This first annotated translation of Ivan Bunin's The Liberation of Tolstoy is a timely accompaniment to the ongoing revival of the Russian writer, both in his homeland and the West. Written in 1937, m...
Celebrating the 70th anniversary of this magical and well-loved classic. Following a plane crash, Conway, a British consul; his deputy; a missionary; and an American financier find themselves in the e...
In The Big Tale of Little Peppa, Peppa Pig just can't imagine being a little baby. But when Suzy Sheep arrives with a picture from the olden days, Peppa wonders what she was like before she grew big a...
Beth Ann Williamson has finally had it with her on-and-off fiancé of nine years. The problem? No one in town seems to believe her when she says it’s really over. Now Beth Ann is determined to show the...
Long ago, the sorceress Lady Oonagh cast a curse over her own child. Now a druid, an ill-tempered raven and an adventurous young woman are drawn together as the time approaches for the evil magic to b...
'In 1900, in Konitz, a small town in the eastern reaches of the German Empire, a Christian boy was found brutually dismembered, the blood seemingly drained from his limbs. The crime resembled the trad...
The Gale Encyclopedia of World History consists of a series of 2-volume encyclopedias that provides a broad overview of one particular topic throughout world history, from ancient times until today, w...
Written especially for patients and allied health care students by experts in the field, The Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery and Medical Tests provides in-depth coverage of approximately 450 surgical pro...
Cosmetic surgery as related to the male face is covered in the August 2008 issue of "Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics". Topics include: aging changes in the male face - biomechanical and histologic; con...
Along with Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. History: Government and Politics, this title comprises the Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. History, a broad overview of U.S. history through 2007. Both titles contain ap...
For anyone who's seen Walt Disney's Snow White, you'll know that the Wicked Queen is one evil woman! After all, it's not everyone who wants to cut out their teenage step-daughter's heart and have it d...
A CURSED PRINCE SITS ALONE IN A SECLUDED CASTLE. FEW HAVE SEEN HIM, BUT THOSE WHO CLAIM THEY HAVE SAY HIS HAIR IS WILD AND NAILS ARE SHARP-LIKE A BEAST'S! BUT HOW DID A PRINCE, ONCE BELOVED BY HIS PEO...
Tracing the influence of masculinity on fictional form and theme through an era of dizzying social change, this timely new book conducts a close analysis of English novels selected for contrasting def...
A chilling medieval ghost story, retold by bestselling historian Dan Jones. One winter, in the dark days of King Richard II, a tailor was riding home on the road from Gilling to Ampleforth. It was dan...
A Tale of Two Cities has always been one of Dickenss most popular texts. Using a variety of disciplinary approaches, this new collection of essays examines the origins of Dickens vision of the French ...
The Creature in the Case delves deeper into New York Times bestselling author Garth Nix’s Old Kingdom. Fans of Rae Carson, Kristin Cashore, Scott Westerfeld, and Cassandra Clare will be enthralled by ...