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Lord of the World is a dystopian novel which depicts a future where religion is scorned, a one-world government has been established and euthanasia is the norm. The Catholic Church can do nothing as most of the world becomes Humanistic or Pantheistic. The story follows Percy Franklin, a modest priest, who hastily becomes the Pope, and Julian Felsenburgh, a magnetic and charismatic man who becomes ruler of the world. Lord of the World firs...

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The title story is one of Andersen's later narratives, combining the immediacy of the fairy tales with a complexity of construction as intricate as any in 19th-century fiction.

When eleven-year old Patty Pringle answers a help wanted add, she has no idea that she will soon be embarking on an adventure that will change her life forever. Patty and her younger brother Sean go to the mall to meet Santa, which is when Sean steals some of the letters that children have sent Santa. Determined to return the letters to Santa, Patty teams up with an elf named Agent 12-25, who takes her to the North Pole. At the North Pole, the...

First English translation of Zur Chronik von Grieshuus (1884) since 1908: the story of a noble family's internal conflict and downfall during the wars that swept northern Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries. A dense historical novel by the author of The Dykemaster, with elements of drama, Gothic fiction, Walter Scott romance and the grotesque.

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First publication of an authoritative modern translation of Goethe's blank verse version of Euripides which transforms the revenge motifs of Greek legend into a moving humanitarian project: twice broadcast on BBC radio. By female devotion to emotional truth, Iphigenia breaks the Tantalid family curse of bloodletting through the generations.

The authors, both of whom come from a long tradition of farmers and agriculturalists, have observed and experienced firsthand the challenges faced in agriculture and food industries in both the United States and abroad. These experiences have shaped their perspectives and views on the opportunities and challenges of managing food industries.

The second book in a series dedicated to business ethics. In this collection of management case studies, each example describes a real situation faced by a manager in the workplace, and each situation calls for action. As readers wrestle with the issues found in the cases, their perspectives and understanding of ethics will expand.

An English-language translation of the complete published stories of Georg Heym (1887-1912). There are seven in all, with subjects ranging from social revolt to insanity, disease to unrequited love. These stories of madness, horror, and a variety of other extreme states, have become classics of German Expressionist prose.