Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! This collaborative monograph will commemorate the centenary of the Prague English Studies, officially inaugurated in 1912 by the appointment of Vilem Mathesius. Apart from reassessing the...

While living in exile with his family on the Channel Islands off the coast of Normandy, Victor Hugo wrote some of his greatest poetry and prose, including "Les Miserables" and two epic poems: "Dieu" and "La Fin de Satan".Dieu" pictures the imaginary...

When Oedipus met the Sphinx on the road to Thebes, he did more than answer a riddle – he spawned a myth that, told and retold, would become one of Western culture's central narratives about self-understanding. Identifying the story as a threshold myt...

From the award-winning writer of the acclaimed play "Harvest", this debut collection of stories will electrify readers with its unusual, radical, and troubling themes. Here are ten tales, some new, some old, and all of them edgy. In biting and satiri...

Now, a new edition of the classic novel Islay promises to entertain a contemporary audience with its Deaf American dream first conceived by Douglas Bullard in 1986. Islay is the name of an imaginary island state coveted by Lyson Sulla, a Deaf man who...

In an unnamed African nation, the people are subject to a state of perpetual warfare and to an Orwellian abuse of language that strips from language its meaning and renders life senseless. And in a bare room lit only by moonlight, a young man hides,...

This new anthology showcases the work of Deaf writers during a critical formative period in their history. From 1830 to 1930, these writers conveyed their impressions in autobiographies, travel narratives, romances, non-fiction short stories, editori...

What happens when a princess promises to marry a helpful frog, but doesn't want to keep her vow? This engaging fairy tale shows children that you have to look beyond skin-deep to see how beautiful a person (or frog!) really is. Beautifully illustrate...

This collection of masterful stories by Washington Irving includes the classic The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, the eerie Rip Van Winkle, the funny The Specter Bridegroom, and the spooky The Devil and Tom Walker. These four stories create a strange and m...

Poor Pollyanna. Her father has just died and now she has to go live with her Aunt Polly. But even her Aunts unfriendliness wont get Pollyanna down. No matter what goes wrong, she always finds something to be glad about. But when a horrible accident l...