Back in print for the first time in fifty years, this classic Donald Westlake bio of Elizabeth Taylor (written as John B. Allan) gives a fascinating look at the life of America’s most talented actress on the cusp of her greatest role, as well as a glimpse of a Hollywood long gone. A fun, nostalgic read from the Hollywood celebrity world of 1961 and a must-read if you’re a fan of either Ms. Taylor or Mr. Westlake.

If you were looking for the Holy Bible of the horror anthologies, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! Cosmic horror, supernatural events, ghost stories, weird fiction, mystical fantasies, occult narratives, this book plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal monstrosities. This box set includes all the seven volumes of the collection.

During World War II, as the United States called on its citizens to serve in unprecedented numbers, the presence of gay Americans in the armed forces increasingly conflicted with the expanding antihomosexual policies and procedures of the military. In Coming Out Under Fire, Allan Bérubé examines in depth and detail these social and political confrontation — not as a story of how the military victimized homosexuals, but as a story of how a dynamic power relationship developed betwe...

Core blimey, mate! It’s British Mystery Multipacks Volume 11, a crackling cornucopia of classic cozy mysteries from across the pond:The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe, and its sequel The Mystery of Marie RogetEdgar Allan Poe invented the detective genre with these twin tales featuring Parisian criminologist C. Auguste Dupin. In The Murders in the Rue Morgue the French supers...

If a picture speaks a thousand words, a love letter or a poem speaks a thousand more... Even in this age of e-mail, faxes, and instant messaging, nothing has ever replaced the power of a love letter or that of a poem. LIST OF POEMS: 1. Lord Byron - She Walks in Beauty 2. Christina Rossetti - I Loved You First: But Afterwards Your Love 3. Walt Whitman - A Glimpse 4. W.Shakespeare - Let Me Not To The Marriage Of True Minds 5. John Donne - The Good-Morrow 6. K.Gibran - Love One Another 7. Rob...

This important new book brings together the work of top scholars and clinicians at leading universities and medical centers on the benefits and risks of transpersonal therapy. After comparing a variety of multicultural approaches -- Zen Buddhism, existential phenomenology, and Christian mysticism, among many others -- the book offers a wealth of information on specific disorders and the application of transpersonal psychology techniques such as visualization, breathwork, and "past lives" r...

This anthology pays tribute to Allan Bérubé (1946–2007), a self-taught historian and MacArthur Fellow who was a pioneer in the study of lesbian and gay history in the United States. Best known for his Lambda Literary Award–winning book Coming Out Under Fire: The History of Gay Men and Women in World War II (1990), Bérubé also wrote extensively on the history of sexual politics in San Francisco and on the relationship between sexuality, class, and race. John D'Emilio and Estelle Fr...

The Oxford Book of Poetry surveys an expansive poetic inheritance, bringing classical Roman voices into conversation with medieval, Renaissance, Romantic, Victorian, and modern traditions. Its range encompasses epic and lyric, satire and pastoral, dramatic speech, ballad, elegy, and visionary meditation. Classical civic utterance, Chaucerian narrative energy, metaphysical intensity, Romantic nature-poetry, and fin-de-siècle musicality together reveal poetry as a continually renewed medium ...

Theology and Spider-Man provides a look at the religious themes present in one of the most popular heroes of the past half-century, Spider-Man. In order to create a systematic theology of Spider-Man, the contributors delve into themes of sin, salvation, and creedal theology, while also addressing liberation theology, Black theology, bioethics, and hermeneutics. This volume balances theological depth with discussion of the comics and films, which makes it a perfect collection for those inte...

In the collection '90 Masterpieces of World Literature (Vol. II)', readers are invited to embark on a literary odyssey through time and space, encountering an eclectic array of styles and genres that showcase the universal human experience. The anthology offers a sweeping panorama of world literature, featuring timeless narratives, profound philosophical inquiries, and groundbreaking artistic innovations. From the penetrating social critiques of Flaubert and Zola to the transformative myth...

Exploring a tapestry of human emotion, morality, and philosophical inquiry, '180 Masterpieces You Should Read Before You Die (Vol.2)' offers a rich array of literary styles that have shaped world literature. Assembled in this collection are seminal works that span genres, from the Gothic and the Romantic to the Realist and Modernist epochs. The anthology encapsulates the cultural zeitgeist of their respective eras while delivering diverse narrative styles and philosophical depths—featuring...

Delve into the sweeping panorama of literary masterpieces with '180 Classics You Must Read In Your Lifetime (Vol.2),' an anthology that spans continents and centuries. This remarkable collection artfully intertwines a variety of genres and styles, from the intricate psychological explorations of Dostoyevsky to the social commentaries of Dickens and the pioneering science fiction of Jules Verne. The thematic diversity within these pages provides a breathtaking view of human experiences, enc...