Both a winner of the Pulitzer Prize and at the head of the Modern Library's list of the one hundred best English-language nonfiction books of the twentieth century, "The Education of Henry Adams" has long been revered as a great work of literature. Written by Adams in the third person, the book beca[...]

Sixty years ago, legendary author Marguerite Henry introduced Misty and all the ponies of Chincoteague Island to boys and girls around the world. Today "Misty of Chincoteague" and all of Marguerite Henry's stories are considered some of the greatest horse tales ever told. In honor of this, Aladdin i[...]

Now in paperback, the exceptionally well-reviewed, "intimate and authoritative...outstanding double memoir" ("The New York Times Book Review") about schizophrenia written by an eminent journalist and his son.
On a cold February day two months after his twentieth birthday, Henry Cockburn waded in[...]

Henry Dumas's fiction is a masterful synthesis of myth and religion, culture and nature, mask and identity. From the Deep South to the simmering streets of Harlem, his characters embark on surreal and mythic quests armed only with wit, words, and wisdom. Championed by Toni Morrison, Walter Mosley, a[...]

O. Henry--master of the one-line quip and surprise ending, and reinventor of the short story--today enjoys greater popularity than ever. His descriptions of New York City and
the American West have become ingrained into the fabric of modern American psychology. His character sketches--always hum[...]

"The pleasure of reading the "Education" is . . . the pleasure of seeing history come alive, of seeing it move, of seeing behind history to the actions and actors. It is the pleasure of seeing revealed the humanity so often concealed in history." -Alfred Kazin
Henry Adams was one of the most po[...]

This is the only complete and unabridged one-volume edition of Matthew Henry's famous work.Now, this classic volume has been re-typset and features a slimmer and handier trim size and an attractive new cover."First among the mighty (commentaries) for general usefulness we are bound to mention the ma[...]

In 1908 at the age of two, Henry Pu Yi ascended to become the last emperor of the centuries-old Manchu dynasty. After revolutionaries forced Pu Yi to abdicate in 1911, the young emperor lived for thirteen years in Peking s Forbidden City, but with none of the power his birth afforded him. The remain[...]