Literature
Postmodern American Fiction: A Norton Anthology
Paperback
From William S. Burroughs to David Foster Wallace, Postmodern American Fiction offers up witty, risky, exhilarating, groundbreaking fiction from five decades of postwar American life.
French in 32 Lessons
Paperback
The rapid and practical way to master the basics and begin speaking the language. The book gives you the essential, simplified grammar plus 3000 of the most-used words and idiomatic phrases that people use in real-life situations. The book can be used as a self-learner by beginners and also by those who want to brush up.
William Shakespeare: A Textual Companion
Paperback
A comprehensive accompaniment and resource for students and educators.
Oroonoko: or, The Royal Slave
Paperback
An influential seventeenth-century fable, by a pathbreaking woman writer, about the fall of a black prince.
Now All We Need Is a Title: Famous Book Titles and How They Got That Way
Paperback
"An entertaining little book. . . . It is a good thing that writers have to keep struggling for the right title, to judge from Bernard's amusing evidence."--Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, New York Times