"From the Man Booker-shortlisted and Baileys Prize-winning author of How to be both: a breathtakingly inventive new novel--about aging, time, love, and stories themselves--that launches an extraordinary quartet of books called Seasonal. Readers love Ali Smith's novels for their peerless innovation and their joyful celebration of language and life. Her newest, Autumn, has all of these qualities in spades, and--good news for fans!--is the first installment...

Details General Jo Shelby's expedition to Mexico in 1865, and discusses how he became a model of nineteenth-century progressivism.

Description of the events leading up to Adolf Hitler's control of Germany, the establishment of the Nazi party, the war, and eventual defeat of Germany and her leaders.

This charming comedy has delighted audiences for over two centuries. First performed in 1773, it concerns Kate Hardcastle, a young lady who poses as a serving girl to win the heart of a young gentleman too shy to court ladies of his own class. A number of delightful deceits and hilarious turns of plot must be played out before the mating strategies of both Kate Hardcastle and her friend Constance Neville conclude happily. Along the way, there is an...

Discusses how the 2008 financial crisis revealed the shortcomings of the euro and how it has caused Europe's economic stagnation, and outlines three possible plans for moving forward.

"The winner of Sweden's most prestigious literary award makes her American debut with an epic, multigenerational poem about a S©Łmi family's quest to stay together across a century of migration, violence, and colonial schooling"--