"Renaissance Self-Fashioning "is a study of sixteenth-century life and literature that spawned a new era of scholarly inquiry. Stephen Greenblatt examines the structure of selfhood as evidenced in major literary figures of the English Renaissance--Mor…
Soon to be a major motion picture--Stephen King's terrifying, classic #1 New York Times bestseller, "a landmark in American literature" ( Chicago Sun-Times )--about seven adults who return to their hometown to confront a nightmare they had first stu…
About The Book Well before 1929, Stalin had achieved dictatorial power over the Soviet empire, but now he decided that the largest peasant economy in the world would be transformed into socialist modernity, whatever it took. What it took, and what…
A rich, unique anthology of retold fables from Africa Gathering a wide range of traditional African myths, this compelling new collection offers tales of heroes battling…