Begun in 1934, this final volume of Gurdjieffs trilogy,?ÿAll and Everything, is a primary source for Gurdjieffs ideas, methods, and biography. Gurdjieff offers guidance to his “community of seekers,” through a selection of talks given in 1930, autobiographical material crucial to understanding his ideas, and the incomplete essay “The Outer and Inner World of Man.” […]
Richly exploited comic situations, effervescent wit, and intricate plots combine to make Sheridans work among the best of all English comedy. This edition includes his most famous plays, The Rivals, The School for Scandal, and The Critic, as well as two lesser known musical plays, The Duenna and A Trip to Scarborough. A detailed introduction […]
One of the first novels to deal honestly with a womans sexual awakening,?ÿSummer?ÿcreated a sensation upon its 1917 publication. The Pulitzer Prize winning author of?ÿEthan Frome?ÿshattered the standards of conventional love stories with candor and realism. Nearly a century later, this tale remains fresh and relevant.
H Rider Haggard??s ??She and Allan?, first published in 1921 is a gripping adventure about Allan Quatermain, who together with Hans, the Hottentot and, the Zulu-Chief Omslopogaas and at the bidding of the old Witch Doctor Zikali seeks out Ayesha, the daughter of Isis to find answers to their questions about life and death, and […]
Did it really start with the burning of a train? Scarred: Experiments with Violence in Gujarat asserts the existence of a much larger politics of violence, and tells the story of a disaster in Hindutva??s laboratory which etched deep faults in Gujarat??s social landscape. While capturing the predicament of the Sabarmati Express survivors, Scarred is […]
Born into a privileged family in India, Kiranjit Ahluwalia came to England in 1979 to be married to a man she hardly knew. The next ten years were to be a nightmare of almost daily, physical, mental and sexual violence at the hands of her husband. There was no one she could turn to for […]
Tragic tale of star-crossed lovers, feuding families and timeless passion contains some of Shakespeares most beautiful and lyrical love poetry. This inexpensive edition includes the complete, unabridged text with explanatory footnotes. Ideal for classroom use, it is a wonderful addition to the home library of anyone wanting to savor one of literatures most sublime paeans […]
The year is 1992. Ka, a poet and political exile, returns to Turkey as a journalist, assigned to investigate troubling reports of suicide in the small and mysterious city of Kars on the Turkish border. The snow is falling fast as he arrives, and soon all roads are closed. Theres a suicide epidemic amongst young […]
Creasy – a rugged, burned-out mercenary… When he takes the job as a bodyguard for the young daughter of an Italian industrialist he is awakened to new life by a beguiling human touch – until the unspeakable atrocity occurs… The child is kidnapped by violent terrorists and Creasy is thrown into a ferocious world of […]