Henry Carter Hull

Contains a collection of new and selected short stories by National Book Award winning author Joyce Carol Oates.

An 1849 novel set in early nineteenth-century England, which contrasts the situations of two women, the shy, restricted Caroline Helstone, who stands as a symbol of the plight of single women, and Shirley Keeldar, an heiress whose financial independence frees her from convention.

A personal exploration of the regions of Mexico and their characteristic foods.

Mongryong, the son of a Governor falls in love and secretly marries Chunhyang, the daughter of a former courtesan; when he leaves for Seoul to finish his education, Chunhyang is taken prisoner and sentenced to death after refusing the advances of a new Governor.

This book tries to describe what an intelligent person would have witnessed in Ancient Rome if by some legerdemain he had been translated to the Second Christian Century, and conducted about the imperial city under competent guidance. The year 134 after Christ has been chosen as the hypothetical time of this visit, not from any special virtue in that date, but because Rome was then architecturally nearly completed, the Empire seemed in its most prosperous...

Six-year-old Bertie and artist Angus Lordie join forces to rescue Lordie's beloved dog Cyril from the pound in this fourth charming installment in the bestselling 44 Scotland Street series.

Interviews and essays describe the way of life and crafts of pioneer America still surviving in the Appalachian region.

Provides homespun advice from how to cure the common cold to when to plant peas. Includes photographs, etchings, American folklore, and history.