Literary Madness

Reducere. Pestered by a persistent stammer, a regency lord with a keen interest in orreries and boxing-but not in talking-must find a way to woo his new mist...

Reducere. From New York Times bestselling author Simon Baatz, the first comprehensive account of the murder that shocked the world. In 1901 Evelyn Nesbit, a ...

Inspired by DH Lawrence, Chekhov and Hemingway, Bukowski's writing is passionate, extreme and has attracted a cult following, while his life was as...

Reducere. Madness Overrated explores the mad dynamics of the consumption-based, growth-driven world and its undeniably powerful role in affecting virtually e...

Reducere. Jacques Derrida writes (in Deconstruction and Criticism)of The Madness of the Day that it is a story whose title runs wild and drives the reader ma...

Reducere. Through much of history our relationship with the earth has been plagued by ambivalence--we not only enjoy and appreciate the forces and manifestat...

Reducere. This edition contains perhaps the earliest and most elemental version of the tragic legend of Tristan and Yseult in a distinguished prose translati...

Reducere. A revealing and fresh take on the extraordinary story of Captain Vancouver, one of history's greatest explorers. From 1791 to 1795, George Vancouve...

Reducere. DescriptionDeath Grip chronicles a top climber's near-fatal struggle with anxiety and depression, and his nightmarish journey through the dangerous...

Reducere. After more than a century of silence, the true story of one of history's most notorious mutinies is revealed in Joan Druett's riveting "nautical mu...

Reducere. Raising her five kids alone in a rundown section of Sacramento, Theresa Cross Knorr seemed like the ultimate survivor. But her youngest daughter, 1...

Reducere. Non fiction account of thirteen true murder mysteries that occurred in 19th century New York including the Tourture Tree, the Batavia women who mur...

Reducere. For a half-century, The Paris Review has published writing and interviews from the world's most brilliant authors. To commemorate the anniversary, ...