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"A moving, vital testament to one of slavery's 'many thousand gone' who retained his humanity in the bowels of degradation." -- "Saturday Review" Born a free man in New York State in 1808, Solomon Northup was kidnapped in Washington, DC, in 1841. He spent the next 12 h[...]

"Playing the Farmer" reinvigorates our understanding of Vergil's "Georgics", a vibrant work written by Rome's premier epic poet shortly before he began the "Aeneid". Setting the "Georgics" in the social context of its day, Philip Thibodeau for the first time connects the poem's idyllic, and idealize[...]

Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities.[...]

Beethoven's string quartets form one of the most intimate and revealing sections of his output, giving a full and varied picture of his musical personality. This study of the quartets by Philip Radcliffe, first published by Hutchinson University in 1965, was reissued by Cambridge University Press in[...]

The second book in the exciting Mortal Engines series
When Tom and Hester's little scrapyard aircraft is pursued by rocket-firing gunships, the ice city offers sanctuary. But it is no safe refuge. Devastated by plague and haunted by ghosts, Anchorage is heading for the Dead Continent.[...]

This publication is an easy-to-read summary of Sun Tzu's The Art of War, a masterpiece on strategy and often referenced by generals and theorists throughout history. The book is not only popular among military theorists, but it has also become increasingly popular among political leaders and those i[...]

For thousands of years, no book has been more shrouded in mystery than the Zohar, yet no book offers us greater wisdom. The central text of Kabbalah, the Zohar is a commentary on the Bible's narratives, laws, and genealogies and a map of the spiritual landscape. In The Essential Zohar, the eminent k[...]

What do the best rug seller in Tangier, the king of the US cable channels and the guru of the Japanese life insurance industry have in common? What makes the difference between an ordinary salesperson and the top 'gunslingers'? Philip Delves Broughton - author of the bestselling "What They Teach You[...]

With a new Afterword by the author for the 25th Anniversary edition.

"Touching as well as hilariously lewd.... Roth is vibrantly talented...as marvelous a mimic and fantasist as has been produced by the most verbal group in human history."

--Alfred Kazin, New York Review of Boo[...]