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Do you know why we call a book of maps an "atlas"? Or why you don't ever want to be "tantalized" again? And would you still avoid that sticky almond candy "ambrosia" if you knew it could make you immortal? You'll cry "By Jove!" when you discover the answers to these and other questions in this follow-up volume to Michael Macrone's Brush Up Your Shakespeare! and It's Greek to Me! Both an entertaining handbook to classical mythology and a revealing catalogue of divinely inspired word origins, By Jove! recounts great stories in a fresh, new way, offering concise synopses while exploring the odd twists these tales have taken during the ages. As you make your way through the magical places of myth, you'll meet all the major gods and goddesses, heroes and heroines, and beasts and monsters who have lent their names to our language, and their stories to our tradition. By Jove! will pique your imagination and supply you with a store of fascinating details to impress friends and nemeses alike - including the tale of the original "nemesis". You'll discover which goddess lent her name to money, why you don't want to lie on a "Procrustean bed", and why the mythical Adonis was no muscle-bound he-man. And if someone pops you a "trivia" question on classical mythology, you will be sure to find the answer in this illuminating "cornucopia" - including the interesting origins of "trivia" itself. Whether you love mythology, language, or both, you will find By Jove! indispensable. And if you didn't know how amusing myths and words could be, this book will acquaint you with their pleasures.

Fall in love with one of the bestselling novels of all time -- the legendary love story that became a beloved film starring Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep.
If you've ever experienced the one true love of your life, a love that for some reason could never be, you will understand why readers all over the world are so moved by this small, unknown first novel that they became a publishing phenomenon and #1 bestseller. The story of Robert Kincaid, the photographer and free spirit searching for the covered bridges of Madison County, and Francesca Johnson, the farm wife waiting for the fulfillment of a girlhood dream, The Bridges of Madison County gives voice to the longings of men and women everywhere -- and shows us what it is to love and be loved so intensely that life is never the same again.

Tyrannical Nurse Ratched rules her ward in an Oregon State mental hospital with a strict and unbending routine, unopposed by her patients, who remain cowed by mind-numbing medication and the threat of electric shock therapy. But her regime is disrupted by the arrival of McMurphy - the swaggering, fun-loving trickster with a devilish grin who resolves to oppose her rules on behalf of his fellow inmates. His struggle is seen through the eyes of Chief Bromden, a seemingly mute half-Indian patient who understands McMurphy's heroic attempt to do battle with the powers that keep them imprisoned. Ken Kesey's extraordinary first novel is an exuberant, ribald and devastatingly honest portrayal of the boundaries between sanity and madness.

When Abraham Lincoln met Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1862, he greeted her as "the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war." He was exaggerating only slightly. First published in 1852, Uncle Tom's Cabin sold more than 300,000 copies in its first year and brought home the evils of slavery more dramatically than any abolitionist tract possibly could. With its boldly drawn characters, violent reversals of fortune, and unabashed sentimentality, Stowe's work remains one of the great polemical novels of American literature, a book with the emotional impact of a round of cannon fire.
For almost thirty years, The Library of America has presented America's best and most significant writing in acclaimed hardcover editions. Now, a new series, Library of America Paperback Classics, offers attractive and affordable books that bring The Library of America's authoritative texts within easy reach of every reader. Each book features an introductory essay by one of a leading writer, as well as a detailed chronology of the author's life and career, an essay on the choice and history of the text, and notes.
The contents of this Paperback Classic are drawn from Harriet Beecher Stowe: Three Novels, volume number 4 in The Library of America series. That volume also includes The Minister's Wooing and Oldtown Folks.

In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, they rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions and sent their children to study in Europe. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. As the death toll climbed, the FBI took up the case. But the bureau badly bungled the investigation. In desperation, its young director, J. Edgar Hoover, turned to a former Texas Ranger named Tom White to unravel the mystery. Together with the Osage he and his undercover team began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history.

