This edition of Meredith's satirical novel of manners reprints that of 1897, which incorporated Meredith's revisions to the first edition of 1879.The editor has further emended some errors which escaped Meredith's attention and has provided exceptionally useful notes to the novel. As background, Meredith's "Essay on Comedy and the Uses of the Comic Spirit" is provided. The critical essays are by Robert D. Mayo,Richard B. Hudson, Jenni Calder, Gillian Beer, John Goode, Charles J.Hill, Michael Sundell, Virginia Woolf, John Lucas, and Robert M.Adams.

Passing from the mannered drawing rooms of Pakistan's cities tothe harsh mud villages beyond, Daniyal Mueenuddin's linked storiesdescribe the interwoven lives of an aging feudal landowner, hisservants and managers, and his extended family, industrialists whohave lost touch with the land. In the spirit of Joyce's Dublinersand Turgenev's A Sportsman's Sketches, these storiescomprehensively illuminate a world, describing members ofparliament and farm workers, Islamabad society girls and desperateservant women. A hard-driven politician at the height of his powersfalls critically ill and seeks to perpetuate his legacy; a girlfrom a declining Lahori family becomes a wealthy relative'smistress, thinking there will be no cost; an electrician confrontsa violent assailant in order to protect his most valuablepossession; a maidservant who advances herself through sexualfavors unexpectedly falls in love. Together the stories in In OtherRooms, Other Wonders make up a vivid portrait of feudal Pakistan,describing the advan

It was a crime so brutal, it changed the lives of even the most hardened homicide cops. The Haas family murders left a scar on the community nothing can erase, but everyone agrees that convicting the killer, Karl Dahl, is a start. Only Judge Carey Moore seems to be standing in the way. Her ruling that Dahl’s prior criminal record is inadmissible raises a public outcry—and puts the judge in grave danger. When an unknown assailant attacks Judge Moore in a parking garage, two of Minneapolis’s top cops are called upon to solve the crime and keep the judge from further harm. Detective Sam Kovac is as hard-boiled as they come, and his wisecracking partner, Nikki Liska, isn’t far behind. Neither one wants to be on this case, but when Karl Dahl escapes from custody, everything changes, and a seemingly straightforward case cartwheels out of control.

GAME OF THRONES: A NEW ORIGINAL SERIES, NOWON HBO. Dubbed "the American Tolkien" by "Time" magazine, George R.R. Martin has earned international acclaim for his monumental cycleof epic fantasy. Now the #1 "New York Times" bestselling authordelivers the fifth book in his landmark series--as both familiarfaces and surprising new forces vie for a foothold in a fragmentedempire. A DANCE WITH DRAGONSA SONG OF ICE AND FIRE: BOOK FIVE Inthe aftermath of a colossal battle, the future of the SevenKingdoms hangs in the balance--beset by newly emerging threats fromevery direction. In the east, Daenerys Targaryen, the last scion ofHouse Targaryen, rules with her three dragons as queen of a citybuilt on dust and death. But Daenerys has thousands of enemies, andmany have set out to find her. As they gather, one young manembarks upon his own quest for the queen, with an entirelydifferent goal in mind. Fleeing from Westeros with a price on hishead, Tyrion Lannister, too, is making his way to Daenerys. But hisnewest alli

"James Cameron's Titanic" chronicles a master storyteller'scinematic re-creation of one of the most vividly remembereddisasters of the modern era. Cameron's epic motion picture, winnerof eleven Academy Awards, was an unforgettable triumph offilmmaking, weaving a rich human tapestry of romance and heroism,tragedy and greed, and, ultimately, the power of true love - astory that will continue to capture the hearts of audiences forgenerations to come. This collector's edition will include all theoriginal content from the first book as well as a new and extendedintroduction by James Cameron. Additional new content will include:twenty-six newly designed pages with never-before-seen images fromthe film studio and from James Cameron's personal archive;behind-the-scenes stories from Cameron himself detailing theconcept art and making of the original film; a revelatory look atthe technical process of transforming original film into dynamic 3Dprints; quotes from Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio discussingthe fi

Everything you need to make your next talk a resounding success is right here--even if you dread the thought of approaching a podium! In PRESENTATION S.O.S., renowned communications expert Mark Wiskup gives you a quick, concise, and (yes!) fun way to confidently sell your ideas to any audience. Packed with unique tips and featuring nine easy, painless steps that will transform you into a great presenter, this book shows you how to"

A bestseller from first publication, The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction has been adopted in over 750 schools in its Fifth Edition. From the start, it has offered students the writer's voice, pure and unencumbered by excessive editorial commentary. This new Sixth Shorter Edition continues to abide by R.V. Cassill's initial plan: "to put together a very large group of stories that would, in detail and overall design, express both the living tradition of short fiction and the culture of which it is a part." 作者简介： R.V.cassill, writer, teacher of writing, and teacher of literature-is professor emeritus of English at Brown University. He has also taught at the lowa Writer's Workshop and at Purdue, Columbia, and Harvard universities. He has published seven collections of short stories and twenty-four novels, as well as a best-selling creative-writing text, writing fiction. He is also the editor, with Joyce Carol Oates, of The Norton Anthology of Contemporary Fiction.

Fragments of a Great Secret have been found in the oral traditions, in literature, in religions and philosophies throughout the centuries. For the first time, all the pieces of The Secret come together in an incredible revelation that will be life-transforming for all who experience it. In this book, you’ll learn how to use The Secret in every aspect of your life -- money, health, relationships, happiness, and in every interaction you have in the world. You’ll begin to understand the hidden, untapped power that’s within you, and this revelation can bring joy to every aspect of your life. The Secret contains wisdom from modern-day teachers -- men and women who have used it to achieve health, wealth, and happiness. By applying the knowledge of The Secret, they bring to light compelling stories of eradicating disease, acquiring massive wealth, overcoming obstacles, and achieving what many would regard as impossible.

