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A Study in Scarlet

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Published: 2007-11-07

Paperback: 176 pages

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A Study in Scarlet is a popular Sherlock Holmes book written by author Arthur Conan Doyle. Being the first novel is the Holmes detective series by Doyle, A Study in Scarlet largely introduces the reader to the forthcoming series by Doyle. The story features the introduction of Sherlock Holmes and Dr....

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Middlemarch (Clothbound Classics)

by George Eliot

Published: 2011-04-26

Hardcover: 880 pages

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Be they shocking, ambitious, or simply brilliant, these novels continue to enthrall today as they did at the time they were written. Now, Penguin Classics is proud to present them in gorgeous clothbound editions-vibrant volumes sure to become as treasured to readers as the magnificent tale...

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Reinventing Bach

by Paul Elie

Published: 2013-09-17

Paperback: 512 pages

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The story of a revolution in music and technology, told through a century of recordings of the music of Johann Sebastian BachIn Reinventing Bach, his remarkable second book, Paul Elie tells the electrifying story of how musicians of genius have made Bach’s music new in our time, at once ...

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Waiting for the Barbarians: Essays from the Classics to Pop Culture (New York Review Collections)

by Daniel Mendelsohn

Published: 2012-10-16

Hardcover: 440 pages

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Over the past decade and a half, Daniel Mendelsohn’s reviews for The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, and The New York Times Book Review have earned him a reputation as “one of the greatest critics of our time” (Poet s& Writers). In Waiting for the Barbarians, he bring...

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His Majesty's Hope: A Maggie Hope Mystery

by Susan Elia MacNeal

Published: 2013-05-14

Paperback: 354 pages

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFor fans of Jacqueline Winspear, Laurie R. King, and Anne Perry, whip-smart heroine Maggie Hope returns to embark on a clandestine mission behind enemy lines where no one can be trusted, and even the smallest indiscretion can be deadly.World War II has finally come...

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Delirium: The Politics of Sex in America

by Nancy L. Cohen

Published: 2012-09-11

Paperback: 400 pages

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?Perhaps if the Pill had never been invented, American politics would be very different today,” Nancy L. Cohen writes in her prescient new book, Delirium: The Politics of Sex in AmericaThe 2012 election was supposed to be about the economy, but over the last few months it turned into a d...

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The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis

by Lydia Davis

Published: 2010-10-26

Paperback: 752 pages

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A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICEA LOS ANGELES TIMES FICTION FAVORITE FOR 2009A SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE BEST BOOK OF 2009Lydia Davis is one of our most original and influential writers, a storyteller celebrated for her emotional acuity, her formal inventiveness, and her ability ...

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Excluded: Making Feminist and Queer Movements More Inclusive

by Julia Serano

Published: 2013-10-01

Paperback: 336 pages

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While many feminist and queer movements are designed to challenge sexism, they often simultaneously police gender and sexuality—sometimes just as fiercely as the straight, male-centric mainstream does. Among LGBTQ activists, there is a long history of lesbians and gay men dismissing bise...

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Foundation: The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors

by Peter Ackroyd

Published: 2013-09-10

Paperback: 496 pages

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“An extraordinary book . . . Peter Ackroyd is arguably the most talented and prolific writer working in Britain today.” —Daily Express (UK)In Foundation, acclaimed historian Peter Ackroyd tells the epic story of England itself. He takes us from the primeval forests of England’s pr...

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Tudors: The History of England from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I

by Peter Ackroyd

Published: 2013-10-08

Hardcover: 528 pages

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Peter Ackroyd, one of Britain’s most acclaimed writers, brings the age of the Tudors to vivid life in this monumental book in his The History of England series, charting the course of English history from Henry VIII’s cataclysmic break with Rome to the epic rule of Elizabeth I.Rich in ...