In her new essay collection, the beloved author of High Tide in Tucson brings to us from one of history's darker moments an extended love song to the world we still have. From its...

The Ballad of the White Horse is a poem by G. K. Chesterton about the idealised exploits of the Saxon King Alfred the Great, published in 1911. Written inballad form, the work is...

Available for the first time and collected in one volume, the letters of one of America’s most beloved authors, Laura Ingalls Wilder—a treasure trove that offers new...

A raw and tenderly funny look at the human-cat relationship, from one of our most treasured and transgressive writers.“The cat is the beautiful devil.”Felines touched...

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The Canterbury Tales (Middle English: Tales of Caunterbury) is a collection of over 20 stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century, during...

Discover the inimitable genius of Ray Bradbury as he explores the art of writing, the power of creativity, and the timeless appeal of storytelling in this collection of essays...

In Eastville, Annabelle Von Christian returns to Thornwood with her friend Leigh, only to discover the school is temporarily closed, and the students are residing in a village....

ere comes João with his cocoa tree… Come on guys, it's not "John and the Beanstalk" (by Benjamin Tabart?). No, no. This cocoa tree that belongs to our João, the Calazans one,...

In the mid-sixth century, the Byzantine emperor Justinian and his wife Theodora set out to discover the secret of silk, a fabric so coveted and prized that its price exceeded that...