When undercover FBI agent Alex Morse arrives at the office of Dr Chris Shepard, a busy young doctor in Natchez, Mississippi, she brings him some unnerving news. She tells Shepard that his beautiful wife of one year has just visited a local divorce attorney. And the attorney has a cluster of clients whose spouses have all mysteriously died ... Agent Morse's proposition is simple: will Shepard help the FBI trap the murderer?

How much pride can be lodged in the chests of ten thousand indomitable warriors and the heart of a single woDlaH in love? 40i BC．Prostrated by thirty years ofwar between Athens and Sparta，the citystates of Greece are on their knees．As they flounder，Clearchus of Sparta is commissioned to recruit an army of Greek mercenaries．The trtIe purpose of these forces—the army of the‘Ten Thousand’一is not clear．Thev know thev are required to venture deep into the hostile territories at the very heart of the Persian Empire．They know they are being paid by Cyrus，brother of the Great Persian king Artaxerxes．But their official objective—clearing the area of rebel tribes—convinces no one． The expedition is shadowed by a second army of women，including Abira，a Syrian girl who has abandoned her village to follow the young Greek warrior，Xeno，who appeared to her 1ike a god on horseback from the heavens，offering the promise of love，of adventure)of a different life．This is Abira

Few literary works have been so variously interpreted as Nikolai Gogol’s enduring comic masterpiece, Dead Souls.This Norton Critical Edition reprints the text of the acclaimed George Reavey translation, which has been fully annotated for undergraduate readers. "Backgrounds" contains not only Gogol’s correspondence relevant to the novel but also the four formal letters that set forth his views on the work.The editor has also included a useful chronology of Gogol’s life and an invaluable table of ranks in czarist Russia.A wide range of criticism includes Robert Maguire’s general overview of Gogol’s criticism; two nineteenth-century Russian appraisals; Donald Fanger’s brilliant essay; and a broad spectrum of twentieth-century Russian critical opinion.It features, as well, essays by Vladimir Nabokov and Edmund Wilson.The Russian essays have been translated specially for this Norton Critical Edition. A Selected Bibliography directs readers to resources for further study.

Après vingt ans d'absence, Charles McCarry retrouve l'universde son légendaire héros, Paul Christopher, l'agent secret aussiexpert en bons vins qu'en affaires. Paul, qui a une forme étonnantepour ses soixante-dix ans, dispara?t du jour au lendemain... Lesmois passent... Une urne contenant ses cendres est envoyée à lafamille par l'entremise de l'ambassade de Chine. Une cérémonie à samémoire a lieu à Washington. Pourtant, son cousin Horace etl'équipe des Old Boys, piliers de la CIA, sont sceptiques: toutdans cette mort sonne faux. Partis à la recherche de PaulChristopher, du Xinjiang au Brésil, de Rome à Tel-Aviv et deBudapest à Moscou, les Old Boys se révèlent aussi meurtriers ettalentueux qu'au bon vieux temps. Et, au bout du chemin, la vériténe sera pas celle qu'on attend...

From Publishers Weekly Sebold's disappointing second novel (after much-lauded The Lovely Bones) opens with the narrator's statement that she has killed her mother. Helen Knightly, herself the mother of two daughters and an art class model old enough to be the mother of the students who sketch her nude figure, is the dutiful but resentful caretaker for her senile 88-year-old mother, Clair. One day, traumatized by the stink of Clair's voided bowels and determined to bathe her, Helen succumbs to a life-long dream and smothers Clair, who had sucked the life out of [Helen] day by day, year by year. After dragging Clair's corpse into the cellar and phoning her ex-husband to confess her crime, Helen has sex with her best friend's 30-year-old blond-god doofus son. Jumping between past and present, Sebold reveals the family's fractured past (insane, agoraphobic mother; tormented father, dead by suicide) and creates a portrait of Clair that resembles Sebold's own mother as portrayed in her memoir, Lucky. While He

Soon to be a major motion picture The moving, personal story of Charles Darwin and his revolutionary views on nature, evolution, and the human condition. As Darwin's theories continue to shape much of our thinking about the roots of human nature, Creation (formerly Darwin, His Daughters, and Human Evolution) reveals the personal experiences from which he drew his most deeply held ideas. In a chest of drawers bequeathed by his grandmother, author Randal Keynes, a great-great-grandson of Darwin, found the writing case of Charles Darwin's beloved daughter Annie, who died at the age of fifteen. Offering rare insight into the family's private world, Keynes gives us a fuller picture of one of our most original thinkers, as well as a wealth of previously unseen material.

This classic work, back in print for the first time in over a decade, questions the public's harsh perception of the artist, while at the same time gently poking fun at the artists' own, often inflated self-image.

Wow. This stunning book succeeds on so many different levels--as an engrossing story, a character study, a history lesson, a modern day political allegory--I don't even know where to begin the praise. The Last Town on Earth centers on the inhabitants of a small logging town in Washington and what happens when they take drastic measures (quarantine) to try and protect themselves from the virulent and deadly flu epidemic of 1918. When a deserting WWI soldier demands sanctuary, events are set in motion that change the town forever. Although this is Mullen's first published work, there are none of the usual verbal pyrotechnics or high-wire "look how well I can write" balancing acts one sees with beginning authors. How refreshing to read a younger author who has already progressed beyond his ego and knows that it's all about story, story, story. Mullen tells his tale cleanly, simply and plainly--making the ironies and allegories all the more potent. I knew almost nothing of the flu epidemic of 1918 and even