Literature and Evil

This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an at...

Reducere. As the popularity of William Bennett's Book of Virtues attests, parents are turning more and more to children's literature to help instill values i...

Twenty Years After (1845), the sequel to The Three Musketeers, is a supreme creation of suspense and heroic adventure. Two decades have passed sinc...

Reducere. A distinctive voice somewhere between Mark Twain and Michel Montaigne is how Psychology Today described A.C. Grayling. In Life, Sex, and Ideas: The...

Whether viewed as a subtle, self-conscious exploration of the haunted house of Victorian culture, filled with echoes of sexual and social unease, o...

Writer and religious rebel, William Blake sowed the seeds of Romanticism in his innovative poems concerning faith and the vision that inspired him ...

Reducere. In remembrance of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and the Nazi concentration camps, this award-winning, bestselling work of Hol...

Reducere. The adventures of Huon of Bordeaux have been perennial favorites since their first appearance in the thirteenth century as a French chanson de gest...

A best-seller in its day and a potent influence on Sade, Poe, and other purveyors of eighteenth and nineteenth-century Gothic horror, The Mysteries...

This book provides the much-needed, no-nonsense guidance crucial for project managers - that is, the type of guidance that is missing from every ma...

Reducere. DescriptionWhat exactly is goodness? Where is it found in the literary imagination? Toni Morrison, one of American letters' greatest voices, ponder...

Reducere. Why can't we look away?Whether we admit it or not, we're fascinated by evil. Dark fantasies, morbid curiosities, Schadenfreude: as conventional wis...

The Newbery-winning fantasy series now available in gorgeous new paperback editions Since The Book of Three was first published in 1964, young read...

Reducere. A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for William Shakespeare's Macbeth, known as an "actor's play" for i...

With a hungry, timid request of 'Please, sir. I want some more', orphan Oliver Twist takes his first step on a terrifying journey. In the dark, dan...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Joseph ConradFirst serialized in Blackwood's Magazine in 1899, "Heart of Darkness" is the story of steamboat captain Charli...

The Victorian fin de siecle has many associations: the era of Decadence, The Yellow Book, the New Woman, the scandalous Oscar Wilde, the Empire on ...

Reducere. The first anthology of Jewish mythology in English, Tree of Souls reveals a mythical tradition as rich and as fascinating as any in the world. Draw...

Reducere. Often referred to as the "Iliad" of medieval Japanese literature, "The Tale of the Heike" is the epic 14th-century story of the struggle between th...

Reducere. Get out your trusty broadsword and your masculinity, and return with us to the glory days of old-time Sword & Sorcery fiction. Sure, it's not "fine...

Reducere. Keith Hunter Jesperson, The Sad Story of the Happy Face Killer Stories about serial killers are incredibly popular. Tracking down a mass murderer i...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Incubus and Succubus are the same creature. The incubus is its male shape, seducing women. The succubus or succuba visits men, causi...

The reckless pursuit of honor exposes an empire to demonic invasion, in this epic fantasy novel of duty and warfare, set in the extraordinary world...

One of the towering figures of world literature, Goethe has never held quite as prominent a place in the English-speaking world as he deserves. Thi...

Reducere. DescriptionDarcy Pennington's course was set long before she ever stepped foot in Alitheia, and when she returns for her fourth visit to the magica...

Reducere. Michael Psellus (1018 - 1178 C.E) forms the bridge between the ancient classical view of the daemon as a beneficial guiding spiritual presence (a l...

Reducere. In the twentieth-century literature of the supernatural, the single most important book, in the opinion of most scholars and enthusiasts, is Ghost ...

Even when Big Red was little, he had no shortage of daring adventures. Join Hellboy creator Mike Mignola as he teams with writer Tom Sniegoski, art...

Reducere. Award NameBram Stoker AwardsAward categoryNonfictionThe phenomenally popular Book of Lists series has sold millions of copies from coast to coast, ...

Reducere. Heart of Darkness is a novella written by Joseph Conrad. It is widely regarded as a significant work of English literature and part of the Western ...

Thrillingly tells the story of an Eastern European Jew's flight from the Holocaust and the years he spent fighting in the French underground." --US...

Reducere. What is an Egyptian pyramid doing on the U. S. dollar bill? Did a pharaoh inspire Moses to worship one God? What's a Canaanite demoness doing at a ...

Reducere. A layman's guide to preform a simple ceremony of blessing or consecration for a home or building. Rev. Swope with his years of training and experie...