"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," by Mark Twain, is part ofthe "Barnes and Noble Classics" series, which offers qualityeditions at affordable prices to the student and the generalreader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages ofcarefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable featuresof "Barnes and Noble Classics": New introductions commissioned fromtoday's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authorsChronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and culturalevents Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations,parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, andfilms inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Studyquestions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectationsBibliographies for further reading Indices and Glossaries, whenappropriateAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed tosuperior specifications; some include illustrations of historicalinterest. "Barnes and Noble Classics "pulls together aconstella

“Long live the King,”hailed Entertainment Weekl yupon the publication of Stephen King's ON WRITING.Part memoir,part master chass by one of the bestselling authors of al time,this superbvolume is a revealing and practical view of the wroter's craft,comprising the basic tools of the trade every writer must have.King's advice is grounded in his vivid memories from childhood throunded his emergence as a writer,from his struggling early career to his widely reported,near-fatal accident in I999-and how the inextricable link between writing and living spurred his recovery.Brilliantly structured,friendly and inspiring,ON WRITING will empower and entertain everyone who reads it-fans,writers,and anyone who loves a great story well told.

The astounding yet true rags-to-riches saga of a homeless father who raised and cared for his son on the mean streets of San Francisco and went on to become a crown prince of Wall Street At the age of twenty, Milwaukee native Chris Gardner, just out of the Navy, arrived in San Francisco to pursue a promising career in medicine. Considered a prodigy in scientific research, he surprised everyone and himself by setting his sights on the competitive world of high finance. Yet no sooner had he landed an entry-level position at a prestigious firm than Gardner found himself caught in a web of incredibly challenging circumstances that left him as part of the city's working homeless and with a toddler son. Motivated by the promise he made to himself as a fatherless child to never abandon his own children, the two spent almost a year moving among shelters, "HO-tels," soup lines, and even sleeping in the public restroom of a subway station. Never giving in to despair, Gardner made an astonishing transformation

"Emma," by Jane Austen, is part of the "Barnes and NobleClassics"" "series, which offers quality editions at affordableprices to the student and the general reader, including newscholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully craftedextras. Here are some of the remarkable features of "Barnes andNoble Classics": New introductions commissioned from today's topwriters and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies ofcontemporary historical, biographical, and cultural eventsFootnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations,parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, andfilms inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Studyquestions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectationsBibliographies for further reading Indices and Glossaries, whenappropriateAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed tosuperior specifications; some include illustrations of historicalinterest. "Barnes and Noble Classics "pulls together aconstellation of influences-biograph

One of the most celebrated writers of our time gives us hisfirst cycle of short fiction: five brilliantly etched,interconnected stories in which music is a vivid and essentialcharacter. A once-popular singer, desperate to make a comeback, turningfrom the one certainty in his life . . . A man whose unerring tastein music is the only thing his closest friends value in him . . . Astruggling singer-songwriter unwittingly involved in the failingmarriage of a couple he’s only just met . . . A gifted,underappreciated jazz musician who lets himself believe thatplastic surgery will help his career . . . A young cellist whosetutor promises to “unwrap” his talent . . . Passion or necessity—or the often uneasy combination of thetwo—determines the place of music in each of these lives. And, inone way or another, music delivers each of them to a moment ofreckoning: sometimes comic, sometimes tragic, sometimes justeluding their grasp. An exploration of love, need, and the ineluctable fo

The growing interest in Afro American literature that began in the 1960s led to the rediscovery of earlier Afro-American writers, one of whom was Jean Toomer, author of Cane. Originally pubhshed in 1923, Cane is generally considered a principle literary masterpiece of the Harlem Renaissance. It is an innovative work-part drama, part poetry, part fiction. "Backgrounds" contains gcnerous excerpts from Jean Toomer's correspondence with fellow writers Sherwood Anderson, Waldo Frank, and Allen Tate, and with his publisher, Horace Liveright. Darwin T. Turner's "Introduction" (to the 1975 Liveright edition of Cana), reprinted here, presents the historical and literary backgrounds to the work, as well as additional biographical information on Toomer. Critical commentary, both contemporary and more recent, on Cane and More Recent, on Cane and Toomer is wide-ranging, Included are essays by W. E. B. Du Bois, Gorham B. Munson, Robert Bone, Patricia Watkins, Lucinda H. MacKethan, Nellie Y. McKay, and Darwin T.

Read by millions of students over seven editions, The NortonAnthology of English Literature remains the most trustedundergraduate survey of English literature available and one of themost successful college texts ever published. Firmly grounded bythe hallmark strengths of all Norton Anthologies—thorough andhelpful introductory matter, judicious annotation, complete textswherever possible—The Norton Anthology of English Literature hasbeen revitalized in this Eighth Edition through the collaborationbetween six new editors and six seasoned ones. Under the directionof Stephen Greenblatt, General Editor, the editors havereconsidered all aspects of the anthology to make it an even betterteaching tool.

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Pablo Escobar: billionaire drugs baron; ruthless manipulator,brutal killer and jefe of the infamous Medellin cartel. A man whoseimportance in the international drug trade and renown for hischaritable work among the poor brought him influence and power inhis home country of Colombia, and the unwanted attention of theAmerican courts. Terrified of the new Colombian President'sdetermination to extradite him to America, Escobar found the bestbargaining tools he could find: hostages. In the winter of 1990,ten relatives of Colombian politicians, mostly women, were abductedand held hostage as Escobar attempted to strong-arm the governmentinto blocking his extradition. Two died, the rest survived, andfrom their harrowing stories Marquez retells, with vivid clarity,the terror and uncertainty of those dark and volatile months.

