political fiction

Presents selected writings from the 1830s through the 1860s by author and activist Harriet Beecher Stowe, grouped in the categories of early sketches; antislavery writings, which includes the complete novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin"; and domestic culture and politics in which she shares her thinking on the Victorian home.

Mr. Thomas Gradgrind, school headmaster in Cokestown, a northern English village beset by industrialism, runs his family and his school with a rigid adherence to facts, but his daughter's loveless marriage, his son's involvement with gambling and robbery, and his encounters with a variety of characters, force him to recognize the value of the human heart.

Presents Upton Sinclair's classic 1906 novel about the conditions of the Chicago stockyards through the eyes of a young struggling immigrant, and includes a profile of the author, introduction, and textual notes.

"Beecher White makes an alarming discovery on the White House grounds: there is a severed arm buried in the Rose Garden. As he investigates, he realizes it's a message... that may have dire repercussions for the President. Even worse, the message turns Beecher's personal life upside down, pointing him towards the dark truth about his father's death"--Provided by publisher.

Upton Sinclair's classic 1906 novel describing the conditions of the Chicago stockyards through the eyes of a young struggling immigrant; includes an introduction, textual and explanatory notes, bibliography, and chronology.

When his journalist girlfriend's latest scoop leads to a violent confrontation, attorney Trevor Mann discovers a shocking secret that governments and terrorist organizations would do anything to possess.