The work of the world's greatest dramatist is edited by outstanding scholars and presented here, along with an extensive overview of Shakespeare's life, world and theater, a special note on the sources from which Shakespeare derived this work, dramatic criticism, commentaries, and much more. ...

Nikolai Gogol's short story is a sublime work of tragi-comedy. In it, he brilliantly ridicules the Ukrainian passion for litigation and reveals life as something really rather absurd. Ivan Ivanovich and Ivan Nikiforovich are the greatest of friends--until the day they begin a foolish quarrel that culminates in that very worst of insults: "And you, Ivan Ivanovich, are a goose." From that moment on, not another word is spoken between them as they ...

"A memorable and deeply moving story of a family of New Mexican sheepherders, in which Miguel, neither child nor man, tells of his great longing to accompany men and sheep to summer pasture, and expresses his need to be recognized as a maturing individual".--Booklist. Newbery Medal; ALA Notable Children's Book. ...

Danny loves dinosaurs. When he sees one at the museum, he thinks aloud that it would be nice to play with one. When a dinosaur answers Danny, they have a wonderful adventure together. ...

Beloved by generations, this treasured classic of the unlikely yet special friendship between a pig and a spider is available in this lavish collectors' edition. Illustrations. ...

A toy bear in a department store wants a number of things, but when a little girl finally buys him he finds what he has always wanted most of all. ...

Once considered pornographic and vile, "Fanny Hill, or the Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" was, until 1966, censored in the US. The story of a lowly prostitute's rise to respectability, it is now seen as a unique mixture of parody, sensuality, philosophy, and entertainment.<P>This edition features an introduction written by Professor Gary Gautier and features commentary by Charles Rembar, the lawyer who defended the novel in the 1966 US ...

A desperate young man plans the perfect crime -- the murder of a despicable pawnbroker, an old women no one loves and no one will mourn. Is it not just, he reasons, for a man of genius to commit such a crime, to transgress moral law -- if it will ultimately benefit humanity? So begins one of the greatest novels ever written: a powerful psychological study, a terrifying murder mystery, a fascinating detective thriller infused with philosophical, ...

The bestselling children's book author offers the witty, thought-provoking fable of a lion whose marksmanship makes him world famous, but who discovers that "success" is not to his liking. ...

Reprint of the original edition, the finest modern version of the English outlaw's merry adventures. Includes 23 full-page illustrations.
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