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Aphra Behn (1640-89) was both successful and controversial in her own lifetime; her achievements are now recognized less equivocally and her plays, often revived, demonstrate wit, compassion and remarkable range. This edition brings together her most important comedies in a single volume: The Rover, her best-known play; The Feigned Courtesans, a lively comedy of intrigue; The Lucky Chance, a comedy with a bitter edge, which takes a satirical look at marriage customs; and the dazzling and popular farce, The Emperor of the Moon. All the plays have been newly edited and are presented with modernized spelling and punctuation. ''An affordable volume of Behn''s major plays is long overdue. The endnotes are helpful in placing Behn in a literary tradition and the cultural milieu of her London. The text will be appropriate for a variety of courses: Woemn''s Studies, period surveys, drama courses, etc.''--Deborah Montuori, University of Missouri-Columbia ''This collection of four comedies by Aphra Behn is a welcome addition to the growing number of available works by 17th-century women authors.''--Choice

"Me!" cried Fanny..."Indeed you must excuse me. I could not act any thing if you were to give me the world. No, indeed, I cannot act."' At the age of ten, Fanny Price leaves the poverty of her Portsmouth home to be brought up among the family of her wealthy uncle, Sir Thomas Bertram, in the chilly grandeur of Mansfield Park. There she accepts her lowly status, and gradually falls in love with her cousin Edmund. When the dazzling and sophisticated Henry and Mary Crawford arrive, Fanny watches as her cousins become embroiled in rivalry and sexual jealousy. As the company starts to rehearse ...

In the degenerate, unliked backwater of Dunwich, Wilbur Whately, a most unusual child, is born. Of unnatural parentage, he grows at an uncanny pace to an unsettling height, but the boy''s arrival simply precedes that of a true horror: one of the Old Ones, that forces the people of the town to hole up by night. En la degenerada y apartada comunidad de Dunwich, nace Wilbur Whateley, un niño de lo mas extraordinario. De ascendencia sobrenatural, crece a un ritmo vertiginoso hasta alcanzar una altura inquietante, pero la llegada del chico solo es el prologo del verdadero horror: uno de los Primigenios, que amenazara no solo el descanso nocturno de los habitantes del pueblo...

Set at the end of the Great War, "The Given Day" offers an unflinching, utterly spectacular family epic that captures the political unrest of a nation caught between a well-patterned past and an unpr

Tia and Mike Baye never imagined they'd become the type of overprotective parents who spy on their kids. But their sixteen-year-old son Adam has been unusually distant lately, and after the suicide of his classmate Spencer Hill - the latest in a string of issues at school - they can't help but worry. They install a sophisticated spy program on Adam's computer, and within days they are jolted by a message from an unknown correspondent addressed to their son: "Just stay quiet and all safe."

Allie Finkle is ten years old. She''s got two annoying little brothers, a best friend who cries a lot and a dog called Marvin. She''s also got a bunch of rules most of them, like don''t get a pet that poops in your hand only having been discovered through bitter experience. In this funny, fast-moving series, Allie makes (and breaks) rules all over the place as she deals with everything that life can throw at her. In "Moving Day" Allie''s parents announce that the family''s moving to a creepy old house in town. With a room she''s half scared to go into, the burden of being ''the new girl'', and her old friends a car ride away, how will Allie ever learn to fit in?

Lord Biskerton, son and heir of the sixth Earl of Hoddesdon, and known to his friends as Biscuit, had red hair, a scenario for a moustache and a determination to escape the disgrace of work. His friend Berry Conway, however, had succumbed to economic pressure and become the secretary to T Paterson Frisby, a dyspeptic American who had 20 million.Lord Biskerton, hijo y heredero de el sexto Conde de Hoddesdon, y conocido entre sus amigos como ''Biscuit'', tiene el cabello rojo, un bigote incipiente y toda la conviccion necesaria para evadirse de la desgracia de trabajar Su amigo Berry Conway, sin embargo, ha sucumbido a la presion economica y se ha convertido en el secretario de T...

"Friends, Romans, countrymen...welcome back to the world of ancient Rome in Lindsey Davis''s thoroughly enjoyable, award-winning series." DEATH TO THE EMPEROR! It''s the first century A.D. and Marcus Didius Falco, Ancient Rome''s favorite son and sometime palace spy, has just been dealt a lousy blow from the gods: The beautiful, high-born Helena Justina has left him in the dust. So when the Emperor Vespasian calls upon him to investigate an act of treason, Falco is more than ready for a distraction. Disguised as an idle vacationer in the company of his best friend Petronius, Falco travels from the Isle of Capreae to Neapolis and all the way to the great city of Pompeii...where a whole new series of Herculean events--involving yet another conspiracy, and a fateful meeting with his beloved Helena--are about to erupt.... "Davis mixes Modern sensibility [and] fascinating historical detail."--"Chicago"" Tribune" "Knockabout adventure."--"Kirkus Reviews" It''s the first century A.D. and Marcus Didius Falco, Ancient Rome''s favorite son and sometime palace spy, has just been dealt a lousy blow from the gods: The beautiful, high-born Helena Justina has left him in the dust. So when the Emperor Vespasian calls upon him to investigate an act of treason, Falco is more than ready for a distraction. Disguised as an idle vacationer in the company of his best friend Petronius, Falco travels from the Isle of Capreae to Neapolis and all the way to the great city of Pompeii...where a whole new series of Herculean events--involving yet another conspiracy, and a fateful meeting with his beloved Helena--are about to erupt....

