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This engaging book introduces new readers of eighteenth-century texts to some of the major works, authors, and debates of a key period of literary history. Rather than simply providing a chronological survey of the era, this book analyzes the impact of significant cultural developments on literary...

Find strength in the struggle, passion to persist, wisdom when you're weary, and joy for the journey. If you've ever been on a long trip with small children you've no doubt heard, "Are we there yet?" Maybe you've even said those exact words or felt that same way as you have journeyed with God....

Charlotte Perkins Gilman was an American author and prominent feminist.  Gilman influenced future generations of feminists with her writings and lifestyle.  This edition of Concerning Children includes a table of contents.

Goethe's career was an unusually long and productive one: he became a literary celebrity in the 1770s and remained so until his death in 1832. The distinguishing feature of his last works is their self-consciousness, their preoccupation both with the business of writing and with personal development....

"In novels written at the end of the long nineteenth century, women in Germany and Austria engaged with some of the most pressing social questions of the modern age. Charlotte Woodford analyses a wide range of such works, many of them largely forgotten, in the context of the contemporary cultural...

Paul A. Offit and Charlotte A. Moser answer questions about the science and safety of modern vaccines. In straightforward prose, they explain how vaccines work, how they are made, and how they are tested. Most important, they separate the real risks of vaccines from feared but unfounded risks. Offit...

Novelist, only daughter of a landed gentleman of Hampshire, was born near Winchester, and in her girlhood came under the influence of Keble, who was a near neighbour. She began writing in 1848, and published during her long life about 100 works, chiefly novels, interesting and well-written, with a...

Harry Fisher is about ten years old. He is a long-haired, fl uffy-tailed, very white house cat with no claws. Harry talks all the time but this is the fi rst time that his caregiver has tried to translate his meowings into a story. One evening he was accidentally shut out of the house. As he was out...

Human potential cannot be quantified. The more we learn about the brain, the more hidden promise we unearth. What if you could harness the full spectrum of your abilities by engaging your brain in such a way to expand your awareness and broaden your skill sets? Through simple exercises and...

Haunted by her mother's infidelity, her father's death and her brother's desertion, Victoria di Loredani marries the Conte Berenza, who appears to offer her all she has ever wanted. But when her affections are transferred to a younger man, sexual jealousy and lust drive her slowly insane. As she gradually...

Charlotte M. Yonge was one of the most prodigious novelists of the 19th century, and though many of her books have long since gone out of print, some of her works are still read around the world today, including The Heir of Redclyffe**, Heartsease and **The Daisy Chain.

EXTRAIT: L’autre jour, en cherchant dans mes papiers, j’ai trouvé au fond de mon pupitre la copie suivante d’une lettre que j’ai écrite l’année dernière à un ancien camarade de collège : Mon cher Charles, Je ne crois pas, lorsque nous étions ensemble à Eton,...

In this gripping mystery from Charlotte M. Brame's "Everyday Life" series, a beautiful young woman named Marion Arleigh finds herself targeted by a pair of conniving siblings who prey on her innocence and naivete. Will Marion figure out she's being duped and extract herself before it's too late?

Charlotte Higgins, the Guardian's chief culture writer, steps behind the polished doors of Broadcasting House and investigates the BBC. Based on her hugely popular essay series, this personal journey answers the questions that rage around this vulnerable, maddening and uniquely British institution....