H.L. Mencken 
Second Mencken Chrestomathy [EPUB ebook] 

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA NON-FICTION DAGGERIn some places, it”s easier to get a gun than a glass of water.In some places, you are allowed to carry concealed firearms into schools.In some places, ther …

First published in 1978.This book surveys the history of the Press as a whole in relation to the development of society – beginning with the introduction of the art of printing into England in 1476. …

This is the first anthology to bring together the writings of the earliest black women writers in the East and West Caribbean, Bermuda, Canada, the US and England. The selections span the American Re …

First published in 1989. Mas”udi was born in Baghdad about 896 AD, during the Caliphate of Mu”tadid and died in Egypt sometime around the year 956, eleven years after the Buwaihids, a Shi”a dynast …

In this account of the growth of newspapers in modern, industrial society, Helen Hughes traces the development of a mass audience through analysis of the origins of the human interest story in the po …

From the beginning of the seventeenth century, English society started to become preoccupied with education and how people acquired it. It is all the more surprising, then, that there should be relat …

This book comprehensively surveys Philip Roth”s published and unpublished works, focusing on the thematic unity which binds them together: the memory of the Holocaust and the altered universe born o …

"Quill’s Window" by B. M. Croker is a captivating novel that weaves together mystery, romance, and social dynamics against a backdrop of suspense and intrigue. The story centers on a comple …

"Hopes and Fears for Art" by William Morris is a seminal work of art criticism and manifesto that encapsulates the essence of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Within the backdrop of the Victor …

First published in 1965, this reissued work by Wendy Craik provides a thorough and extensive study of Jane Austen”s six complete novels: Northanger Abbey, Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, …