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A great Italian-American saga, that covers sixty years and three generations of the Adamo family, SONS AND BROTHERS is full of passion, violence, comedy, and tragedy. The men and women on this epic stage act out their lives against a background of history from the Great Blizzard of 1888 to the end of World War II. This novel is not merely a Mafia tale, it is the whole story of those who left the old country for the new world.

This novel has been called "Gatsbyesque." The review in PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY says: "Veteran novelist DeMaria tells an engrossing story of four young people pursuing their dreams and pursued by their demons during the politically tumultuous 50's.

Considers the surprising influence of Samuel Jackson, one of the greatest readers in English literature. This book not only reveals much about his life and times, but also provides a dramatic counterpoint to modern reading habits.

Designed to complement DeMaria's textbook " British Literature 1640-1789: An Anthology , " this critical reader contains seventeen essays by sixteen contemporary literary critics and covers the full range of works printed in the anthology.

Our hero says, "I am a bachelor and may remain one as long as my mother is alive. It is impending marriage, in fact, that has brought the entire situation to a head. My mother objects vigorously, and when my mother objects vigorously to anything, it is like a nameless and invisible plague visited upon the land. You know it is killing you, but you can't describe exactly how it is being done.

This "anthology" presents a selection of works that illustrates the traffic between British poetry and classical literature.Gives readers the classical background they need in order to really appreciate British poetry. Divided into two halves - the first half presenting a selection of the best British poems, and the second presenting relevant classical works in translation. Notes and introductions highlight the connections between British work...

This "anthology" presents a selection of works that illustrates the traffic between British poetry and classical literature.Gives readers the classical background they need in order to really appreciate British poetry. Divided into two halves - the first half presenting a selection of the best British poems, and the second presenting relevant classical works in translation. Notes and introductions highlight the connections between British work...

BLOOD OF THE HUNTER is a novel about six women lost in a blizzard near the Canadian border with Vermont, an area called The Northern Kingdom. Their all-terrain vehicle skids off the road into a gorge and they are left with only what they are wearing or carrying. The blizzard is burying everything in the snow. They are rescued by an eccentric hunter, a recluse in the woods. They have reason to believe that he might kill them. Is he their killer...

The time is 1920. The place is Greenwich Village in New York City. John Ballard is a young reporter for the New York Herald. His assignment is the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti, two Italian immigrants accused of killing two guards during a payroll robbery in Massachusetts. The Attorney General is determined to stamp out all left-wing organizations. The Russian revolution has taken place in 1917, and communism is spreading to other countries. The...

Christopher MarloweShakespeare's rival, brilliant poet, heretic and spy, was murdered in a tavern in Deptford in 1593. In this biographical novel he talks about his art: "Poetry is the longest arm of the human mind. As we strive for knowledge absolute, which is impossible, of course, everything eventually fails us: logic, science, and even words. The aspiration is our blessing and our curse. Our victories are brief but wonderful, our failures ...

That Kennedy Girl" tells the story of Kathleen Kennedy and her struggle to live her own life her own way, in spite of enormous pressures from her parents and the rest of the clan. Only her brother Jack, whom she loved profoundly, seemed to understand her. It was, perhaps, the saddest of all the Kennedy tragedies. Kathleen lost both her husband and her brother, Joe, in World War II, and shortly thereafter, at the age of 28, died herself in an a...

The true story of the life of Lady Macbeth, who ruled England for 17 years with great success.

This is the story of one of the most powerful women of ancient Rome, Agrippina, sister of Caligula and daughter of Caesar.

The daughter of a publishing magnate struggles to hold onto her father's empire as she falls in love with a rogue writer.

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