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A revelatory new translation of Gogol's comedy by renowned playwright Richard Nelson and Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky--the foremost contemporary translators of classic Russian literature including the best-selling Oprah's Book Club selection, Anna Karenina--marks the first of a series of translations of important Russian plays over the next ten years.

These are three imaginative science fiction stories by an author I admire a lot, William Tenn. Venus is a Man's World: Women rule because of their greater ability to use and understand logic while men can't be trusted to be anything other than emotional. 'Venus Is a Man's World' takes you on a humorous, satirical romp that only William Tenn could pull off. Wry, witty, and intelligent. Project Hush: We were stuck with calling it Project Hush and we...

Lysistrata and Other Plays centers a disgruntled woman whose attempt to end a war takes the battle from an open field to the soldier's bedroom. Wives from both camps deny their husbands basic affection in an effort to quell the violence. Set during the Peloponnesian War, the women of Greece, led by Lysistrata, create a plan to stifle the conflict between Athens and Sparta. Together, they agree to stage a sex strike, refusing to sleep with their husbands...

"A young California man is plagued with nightmares of a primitive world. In his dreams he is Big-Tooth, one of the 'Folk' who compete with the Fire People and Tree People for survival in an inhospitable wilderness. Gradually he comes to realize that his mind has become linked to the psyche of his prehistoric ancestor, and that Big-Tooth's struggles are at the core of his own humanity"--Back cover.

Benjamin Jonson (1572-1637) was a Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor, known best for his satirical plays and lyric poems. He had a knack for absurdity and hypocrisy, a trait that made him immensely popular in the 17th century Renaissance period. However, his reputation diminished somewhat in the Romantic era, when he began to be unfairly compared to Shakespeare. The Theatre in London had had been denied to "The Admiral's Men" in 1597, but the troupe...

A plump little meadow mouse is always an inviting target for hungry hunters in the Green Meadows. This certainly should give Danny Meadow Mouse enough cause for concern; but lately, he's been worrying about something else - his short tail! In fact, he wants so much to have a different tail that he almost forgets to take care of the one he has Danny spends much of his time avoiding the likes of Hooty the Owl, who drifts effortlessly above him in the...

The People of the Abyss (1903) is a work of nonfiction by American writer Jack London. Written after the author spent three months living in London's poverty-stricken East End, The People of the Abyss bears witness to the difficulties faced by hundreds and thousands of people every day in one of the wealthiest nations on earth. Inspired by Friedrich Engels's The Condition of the Working Class in England (1845) and Jacob Riis's How the Other Half Lives,...

The Bobbsey Twins in the Great West is a children's novel by Laura Lee Hope, first published in 1920. The story follows the adventures of the Bobbsey Twins, Bert, Nan, Freddie, and Flossie, as they travel with their family on a trip to the western United States. The twins and their family begin their journey in New York and travel by train to Chicago. From there, they continue their journey by train through the western states of Colorado, Wyoming,...

The Bobbsey Twins On A Houseboat is a children's novel by Laura Lee Hope, first published in 1915. It is part of a series of books featuring the adventures of the Bobbsey twins, Bert and Nan, and their younger siblings, Freddie and Flossie. In this book, the Bobbsey family sets out on a summer vacation on a houseboat. The children are excited to spend their days exploring the rivers and lakes of the countryside, fishing, and swimming. They also plan...

The Living Is Easy, Dorothy West's first novel and one of only a handful of novels published by women during the Harlem Renaissance, tells the story of Cleo Judson, daughter of Southern sharecroppers, who is determined to integrate into Boston's black elite. Married to the "Black Banana King" Bart Judson, Cleo maneuvers her three sisters and their children-but not their husbands-into living with her, attempting to recreate her original family in a...