The first full-length study of James Salter in twenty-six years, this book is intended to introduce Salter to new readers and show his achievement as a writer of novels, stories…

Filled with provocative new assessments and new facts, this biography presents the contradictory, tormented life of Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim , and one…

The Collected Critical Heritage II comprises 40 volumes covering nineteenth and twentieth century European and American authors. These volumes will be available as a complete set, mini boxes sets (by…

The greatest American playwright of the 20th century and the most popular American actress complemented and wounded one another. Marilyn Monroe was a doomed personality whose tragic end was inevitable…

A coming of age story, about two sisters continents apart, finding and discovering each other and themselves.

Sunset Boulevard (1950) is one of the famous films in the history of Hollywood, and perhaps no film better represents Hollywood’s vision of itself. This title makes it possible to…

One of the most influential social activists of the twentieth century, A. J. Muste is remembered by some as a pioneering labor leader, by others for his work helping lay…

Poe’s only book-length narrative, recounting his Nantucket-born hero’s adventures, misadventures, and discoveries, and his survival of shipwreck and capture by cannibals, as he journeys toward the South Pole.