A new edition of the brilliantly irreverent classic about the clash between Eastern and Western cultures
This novel tells the story of Hank Morgan, the quintessential self-reliant New Englander who brings to King Arthur??s Age of Chivalry the ??great and beneficent? miracles of nineteenth-century engineering and American ingenuity. Through the collision of past and present, Twain exposes the insubstantiality of both utopias, destroying the myth of the romantic ideal as well […]
Whats a Princess to do? Its Mias senior year, and things seem great. She aced her senior project, got accepted to her dream college(s), and has her birthday gala coming up . . . not to mention prom, graduation, and Genovias first-ever elections. Whats not to love about her life? Well . . . Her […]
bThe Barnes Noble Review/bbrPrincess Mia is dreaming about the prom — and contending with a hotel workers strike — in the fifth, supremely hilarious episode of Meg Cabots Princess Diaries. This time, Mias in the pink about the upcoming Albert Einstein H.S. prom, and shes crossing her fingers that Michael will ask her to go. […]
A celebration of the greatest works of literature: why they matter, what they give us and why they continue to be regarded as important. What are the qualities that give some books a passionate new readership with every new generation, even centuries after their authors lifetime? Classics journeys into our reading past to rediscover the […]
The plot of Washington Square has the simplicity of old-fashioned melodrama: a plain-looking, good-hearted young woman, the only child of a rich widower, is pursued by a charming but unscrupulous man who seeks the wealth she will presumably inherit. On this premise, Henry James constructed one of his most memorable novels, a story in which […]
A haunting tale of romantic self-deception, The Return of the Nativefocuses on mismatched lovers who see in each other only what they want to see, and decidedly not what is actually there. Clym Yeobright, the native of the title, returns to Hardy??s fictional Egdon Heath determined to be a force for social progress. Dazzled by […]
How can we account for the extraordinary strength of Islam in the modern world? Are the views of the Enlightenment still an acceptable basis for social order? In Postmodernism, Reason and Religion, Ernest Gellner suggests that we face three ideological options at the present time: a return to the genuine and firm faith of religious […]
Youre not Mia Thermopolis any more, honey, Dad said. Youre Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo. Princess of Genovia. A Princess?? Me??? Yeah. Right. One minute Mias a totally normal Manhattan 14-year-old. Next minute shes heir to the throne of Genovia, being trailed by a trigger-happy bodyguard, taking princess lessons with her bonkers old grandmere, and […]
The only question which hangs over the life of Sir Richard Wyndham, notable whip, dandy and Corinthian, is one of marriage. On the eve of making the most momentous decision of his life, he is on his way home, a little worse for drink, when he chances upon a beautiful young fugitive climbing out of […]
No better introduction to William Shakespeares dramatic masterpieces exists than the delightful prose adaptations of Charles and Mary Lamb, first published in 1807. The two selected 20 of Shakespeares best-known plays and set out both to make them accessible to children and to pay enthusiastic homage to the original works. Together the Lambs distilled the […]
Annabelle Worthington, born into a life of privilege, was raised amid the glamour of New York society.But everything changes on a cold April day in 1912, when the sinking of the Titanic alters her world forever. Finding strength within her grief, Annabelle throws herself into volunteer work, nursing the poor and igniting a passion for […]
Hi, Im Nancy Drew, and Ive got a case to crack. Actually make that two cases. First a gorgeous Faberg?? egg has been stolen. Who would have the heart to snatch such a precious family heirloom from someone new to town? Some housewarming that is! And if this isnt enough to keep me busy, someones […]