The classic tale of shipwreck and adventure in strange lands, Gulliver's Travels is also a wickedly clever satire on the nature of humankind'A masterwork of irony ... that contains both a dark and bitter meaning and a joyous, extraordinary creativity of imagination' Malcolm BradburyShipwrecked and cast adrift, Lemuel Gulliver wakes to find himself on Lilliput, an island inhabited by little people, whose height makes their quarrels over fashion and ...

Samuel Johnson is a towering figure of eighteenth-century literature. As well as the celebrated Dictionary of the English Language, Johnson was the leading literary critic of his time, and a celebrated author who contributed to almost every genre from poetry to political pamphleteering. At the same time, an enduring legend developed around him, culminating in James Boswell's classic biography. This book offers a concise introduction to Johnson's many-sided work, and its complex and rich hi...

Your body is God's temple. Learn how to manage it well!Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers. — 3 John 2Are you caught in a tug-of-war between pursuing a healthier lifestyle and settling for average? Did you know that you can build a better you by making a series of simple daily choices?Join Dr. Bob DeMaria as he offers 35 years of professional medical expertise and solid Scriptural ...

Spanning the period from the British Civil War to the French Revolution, the fourth edition of this successful anthology increases its coverage of canonical writings, plays, and of the development of British Literature in the American colonies.A thoroughly updated new edition of this popular anthology which focuses firmly on the eighteenth century without neglecting the seventeenth centuryContains new texts including the play Rover by Aphra Behn, and Be...

Daily gems to revolutionize your health!Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers. (3 John 2)Are you caught in a tug-of-war between pursuing a healthier lifestyle and settling for average? Did you know that you can build a better you by making a series of simple daily choices?In these 1-minute daily devotionals, Dr. Bob DeMaria offers bite-sized Scriptural insights on how to improve your health an...

How to steward your body wellBeloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers. (3 John 2)Are you caught in a tug-of-war between pursuing a healthier lifestyle and settling for average? Did you know that you can build a better you by making a series of simple daily choices?Join Dr. Bob DeMaria as he offers 35 years of professional medical expertise and solid Scriptural insight to help improve yo...

A one†‘volume collection of the prose and poetry of eighteenth†‘century Britain's pre†‘eminent lexicographer, critic, biographer, and poet Samuel JohnsonSamuel Johnson was eighteenth†‘century Britain’s preeminent man of letters, and his influence endures to this day. He excelled as a moral and literary critic, biographer, lexicographer, and poet. This anthology, designed to make Johnson’s essential works accessible to students and general readers, draws its texts f...

Daily gems to revolutionize your health!Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers. (3 John 2)Are you caught in a tug-of-war between pursuing a healthier lifestyle and settling for average? Did you know that you can build a better you by making a series of simple daily choices?In these 1-minute daily devotionals, Dr. Bob DeMaria offers bite-sized Scriptural insights on how to improve your...

Dr. Bob's Drugless Guide to Detoxification is a logical plan that establishes true wellness in your body from the inside out. Dr. Bob shares clinically proven, time-tested protocols that can be followed in the comfort of your own home—no need to travel to expensive clinics or follow strict and stressful diet plans.You will:Learn what to purchase at your own grocery storeBe empowered to make wise choices and not be dependent on medicationsA...

The surprising influence of one of the greatest readers in English literature.If readers of the twentieth century feel overwhelmed by the proliferation of writing and information, they can find in Samuel Johnson a sympathetic companion. Johnson's career coincided with the rapid expansion of publishing in England—not only in English, but in Latin and Greek; not only in books, but in reviews, journals, broadsides, pamphlets, and books about books. In 1753 Jo...

Dr. Bob's Guide to Optimal Health is a compilation of Dr. Bob DeMaria's 30 years of experience in the wellness health field. Based on a year long pattern and wellness model lifestyle enhancement, this book provides a Bible based guide to a whole body restoration. Dr. Bob's clinical based proven experience and knowledge will create a natural desire to achieve optimal health -- natures way -- the way it was designed by our creator. You will rejoice with eighteen new health pat...

An indispensable reference for scholars and students of eighteenth-century English literatureThis addition to the celebrated Wiley-Blackwell Keywords series explores the meanings of fifty-eight of the most important words in British literature of the period 1640-1789. Professor DeMaria focuses on words used with frequency and urgency throughout the works of most major and several minor writers of the British Neoclassical era, with the occasional reach back to the e...