An Edited Life

The life of Jane Austen has fascinated the millions of readers around the world who cherish her work. A new collection presents an intimate portrai...

Reducere. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is an autobiography by a young mother and fugitive slave published in 1861 by L. Maria Child, who edited the ...

Reducere. First published in 1974, and edited by John Henrik Clarke with the aid of Amy Jacques Garvey, this is a superbly edited collection of writings refl...

By the time of his death in January 1996, Norman MacCaig was known widely as the grand old man of Scottish poetry, honoured by an OBE and the Queen...

Reducere. DescriptionA vibrant self-portrait of an artist whose work was his life. In this new collection of F. Scott Fitzgerald's letters, edited by leading...

Reducere. A record of a great writer's nonfiction work and an evolving picture of the last years of his life, during the time when he published Animal Farm a...

DescriptionThe Princeton Guide to Evolution is a comprehensive, concise, and authoritative reference to the major subjects and key concepts in evol...

DescriptionI Ching was among "the five classics" edited by Confucius, and the philosopher is reputed to have wished for fifty more years of life to...

Reducere. DescriptionThis premium quality large print volume includes the complete and unabridged classic translation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punis...

This handsome, affordable paperback edition of Walden is the most authoritative version of Henry David Thoreau's classic American literarymasterpie...

Reducere. A career-spanning volume charting the Nobel laureate's work in the ode formPablo Neruda was a master of the ode, which he conceived as an homage to...

Reducere. The critically acclaimed, indispensible illustrated monograph on Agnes Martin, published to accompany the major retrospective exhibition organized ...

Nero: Makers of History Written by Jacob Abbott--updated for younger readers Foreword by Ben House Nero The name is both a shame and a shudder. In ...

Edited collection presenting an investigation of the entanglement of form and practice seen through the lens of the smallest multiple unit of colla...

Reducere. In ANARCHY, Errico Malatesta delivers a fundamental treatise on anarchism. Though brief, ANARCHY is clear and persuasive. Malatesta dispenses of th...

The gritty, hard-edged novel of sex, crime, and corruption in 1970s Atlanta...and the man who is paid to hide it all... by Ralph Dennis, author of ...

Re-released in a second edition. Re-edited but no substantial changes.A playboy who needs to grow upFresh from his latest tabloid scandal, vampire ...

Re-released in a second edition. Re-edited but no substantial changes.A stranger in a strange landMegan Starke has given up believing in knights in...

Poems radiate a love for life, the world, and the temporal nature of existence. Roots of memory and nostalgia become the architecture of the mind a...

Reducere. Becoming fully human is a lifelong journey. It can also be an incredible adventure. Here internationally respected depth psychologist, spiritual gu...

In this classic account, historian Philip Foner traces the radical history of Black workers' contribution to the American labor movement.About the ...

Reducere. An insider's experience and personal transformation with ayahuasca and the religious philosophy surrounding it - An intimate account of the genesis...

From Hannah Arendt's "banality of evil" to Joseph Conrad's "fascination of the abomination, " humankind has struggled to make sense of human-upon-h...

Reducere. With humility, humor, and conviction, Butler conveys an extensive knowledge of the occult mysteries, including ritual and ceremonial magic, the awa...

Reducere. A lavish chronicle of the glamorous life of a unique woman, Hollywood star, and princess, released in a new gift-sized formatGrace Kelly--whose coo...

Reducere. DescriptionFor over two thousand years, the Psalms established the primary content and basic rhythm of prayer for the Hebrews and the emerging Chri...

DescriptionWidely rumored to exist, then circulated in a corrupt form, Jules Verne's final and arguably most daring and hauntingly beautiful novel-...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Bicentennial of the United States in 1976 gave rise to myriad projects. In New Mexico-still a borderlands possession of Spain in 177...

Reducere. In a clear conversation with the reader, Berkman discusses society as it now exists, the need for Anarchism and the methods for bringing it about. ...

Reducere. Newly edited, Israel Rank is the black comedy that inspired the 1946 film "Kind Hearts and Coronets" and the award-winning Broadway show, "A Gentle...

DescriptionTrollope singled out Orley Farm for its successful combination of realistic and sensational effects which he felt to be the highest achi...

An impressive new selection of Henry James's short stories, edited by Pulitzer Prize-nominated James biographer Michael Gorra This volume gathers s...

Reducere. Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380) is widely considered one of the greatest saints of all time. She is best known for her mystical "Dialogue" wit...

DescriptionEvery aspect of ancient Egyptian society-from education and law to medicine, birth, and death-was permeated by religion and magic, and d...

Reducere. In September, 1922, the internationally known British writer D. H. Lawrence arrived with his wife, Frieda, at the railroad station in Lamy, New Mex...

