This edition of "The Red and the Black" is based on Robert M. Adams' highly regarded translation of Stendhal's 1831 novel of ambition, love and betrayal. An extensively revised backgrounds and contexts section provides geographical and political insights into France at the time and places the novel [...]

An outrageously funny tale of how rumors can make a student create a monster out of any teacher
Two popular books from the bestselling Black Lagoon series--TEACHER and LIBRARIAN--are now reissued with fun new covers Join Hubie once again as he faces his comically horrific fears during his firs[...]

A bestselling Black Lagoon title--with an eye-catching new look for Trade
It's another scary day at the Black Lagoon. . . .
Hubie has been sent to the principal's office, and he's scared Does Mrs. Green really feed kids to the alligator she keeps in her office? Does she really keep kids lo[...]

When New York City jewelry designer Garet James stumbles into a strange antiques shop in her neighborhood, her life is about to be turned upside down. John Dee, the enigmatic shopkeeper, commissions her to open a vintage silver box for a generous sum of money. Oddly, the symbol of a swan on the box [...]

In this groundbreaking book that places "Rootwork" in its rightful spot among other magickal traditions, Tayannah Lee McQuillar offers a fun and practical guide to improving your life with the help of African American folk magick. "Rootwork" begins with the basics, from explanations about the magick[...]

Born in the rural American south, James Boggs lived nearly his entire adult life in Detroit and worked as a factory worker for twenty-eight years while immersing himself in the political struggles of the industrial urban north. During and after the years he spent in the auto industry, Boggs wrote tw[...]

At Black Mountain College, poets, philosophers, scientists and painters such as Robert Duncan, Buckminster Fuller, Merce Cunningham, John Cage and Josef Albers engaged in a vast experiment whose widespread results are still felt around the world today. Far From the Centers of Ambition keeps a tribut[...]

From Publishers Weekly Tanaquil, whose only talent is the ability to fix things, lives in the isolated desert palace of her mother, the sorceress Jaive. When an inquisitive peeve--one of the palace pets--unearths a cache of strange, sparkling bones, Tanaquil uses them to piece together a unicorn's s[...]

Etter at kona ble brutalt drept, har Dave Robicheaux trukket seg tilbake fra politiet for å ta vare på datteren sin. Hverdagen handler om å holde seg unna flaska, takle nattens mareritt og samtidig få et utkomme av fiskebrygga han driver. Et tilfeldig møte med en gammel venn trekker Robicheaux [...]

Central America is a region that knows little of peace. Recent civil wars brought a wave of deportees many of whom were gang members who initiated a new set of internal turf wars. In weak and corrupt states where victims have no voice, organized crime has found a fertile ground for violence and gain[...]