Coming of Age in America: A Multicultural Anthology

A collection of pieces on coming of age in America by 15 writers from different backgrounds.

Joachim Neugroschel - The Golem

A collection of fictional writings about the folklore character of the Golem, a creature made of clay and brought to life by Rabbi Leyb of Prague in the sixteenth century, includes a translation of H. ...

Peter Nadas - Fire and Knowledge: Fiction and Essays

Presents a new compilation of short fiction, essays, and literary criticism from the acclaimed Hungarian writer and author of < IT > A Book of Memories < RO > , including his analytical ...

Wally Lamb - I'll Fly Away: Further Testimonies from the Women of York Prison

Wally Lamb, author of the beloved bestselling novels I'VE COME UNDONE and I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE moonlights as a creative-writing teacher at the York Maximum Security Prison for Women in ...

Rachel Falconer - The Crossover Novel: Contemporary Children's Fiction and Its Adult Readership

Sandra Beckett - Crossover Fiction: Global and Historical Perspectives

L. Frank Baum - Rinkitink in Oz

When his parents are kidnapped and his country enslaved, it's up to the handsome young prince and his friends -- including Rinkitink, a kindhearted king -- to save the day. But to defeat such foes as ...

Alan Alexander Milne - The Red House Mystery

In the tradition of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories, this mystery by the author of the Winnie-the-Pooh book is set in the English countryside in a stately British mansion with an ...

Henry James - The Outcry

Lord Theign has a vast inherited collection of paintings. When an American wishes to buy one of the more valuable ones and take it out of the country, Lord Theign--with the assistance of his ...

Isaacs - Maria

Incisive character portraits intertwine with colorful accounts of local customs in the classic romantic saga, set in Colombia's Cauca valley, by the nineteenth-century Colombian novelist.