The Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle have enthralled generations of readers--and writers. Now Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger have assembled a stellar group of contemporary...

The likeable young Nicholas, left penniless on the death of his father, sets off in search of better prospects. His meandering route to happiness includes work as a teacher at Dotheboys Hall,...

In this portrait of eighteenth-century England, Roy Porter defines a nation from its princes to its paupers, covering diet, housing, prisons, rural festivals, bordellos, plays, paintings, and work...

Secular humanism has triumphed. Everything the late Victorians believed would bring human happiness has been achieved, but what has been created is a sterile world of crass materialism. And now it...

The thrilling history of the Targaryens comes to life in this masterly work by the author of A Song of Ice and Fire, the inspiration for HBO's Game of Thrones. With all the fire and fury fans have...

All previous biographies of Napoleon have relied more on the memoirs of others than on his own uncensored words. This is the first that makes full use of his newly released personal correspondence...

Alain de Botton examines the origins of status anxiety--the universal anxiety about what others think of us--and reveals ingenious ways in which people have been able to overcome their worries in...