13 great stories by foremost British 20th-century supernaturalist. "The Willows," "The Wendigo," "Ancient Sorceries," others.

A tribute to the love, faith, and family that makes the holidays so very special, this remarkable collection features more than 50 celebrants who remind readers of the true meaning of Christmas.Adams Media Stories that celebrate the warmth, joy, and wonder of the holiday.

Every issue of Grantafeatures outstanding new fiction, reportage, memoir and photography. Every issue is a handsome illustrated paperback.Look out for a remarkable dispatch from inside war-torn Alger

Karim lives with his Mum and Dad in a suburb of south London and dreams of making his escape to the bright lights of the big city. But his father is no ordinary Dad, he is 'the buddha of suburbia', a strange and compelling figure whose powers of meditation hold a circle of would-be mystics spellbound with the fascinations of the East. Among his disciples is the glamorous and ambitious Eva, and when 'the buddha of suburbia' runs off with her to a crumbling flat in Barons Court, Karim's life becomes changed in ways that even he had never dreamed of.

Nami Mun In raw and beautiful prose, debut novelist Mun delivers the story of a young woman who is at once tough and vulnerable, world-weary and naive, faced with insurmountable odds and yet fiercely determined to survive. In the process, Mun creates one of the most indelible characters in recent fiction.

Valentines Day has come and gone, and Stephanies world is turned upside down after Diesel makes an appearance, in the latest Stephanie Plum

When Edgar Freemantle moves to Duma Key to escape his past, he doesn''t expect to find much there. But Duma Key and its mysteries have been waiting for him. The shells beneath his house are whispering to him, and something in the view from his window urges him to discover a talent he never knew he had. Edgar Freemantle begins to paint. Even though he has lost an arm. And even though the hand he uses is the one he lost !

In Jackson, Mississippi, in 1962, there are lines that are not crossed. Black maids raise the white children, but no one trusts them not to steal the silver. Black maids clean the toilets, but they have their own out back. Everyone stays within the lines. But, suddenly, three women: Aibileen, Minny, and Skeeter, who find themselves tired of the lines. En Jackson, Mississippi, en el año 1962, hay líneas que nunca se cruzan. Las doncellas negras crían a los niños blancos, pero nadie confía en que no roben la cubertería de plata en cuanto tengan ocasión. Las doncellas negras limpian los lavabos, pero tienen que ir a los suyos en la parte de atrás. Todo el mundo conoce su lugar. Pero, de repente, tres mujeres, Aibileen, Minny, y Skeeter, tienen la sensación de que están cansándose de tantas limitaciones.

On the coldest night of 1975, a young man with shock-red hair tears though the snowbound streets of Warrington''s toughest housing estate. He is Robbie Fitzgerald, and he is running for his life - and that of his young family. In his heart, Robbie knows the odds are stacked against them.En la noche mas fria de 1975, un joven con un cabello de un sorprendente tono tojo avanza con dificultad por las calles llenas de nieve del suburbio mas duro de Warrington. Es Robbie Fitzgerald, y corre por su vida, y la de su joven familia. En su corazon, Robbie sabe que todas las apuestas estan contra el.

Lord Jim tells the story of a young, idealistic Englishman--''as unflinching as a hero in a book''--who is disgraced by a single act of cowardice while serving as an officer on the Patna, a merchant-ship sailing from an eastern port. His life is ruined: an isolated scandal has assumed horrifying proportions. But, then he is befriended by an older man named Marlow who helps to establish him in exotic Patusan, a remote Malay settlement where his courage is put to the test once more. Lord Jim is a book about courage and cowardice, self-knowledge and personal growth. It is one of the most profound and rewarding psychological novels in English. Set in the context of social change and colonial expansion in late Victorian England, it embodies in Jim the values and turmoil of a fading empire. This new edition uses the first English edition text and includes a new introduction and notes by leading Conrad scholar Jacques Berthoud, glossaries, and an appendix on Conrad''s sources and reading.

La novela “Dune”, de Frank Herbert, finalizó con el control del planeta por parte de Paul Muad’Dib. Su secuela, “Dune Messiah”, situó la historia varios años más tarde, después de que Paul y su ejérc