This comedy of manners in set in Trinidad and is written by the author of "The Mystic Masseur", "The Middle Passage", "The Return of Eva Perron", "Mr Stone and the Knights Companion" and "A House for Mr Biswas"

Niccolo Machiavelli's 'The Prince' is widely regarded as one of the most influential books on politics, especially on the acquisition, perpetuation and use of political power. Despite being written in 1513, the theories expressed are still considered shrewd and insightful."

A sweeping historical novel about the roles played by two remarkable men in the American Revolution: George Washington and Caesar -- Washington's ex-slave who escaped to fight for the British against his former master. In 1773, a new slave arrives at the Virginia estate of farmer George Washington and is given the name Julius Caesar. Within months, slave and master will be fighting on opposing sides in the American Revolution: Washington as commander of the Continental army, Caesar as a member of a corps of black soldiers that will be one of the most decorated Loyalist units of the war. For Caesar, the long journey from slave to British soldier will be filled with danger. After leading a mass escape, he must fight off hunger, disease and slave-takers before finding a way through enemy lines to claim the freedom on offer to any slave whose master stands against the King. Washington, meanwhile, faces his own challenges. Having won command of the rebel forces, he has to turn a makeshift collection of inexperienced volunteers into a disciplined force capable of defeating one of the world's most powerful professional armies. The war will bring great victories and devastating losses for

This novel is focusing on the complex relationship between Elena, a woman navigating personal and societal expectations, and the turbulent backdrop of Detroit in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The title, resonating with the legal plea "nolo contendere," highlights Elena's struggle for self-definition amidst societal pressures and her eventual acceptance of her own choice

Lady Constance Chatterley is trapped in a loveless marriage to a man who is impotent. Oppressed by her dreary life, she is drawn to Mellors the gamekeeper. Breaking out against the constraints of society she yields to her instinctive desire for him and discovers the transforming power of physical love which leads them towards fulfilment.

Margaret Mitchell's "Gone with the Wind" is a sweeping epic that takes place during the American Civil War and Reconstruction era. Known for its vivid portrayal of Southern culture and the complex character of Scarlett O'Hara, the novel is rich in historical detail and explores themes of love, loss, and survival. Mitchell's writing style is characterized by its lush descriptions and compelling dialogue, making the reader feel fully immersed in the world she has created. With its complex narrative structure and exploration of gender roles, "Gone with the Wind" stands as a classic of American literature and a timeless tale of resilience. Margaret Mitchell, a former journalist, drew inspiration from stories she heard from Civil War veterans and her own family history to write this novel. Fueled by a desire to capture the spirit of the South and the challenges faced by its people during a turbulent time in history, Mitchell's work has left a lasting impact on generations of readers. I highly recommend "Gone with the Wind" to readers interested in historical fiction, Southern literature, and complex character studies. Mitchell's masterpiece offers a captivating journey through a pivotal moment in American history, leaving readers with a deeper understanding of the human experience.

Meet the Stockton women of Brooklyn Heights- Darley, who was born with money; Sasha, who married into it; and Georgiana, who wants to give it all away. Among glittering parties, weekend homes and hungover brunches, the three will have to grapple with the burden of parental expectations, the hardships and bewilderment of growing up, and the miles between the haves and have-nots. Pineapple Street is a witty and wicked novel about New York's one percenters- their first loves, family feuds and the complexities of being human - even when you have everything.

Wallace Stegner's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is a story of discovery--personal, historical, and geographical. Confined to a wheelchair, retired historian Lyman Ward sets out to write his grandparents' remarkable story, chronicling their days spent carving civilization into the surface of America's western frontier. But his research reveals even more about his own life than he's willing to admit. What emerges is an enthralling portrait of four generations in the life of an American family.

