Robert McCrum, William Cran, and Robert MacNeil The marvelous saga of the English language--from its origins as a dialect of a small European tribe to its present status as the...

Barbara W Tuchman In the dark winter of 1917, as World War I was deadlocked, Britain knew that Europe could be saved only if the United States joined the war....

Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman   One man, the powerful archmage Raistlin, intends that the darkness shall return. Two people alone can stop him: Crysania, a beautiful cleric of good,...

Ebria Feinblatt Shows nineteenth-century posters by Oliva, Feure, Bonnard, Grasset, Cheret, and Mucha January 1, 1986 by Los Angeles : County Museum of Art

Roger Zelazny Merle Corey is a brilliant young computer designer in San Francisco, but, he is also Merlin, son of Corwin, vanished prince of Amber, and heir to his father's...

Mel Calman What Else Do You Do? Some Sketches from a Cartoonist's Life January 1, 1986 by Methuen

Eisenberg, Murkoff and Hathaway   You are what you eat, and your baby is too. Not surprisingly, a pregnant womanís chances of giving birth to a healthy infant are dramatically...

Piers Anthony THE WOMAN WHO WANTED REVENGEWhen the man Niobe loved was shot, she learned that she had been the target, in a devious plot of the Devil's.Hoping for revenge, Niobe accepted...

Donna Rosenberg In this 3rd revised edition each myth is accompanied by an introduction offering historical background to place it in context as well as suggestions for literary analysis. The...