history and criticism

Contains nearly sixty woodcut prints from Katsushika Hokusai's manga series, and features candid sketches of figures from various social classes, seascapes, animals, and mythical creatures; and provides a brief biography of the nineteenth-century Japanese artist.

Discusses how the Cold War and the threat of nuclear war during that time period influenced the era's novelists, such as Pat Frank in his "Alas, Babylon," or Nevil Shute with "On the Beach." Explores the mindset of people during the Cold War towards nuclear attacks and the possibility of a third world war.

An illustrated guide to Iron Man that provides information on supporting characters, the history of the Armored Avenger, Tony Stark's allies and enemies, and related topics.

Looks at how to distinguish folktales from other forms of storytelling, and compares six folktales from various cultures.

A collection of essays by Marc Aronson which explore a variety of issues related to art, culture, history, faith, understanding, and the future of young people.

A comprehensive analysis of the works of Marcus Valerius Martialis, a Latin poet best known for his twelve books of epigrams published in Rome between AD 86 and 103.

Presents a collection of personal letters from famous people in history from ancient Greece to the twentieth century and offers eyewitness accounts to important events or relationships by those such as King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn and Einstein's letter to Roosevelt about the atomic bomb.

Traces the history of English literature from Old and Middle English texts, c.700-1485, through the mid-twentieth century.

Explores the reasons why women do not have the same influence, power, and wealth as men do. Meditates on the writer-temperament and explores the need for a woman to have a room of her own and five hundred pounds a year being symbols of the power to think for oneself and contemplate.