Watson: 1865 books

A multinational expedition has landed on the planet Onogoro, a cold and dour world circling one star of a binary pair. Their objective is to investigate a strange alien race, known to the human visitors as the Kybers. These aliens, dwelling in a great network of ruined palaces, are partly biological...

Revised and updated, this long-awaited second edition provides a comprehensive introduction to what the most thoughtful Americans have said about the American experience from the colonial period to the present. The book examines the political thought of the most important American statesmen, activists,...

The country’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, its interventions around the world, and its global military presence make war, the military, and militarism defining features of contemporary American life. The armed services and the wars they fight shape all aspects of life—from the formation of racial...

Historians have claimed that Stalingrad was one of the fiercest and most harrowing battles fought in World War II. In August of 1942, Hitler’s army reached the doorstep of the motherland (thanks to his blitzkrieg tactics) and prepared for one of the longest and most violent battles in human history....

Nineteen writers, nineteen views of Cape Town. Each recreate the city that has shaped them, going beyond the iconic picture postcard image of Cape Town. They explore, often with startling honesty, the complex personal relationship that each writer has with the city.

Your first bike may have been a tricycle or if your parents were brave enough they may have skipped over that model and jumped straight to a two-wheeler (maybe with training wheels). Have you ever heard the phrase, "It's like riding a bike - you never forget?" Huh? It's pretty obvious...

Vowing to join the United States Military instead of going to college, a young man ends up in the 94th division fighting in the foreign land of Normandy. In these memoirs, the soldier brings up such topics as race relations and the ever brutal experiences in combat. He questions the need for conflict...

The "Vampire Tales" is the biggest, hungriest, undeadliest collection of vampire stories ever assembled. Dark, stormy, and delicious, once it sinks its teeth into you there's no escape. Vampires! Whether imagined by Bram Stoker or Anne Rice, they are part of the human lexicon and as old...

A way with words A heartfelt And inspirational poem book To touch your soul Be ready to laugh And cry As you go deep into my mind

An anthology of translated analogues, in whole or in part, on the theme of paradise lost. The collection is divided into two parts. Part one is the analogues and part two is a descriptive catalogue of all the analogues the author consulted. The book also includes a preface and lengthy introduction. It is an indispensable resource for any serious student or scholar of Milton's Paradise Lost.

On its first appearance English Poetry of the Romantic Period was widely praised as on of the best introductions to the subject. This edition includes updated material in the light of recent work in Romanticism and Romantic poetry. The book discusses the concerns that linked the Romantic poets, from...

Secrets of the Thais from Phra Attit Road to Sukhumvit Like the first work [Siam Smile/s], this book intends to point out how amusing humans are, especially when one is in a different country, as all the awkward and untoward things stick out like elephants wearing sunglasses. There are hysterical...

Central to all post-Renaissance scholarship, textual studies continues to evolve, both in its techniques and methods as well as in the illumination it affords all other areas of modern knowledge. The life of our fellow human beings, and how we know and tell lives, is one such area of modern knowledge...