history and criticism

Explores the literary work of Khaled Hosseini, including the setting, time period, conflict, and impact of the novel.

Gives readers an inside look at "In the Heights", a breakthrough Broadway debut, soon to be a Hollywood blockbuster.

Explores the 65 movies and 30 television shows adapted from the novels and short stories of Stephen King.

Looking at King's formative years in Durham, when he began writing fiction as a young teen, his college years in the turbulent sixties, his struggles with early poverty, working full-time as an English teacher while writing part-time, the long road to the publication of his first novel, Carrie, and the dozens of bestselling books and major screen adaptations that followed; covering his varied and prodigious output--this book is a comprehensive guide to the imaginative world of Stephen King.

An illustrated analysis of the work of seventeenth-century English architect Sir Christopher Wren, comparing his designs with those of other architects of his era; with brief biographical information about his early life and career in science.