255 results for '"Fiell, Charlotte'

"Be on your guard … and take care not to fall in love!"Visiting an idyllic German village, Werther, a sensitive and romantic young man, meets and falls in love with sweet-natured Lotte. Although he...

The Sounds of Latinidad explores the Latino music scene as a lens through which to understand changing ideas about latinidad in the New South. Focusing on Latino immigrant musicians and their fans in...

Each of the five volumes in the Stone Art Theory Institutes series brings together a range of scholars who are not always directly familiar with one another's work. The outcome of each of these...

Imagining England's Past takes a long look at the country's invented histories, from the glamorous to the disturbing, from the eighth century to the present day. England has long built its sense of...

It all begins with a letter. Fall in love with Penguin Drop Caps, a new series of twenty-six collectible and hardcover editions, each with a type cover showcasing a gorgeously illustrated letter of...

When did Americans first believe they were at the center of a truly global culture? How did they envision that culture and how much do recent attitudes toward globalization owe to their often utopian...

Over the course of one sunbaked summer vacation, a family is pulled into a web of mysteries that the younger daughter sets out to solve. A tense, page-turning debut of childhood, innocence, and evil...

A greatest-hits selection from some of the most popular poets in the English language, in a gorgeously-jacketed small hardcover.William Wordsworth defined good poetry as “the spontaneous overflow of...

“[A] much-anticipated, wickedly funny and sharply observed political satire…This novel of politics and family brings readers to the fault line of American politics.” —The New York Times Book Review...

How the legacy of the Civil War—as presented by writers, poets, and artists of the time—has shaped American visions of democracyIn Haunted by the Civil War, Shirley Samuels explores the work of Walt...

Winner of the 2020 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book MedalA 2020 American Indian Youth Literature Picture Book Honor Winner“A wonderful and sweet book . . . Lovely stuff.” —The New York Times Book...

Radical leftist stories...for childrenIn 1912, a revolutionary chick cries, “Strike down the wall!” and liberates itself from the “egg state.” In 1940, ostriches pull their heads out of the sand and...

Emily Brontë (1818-1848) was only twenty-seven-years old when she began work on one of the most important novels in the English language. Two years later in 1847, she completed Wuthering Heights. It...

2018 Edgar Award NomineeFrom Michael Sims, the acclaimed author of The Story of Charlotte�s Web, the rich, true tale tracing the young Arthur Conan Doyle�s creation of Sherlock Holmes and the modern...

A inspiring story of triumph and overcoming fears, perfect for graduations and new beginnings!This uplifting twist to the beloved classic nursery rhyme is by the New York Times–bestselling creator of...

In 1957--long before colleges awarded degrees in creative nonfiction and back when newspaper writing's reputation was tainted by the fish it wrapped--Princeton began honoring talented literary...

In praise of spiders in all their inspirational glory Spiders are often found lurking in dusty corners, where we can observe them with interest or brush them away with disgust—or make a run for it,...

At the turn of the last century, as routinized industrial labor made a mockery of the gospel of work, Americans increasingly sought fulfillment not on the job but in their leisure activities. This...

Winner of the Stonewall Book Award in nonfictionThe first comprehensive history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender America, from pre-1492 to the present"Readable, radical, and smart—a must...

A bold new literary history that says women's writing is defined less by domestic concerns than by an engagement with public life In a bold and sweeping reevaluation of the past two centuries of...