"The biographer's true gifts shine. Rarely has a distant century felt so immediate, its quirks and glories so vivid."-- Washington Times . Margaret Cavendish's life as a writer and noblewoman unfolded against the backdrop of the English Civil War and Restoration. Pursuing the only career open to women of her class, she became a lady-in-waiting to the Queen Henrietta Maria. Exiled to Paris with the Queen, she met and married William Cavendish, ...

Watching the great Bill Russell be told that he couldn't play at a famous New England golf club; leaving Kermit the Frog in a house of ill repute in Mississippi; and poaching The Nature Conservancy's biggest donor's birds hunting in Georgia are just a few of the embarrassing, hilarious, and unpredictable moments that David Morine recounts in Small Claims, his latest book.
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National bestseller "Wavemaker II" is a heart-stopping story of what happens when one man takes a fall for another, leaving his family in disarray. Called "succinct and completely unsentimental" by "Time Out New York, " Hughes's novel is flawlessly executed, full of rich, nuanced characters and sensuous detail. ...

Winner of France's Best Foreign Book Award. ...

Rudolf Steiner interprets Goethe's works in the light of anthroposophy and Spiritual Science, revealing Goethe's spiritual philosophy and wisdom. Contents: Goethe's secret revelation: 1)exoteric, and 2)esoteric; The riddle in Faust: 1)exoteric, and 2)esoteric. ...

Johnny Werd, the Fire Continues is an experimental American novel from the twilight of the twentieth century, retelling the story of a boy and his fire. It is to laugh. ...

The major biography of one of Scotland's most enigmatic and underrated writers. ...

Shortlisted for the Sunday Express Book of the Year Award in 1987. New Zealander Noel Virtue creates here a wonderful account of childhood. Elsdon Bird is an affectionate and imaginative child who is raised in a family steeped in the religious intolerance of the Christian Brethren sect. After the family is forced to move because of father's proselytizing, young Elsdon tries to escape his family's religious fundamentalism by creating his own ...

Mile End is a chilling and masterful look at the interior landscapes of psychosis which mirror so perfectly the emptiness of the exterior surfaces they reflect. ...

Volume 1 of 2. These volumes present a biographical account of the life and work of Percy Bysshe Shelley, one of the greatest English romantic poets. Percy's life was singularly interesting and diverse. His friends unanimously testify that his character was one of gentleness, purity, generosity and strong affection. As a poet, he stands in the front rank and in some of his shorter poems he is unsurpassed. During his short, but wholly eventful ...