Staughton LyndNonviolence in America is a comprehensive compilation of first-hand sources that document the history of nonviolence in the United States from colonial times to the present. Editors Staughton and...

Henry Fielding   Tom Jones is widely regarded as one of the first and most influential English novels. It is certainly the funniest.Tom Jones, the hero of the book, is...

Anthony TrollopeAnthony Trollope is most famous for his portrait of the professional and landed classes of Victorian England, especially in his Palliser and Barsetshire novels. But he was also the...

Author: DH Lawrence A sequel to the banned novel, The Rainbow, Women in Love follows the tumultuous lives of the Brangwen sisters, Gudrun and Ursula. Turning his keen eye on...

Colleen McCullough   A sweeping epic of ancient Rome from the #1 bestselling author of The Thorn BirdsIn this breathtaking follow-up to The October Horse, Colleen McCullough turns her attention...

Ben JonsonThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from...

Judy Blume   Sheila Tubman is not quite sure who she is. Just when she's convinced that she really is confident, witty Sheila the Great, she is confronted with her...

Philippe Huisman and MG DortuSketches, paintings, letters, and statements by the French artist provide insights into his troubled family background, dissolute lifestyle, and preoccupation with Parisian low life

Siri Hustvedt   A brilliant, provocative novel about an artist who, after years of being ignored by the art world, conducts an experiment: she conceals her female identity behind three...

Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus: A Practical Guide For Improving Communication And Getting What You Want In Your Relationships John Gray Once upon a time Martians and...

Walter ScottGuy Mannering is an astrologer who only half-believes in his art. Instead he places his faith in patriarchal power, wealth and social position.But the Scotland of this novel is...

Fay WeldonThe Life and Loves of a She Devil(She Devil #1)Ruth Patchett never thought of herself as particularly devilish. Rather the opposite in fact -- simply a tall, not terribly...