With his sublime parting words, "It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done..." Sidney Carton joins that exhalted group of Dickensian characters who have earned a permanent place in the popular literary imagination. His dramatic story, set against the volcanic fury of the French Revolution and pervaded by the ominous rumble of the death carts trundling toward the guillotine, is the heart-stirring tale of a heroic soul in an age gone mad. A masterful pageant of idealism, love, and adventure -- in a Paris bursting with revolutionary frenzy, and a London alive with anxious...
With his sublime parting words, "It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done..." Sidney Carton joins that exhalted group of Dickens...
This entertaining, informative collection covers the best of American satire from Ben Franklin's cutting satiric attacks to Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Celestial Railroad, " Calvin Trillin's "Old Marrieds, "Mark Twain's "American Abroad" to P.J. O'Rourke's "The Innocents Abroad Updated, " a late 20th-century take on Twain's classic piece. "Entertaining and satisfying...An excellent introduction." "Amazon.com.""
This entertaining, informative collection covers the best of American satire from Ben Franklin's cutting satiric attacks to Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Cel...
Though you may not know the man, you probably know his music. Arkansas-born Louis Jordan's songs like Baby, It's Cold Outside," "Caldonia" and "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens" can still be heard today, decades since Jordan ruled the charts. In his five-decade career, Jordan influenced American popular music, film and more and inspired the likes of James Brown, B.B. King, Chuck Berry and Ray Charles. Known as the "King of the Jukeboxes," he and his combo played a hybrid of jazz, swing, blues and comedy music during the big band era that became the start of R&B. In a stunning narrative...
Though you may not know the man, you probably know his music. Arkansas-born Louis Jordan's songs like Baby, It's Cold Outside," "Caldonia" and "Ain't ...