A Pulitzer Prize-winning Twain scholar presents a collection of sixty-six of the author's best short stories, including "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calavaras County," "A Curious Dream," and "Dick Baker's Cat." Reprint.[...]
When Connecticut mechanic and foreman Hank Morgan is knocked unconscious, he wakes not to the familiar scenes of nineteenth-century America but to the bewildering sights and sounds of sixth-century Camelot. Although confused at first and quickly imprisoned, he soon realises that his knowledge of the[...]
For the past twenty years the publishers of THE MERCK MANUAL, one of the most widely used sources of medical information in the world, realised that more and more copies of the guide were being purchased by people who were not healthcare professionals, despite the fact that it had never been adverti[...]