From his own experiences as a historian of Spain, Europe, and the Americas, he provides a deft and sharp analysis of the work that historians do and how the field has changed since the 1950s.The author begins by explaining the roots of his ...

B & Me is literary self-archaeology: an irreverent, incisive story of one reader’s desperate quest to restore passion to literature, and all the things he learns along the way. “A wide-ranging and idiosyncratic career survey for ...

These widely acclaimed essays from the author of Infinite Jest -- on television, tennis, cruise ships, and more -- established David Foster Wallace as one of the preeminent essayists of his generation.

The Liars' Club brought to vivid, indelible life Mary Karr's hardscrabble Texas childhood.

"How long it’s taken for these two mad, bad and dangerous writers to get together!" —Alan Cheuse, San Francisco Chronicle Acclaimed biographer of James Joyce, Edna O’Brien has written a "jaunty" (The New Yorker) biography that suits ...

The present book is the first comprehensive survey of the field from a literary perspective to appear for forty years.

... Harold E. Greer , Jr. , Richmond during the Revolution , 1775-1783 ( Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia ... John W. Reps , Tidewater Towns : City Planning in Colonial Virginia and Maryland ( Char- lottesville ...