The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, is part of the Barnes & Noble
Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully ...
Aesop's Fables, by Aesop, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers
quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are ...
Published in 1909 and subtitled “The Poetry, Pathos, and Humour of the Sailor’s Life,” this
anthology combines art and scholarship to give an unrivaled view of the social aspects of the life of British seamen. Subjects covered include historical literature ...
This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. The Emperor
Napoleon fondly said of Etienne Gerard that if he has the thickest head he has also the stoutest heart in my army. This description accurately ...
The Iliad ends in a cliffhanger. People in antiquity wanted to know exactly what had
happened after the funeral of Hector the breaker of horses and before the Greeks returned home in triumph. Quintus of Smyrna undertook to tell the ...
Robert Smith Surtees was a dedicated sportsman who portrayed (and satirized) English fox-hunting society with
great verve in his humorous novels. Published in 1847, Hawbuck Grange follows the adventures of Thomas Scott, Esq., an avid sportsman. The novel includes one ...
Horace Greeley (1811–1872) was an American newspaper editor whose New York Tribune was the country’s
most influential periodical from the 1840s to the 1870s. James Parton’s biography of the legendary Greeley examines his life and the events that shaped him, ...
Here is an account of the ordinary foot soldier’s life under General Washington during the
Revolutionary War. Relying on sources such as diaries, letters, and journals, Bolton provides a detailed description of such topics as weapons and training; camp duties ...