Troilus and Cressida

William Shakespeare

Inspired by Homer's Iliad and Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, Shakespeare's play explores heroism, love and betrayal against the backdrop of the Trojan War. This Penguin Shakespeare edition is edited by R. A. Foakes with an introduction by Colin Burrow. 'Lechery, still wars and lechery; nothing else hol...

Classic Krakauer: Essays on Wilderness and Risk

Jon Krakauer

The gripping articles collected in Classic Krakauer--originally published in periodicals such as The New Yorker, Outside, and Smithsonian--show why he is considered a standard-bearer of modern journalism. Spanning an extraordinary range of subjects and locations, these articles take us from a horrifying...

Lizzy Loves Darcy: A Jane Austen Matchmaking Game

W.CUSHING THOMAS

Test your Jane Austen IQ as you help your favorite characters make their perfect romantic matches with this charming Pride and Prejudice meets Chutes and Ladders board game.   Whether you're a fan of the novel or the film adaptation, it's impossible not to be seduced by the passion of love and the dr...

Widespread Panic

James Ellroy

"The king of macho noir" returns to his most notorious character, Freddy Otash, in a high-octane, daring storyFreddy is an ex-L.A. cop on the skids. He snuffed a cop killer in cold blood - and it got to him bad. Now he's a sleazoid private eye, a shakedown artist, a pimp - and, most notably, the head st...