The Recognitions (Gaddis William)(Paperback)

The Recognitions (Gaddis William)(Paperback)

A postmodern masterpiece about fraud and forgery by one of the most venerated novelists of the last century. The Recognitions is a sweeping depiction of a world in which everything that anyone recognizes as beautiful or true or good emerges as anything but: our world. The book is a masquerade,

Frolic of His Own (Gaddis William)(Paperback)

A dazzling fourth novel by the author of The Recognitions, Carpenter's Gothic, and JR uses his considerable powers of observation and satirical sensibilities to take on the American legal

Agape Agape (Gaddis William)(Paperback)

William Gaddis published four novels during his lifetime, immense and complex books that helped inaugurate a new movement in American letters. Now comes his final work of fiction, a subtle, concentrated culmination of his art and ideas. For more than fifty years Gaddis collected notes for a book

J R (Gaddis William)(Paperback)

A National Book Award-winning satire about the unchecked power of American capitalism, written more than three decades before the 2008 financial crisis. At the center of J R is J R Vansant, a very average sixth grader from Long Island with torn sneakers, a runny nose, and a juvenile fascination

On Grand Strategy (Gaddis John Lewis)(Paperback / softback)

William Pitt the Younger - A Biography (Hague William)(Paperback / softback)

The award-winning biography of William Pitt the Younger by William Hague, the youngest leader of the Tory Party since Pitt

William Blake: The Complete Illuminated Books (Blake William)(Paperback)

William Rufus (Barlow Frank)(Paperback)

William II, better known as William Rufus, was the third son of William the Conqueror and England's king for only 13 years (1087-1100) before he was mysteriously assassinated. In this vivid biography, here updated and reissued with a new preface, Frank Barlow reveals an unconventional, flamboyant

The Heart of William James (James William)(Paperback)

On the one hundredth anniversary of the death of William James, Robert Richardson, author of the magisterial William James: In the Maelstrom of American Modernism, assembles a wide-ranging selection of essays and writings that reveal the evolution of James's thought over time, especially as it was

On Grand Strategy (Gaddis John Lewis)(Paperback)

'The best education in grand strategy available in a single volume . . . a book that should be read by every American leader or would-be leader.'--The Wall Street Journal A master class in strategic thinking, distilled from the legendary program the author has co-taught at Yale for decades John

William Shakespeare: The Complete Works (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

A compact edition of the complete works of William Shakespeare. It combines impeccable scholarship with beautifully written editorial material and a user-friendly layout of the text. Also included is a foreword, list of contents, general introduction, essay on language, contemporary allusions to

We Now Know: Rethinking Cold War History (Gaddis John Lewis)(Paperback)

Did the Soviet Union want world revolution? Why did the USSR send missiles to Cuba? What made the Cold War last as long as it did? The end of the Cold War makes it possible, for the first time, to begin writing its history from a truly international perspective. Based on the latest findings of Cold

The Sundering Flood (Morris William)(Paperback)

The celebrated medievalist William Morris was among the first writers to combine supernatural elements with worldbuilding. He created the precursors of modern fantasy fiction, and both C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien acknowledged his influence on their writing. In his final novel, Morris draws

Word Virus: The William S. Burroughs Reader (Burroughs William S.)(Paperback)

With the publication of Naked Lunch in 1959, William Burroughs abruptly brought international letters into the postmodern age. Beginning with his very early writing (including a chapter from his and Jack Kerouac's never-before-seen collaborative novel), Word Virus follows the arc of Burroughs's

The Shack (Young William P.)(Paperback)

The Strasbourg Legacy (Craig William)(Paperback)

William the Conqueror (Bates David)(Paperback)

A landmark reinterpretation of the life of William the Conqueror--a pivotal figure in British and European history '[The] definitive biography of the man who forever changed England with his invasion of 1066.'--Tony Barber, 'Best books of 2016,' Financial Times In this magisterial addition to the

William Tyndale: A Biography (Daniell David)(Paperback)

The dramatic life of William Tyndale, the first person to translate the Bible into English from the original Greek and Hebrew 'A massive contribution to the history of the Reformation in England.'--J. Enoch Powell, Times Higher Education Supplement William Tyndale (1494-1536) was the first person

The Doctor Stories (Williams William Carlos)(Paperback)

Lord of the Flies (Golding William)(Paperback)

The classic novel by William GoldingWith a new Introduction by Stephen King'To me Lord of the Flies has always represented what novels are for, what makes them indispensable.' -Stephen KingGolding's classic, startling, and perennially bestselling portrait of human nature remains as provocative

Ninth Configuration (Blatty William Peter)(Paperback)

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Exorcist, William Peter Blatty's The Ninth Configuration is a thought-provoking, blackly comic journey into the heart of madness--and the outer limits of belief--that served as the basis of an acclaimed film (also known as Twinkle, Twinkle, Killer

How I Became a Socialist (Morris William)(Paperback)

The definitive collection of political writings from William Morris William Morris is famous as a designer, poet and artist, but his work as a political thinker and activist is little known. This collection, the first of his political writings published for nearly 50 years, shows Morris as one of

On the Pleasure of Hating (Hazlitt William)(Paperback / softback)

William Hazlitt's tough combative writings on subjects ranging from slavery to the imagination, boxing matches to the monarchy, established him as one of the greatest radicals of his age and have insspired journalists and political satirists ever

The Western Lands (Burroughs William S.)(Paperback)

The Western Land is legendary Beat writer William S. Burrough's profound, revealing, and often astonishing meditation on morality, loneliness, life, and death -- a Book of the Dead for the nuclear age. 'Burrough's visionary power, his comic genius, and his unerring ability to crack the codes that