Horrid Henry creates havoc wherever he goes. To his well-meaning parents and to every adult whose path he crosses, he is the ultimate nightmare child. His naughtiness is of the kind all children secre...
Horrid Henry is, quite simply, the grubbiest, cheekiest, grottiest boy in the world. Not a day goes by where he isn't in some kind of terrible trouble--he really is a very, very bad boy...Francesca Si...
Traces the conception, writing and publication of the author's book. This work offers psychological and literary insights which suggests nothing less than a short story by the Great Master, Henry Jame...
With an Introduction and Notes by Martin Scofield, University of Kent atCanterbury Henry James was arguably the greatest practitioner of what hasbeen called the psychological ghost story. His stories ...
Horrid Henry creates havoc wherever he goes. To his well-meaning parents and to every adult whose path he crosses, he is the ultimate nightmare child. His naughtiness is of the kind all children secre...
Modern historians have frequently maligned Henry III of England (1216-1272) for his entanglements in European affairs. However, this book moves past orthodox opinion to offer a reappraisal of his acti...
The Inventory is not only a catalogue of magnificence but also a key text for evaluating the successes and failures of the Tudor monarchy. Henry VIII had extravagant ideas of image and authority and l...
From the pages of Startling Stories and science fiction's Golden Age... Here are three magnificent novels of alternate time streams and fantastic worlds, of ordinary men and women who, by some fluke...
Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) is the founder of modern theater, and his plays are performed all over the world. Yet in spite of his unquestioned status as a classic of the stage, Ibsen is often dismissed a...
Henry has no brothers, sisters, or friends, but he does have a constant companion and protector in Mudge, a 180-pound dog. This is the first book in the series.
This is the second volume of Peter Ackroyd's masterful history of England: the "Tudors". Rich in detail and atmosphere and told in vivid prose, "Tudors" recounts the transformation of England from a s...
From a hotel in Marrakech in "The Man Who Knew Too Much", to small-town Alabama in To "Kill a Mockingbird", to Mission Control in "Space Cowboys", creating a fictional, yet wholly believable world in ...
Henry James, the American-born writer who chose to live in Europe, settled in London and Rye, becoming a British subject in 1915. He occupies a major position as a dedicated artist and cultural histo...