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Dubliners

Chicken Soup for the African American Soul

In this perfect gift for teens or others interested in the "true voice" of African-Americans, the authors deliver a positive and empowering message that doesn't back away from the truth. 384 pp.

Dubliners

Through what Joyce described as their style of scrupulous meanness, the stories present a direct, sometimes searing view of Dublin in the early twentieth century. The text of this Norton Critical Ed...

Ghost Stories

Specially compiled for Christmas, this collection of ghost stories brings together works from M.R. James, Edgar Allan Poe, Elizabeth Bowen, William Trevor, Dorothy K. Haynes, Arthur Machen, Walter De...

1001 Dark Nights

PURE WICKED by Shayla Black During his decade as an international pop star, Jesse McCall has lived every day in the fast lane. A committed hedonist reveling in amazing highs, globetrotting, and nam...

Perspectives in Criticism-The Idea of Coleridge's Criticism

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impac...

Rip Van Winkle

''Rip Van Winkle'' is a short story by American autor Irving Washington, published in 1819 as well as the name of the story's fictional protagonist. Written while Irving was living in Birmingham, Engl...

The Castle of Otranto

The Castle of Otranto is 'the original' gothic novel. This story initiatiated a literary genre which would become extremely popular in the later 18th century and early 19th century. Walpole is Thus, b...

The Given Day

Set at the end of the Great War, "The Given Day" offers an unflinching, utterly spectacular family epic that captures the political unrest of a nation caught between a well-patterned past and an unpre...

Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues

It's tourist season in Paradise, Massachusetts. With it comes a baffling and violent crime wave that has residents on edge. It's also brought a mysterious figure who's stirring up troubling memories f...

The Way to London

From the author of Secrets of Nanreath Hall comes this gripping, beautifully written historical fiction novel set during World War II-the unforgettable story of a young woman who must leave Singapore...

Sex And the Perfect Lover

A first English-language translation of a guide to achieving a more passionate sex life, written by an award-winning therapist, outlines teachings from the Tantra and Kama Sutra in an accessible forma...