The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde and Michael Patrick Gillespie
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"Backgrounds" includes essays on Wilde and the 1890s by prominent cultural critics Joseph Donohue,...
The Limehouse Golem
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Before the Ripper, fear had another name. London, 1880. A series of gruesome murders attributed...
One Hot Summer: Dickens, Darwin, Disraeli, and the Great Stink of 1858
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A unique, in-depth view of Victorian London during the record-breaking summer of 1858, when...
Mammoth Book of Best New SF: 28
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For decades now Gardner Dozois has been presenting his annual selection of the very best of recently...
Eleanor Marx: A Life
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Unrestrained by convention, lionhearted and free, Eleanor Marx (1855-98) was an exceptional woman....
Fooled Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
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Fooled by Randomness is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb's landmark Incerto series, an...