From mischievous schoolboy to legendary outlaw, this is the extraordinary journey of John Nevison, one of England's most notorious highwaymen. A rebellious youth with a hunger for adventure, his early escapades carry him from home to London and then across Europe, where he takes up the life of a mercenary soldier in the Dutch army. Yet Nevison's true path awaits him back in England, where he begins a remarkable twenty-four-year career preying on wealthy travellers.But Nevison is no...

What do we know of masculinities in non-patriarchal societies? Indigenous peoples of the Americas and beyond come from traditions of gender equity, complementarity, and the sacred feminine, concepts that were unimaginable and shocking to Euro-western peoples at contact. Indigenous Men and Masculinities, edited by Kim Anderson and Robert Alexander Innes, brings together prominent thinkers to explore the meaning of masculinities and being a man within such traditions, further examin...

Dans un hôtel berlinois, Maurice Swift rencontre par hasard le célèbre romancier Erich Ackerman qui lui confie son lourd passé, et lui permet de devenir l’auteur qu’il a toujours rêvé d’être.Quelques années plus tard, Maurice Swift s’est enfin fait un nom ; il a désormais besoin de nouvelles sources d’inspiration. Peu importe où il trouve ses histoires, à qui elles appartiennent, tant qu’elles contribuent à son ascension vers les sommets.Des histoires qui le rendront célèbre,...

A lively sampling from the work of one of the most celebrated and daring poets of the twentieth centuryJohn Berryman was perhaps the most idiosyncratic American poet of the twentieth century. Best known for the painfully sad and raucously funny cycle of Dream Songs, he wrote passionately: of love and despair, of grief and laughter, of longing for a better world and coming to terms with this one. The Heart Is Strange, a new selection of his poems, along with...

'This novel is essence of Banville ... a career summation' Daily TelegraphFelix Mordaunt, recently released from prison, steps from a flashy red sports car onto the estate of his youth. But there is a new family living in the drafty old house: descendants of the late, world-famous scientist Adam Godley. Felix must now vie with the idiosyncratic Godley family, with their harried housekeeper who becomes his landlady, with the recently commissioned biographer...

50 Clásicos que debes leer antes de morir reúne en un solo volumen una selección imprescindible de grandes obras que han marcado la historia de la literatura. Escritas por autores de diversas épocas, culturas y estilos, estas piezas representan lo mejor del pensamiento, la creatividad y la imaginación humana a lo largo de los siglos. Cada obra incluida ha influido profundamente en la narrativa, la filosofía, la poesía o el desarrollo de géneros literarios completos. Desde historias que exp...

In the summer of 1998, FBI agent Bob Hilland reluctantly picked up the phone to call the famous psychic John Edward. Bob didn't expect much from the call, but he was working on an unsolvable cold case and had nowhere else to turn.What Bob never imagined was that the call would lead to a shattering of all his preconceived notions, a huge break in the cold case and an unlikely crime-solving partnership that spanned twenty-five years.As Bob and John took on more cases together...

How a skeptical FBI agent reached out to a famous psychic for help on a baffling case – and the twenty-five-year crime-solving journey that followedCentring on the investigation of the gruesome John Smith murders that rocked the nation, Chasing Evil is a heart-stopping story of murder, justice and finding help in unexpected places.In the summer of 1998, FBI agent Bob Hilland reluctantly picked up the phone to call the famous psychi...

A sweeping journey through the foundations, triumphs, and transformations of British literature. This monumental volume gathers fifty of the most influential and enduring works ever written in the English language. From the heroic epic of Beowulf to the philosophical sublimity of the Romantic poets, from Shakespeare's immortal tragedies to the visionary science fiction of H. G. Wells, this collection traces the evolution of a literary tradition that shaped the modern world. Organized chron...

What defines Boston? Its history? Its landmarks? Its sports teams and shrines?Perhaps the question should be, who defines Boston? From Henry David Thoreau to Dennis Lehane, Boston has been beloved by many of America's greatest writers, and there is no better group of men and women to capture the heart and soul of the Hub. In Our Boston, editor Andrew Blauner has collected both original and reprinted essays from Boston-area writers past and present, all celebrating the city...

Die Geschichten, die jeder Mensch in seinem Leben erleben sollte – in dieser Sammlung finden Sie die wahren Meisterwerke der Weltliteratur, die bahnbrechenden Bücher, die zeitlosen Klassiker, die ewig bewegende Poesie: Selbstbetrachtungen (Marcus Aurelius) Aphorismen zur Lebensweisheit (Arthur Schopenhauer) Grashalme (Walt Whitman) Der Prozess (Franz Kafka) Das Herz der Finsternis (Joseph Conrad) Der seltsame Fall des Dr. Jekyll und Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson) Winnetou I-IV (Karl May...

The Forgotten Civilizations: 20 Lost World Novels is a remarkable anthology that transports readers into the enigmatic realms of undiscovered lands and ancient mysteries. Spanning a wide range of literary styles—from the Gothic eeriness of Lovecraftian horror to the pioneering fervor of Verne's science fiction—this collection encapsulates the allure of the unknown. Works within the anthology draw on a universal curiosity about untouched civilizations, blending adventure, speculative fictio...