from a who's who of pulp scholars, including S.T. Joshi, Darrell Schweitzer, Mike Ashley, Rob Roehm, Bobby Derie, Jason Ray...
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Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed Life"An intimate look at the making of a man, an actor, an advocate--and most importantly--a happy human being. A wonderful book that is funny, honest, fearless, and generous in its vulnerability." --Douglas Stuart, Booker Prize-winning author of Shuggie BainThere is absolutely no logical reason...
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Sudoku Puzzles Difficult World's Hardest: Very hard Sudoku Puzzles - suduko puzzle books for adults large print - Makes a Great Gift for Adults, GrandSolving Sudoku is a lot of fun and very easy to learn. Have fun with this Sudoku book!Book features: ★8.5x11 grid. 4 puzzles per page.★320Sudoku★Difficulty level: Very Hard★Many hours of fun!★Great gift for all new and "old" Sudoku fans!Did you know that sudoku trains...
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One of His Boys: The Letters of Johnnie Pickle and His Mentor, George Washington CarverGeorge Washington Carver is today remembered in part for the many products he derived from the peanut, a crop he urged on Southern farmers to replace cotton and avoid soil exhaustion and the boll weevil. Less well known is the multitude of college students...
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Empire's Nursery: Children's Literature and the Origins of the American CenturyHow children and children's literature helped build America's empire America's empire was not made by adults alone. During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, young people became essential to its creation. Through children's literature, authors instilled the idea of America's power and the importance of...
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The Best of EpicurusTHE BEST OF EPICURUS presents Epicurus' own writings and teachings, as well as much of what remains about his life and philosophy from antiquity. It begins with an informative introduction, which, aside from explaining why we should care about Epicurus and the basic facts...
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The Marquise de Gange'It is time to die, Madame: there shall be no mercy for you..!' It was one of the most shocking crimes of the seventeenth century, and would provide Sade with the inspiration for the last novel he published. The beautiful and virtuous Euphrasie, admired...
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The Science of Life and Death in FrankensteinThe first book to compile the historical scientific and medical thought that influenced Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. What is life? This was a question of particular concern for Mary Shelley. But how did Shelley and her fellow Romantic writers incorporate this debate into their work,...
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Essays: Ralph Waldo EmersonRalph Waldo Emerson's essays and poems on the transcendental movement in the United States became some of the most important literary pieces in American History. In this culmination of essays, Emerson takes the reader through different forms of philosophies that attempt to explain the...
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George Herbert: 100 PoemsGeorge Herbert (1593-1633) is widely regarded as the greatest devotional poet in the English language. His profound influence can be seen in the lasting popularity of his verse. This selection of one hundred lyric poems by Herbert is designed for readers to enjoy the...
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I, AntigoneAfter her father's death in exile, Antigone returns to Thebes determined to set the record straight and restore her father's reputation. Tracing the histories of Oedipus and his parents Laius and Jocasta, as well as the peripheral characters of the plays who had a...
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The Classic F. Scott Fitzgerald Collection: 5-Volume Box Set EditionA delightful collection of five quality paperback editions in a boxed set, including all the major works of literary master, F. Scott Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald is considered one of the greatest novelists of the 20th century, celebrated for his penetrating and moving depictions of the...
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