A brilliant piece of literary exegesis and an illuminating anthropological commentary - DAILY MAIL An illuminating study. . . it offers a rich store of interest, not only in its vigorous scrutiny of the novel and the influences which have ...
Shares informative and lighthearted trivia about fatal encounters with poisonous bugs, natural disasters, and freak events, offering insight into what happens to the body during one of these freak events.
The gypsy street dancer Esmeralda captures the hearts of many men, including those of Captain Phoebus and Pierre Gringoire, but especially Quasimodo and his guardian Archdeacon Claude Frollo.
“Will keep readers on edge from start to finish.” —Kirkus Reviews Tell the truth. Or face the consequences. Clue meets Riverdale in this page-turning thriller that exposes the lies five teens tell about a deadly night one year ago.
'Our Lady of Paris') is a French Gothic novel by Victor Hugo, published in 1831.The novel has been described as a key text in French literature and has been adapted for film over a dozen times, as well as numerous television and stage ...
A summary of the ideas and buildings of the period before the French Revolution with particular reference to the roots of modern architecture. The author redefines the relationship between architecture...
The very structures put in place to help businesses grow are now holding us back;; it's time to Kill the Company. This book is a call to arms: to start a revolution in how we think and work.
It is no coincidence that the last words of the novel bequeath the future to the infant Jean, the new generation who will harvest the wheat.125 Originally, Zola had intended for him to be the hero of all four Evangiles — like Jean ...
Henry Sibley, now a prosperous, middleage landowner with a substantial vested interest in the stability of the state. Even allowing for a natural drift toward conservatism with age, it is a shock to read Sibley's words, written on the ...
Just when you thought you’d accepted your own mortality . . . Everything Is Going to Kill Everybody is bringing panic back.