Anthologies: general

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Heart-warming bedtime story in two languages (English and Swedish) for children from 2 years.

Quick fiction for readers on the go!

Our first all-new edition to top 500 pages, this was the Bathroom Reader that made the publishing world stand up and take noticethese guys are here to stay.

Uncle Johns 24th flagship edition is glittering with more than 500 all-new pages of absorbing material that prove once again why Uncle John makes the best-selling bathroom-reading series in the world.

A diverse new anthology that traces the meaning and magic of the sorcerer's apprentice tale throughout history"e;The Sorcerer's Apprentice"e; might conjure up images of Mickey Mouse from the Disney film Fantasia, or of Harry Potter.

A richly nuanced cultural history of an enigmatic and controversial folktalePerhaps the best-known version of the tar baby story was published in 1880 by Joel Chandler Harris in Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings, and popularized in Song of the South, the 1946 Disney movie.

Over 70% of North Americans are (water) closet readers.

A new collection of subversive French fairy talesThe wolf is tricked by Red Riding Hood into strangling her grandmother and is subsequently arrested.

An exciting collection of dangerous adventures and groundbreaking exploration, The Best Adventure and Exploration Stories Ever Told compiles the works of authors from all over the world and from the very distant past to recent eras.

Heart-warming bedtime story in two languages (English and Czech) for children from 2 years.

One of the most influential and compelling books in American literature, Walden is a vivid account of the years that Henry D.

The sagas of the ancient Narts are to the Caucasus what Greek mythology is to Western civilization.

A definitive edition that introduces a major American poet to a new generation of readersAccording to Harold Bloom, "e;The best of Alvin Feinman's poetry is as good as anything by a twentieth-century American.

The original version of the Grimms' tales in English for the first timein an acclaimed, illustrated editionWhen Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published their Children's and Household Tales in 1812, followed by a second volume in 1815, they had no idea that such stories as Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, and Cinderella would become the most celebrated in the world.

The second volume of a celebrated translation of the classic Chinese novelThis is the second volume in David Roy's celebrated translation of one of the most famous and important novels in Chinese literature.

In an era of backlash and supposed stagnation, feminist philosophers are still providing fresh and challenging perspectives-you just have to know where to look.

Dieses eBook: "Gesammelte Gedichte" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.

The first book to address nutrition's complex role in biologyNutrition has long been considered more the domain of medicine and agriculture than of the biological sciences, yet it touches and shapes all aspects of the natural world.

El Libro de los enxiemplos del conde Lucanor et de Patronio (entre 1325 y 1335), de don Juan Manuel, tiene cuentos basados en fuentes orientales (sobre todo las colecciones de apólogos del Sendebar y el Calila y Dimna) y cristianas (la Disciplina clericalis de Pedro Alfonso).

El 20 de mayo de 1898, en El tiempo de Buenos Aires, se publicó El triunfo de Calibán, de Rubén Darío.

The fourth volume of a celebrated translation of the classic Chinese novelThis is the fourth and penultimate volume in David Roy's celebrated translation of one of the most famous and important novels in Chinese literature.

A collection of distinguished essays by some of today's best nonfiction writers and journalistsFrom a Swedish hotel made of ice to the enigma of UFOs, from a tragedy on Lake Minnetonka to the gold mine of cyberpornography, The Princeton Reader brings together more than 90 favorite essays by 75 distinguished writers.

An international collection of the traditional tales that inspired some of Shakespeare's greatest playsShakespeare knew a good story when he heard one, and he wasn't afraid to borrow from what he heard or read, especially traditional folktales.

Sexy, smart and literatethese erotic stories are for readers who want to know the truth about womens sexuality in all its variety and emotional depth, with its surprises and twists and turns.

Nobody needs (or likes) a spanking more than Rachel Kramer Bussel.

In a world where there are nearly no taboos, one of the few fantasies left unrealized for most is that of group sex.

Cleis Press presents romantic, couples-focused erotica with a BDSM slant thats both naughty and nice bondage, spanking, domination, submission, power-play, pain and pleasure, or whatever your dirty mind can think of.

This Irresistible read features stories of couples turning their deepest fantasies into reality for uninhibited and imaginative sex.

Love and sex have always been intimately intertwined, and Passion shows just how well the two can merge.

Does the swagger of a sure-footed butch make you swoon?

How bad do you want to be bound, gagged, spanked, or slapped?

Many a confident urban lesbian in New York, San Francisco, and Chicago was once a wide-eyed newcomer.

Turning the tables on rigid gender roles, the stories in She's on Top honor the Amazon, the dominatrix, the handcuff-toting, whip-wielding she-devil of the male bottom's deepest dreams.

Tristan Taormino, the biggest name in lesbian erotica, picks 22 tales of lesbian desire to send the mercury soaring.

From femmes who channel Marlene Dietrich in the sexiest of suits to men who love nothing more than the feel silky panties stretched tight against their skin, these characters boldly indulge their fantasies of being a girl or a guy for a night.

This is a collection of erotic stories celebrating the naughty delights of peeking and showing off.

This anthology of classic noir set in NYC's County of Kings features stories by Thomas Wolfe, Lawrence Block, Maggie Estep and more.

Stories of crime and corruption set in this Caribbean country by Edwidge Danticat, Roxane Gay, Dany Laferriere, and more.

Here are more than 1,800 quotations, organized from A-to-Z, from America's consummate author--Mark Twain.

In the decade that followed his emigration to the United States in 1851, Fitz-James O'Brien (1828-1862) produced a steady stream of contributions to American newspapers and magazines.

Threes company?

In this book, Michael Laitman's fascinating commentary uncovers the wisdom in the Pentateuch (also known as the "Torah") in a manner no other book has done before.

A high-society Southern satire about an heir's battle with his domineering mother, society's expectations, and his own mental healthThe Ex-Suicide, Katherine Clark's fourth Mountain Brook novel, is a satirical comedy of manners about a prominent Alabama family living across the street from the Birmingham Country Club.

Kiss cellulite goodbye!

COMPANION VOLUME TO THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER THE FAT FLUSH PLANThe popular weight-loss program now has a companion cookbook"e;(Ann Louise Gittleman's) rundown of the therapeutic and culinary benefits of her favorite 25 cooking herbs makes a perfect introduction to her popular nutritional philosophy.

Spanish contemporary poetry: An anthology presents a selection of Spanish peninsular poetry from the 1970s to the present day, with an introductory study of the most relevant poetic trends and poetic groups of the period, followed by guided and close readings of each poem.

Literature of the Stuart Successionsis an anthology of primary material relating to the Stuart successions.

Literature of the Stuart Successionsis an anthology of primary material relating to the Stuart successions.