John Robertson: 63 books

The influence of French essayist Montaigne (1533-1592) on Shakespeare’s works—particularly on the language and ideas of Hamlet and King Lear—is the subject of this 1909 collection of scholarly essays. Includes “Parallel Passages,” “Shakespeare and the Classics,” “Shakespeare’s Culture-Evolution,” “The Originality of Shakespeare,” and more.

Entering the 1978–1979 season, the Boston Bruins had been one of the best teams in the National Hockey League for more than a decade. Yet they could not shake the postseason jinx the Montreal Canadiens held over them—the Habs had ousted them in 13 consecutive playoff series going back to 1940s....

This work is a game-by-game account of the Philadelphia Athletics’ pitiful 1916 season, in which they won just 36 of 154 games. It starts with a brief biography of the team’s living symbol—A’s manager and co-owner Connie Mack—and moves through the birth of the franchise and into its first...

Victoria's reptiles are not often encountered by urban dwellers, with many species now threatened. You may have glimpsed a skink darting into the undergrowth, a snake slithering along a walking path or a blue-tongued lizard sunning itself near your garden shed. Yet the turtles, skinks, geckos, goannas,...

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The race car driver went to the wall and broke every bone in his body. His only son and one of his daughters was having an affair. They plan to marry each other . . .