From the author of the New York Times Notable Book Tipping the Velvet and the award-winning Affinity: a spellbinding, twisting tale of a great swindle, of fortunes and hearts won and lost, set in Victorian London among a family of thieves.
Sue Trinder is an orphan, left as an infant in the care of Mrs. Sucksby, a "baby farmer," who raised her with unusual tenderness, as if Sue were her own. Mrs. Sucksby's household, with its fussy babies calmed with doses of gin, also hosts a transient family of petty thieves-fingersmiths-for whom this house in the heart of a mean London slum is home.
One day, the most beloved thief of all arrives-Gentleman, a somewhat elegant con man, who carries with him an enticing proposition for Sue: If she wins a position as the maid to Maud Lilly, a na?ve gentlewoman, and aids Gentleman in her seduction, then they will all share in Maud's vast inheritance. Once the inheritance is secured, Maud will be left to live out her days in a mental hospital. With dreams of paying back the kindness of her adopted family, Sue agrees to the plan. Once in, however, Sue begins to pity her helpless mark and care for Maud Lilly in unexpected ways. . . . But no one and nothing is as it seems in this > Dickensian novel of thrills and surprises.
"The New York Times Book Review" has called Sarah Waters a writer of "consummate skill" and "The Seattle Times" has praised her work as "gripping, astute fiction that feeds the mind and the senses." Fingersmith marks a major leap forward in this young and brilliant career.

"How can so complex an art and its craft and the teaching of that art be communicated? Daniel Lewis in his book has come at this problem through five avenues: related photographs that suggest style and atmosphere, drawings that strip down movement to its anatomic essentials and still incorporate beauty of motion, verbal description of sequence and detail, Labanotation to provide accurate and definitive 'notes' (as in a musical score) and, finally, notes to teachers, so important in humanizing the analytical nature of the task." -- Foreward.

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Sometimes the truth lies closer than you think. The compelling and heart-rending new novel from the Sunday Times Top Ten bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors.

Jenna and Jack Moore have moved their family to Wales for a fresh start. For vivacious, happy-go-lucky fifteen-year-old Paige the future is full of promise.

But suddenly everything changes. Paige becomes more and more withdrawn. The closeness she once shared with her mother a distant memory.

It then becomes clear that Jack has secrets too. Preoccupied with her younger children, her husband's fidelity and their fledgling publishing company, Jenna doesn't realise the extent of her eldest daughter's unhappiness until the unthinkable happens.

And the nightmare is only just beginning...

Archaeological excavations at Sakkara, the mecropolis of anicent Memphis, have uncovered important new evidence about Egyptian civilization in the first two dynasties 3200-2780 B.C. The origins of the Egypt of the Pharaohs still remain obscure, but the new material discovered shows that the people of the Nile Valley at that remote period enjoyed a far higher degree of culture than has hitherto been recognized.

From Louis XIV to Benjamin Franklin Voltaire to Peter the Great, Casanova to Dr Johnson, Madame de Pompadour to Rousseau, in the French salons or the Russian court or the English Parliament, Sir Harold Nicolson provides us with a dazzling and comprehensive portrait gallery of the eighteenth century.

New Swan Shakespeare is a series designed to help readers understand and enjoy Shakespeare's plays. It assumes no previous knowlegde of the plays, nor of their historical or cultural background. Above all, the series presents each play for its won sake, as drama for the theatre.

Amsterdam is not just any city. Despite its relative size it has stood alongside its larger cousins - Paris, London, Berlin - and has influenced the modern world to a degree that few other cities have. Sweeping across the city's colourful thousand year history, Amsterdam will bring the place to life: its sights and smells; its politics and people. Concentrating on two significant periods - the late 1500s to the mid 1600s and then from the Second World War to the present, Russell Shorto's masterful biography looks at Amsterdam's central preoccupations. Just as fin-de-siecle Vienna was the birthplace of psychoanalysis, seventeenth century Amsterdam was the wellspring of liberalism, and today it is still a city that takes individual freedom very seriously. A wonderfully evocative book that takes Amsterdam's dramatic past and present and populates it with a whole host of colourful characters, Amsterdam is the definitive book on this great city.