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"What a sweet child," says a newcomer in town about Goldilocks. "That's what you think," a neighbor replies. For Goldilocks is one of those naughty little girls who does exactly as she pleases, even...

"For the psychologist, standard reading, to all readers, a classic of interpretation." — Psychiatric Quarterly This is the first inexpensive edition of the complete Long Course in...

Instant #1 New York Times bestseller! "A vivid portrait...a sensitive tribute...a paean to youth, community, and the tenacity of local law enforcement." --New York Times "A mesmerizing read...

James Madison led one of the most influential and prolific lives in American history, and his story -- although all too often overshadowed by his more celebrated contemporaries -- is integral to that...

The Gabler edition of Ulysses, the greatest 20th-century novel written in English, contains corrections to more than 5,000 errors in earlier editions.Almost as soon as Ulysses first appeared, in...

Originally published in 1968, James M. Gustafson asks the fundamental question, What is the significance of Jesus for the moral life? His answer is in the form of an ethical map, showing the ways in...

The Lord God Made Them All is the bestselling sequel to All Things Wise and Wonderful and the fourth volume in James Herriot's classic collections of animal stories--the basis for the PBS Masterpiece...

Agee on film Vol. 2 is out of print.Bettmann archive photo is of James Agee, who died in 1955 at 45. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1958 for his novel ''A Death in the Family.''Excerpt of...

The Portable James Joyce, edited and with an introduction by Harry Levin, includes four of the six books on which Joyce's astonishing reputatuion is founded: A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man;...

'Richly impressive, hard to surpass' William Boyd 'A notable account of an epic human experience' Max Hastings 'James Holland brings every inch of this battle vividly to life' History Revealed 'This...

The New York Times bestseller and International PhenomenonOne of the Top Ten Books of 2015, Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times."It's bloody marvelous." - Helen Macdonald, New York Times bestselling...

At the age of twenty-two, James Stephenson arranged to spend a year living among the Hadzabe, the last hunters and gatherers still living a traditional life in Africa. He wanted to live their life,...

NYPD Detective Michael Bennett will stop at nothing to protect family: his wife, his kids--and his fellow officers--in the latest psychological thriller from bestselling author James Patterson. At...

By the year 1900, most of physics seemed to be encompassed in the two great theories of Newtonian mechanics and Maxwell's theory of electromagnetism. Unfortunately, there were inconsistencies between...

It is the first day of school in Chad, Africa. Children are filling the road."Will they give us a notebook?" Thomas asks. "Will they give us a pencil? Will I learn to read?"But when he and the other...

A brilliantly entertaining and innovative history of the ancient Athenians' consuming passions for food, wine and sex. Sex, shopping and fish-madness, Athenian style. This fascinating book reveals...

NATIONAL BESTSELLERA New York Times Book Review Notable BookAn NPR "Great Reads" BookAll That Is explores a life unfolding in a world on the brink of change. Philip Bowman returns to America from the...

James Joyce's coming-of-age story, a tour de force of style and techniqueThe first, shortest, and most approachable of James Joyce’s novels, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man portrays the...

The irreverent, brilliant memoirs of the legendary filmmaker James IvoryIn Solid Ivory, a carefully crafted mosaic of memories, portraits, and reflections, the Academy Award–winning filmmaker James...

How did Buddhism, so prominent in Japanese life for over a thousand years, become the target of severe persecution in the social and political turmoil of the early Meiji era? How did it survive...