Inexpensive but substantial, this anthology begins with Thoreau's great 19th-century essay and co...

With a profound passion for beauty, nature, and craftsmanship, 19th-century art critic and polyma...

In the years before he wrote War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy founded and ran a school on his estate at...

Renowned Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy had an abiding interest in children and in children's liter...

Horror guaranteed to shock you dead or your life refunded! The cult classic monster magazine is b...

This nuanced portrait of abolitionist politics in the decades leading up to the Civil War contain...

This nuanced portrait of abolitionist politics in the decades leading up to the Civil War contain...

Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgaard (b. 1968) made a literary mark on his home country in 1998, ...

Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgaard (b. 1968) made a literary mark on his home country in 1998, ...

This paperback gift edition of the renowned American humorist's epigrams and witticisms features ...

This stirring anthology features addresses by Winston Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Mohan...

During the 1850s and 1860s more than 100,000 people escaped slavery in the American South by foll...

Spanning 3 centuries, this works include such milestone documents as the Declaration of Independe...

The story behind the origins of Anna Karenina and the turbulent life and times of Leo Tolstoy.

Concise anthology covers works by Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Henry James, Edith Wharton, F. Sco...

The first important fictional treatment of the werewolf theme in English literature, this Victori...

A controversial figure in the history of race relations around the world, Marcus Garvey amazed hi...

The story behind the origins of Anna Karenina and the turbulent life and times of Leo Tolstoy.

Remarkable for their eloquence and depth of feeling, these 82 speeches encompass 5 centuries of I...

Compact, inexpensive anthology features contributions from Jonathan Edwards, Anne Bradstreet, Ben...

Courageous women stepped forward in solidarity in the nineteenth century, advocating for the abol...

Anton Chekhov's virtuosity with the written word is on full display in these 11 short stories exp...

A revelatory portrait of Chekhov during the most extraordinary artistic surge of his life.

Dreams--startling, amazing, troubling, or amusing--their intrigue in life and literature remains ...

This collection of inspirational thoughts represents Leo Tolstoy's profound spiritual odyssey to ...

'Anton Chekhov offers guidance to aspiring writers on emotional depth and authentic representatio...