Here are more than 1,800 quotations, organized from A-to-Z, from America's consummate author--Mark Twain. A must-have for all Twain collectors, The Quotable Mark Twain is filled with his opinions about the people he knew, the places he's been, and the boo
First published in 1978, Silences single-handedly revolutionized the literary canon. In this classic work, now back in print, Olsen broke open the study of literature and discovered a lost continent—the writing of women and working-class people. From th
12 Million Black Voices, first published in 1941, combines Wright's prose with startling photographs selected by Edwin Rosskam from the Security Farm Administration files compiled during the Great Depression. The photographs include works by such giants a
A striking collection of works from authors both established and emerging, this is the first original anthology of African-American writing in over a decade.Other contributors are:- Ellease Southerland- Barbara Summers- Cliff Thompson- Alice Walker- John
A skeptic's guide to debunking popular science myths and much "received wisdom" that is just plain wrongAccessible, clear, and humorous, this book answers questions people have pondered over for a lifetime, such as: Why did your mother remind you to take
This is the complete illustrated science encyclopedia covering the history, key discoveries, inventions and people. This remarkable reference book reveals the story of scientific progress from the invention of the wheel to 21st-century climate solutions,
Scared? You will be! Feel your nerves jangle and chills run up and down your spine thanks to the hair-raising genius of Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, E. F. Benson, H. P. Lovecraft, Fritz Leiber, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Stephen Crane, Charles Dickens, Robert B
America's master of satiric observation wrote some of the wittiest and sharpest prose of the century, enjoyed by both children and adults. Two volumes offer the original, unaltered versions of Twain's work in chronological order. In Volume #2 selections r