Could Dr. Frankenstein's machine ever animate a body?

One of the judges who awarded him the Booker Prize described Barnes as "an unparalleled magus of the heart." This book confirms that opinion.

Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro explains when and why so many people began to question whether Shakespeare wrote his plays.

The book's outrageous protagonist, Ignatius Reilly, is an icon of contemporary American fiction. Now Ken and Thelma sheds new light on the tragic life story of the author, known as 'Ken' to his friends.

... in author- ship . - Saturday Evening Gazette . " Vestigia , " by George Fleming , that is to say , Miss Fletcher , has its scene in Italy and its characters are chiefly humble and simple people . It is a quiet story , with but one or ...

Why? This handbook documents the progress of well-being in the various world regions as well as the differences in those regions. The broad questions that the handbook addresses include: What does well-being mean?

The long-awaited biography of John Kennedy Toole ("A Confederacy of Dunces"), whose fascinating life and tragic death is one of the most amazing publishingstories in American literature.

Presents a treasure trove of 135 letters, written over a period of 42 years, from Edith Wharton to her teacher, considered a great find in the literary world, given that only three letters from the Age of Innocence author's childhood and ...

... FLETCHER , JOHN , an English dramatic poet , the associate of Francis Beaumont in author- ship , born in 1576 , died by the plague in 1625 . His father , Dr. Richard Fletcher , was suc- cessively bishop of Bristol , Worcester , and ...