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The Souls of Black Folk
W. E. B. Du Bois' insightful commentary on Black history, racism, and the struggles of Black Americans following emancipation—a masterpiece in the African-American canon"Jonathan Holloway introduces W. E...
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave
Written by Himself
The powerful story of slavery that has become a classic of American autobiography, in an authoritative edition“This edition is the most valuable teaching tool on slavery and abolition available...
The White-Haired Girl
Volume One, Supplementary Reading Series for Intermediate Chinese Reader
The White-Haired Girl relates the story of one of the most famous figures of the Chinese Revolution. This text is the first volume designed to supplement the Intermediate Chinese Reader by John DeFrancis. It is presented in...
The Taming of the Shrew
In one of Shakespeare’s bawdier comedies, contemporary audiences still take great pleasure in the rapid-fire verbal battles between the shrewish Katharina and the canny Petruchio, determined to subdue Katharina’s legendary...
Julius Caesar
The Annotated Shakespeare Series allowsreaders to fully understand and enjoy the rich plays of the world’s greatest dramatistThe first tragedy to be played in the new Globe Theatre, Julius...
Othello
The Annotated Shakespeare Series allows readers to fully understand and enjoy the rich plays of the world’s greatest dramatist"A drama . . . get[s] Yale’s red-carpet treatment."—Library Journal...
Henry the Fourth, Part One
While England is threatened by the Earl of Northumberland, Young Prince Hal cavorts in London's taverns, accompanied by the dissolute, entertaining Falstaff and his band of rogues. Much of this play's tension involves Prince...
The Tempest
First Edition
Shakespeare's valedictory play is also one of his most poetical and magical. The story involves the spirit Ariel, the savage Caliban, and Prospero, the banished Duke of Milan, now a wizard living on a remote island who uses...
Utopia
Saint Thomas More’s Utopia is one of the most important works of European humanism and serves as a key text in survey courses on Western intellectual history, the Renaissance, political theory, and many other subjects....
Impeachment
A Handbook
New Edition
Originally published at the height of the Watergate crisis, Charles Black’s classic Impeachment: A Handbook has long been the premier guide to the subject of presidential impeachment. Now thoroughly updated with new...