With subjects as broad as militarism, the British Empire, childhood and death, the Selected Verse of Rudyard Kipling is a treasure trove of the Nobel Prize winner's most striking and moving poetry, dr
Horace saw the death of the Republic and the beginning of the Roman Empire, and was personally acquainted with the emperor Augustus and the poet Virgil. He was famous during his lifetime, and continue
The tumultuous, edge-of-your-seat conclusion to the New York Times bestselling And I Darken series. Who will live? Who will die? And who will rule triumphant?SOME LOVES HEALHaunted over the unknown fates of Nazira and Cyprian, Radu is called back to the new capital. Mehmed is building an empire, becoming the sultan his people need. But Mehmed has a secret: as emperor, he is more powerful than ever . . . and desperately lonely. Does this mean Radu can finally have more with Mehmed . . . and does he even want it? SOME LOVES DESTROYLada's rule of absolute justice has created a Wallachia free of crime. But Lada won't rest until everyone knows that her country's borders are inviolable. Determined to send a message of defiance, she has the bodies of Mehmed's peace envoy delivered to him, leaving Radu and Mehmed with no choice. They must go to war against the girl prince, who has truly become the dragon. If Lada is allowed to continue, only death will prosper.SOME LOVES NEVER ENDOnly by destr
We Were Liars meets Ready Player One meets Knives Out in this edge-of-your-seat psychological YA thriller in which a group of teens are chosen for a coveted summer internship away from home, and shortly after arriving are faced with unexpected and alarming circumstances. With gutting suspense and shocking twists, new territories of obsession and reinvention are explored as mysteries begin to unravel.After the mysterious death of Louisiana Veda, the enigmatic creator of Darkly, a toy-making empire known for its range of ingenious (if utterly terrifying) toys and games with a cult-like following, the company went bankrupt and production was discontinued. Since her heyday, the name Louisiana Veda has retreated into the past, cloaked in legend, rumor, and dust, however the intrigue remains. The remaining games are considered works of art, rife with hidden symbols and secrets and command skyrocketing prices, with the rarest and most notorious selling at auction well in the tens of millions.
It is sometimes said that death is the last taboo, but it was not always so. For centuries, religious establishments constructed decorated ossuaries and charnel houses that stand as masterpieces of ar
A long-time critic of US foreign policy, Blum collects 26 examples of his writings from his Internet publication, The Anti-Empire Report; print magazines; and other sources. The essays take on Georg
Perched on top of a tall promontory, surrounded on three sides by the treacherous St. Lawrence River, Quebec—in 1759 France's capital city in Canada—forms an almost impregnable natural fortress. That
The period following the death of Aurangzeb has been viewed as the beginning of the decline and decay of the Mughal empire. Examining two contrasting regions of north India-Awadh and Punjab-this pione
People of Earth, It is a new age for all humanity. It is an age of order and faith. As with the death of the Phoenix, the Vazakanian Empire has fallen, and from the ashes that remained, there has rise
A brave girl must defy an empire to save her homeland in a sweeping fantasy that combines breathless action with richly-imagined characters.After the death of her beloved father, headstrong princess T
As G. Spivak's Death of a Discipline documented the transformation of world literature, the new Postcolonialism and Religions series ushers in the rebirth of postcolonial studies! Decolonizing the Bod
When Alexander the Great died at the age of thirty-two, his empire stretched from the Adriatic Sea in the west all the way to modern-day India in the east. In an unusual compromise, his two heirs—a me
Alexander the Great conquered an enormous empire--stretching from Greece to the Indian subcontinent--and his death triggered forty bloody years of world-changing events. These were years filled with h
Beginning shortly after Charlemagne's death in 814, the inhabitants of his historical empire looked back upon his reign and saw in it an exemplar of Christian universality - Christendom. They mapped c
It's five years after Return of the Jedi: the Rebel Alliance has destroyed the Death Star, defeated Darth Vader and the Emperor, and driven out the remnants of the old Imperial Starfleet to a distant
The epic space saga, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, is finally retold in the iconic Little Golden Book format! After the destruction of the Death Star, the Empire has regrouped—with Darth Vader l
Although the infamous Death Star has been destroyed and a Rebel base established on the frozen, barren planet of Hoth, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, and Han Solo again find themselves pursued by Dart
Two families grow a small munitions factory into a global empire in this saga by a New York Times–bestselling author spanning from 1837 to the eve of World War I. In 1837, Joseph Barbour, an up
