This is work by an author writing at the peak of her craft.

Zeno's extraordinary and disturbing paradoxes, the atomic theories of Democritus that so strikingly anticipate contemporary physics, the enigmatic and haunting epigrams of Heraclitus - these are just some of the riches to be found in this ...

An anthology of Chinese fiction, poetry, and essays written during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

The story of an airman's discovery in the desert of a small boy from another planet.ther planet._

First published in 1922, the author's second collection of short stories reflects American society during the 1920s and portrays the aristocratic class of the era.

The Literature Collection eText within MyLiteratureLab includes more than 700 selections and valuable multimedia resources-including professional performances, biographies of key authors, contextual videos, and interactive student papers ...

Authors Joe Kennedy and Dana Gioia provide inviting and illuminating introductions to the authors included and to the elements of literature. Coverage of writing about literature is also included. For those interested in literature.

Tells the story of the unjustly exiled Silas Marner - a handloom linen weaver of Raveloe in the agricultural heartland of England - and how he is restored to life by the unlikely means of the orphan child Eppie.