The Norton Anthology of American Literature includes more entire works than does any other anthology of American literature. The eighth edition features a diverse and balanced variety of works and thorough but judicious editorial apparatus. It includes more complete works, new authors, 170 in-text i[...]

Traces the life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt from his birth in 1882 through his youth, early political career, and presidency to his death in Warm Springs, Georgia, in 1945. "It's the photo essay at its best." -- Booklist, starred review ALA Best Book for Young Adults
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The be-all, end-all guide to cooking the perfect steak--from buying top-notch beef, seasoning to perfection, and finding or building the ideal cooking vessel--from the team behind the acclaimed and bestselling book Franklin Barbecue. Aaron Franklin may be the reigning king of brisket, but in his of[...]

Lord Byron (1788-1824) was a poet and satirist, as famous in his time for his love affairs and questionable morals as he was for his poetry. This guide offers an introduction to the contexts and many interpretations of Byron's texts. Part of the "Routledge Guides to Literature" series, it is useful [...]

Sometimes social theory can seem dry and intimidating - as if it is something completely apart from everyday life. But in this incisive new text, Brian Heaphy show exactly how the arguments of the great contemporary theorists play out against extended examples from real life. Introducing the ideas o[...]

Pulling Newspapers Apart: Analysing Print Journalism explores contemporary UK national and local newspapers at a significant and pivotal moment in their development when some pundits are busily, if mistakenly, announcing their demise. The book offers a detailed examination of features which previous[...]

Cultural History and Education brings together an outstanding group of the leading scholars in the study of the cultural history of education. These scholars, whose work represents a variety of national contexts from throughout Europe, Latin America, and North America, contribute to a growing bod[...]

Sent to medieval Cambridge in order to exonerate a group of Jewish prisoners with financial ties to King Henry I, University of Salerno medical examiner Adelia and a group of companions struggle to avoid being accused of witchcraft and discover that the killer may be a former crusader. Reprint.[...]

The "richly detailed, almost indecently thrilling" ("New York Times") follow up to "The Serpent's Tale"
When a fire at Glastonbury Abbey reveals two skeletons, rumor has it they may belong to King Arthur and Queen Guinevere. King Henry II hopes so, for it would help him put down a rebellion in [...]

Semi, Miranda, and Arnie are part of a group of 50 British Young Conservationists on their way to a wildlife conservation station deep in the rain forests of Ecuador. After a terrifying mid-air disaster and subsequent crash, these three are the sole survivors, stranded together on a deserted tropica[...]

A counterfeiting case leads Frank and Joe Hardy into an investigation of an old mill, constructed by the pioneers[...]