Book De*ion The Great Novels ofJane Austen This book set includes the famous masterpieces of Jane Austen,which are Mansfield Park, Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion, Emma,Northanger Abbey and Sense and Sensibility . Book Dimension : length: (cm)17.9 width:(cm)11.1

Written with burning intensity in the last years of RobertoBolano's life, "2666" has been greeted across the world as thegreat writer's masterpiece, surpassing everything in imagination,beauty and scope. It is a novel on an astonishing scale from apassionate visionary. 'The best book of 2008 ...A masterpiece, theelectrifying literary event of the year' - "Time". 'Readers whohave snacked on Haruki Murakami will feast on Roberto Bolano'-"Sunday Times". 'Bolano makes you feel changed for having read him;he adjusts your angle of view on the world' - "Guardian".

Gordon Comstock is a poor young man who works in a grubbyLondon bookstore and spends his evenings shivering in a rentedroom, trying to write. He is determined to stay free of the "moneyworld" of lucrative jobs, family responsibilities, and the kind ofsecurity symbolized by the homely aspidistra plant that sits inevery middle-class British window.

"The Story of the Stone" (c. 1760), also known as "The Dream ofthe Red Chamber", is one of the greatest novels of Chineseliterature. The fifth part of Cao Xueqin's magnificent saga, "TheDreamer Awakes", was carefully edited and completed by Gao E somedecades later. It continues the story of the changing fortunes ofthe Jia dynasty, focussing on Bao-yu, now married to Bao-chai,after the tragic death of his beloved Dai-yu. Against such worldlyelements as death, financial ruin, marriage, decadence andcorruption, his karmic journey unfolds. Like a sleepwalker throughlife, Bao-yu is finally awakened by a vision, which reveals to himthat life itself is merely a dream, 'as moonlight mirrored in thewater'.

In this classic novel by John Updike, we return to a characteras compelling and timeless as Rabbit Angstrom: the inimitable HenryBech. Famous for his writer's block, Bech is a Jew adrift in aworld of Gentiles. As he roams from one adventure to the next, heviews life with a blend of wonder and cynicism that will make youlaugh with delight and wince in recognition.

From her humble beginnings as the daughter of a countrysideblacksmith, Emy Lyon went on to claim the undying love of navalhero Admiral Nelson, England’s most famous native son. She servedas model and muse to eighteenth-century Europe’s most renownedartists, and consorted with kings and queens at the royal court ofNaples. Yet she would end her life in disgraced exile, pennilessand alone. In this richly drawn portrait, Flora Fraser maps thespectacular rise and fall of legendary eighteenth-century beautyEmma, Lady Hamilton—as she came to be called—a woman of abundantaffection and overwhelming charm, whose eye for opportunity wasrivaled only by her propensity for overindulgence and scandal.Wonderfully intimate and lavishly detailed, Beloved Emma brings to life the incomparable Lady Hamilton and the politics,passions, and enchantments of her day.

Because of its frank treatment of human sexuality and itsunflinching fatalism, Jude the Obscure aroused such a stormof controversy upon its publication in 1895 that, partly inresponse, Thomas Hardy abandoned the art of novel-writingaltogether and devoted the rest of his life to poetry. Though wehave come a long way in our social attitudes in the ensuingcentury, nothing about Hardy's masterpiece has lost its power toshock us and disturb our dreams.

Once in a lifetime, a writer puts it all together. This is JamesPatterson's best book ever Total For 36 years, James Patterson has writtenunputdownable, pulse-racing novels. Now, he has written a book thatsurpasses all of them. ZOO is the thriller he was born towrite. World All over the world, brutal attacks are cripplingentire cities. Jackson Oz, a young biologist, watches theescalating events with an increasing sense of dread. When hewitnesses a coordinated lion ambush in Africa, the enormity of theviolence to come becomes terrifyingly clear. Destruction With the help of ecologist Chloe Tousignant, Ozraces to warn world leaders before it's too late. The attacks aregrowing in ferocity, cunning, and planning, and soon there will beno place left for humans to hide. With wildly inventive imaginationand white-knuckle suspense that rivals Stephen King at his verybest, James Patterson's ZOO is an epic, non-stop thrill-ride from"One of the best of the best." (TIME)

Every night for three years the vengeful King Shahriyar sleepswith a different virgin, executing her next morning. To end thisbrutal pattern and to save her own life, the vizier's daughter,Shahrazad, begins to tell the king tales of adventure, love, richesand wonder - tales of mystical lands peopled with princes andhunchbacks, the Angel of Death and magical spirits, tales of thevoyages of Sindbad, of Ali Baba's outwitting a band of fortythieves and of jinnis trapped in rings and in lamps. The sequenceof stories will last 1,001 nights.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery, an intrepid and eccentric adventurer,transferred his passion for flying to the written word by writingseveral classics of aviation literature, including "Southern Mail"and "Night Flight". Based on Saint-Exupery's trail-blazing flightsfor the French airmail service over the Sahara and later, theAndes, these two novels evoke the tragic courage and nobility ofthe airborne pioneers who took enormous risks, flying in opencock-pits in planes that were often fragile and unstable.