A classic work of American theatre, based on the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925, which pitted Clarence Darrow against William Jennings Bryan in defense of a schoolteacher accused of teaching the theory of evolutionThe accused was a slight, frightened man who had deliberately broken the law. His trial was a Roman circus. The chief gladiators were two great legal giants of the century. Like two bull elephants locked in mortal combat, they bellowed and roared imprecation...

Developing Cultures: Essays on Cultural Change is a collection of 21 expert essays on the institutions that transmit cultural values from generation to generation. The essays are an outgrowth of a research project begun by Samuel Huntington and Larry Harrison in their widely discussed book Culture Matters the goal of which is guidelines for cultural change that can accelerate development in the Third World. The essays in this volume cover child rearing, several aspects of educatio...

This book contains several tables of HTML content that will make reading easier. The first table of contents lists all the titles included in this volume. This book contains the following works, classified by date of publication: Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift Juvenilia - Volume I by Jane Austen Juvenilia - Volume II by Jane Austen Juvenilia - Volume III by Jane Austen Lady Susan by Jane Austen Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbot...

A great new collection of classic short fiction, brilliantly read by a selection of narratorsThis recording includes the following stories:- “The Lightening-Rod Man” by Herman Melville- “One of the Missing” by Ambrose Bierce- “The Leopard Man’s Story” by Jack London- “Tennessee’s Partner” by Bret Harte- “The New Catacomb” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle- “A Pair of Silk Stockings” by Kate Chopin- “My Watch” and “The Widow’s Protest”...

Global Backlash is the first book to move beyond the monolithic portrayal of the globalization protests that have escalated since Seattle and are not likely to abate soon. With trenchant analysis and dozens of primary documents from a variety of popular and uncommon sources, Robin Broad explores proposals and initiatives coming from the backlash to answer the question, 'But what do they want?' A range of sophisticated propositions and a vibrant debate among segments of the backlash emerge....

The Canadian Mountain Assessment provides a first-of-its-kind look at what we know, do not know, and need to know about mountain systems in Canada. The assessment is based on insights from First Nations, Métis, and Inuit knowledges of mountains, as well as findings from an extensive assessment of pertinent academic literature. Its inclusive knowledge co-creation approach brings these multiple forms of evidence together in ways that enhance our collective understanding of mountains...

Voted America's Best-Loved Novel in PBS's The Great American Read"One of the most—if not the most—beloved of American novels." —The New YorkerHarper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork of honor and injustice in the deep South—and the heroism of one man in the face of blind and violent hatredOne of the most cherished stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into mo...

Enter the sprawling and evocative world of John Steinbeck's masterpiece, "East of Eden." Set against the backdrop of California's Salinas Valley, this epic novel weaves a tale of family, love, and the eternal battle between good and evil. Immerse yourself in the lives of the Trask and Hamilton families as their destinies intertwine across generations. Follow the complex journey of Adam Trask, a man haunted by his own demons, and his two sons, the virtuous Aron and the tormented Caleb. Thei...

The Mummy meets Death on the Nile in What the River Knows, Isabel Ibañez's lush, immersive historical fantasy set in Egypt and filled with adventure, a rivals-to-lovers romance, and a dangerous race.Bolivian-Argentinian Inez Olivera belongs to the glittering upper society of nineteenth century Buenos Aires, and like the rest of the world, the town is steeped in old world magic that’s been...

Charles Dickens: The Complete Christmas Novels & Tales (Illustrated) gathers the author's celebrated seasonal writings, from A Christmas Carol to lesser-known festive stories, presenting Christmas as a moral, social, and imaginative space. Written in Dickens's vivid, theatrical prose, these works blend ghost story, domestic realism, satire, sentiment, and social critique. The illustrations enhance their Victorian atmosphere, recalling the periodical culture and visual richness through whic...

2022 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleThe Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere is a reclaimed history of the deep past of Indigenous people in North and South America during the Paleolithic. Paulette F. C. Steeves mines evidence from archaeology sites and Paleolithic environments, landscapes, and mammalian and human migrations to make the case that people have been in the Western Hemisphere not only just prior to Clovis sites (10,200 y...

Bringing together Dickens's most enduring fiction, THE GREATEST DICKENS CLASSICS (Illustrated Edition) presents a panoramic vision of Victorian England: its debtor's prisons, workhouses, fog-bound streets, domestic sanctuaries, and moral battlegrounds. The volume's illustrated format heightens Dickens's inherently visual art, in which caricature, melodrama, satire, and pathos combine with extraordinary narrative energy. Set within the great nineteenth-century realist tradition, these class...