There is a place where sorrows pile up like snow and rest in your hair like cherry blossoms. Boys have…

This New York Times bestseller thoughtfully explores the life of the common woodland snail — from its anatomy to its fascinating behavior. “Beautiful” (Booklist), with over 2,200 five-star Goodreads ratings.

First in a captivating sci-fi series: In the distant future, World War III breaks out, and doctor Craig Emilson becomes a suborbital paratrooper. Sent on a mission to take out a powerful artificial intelligence, Craig unknowingly holds the fate of humankind in his hands…

In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare creates a violent world, in which two young people fall in love. It is not…

Hamlet is Shakespeare’s most popular, and most puzzling, play. It follows the form of a “revenge tragedy,” in which the…

Shakespeare’s King Lear challenges us with the magnitude, intensity, and sheer duration of the pain that it represents. Its figures…

In Richard III, Shakespeare invites us on a moral holiday. The play draws us to identify with Richard and his…

Love and marriage are the concerns of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. Lucentio’s marriage to Bianca is prompted by…

In 1603, James VI of Scotland ascended the English throne, becoming James I of England. London was alive with an…

Heart of Darkness has been considered for most of this century as a literary classic, and also as a powerful…