Various 
Colonial American Travel Narratives [EPUB ebook] 

In his preface to the 1998 reissue, Michael Foot wrote, 'Guilty Men was conceived by three London journalists who had formed the habit of meeting on the roof of the Evening Standard offices in …

"London Films" by William Dean Howells is a collection of insightful essays that offer a vivid portrayal of Victorian-era London. Howells, renowned for his literary criticism, provides …

In this dazzling collection, Annie Dillard explores the world over, from the Arctic to the Ecuadorian jungle, from the Galapagos to her beloved Tinker Creek. With her entrancing gaze she captures the …

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 …

This is an annotated critical edition of Articulos de costumbres by the Romantic journalist Mariano Jose de Larra (1809 37), presented with a critical introduction, study guide, glossary and …

The prizewinning author of The Innocents examines the relationships among fact, fiction, fictionalization, and appropriation in this thought-provoking work. “In all creative writing, the ques …

This book of original essays explores three important areas in comparative literature and history and in cultural studies: the boundaries between history and fiction;women as writers and subjects; an …

Darkness has shaped the lives of humans for millennia, and in Dark Skies, Tiffany Francis-Baker travels around Britain and Europe to learn more about nocturnal landscapes and humanity »s connection t …

What was known and understood about the nature of the Nazi dictatorship in Britain prior to war in 1939? How was Nazism viewed by those outside of Germany? The British Press and Nazi Germany …

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER  »A sweeping and brilliant portrait  » GUARDIAN  »A reportorial tour de force … Heart-rending, appalling and hard to put down » JANE MAYER  » Vision …