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David Walker's Appeal is a landmark work of American history and letters, the most radical piece of writing by an African American in the nineteenth century. Startling in its intensity, unrelenting...

In 1829 David Walker, a free black born in Wilmington, North Carolina, wrote one of America’s most provocative political documents of the nineteenth century, Walker’s Appeal to the Coloured Citizens...

Themes and motifs in the art of Kara Walker, from blackface to abjection, by a leading art historianIn 2002, Kara Walker was selected to represent the United States at the prestigious São Paulo Art...

Hetty survives the bombing of Portsmouth by the Nazis in World War II, only to learn that her soldier husband has been killed on the way back home from North Africa. She must then complete the...

This story collection is a welcome port of entry for any reader not yet familiar with Marguerite Yourcenar’s works. Published to great acclaim in France in 1993, this collection is not only a...

Marguerite Yourcenar's genre-defining historical novel. First published to international acclaim in 1951, Memoirs of Hadrian is at once a brilliant character study, a reflection on the meaning of...

Published for the first time in English, the debut novel of Marguerite Duras--renowned author of The Lover and The War--is the story of a family's moral reckoning and a daughter's fall from grace...

Marguerite Henry’s beloved story of a wild horse’s gentle colt—winner of a Newbery Honor!On the island of Chincoteague, off the coasts of Virginia and Maryland, lives a centuries-old band of wild...

For the first time in English, literary icon Marguerite Duras's foundational masterpiece about a young woman's existential breakdown in the deceptively peaceful French countryside.The Easy Life is...

A Newbery Honor Book Rediscover award-winning author Marguerite Henry’s classic story about a wild horse’s gentle colt with this faux leather–bound anniversary edition.On an island of Chincoteague...

Walker Evans (1903-1975) is, without doubt, one of the most influential American photographers ever, and many of his images have become fixed in the collective memory. But while Evans' uncompromising...

Dans L''Amant, Marguerite Duras reprend sur le ton de la confidence les images et les thèmes qui hantent toute son œuvre. Ses lecteurs vont pouvoir ensuite descendre ce grand fleuve aux lenteurs...

The young and restless of Yop City just can’t seem to catch a break.Marguerite Abouet and Clement Oubrerie’s world-renowned and critically acclaimed series about ‘80s life in the Ivory Coast...

In 1 volume, 3 classic early works by the Southern physician-turned-novelist who galvanized American literature with stories of spiritual searching amid modern angstIncludes the landmark, National...

Joel Goss knows that Little Bub is a special colt, even though he's a runt. And when schoolteacher Justin Morgan asks Joel to break the colt in, Joel is thrilled! Soon word about Little Bub has...

He was named "Sham" for the sun, this golden-red stallion born in the Sultan of Morocco's stone stables. Upon his heel was a small white spot, the symbol of speed. But on his chest was the symbol of...

"Randel is endlessly fascinating, and Holloway’s biography tells his life with great skill." —Steve Weinberg, USA Today John Randel Jr. (1787–1865) was an eccentric and flamboyant surveyor. Renowned...

This book argues that Aristotle offers us a consistent theory of definition, according to which a particular type of definition - one which states the formal cause of a simple item - is fundamental...