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The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies
The Samurai Sword
The samurai sword: a symbol of the spirit of old Japan, it embodies the samurai's steel discipline, unswerving devotion and peerless skill. With its creation, a feat of …
Enlightened Princesses
Caroline of Ansbach (1683–1737), Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (1719–1772), and Charlotte of Mecklenberg-Strelitz (1744–1818) were three German princesses who became Queens Consort—or, in …
The Last Hot Time
When Danny Holman leaves the cornfields of Iowa for the bright lights of Chicago, he expects his life to change. He just can't guess how much and how fast. A violent incident on …
Loveology Study Guide
In the beginning, God created Adam. Then he made Eve. And ever since we’ve been picking up the pieces.Loveology is a theology of love from God’s point of view. The five sessions …
The Duchess of Malfi, The White Devil, The Broken Heart and 'Tis Pity She's a Whore
These four plays, written during the reigns of James I and Charles I, took revenge tragedy in dark and ambiguous new directions. In The Duchess of Malfi and The White Devil, John …
The Dragon Waiting
From a snowbound inn, high in the Alps, four unlikely allies will turn against the might of Byzantium to secure the English throne for Richard, Duke of Gloucester, and make him …
Geons, Black Holes, and Quantum Foam
He studied with Niels Bohr, taught Richard Feynman, and boned up on relativity with his friend and colleague Albert Einstein. John Archibald Wheeler's fascinating life brings us …
'Tis Pity She's a Whore and Other Plays
Ford wrote darkly about sexual and political passion, despair, thwarted ambition, and incest. This selection also shows his ability to portray the poignancy of love as well as …
The Witch of Edmonton
In the village of Edmonton, Elizabeth Sawyer is shunned by her neighbours. A poor and lonely old woman, she is harassed and accused of being a witch. In her abject misery, she …
Collected Poems
After his spectacular early career, in which he became one of the best-loved and most controversial poets of his time, and his radical and productive middle years, John Ashbery …