A middle aged author declining in popularity. An up and coming literary agent with an eye for genius. A partnership that would forge a prodigious legacy in American literature.Henry James was a middle-aged author who had established himself on a transatlantic scale when he employed James Brand Pinker as his literary agent in 1898. The changing preferences of a growing audience of readers along with James’s self-defeating practice of shifting from publisher to publi...

Keira couldnt believe that an evening of surfing could change her life forever. One beautiful, summer twilight she was found by Theo, who bites her, takes her blood and gives her his in return. She thinks she is now a vampire but is soon to find out that the situation is a lot more complicated than that. Ten long years later, she is drawn into a crusade that crosses not just the planet, but time itself. Theo has been known by many other names in the past, names made famous through history ...

A middle aged author declining in popularity. An up and coming literary agent with an eye for genius. A partnership that would forge a prodigious legacy in American literature.Henry James was a middle-aged author who had established himself on a transatlantic scale when he employed James Brand Pinker as his literary agent in 1898. The changing preferences of a growing audience of readers along with James’s self-defeating practice of shifting from publisher...

Are women able to achieve anything they set their minds to? In How to Suppress Women’s Writing, award-winning novelist and scholar Joanna Russ lays bare the subtle—and not so subtle—strategies that society uses to ignore, condemn, or belittle women who produce literature. As relevant today as when it was first published in 1983, this book has motivated generations of readers with its powerful feminist critique.“What is it going to take to break apart these rigidities? Russ...

The grit of grimdark meets a police procedural in this rollicking debut fantasy series where two watchmen protect the streets of one of fantasy's most dangerous cities.A member of the Yenara City guard has gone missing. The culprit could be any of the usual suspects: drug-dealing orcs, mind-controlling elves, uncooperative mages, or humans being typical humans.It's up to two reluctant partners -- Rem, a miscreant who joins the Watch to pay off his bail, and...

"If ever there was a fast paced story, Everwylde was it. Donna Grants ability to weave a story full of magic was gripping and exciting." ~ LampShadeReaderRe-enter the world of New York Times bestselling author Donna Grant’s spellbinding Kindred series.They murdered her family and she will have her revenge.He intends to have her first.It is no secret that Ravyn will stop at...

In Vintage Living Texts teachers, students and any lover of literature will find the essential guide to the major works of A. S. Byatt. Also included is an exclusive in-depth interview with A. S. Byatt relating specifically to the novels under discussion.A. S. Byatt's themes, genre and narrative techniques are put under scrutiny and the emphasis is on providing a rich source of ideas for intelligent and inventive ways of approaching the novels. Amongst many other features you'll fi...

**Discover all 4 volumes in an epic dark fantasy series featuring warring kingdoms, grimdark action-adventure, and 7 brutal gods of war—for fans of Steve Erikson and George R.R. Martin.Includes: Seven Forges, The Blasted Lands, City of Wonders and The Silent Army**The people of Fellein have lived with legends for many centuries. To their far north, the Blasted Lands—a legacy of an ancient time of cataclysm—are vast, desolate, and impassab...

Drawing on knowledge gained from his dream of a second life in another world, Arcus created the aethometer: a device that measures the essence of all magic. Now, he is finally ready to present his revolutionary invention to his nation’s premier magicians and military leaders. With the circle of trust containing the device’s earthshaking implications cast wider, how will the aethometer move to change Arcus’ fate and the fate of the world itself?Others within the gentry are keeping a...

The French Lieutenant's Woman, The Magus, A MaggotIn Vintage Living Texts, teachers and students will find the essential guide to the works of John Fowles. Vintage Living Texts is unique in that it offers an in-depth interview with John Fowles, relating specifically to the texts under discussion. This guide deals with Fowles's themes, genre and narrative technique, and a close reading of the texts will provide a rich source of ideas for intelligent and inventive ways of approaching the nov...

An omnibus volume of three classic, long-unavailable Darkover novels--Star of Danger, The Bloody Sun, and Winds of Darkover--tell of two men of mixed Darkovan ancestry, who must choose where their true allegiances lie.

Some of the most innovative and spell-binding literature has been written for young people, but only recently has academic study embraced its range and complexity. This Companion offers a state-of-the-subject survey of English-language children's literature from the seventeenth century to the present. With discussions ranging from eighteenth-century moral tales to modern fantasies by J. K. Rowling and Philip Pullman, the Companion illuminates acknowledged classics and many more neglected w...