An exciting contemporary Russian writer explores terra incognita: the still-living margins of history. With the death of her aunt, the narrator is left to sift through an apartment full of faded...

The narrative portion of this book discusses the nature of the Republican Party and describes an important change by the Eisenhower administration in this country's foreign policy from the...

Titled after the Latin term for “unknown land”—a cartographical expression referring to regions that have not yet been mapped or documented—Terra Incognita is a collection of poems that...

From John Edgar Wideman, "a master [who] boldly subverts what a short story can be" ( Publishers Weekly) comes a stunning story collection that spans a range of topics from Michael...

Jacob Abbott wrote many historical books for children. He was careful to ensure historical accuracy, and as he said himself in the preface to this book "Whatever of interest ... these stories...

Women’s letters and memoirs were until recently considered to have little historical significance. Many of these materials have disappeared or remain unarchived, often dismissed as ephemera and...

Nevermore brings one of America's most enigmatic writers to the attention of a new generation of children. This intriguing photobiography examines the life and times of the author and poet who...