Dean: 3204 books

Imagine meeting a literary legend. In this whimsical fantasy, William Dean Howells does just that. Here, Howells pretends to meet Shakespeare at the Shakespeare Festival. They are joined by Sir Francis Bacon, leading to jokes about the Bacon-Shakespeare controversy. To Howell’s delight, Shakespeare provides many glimpses into the jovial times in which he lived.

Should a son who’s delusional about his dead father be told the truth—that in fact, his father was a scoundrel who tyrannized his wife? That’s the ethical dilemma in this tale by author William Dean Howells, dealing with questions of loyalty, honor, family, and honesty.

Voor de liefhebbers van Dan Brown Professor Holmstrand wordt neergeschoten in zijn kantoor. Met zijn laatste krachten scheurt hij drie pagina s uit een boek en weet ze te verbranden. De volgende dag ontvangt professor Emily Wess een brief van haar oude mentor Holmstrand met daarin een reeks cryptische...

Whether Jesus was really the Son of God or not is a central question for Christians—and one that has provoked heated debate since the time of Jesus' birth. Dean L. Overman examines the earliest Christian records to build a compelling case for the divinity of Jesus. Addressing questions raised by...

Happiness is the food of love...You want to be happy? In this book there are some amazing quotes that will make you laugh, sing and dance.James M. Barrie said, ‘The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.’ Remember words have power. Think happy thoughts,...

William Dean Howells (March 1, 1837 - May 11, 1920) was an American realist author and literary critic... In 1858, he began to work at the Ohio State Journal where he wrote poetry, short stories, and also translated pieces from French, Spanish, and German. He avidly studied German and other languages...

Travelling through our diverse and fascinating world can be invigorating, uplifting and life changing. Of course, it can also be baffling, disgusting, aggravating and ridiculous. In this hilarious tribute to world travel Johnston takes you on an absurd rollercoaster ride through 43 countries, 11 grueling...

“An irreverent, exuberant, and sometimes eminently sensible” history of opium throughout the world with an introduction by William Burroughs (Kirkus Reviews). Opium has a long and varied history that spans the globe. In Flowers in the Blood, Jeff Goldberg and Dean Latimer chronicle the...

The Behavior of Crowds is a Psychological Study by Everett Dean Martin.  Lecturer in Social Philosophy and Director of the Cooper Union Forum of the Peoples Institute of New York.Published by HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON 

Revised and Expanded Edition Wait—what's wrong with rights? It is usually assumed that trans and gender nonconforming people should follow the civil rights and "equality" strategies of lesbian and gay rights organizations by agitating for legal reforms that would ostensibly guarantee...

President Nixon's former counsel illuminates another presidency marked by scandal Warren G. Harding may be best known as America's worst president. Scandals plagued him: the Teapot Dome affair, corruption in the Veterans Bureau and the Justice Department, and the posthumous revelation of an...

Former White House counsel and bestselling author John Dean reveals how the Bush White House has set America back decades--employing a worldview and tactics of deception that he claims will do more damage to the nation than Nixon at his worst.

In the history of the United States, few periods could more justly be regarded as the best and worst of times than the Kennedy-Johnson era. The arrival of John F. Kennedy in the White House in 1961 unleashed an unprecedented wave of hope and optimism in a large segment of the population; a wave that...

Dean Kuipers takes us behind the scenes of the Animal Liberation Front and its punk-anarchist sibling the Earth Liberation Front, two of the most notorious and violent environmental groups and one of the FBI's biggest domestic terrorist priorities--even in the wake of 9/11. Kuipers tells us the story...