'Literary criticism, as I attempt to practice it', writes Harold Bloom in "The Anatomy of Influence", 'is in the first place literary, that is to say, personal and passionate'. For more than half a century, Bloom has shared his profound knowledge of the written word with students and readers. In thi[...]

A leading cognitive scientist argues that a deep sense of good and evil is bred in the bone.
From John Locke to Sigmund Freud, philosophers and psychologists have long believed that we begin life as blank moral slates. Many of us take for granted that babies are born selfish and that it is the r[...]

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Hailed as "the reigning queen of women's fiction" ("The Sacramento Bee"), Debbie Macomber is renowned for her novels of love, friendship, and the promise of fresh starts. Now Macomber returns to the charming Rose Harbor Inn, where each guest finds a second chance a[...]

The temperature is on "sizzle" again in Beaumont, South Carolina, and the peach trees are bursting into full bloom in this fifth book in the mega-bestselling Full series from the bestselling team of Evanovich and Hughes. Original.[...]

Riley Bloom died, aged twelve, in a car crash with her parents and her beloved dog Buttercup. Her sister Ever survived -- but that's another story. Riley must let go of Ever and all the things that tied her to life -- and discover what she's meant to be in the afterlife. Riley is a soul catcher. Tha[...]

Riley Bloom died, aged twelve, in a car crash with her parents and her beloved dog Buttercup. Her sister Ever survived - but that's another story. Riley must let go of Ever and all the things that tied her to life - and discover what she's meant to be in the afterlife. Riley is a soul catcher. That [...]

The dramatic findings of a ground-breaking study of 120 immensely talented individuals reveal astonishing new information on developing talent in young people.
- The Nature of the Study and Why It Was Done
- Learning to Be a Concert Pianist
- One Concert Pianist
- The Development[...]

#1 "NEW YORK TIMES "BESTSELLER
Hailed as "the reigning queen of women's fiction" ("The Sacramento Bee"), Debbie Macomber is renowned for her novels of love, friendship, and the promise of fresh starts. Now Macomber returns to the charming Rose Harbor Inn, where each guest finds a second chance a[...]

Amy Bloom was nominated for a National Book Award for her first collection, Come to Me, and her fiction has appeared in "The New Yorker, Story, Antaeus, " and other magazines, and in The Best American Short Stories""and""Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards." "In her new collection, she enhances her r[...]

Since its first publication in 1965, this edition has been widely hailed as the best available text of Blake's poetry and prose. Now revised, if includes up-to-date work on variants, chronology of poems and critical commentary by Harold Bloom.

An "Approved Edition" of the Center for[...]

The Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of the "Bloom County" comic strip is back To help celebrate, here is the first ever Bloom County picture book, featuring fan-favorite Bill the Cat (Ack ack )
Almost thirty-five years ago Berkeley Breathed launched a little-known comic strip called "Bloom Coun[...]