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

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.

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.

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

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

In Ignatius Rising, René Pol Nevils and Deborah George Hardy present the first biography of Toole, drawing upon scores of interviews with contemporaries of the writer and acquaintances of his influencing mother, Thelma, as well as ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

A member of a sketch comedy group describes growing up with OCD, discussing his pop-culture obsessions, the roles of literature and Christianity in shaping his perspective, and his visit to the OCD Institute in Massachusetts.

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?