William Faulkner was a master of the short story. Most of the pieces in this collection are drawn from the greatest period in his writing life, the fifteen or so years beginning in 1929, when he published "The Sound and the Fury." They explore many of the themes found in the novels and feature chara[...]

In the spring of 1935, at Snaketown, Arizona, two Pima Indians recounted and translated their entire traditional creation narrative. Juan Smith, reputedly the last tribesman with extensive knowledge of the Pima version of this story, spoke and sang while William Smith Allison translated into English[...]

Ein Lehrer lässt seinen Schüler Schreckliches erleben. Es geht auf Fahrt in einer Geisterkutsche und man besucht ein todbringendes Haus. Doch Vorsicht vor Wünschen mit der Affenpfote ...[...]

In this new offering from Stanley Wells, the pre-eminent Shakespearian scholar, comes a Very Short Introduction to the life and writings of the worlds greatest and best-known dramatists: William Shakespeare.Looking at his early life and education, Wells explores Shakespeares social and intellectual [...]

A source of enduring fascination, the Vikings are the most famous raiders of medieval Europe. Despite the exciting and compelling descriptions in the Icelandic sagas and other contemporary accounts that have fueled this interest, we know comparatively little about Viking age arms and armor as compar[...]