Reducere. DescriptionThomas Hardy's first love was always poetry. It was not until 1898, when he was fifty-eight years old, having already established his re...

Reducere. Published for the first time in its century, this "meticulously edited contribution to the study of American women's diaries and late-19th-century ...

DescriptionThe Life of the Real 'Brigadier Gerard' Volume 3 The battles of the destruction of an empire Marbot returns to regimental life at the he...

Sixteen stories inspired by the 20th century's great master of horror, H.P. Lovecraft, and his acknowledged masterpiece, At the Mountains of Madnes...

Reducere. The largest, most comprehensive anthology of its kind, this volume brings together significant, representative stories from every decade of the twe...

Reducere. A Course in Miracles is the acclaimed spiritual guide that teaches the way to universal love and peace is by undoing guilt through forgiving others...

Reducere. Description"Even present tense has some of the grace of past tense, / what with all the present tense left to go." From Max Ritvo--selected and edi...

Reducere. "Home is where the heart is formed" says author Devi Titus. So slow down to add beauty and value to everything you do to make your home a place of ...

Reducere. The fourth in the series of new annotated editions of Ernest Hemingway's work, edited by the author's grandson Se n and introduced by his son Patri...

Reducere. Tinsley Harrison -- doctor, teacher, researcher, medical school leader -- is one of the most important medical figures of the 20th century. He edit...

DescriptionOne Nation Under Drones is an interesting and informative review of how robotic and unmanned systems are impacting every aspect of Ameri...

Reducere. Description- Inspiration from a respected ground-breaker - A role model tells her story--and that of the nation and the church Hallelujah, Anyhow i...

DescriptionThis book, designed as a conversation between the Dalai Lama and Western neuroscientists, takes readers on a journey through opposing fi...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Joe OrtonEditor: John Lahr"To be young, good-looking, healthy, famous, comparatively rich and happy is surely going against...

Reducere. Ezra Pound makes his Penguin Classics debut with this unique selection of his early poems and prose, edited with an introductory essay and notes by...

Reducere. DescriptionIn this concisely edited collection of satsang talks and dialogues, Nirmala invites you to join him in honoring the limitless love that ...

Reducere. In this compilation of inspiring stories, edited by renowned healing expert Brandon Bays, practitioners of The Journey method share their powerful ...

Reducere. This fascinating book tells the remarkable story of an ordinary American woman's heroism in the French Resistance. Virginia Roush fell in love with...

Reducere. DescriptionContemporary Christians know that God answers prayer and that praying is important, but most also wish their prayer life could be more e...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Joshua Fields MillburnAuthor: Ryan NicodemusThe best of The Minimalists. This book by Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodem...

Reducere. Devotional Classics: Revised Edition is an updated and expanded edition of Renovare's companion to the devotional life. Edited by Richard J. Foster...

Reducere. With the publication of Naked Lunch in 1959, William Burroughs abruptly brought international letters into the postmodern age. Beginning with his v...

Contributor(s): Author: AugustineEditor: R. W. DysonThis is the first new rendition for a generation of The City of God, the first major intellectu...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Charles Preston50 Quotation Puzzles from the Tribune Content Agency edited by Charles Preston "An absolute 'must' for all d...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Svetlana AlexievichTranslator: Jamey Gambrell"I love life in its living form, life that's found on the street, in human con...

Reducere. Edited by William Kerrigan, John Rumrich, and Stephen M. FallonJohn Milton's Paradise Lost, an epic poem on the clash between God and his fallen an...

Reducere. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - An epic, mesmerizing oral history of Hollywood and Los Angeles from the author of the contemporary classic Edie Jean St...

Reducere. For more than 270 years, readers of all ages everywhere have been fascinated by the story of a young fool who ran away from wealth, security, and f...

One of the most important exponents of Situationist ideas, this treatise presents an impassioned critique of modern capitalism and serves as a corn...

Reducere. ``Perhaps it is better to wake up after all, even to suffer, rather than to remain a dupe to illusions all one's life.`` Kate Chopin was enjoying w...

Completely revised and edited with an introduction and notes by Vincent Carretta An exciting and often terrifying adventure story, as well as an im...

Jorge Luis Borges' "Labyrinths" is a collection of short stories and essays showcasing one of Latin America's most influential and imaginative writ...

Reducere. A comprehensive and insightful compilation of Benjamin Franklin's The Autobiography and other essays which offers an in-depth look into the life of...

Margaret Forster presents the 'edited' diary of a woman, born in 1901, whose life spans the twentieth century. On the eve of the Great War, Millice...

Anton Chekhov's only full-length novel, this "Penguin Classics" edition of "The Shooting Party" is translated and edited by Ronald Wilks, with an i...