Edgar Allan Poe Not for those of a nervous disposition, this chilling collection contains some of Edgar Allan Poe's best known stories, including The Fall of the House of Usher...

Mary Ellen SnodgrassThis sweeping survey of ancient Greek culture covers the greatest works of Greek poets, dramatists, philosophers, writers, and historians. These writings are the foundation of the way we...

Mary Ellen SnodgrassCliffs Notes on Roman Classics is the reference book you need to understand the values and ideas inherent in Latin literature and Roman civilization. It is a must...

Susan Llewellyn and Katie Aafjes-van Doom Clinical psychology makes a significant contribution to mental health care across the world. The essence of the discipline is the creative application of the...

Joseph Heller The sequel to Catch-22, the classic that came to symbolize the absurdity of war, takes on politics, the greed of business, and the decline of society and brings...

EM Forster Written at various dates before World War I, these 12 stories contain themes that were to re-emerge in E.M. Forster's later work. They demonstrate his belief in freedom,...

Author: Isaac Bashevis Singer The forty-seven stories in this collection, selected by Singer himself out of nearly one hundred and fifty, range from the publication of his now-classic first collection,...

Thomas Mann Famous for his novels, Thomas Mann is more accessible through the shorter fictions which span his entire career. The most famous of these stories is one of the...

Robin CookThe blockbuster bestseller that kickstarted a new genre--the medical thriller--is now available in trade paperback for the first time.They called it "minor surgery," but Nancy Greenly, Sean Berman and...

Carol Ann RinzlerThis text helps identify over 100 diseases and medical conditions, and gives some simple guidelines on how to reduce risk. It is arranged alphabetically, and provides information on...

Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish...

Yoram Kaniuk Part Jewish and part Arab, Yosef Rosenzweig/Shehara is torn by the conflict between two peoples, and he comes to realize now much political events shape one's life, regardless...