history

Offers a brief introduction to the life and writings of the Bronte sisters, discussing how they developed the Gothic and Romantic gneres in their own unique ways, how their works shocked and delighted readers in their own time, and how their troubled lives influenced their work.

Presents a collection of twenty-two essays dealing with the value of space exploration and includes topics on early space flight and technology, the formation of NASA and significance of the Apollo program, the Mir Space Station and the Challenger disaster, and more.

Presents a series of thirteen essays that discusses the history of the first amendment freedom of the press and examines colonial freedoms, the Supreme Court and twentieth-century laws regarding obscenity and libel, as well as issues concerning the Patriot Act.

Chronicles the life and career of author Toni Morrison, focusing on three of her most popular writings.

Contains the text of "The Yellow Wallpaper" in which a young woman loses her mind after her husband forces her to spend her days in a room with strange wallpaper; includes information that places the novel in its historical and cultural context.

Examines the evidence surrounding the controversy over the true identity of Willaim Shakespeare and presents a new theory of who the true author of the plays and poems attributed to William Shakespeare really was.

Presents a biography of sixteenth-century British playwright and poet William Shakespeare and chronicles his many works of drama during the Elizabethan period.