Eudora Welty and Surrealism surveys Welty's fiction during the most productive period of her long writing life. The study shows how the 1930s witnessed surrealism's arrival in the United States largely through the products of its visual artists. Welty, a frequent traveler to New York City where the surrealists exhibited and a keen reader of magazines and newspapers that disseminated their work, absorbed and unconsciously appropriated surrealism's perspective in her writing. In fac...

Winner of the 2013 Eudora Welty PrizeEudora Welty and Surrealism surveys Welty's fiction during the most productive period of her long writing life. The study shows how the 1930s witnessed surrealism's arrival in the United States largely through the products of its visual artists. Welty, a frequent traveler to New York City, where the surrealists exhibited, and a keen reader of magazines and newspapers that disseminated their work, absorbed and unconsciou...

Building a Positive School Culture provides busy leaders with practical, tested approaches to consider and adopt in their various leadership settings. Chapters offer a common language for school leaders to assess and view school culture using the CPR framework and are informed by research and evidence from hundreds of school leaders and thousands of students. This guide serves as the foundation for connected professional learning options, such as masterclasses and school leadershi...

Harlequin® Presents brings you a collection of four new titles! This Presents box set includes:HIS CINDERELLA’S ONE-NIGHT HEIROne Night With ConsequencesBy Lynne GrahamBillionaire Dante’s fake relationship with Belle was only supposed to last two weeks. But one night of seduction in Paris will change the course of their convenient arrangement forever, with the news that Belle is carrying his baby!

Crowned for the Prince's Heir by Sharon KendrickDress designer Lisa Bailey reluctantly broke off her relationship with Luc, knowing an affair with the Prince had no future. But one last stolen encounter left her quaking with passion, drenched in desire—and unexpectedly pregnant!Months later, Prince Luciano Leonidas of Mardovia is on the brink of the perfect political marriage when a news article shows Lisa with an obvious bump! His baby. With Mardovian roya...

Harlequin® Presents brings you a collection of four new titles! This Presents box set includes:THE GREEK’S SURPRISE CHRISTMAS BRIDEConveniently Wed!By Lynne GrahamLetty can’t let her family fall into financial ruin. A convenient Christmas wedding with Leo is the ideal solution! Until their paper-only arrangement is scorched… by the heat of their unanticipated attraction!PROOF OF THEIR O...

Crushed by the Dollar – 5 Classic Urban Poverty Studies delves into the multifaceted and pervasive issue of urban poverty, capturing a tapestry of narratives that span varying styles from stark realism to innovative naturalism. Each piece, distinct in its literary flair, explores the grim realities and societal nuances of urban deprivation in a rapidly industrializing America. The anthology meticulously balances the grim and the poignant, offering readers a panoramic view of life eked out ...

The follow-up and companion volume to the New York Times bestselling How to Read Literature Like a Professor—a lively and entertaining guide to understanding and dissecting novels to make everyday reading more enriching, satisfying, and funOf all the literary forms, the novel is arguably the most discussed . . . and fretted over. From Miguel de Cervantes’s Don Quixote to the works of Jane Austen, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and...

With a client list hotter than the Zubran desert, wedding planner Avery Scott shouldn't be surprised that her latest client is Crown Prince Malik of Zubran-the man who once lit her body on fire…before steamrollering over her heart.Determined to ignore Malik's lethal charm, Avery makes a very personal not-to-do list:Not being Malik's intended, our relationship must remain 100 percent professional.His arranged bride might have ru...

Fearless, iconic poet, novelist, and feminist Erica Jong offers a fascinating in-depth appreciation of the controversial life and work of American literary giant Henry MillerHenry Miller ( Tropic of Cancer) and Erica Jong ( Fear of Flying) are true literary soul mates. Both authors have been, in equal measure, lauded for their creative genius and maligned for their frank treatment of human sexuality. So who better than Erica Jong to offer an expert...

Her one bright memory in a lifetime of shadows…Stefan Ziakas might be her father’s most hated business rival, but he’s the only man who has ever made Selene Antaxos feel beautiful. So, needing to make a new life for herself, Selene apprehensively turns to Stefan for help. Except the dark-hearted tycoon is nothing like the white knight she remembers!Seduced, bedded and betrayed in a matter of days, Selene realises it’s not always better the devil you know… S...

“A poignant, nostalgic collection of literary criticism by one of America’s premier authors.”—Kirkus ReviewsIn Rough Country is a sterling collection of literary essays, reviews, and criticism from Joyce Carol Oates that focuses on a wide array of books and writers—from Poe to Nabokov, from Flannery O’Connor to Phillip Roth. One of our foremost novelists, National Book Award and PEN/Malamud Award winner Oates demonstrates an unparalleled understanding and a...