A retelling of the medieval poem about a group of travelers on a pilgrimage to Canterbury and the tales they tell each other. With their astonishing diversity of tone and subject matter, The Canterbury Tales have become one of the touchstones of medieval literature. Translated here into modern English, these tales of a motley crowd of pilgrims drawn from all walks of life-from knight to nun, miller to monk-reveal a picture of English life in the fourteenth...

"In May 1940, as the German army blitzes Europe and Parisians flee their city, the chief curator of the Musée de l'Armée is ordered to get a mysterious piece of cargo out of the country. When he arrives at the port of Le Havre and learns that his intended ship has been sunk, he places the object on a decrepit steamer that sails out under German fire. In the present day, National Underwater and Marine Agency Director Dirk Pitt is on a diving expedition...

Presents Shakespeare's play about a shipwrecked Duke who learns to command the spirits.

This eBook will help you build the skills to write professionally on the job hunt and in the workplace. Learn the skills you need to write top-notch cover letters, emails, memos, and more with step-by-step guidance and real-world practice.

Excellent writing skills are essential for getting high marks in school and succeeding in a wide range of jobs. This eBook helps you achieve mastery with a 20-step guide to improving writing skills that anyone can fit into a busy schedule.

This eBook provides extensive practice to help sharpen all aspects of your grammar and writing, from capitalization and punctuation to sentence structure and essay construction. All questions include detailed answer explanations or writing samples.

"The Dictionary of Lost Words is a work of fiction. All incidents and dialogue, and all characters with the exception of some well-known historical figures, are products of the author's imagination and are not to be construed as real. Before the lost word, there was another. It arrived at the Scriptorium in a second-hand envelope, the old address crossed out and Dr Murray, Sunnyside, Oxford, written in its place. It was Da's job to open the post and...

A collection of both previously unpublished works and classic essays includes discussions of recent cultural and political events, social networking, libraries, and the failure to address global warming. "Since she burst spectacularly into view with her debut novel, White Teeth, almost two decades ago, Zadie Smith has established herself not just as one of the world's preeminent fiction writers, but also as a brilliant and singular essayist. She...

Presents the traditional version of a famous American folk poem first heard in the U.S. in the 1940's. Includes a song version and the story version with and without page signals. The accompanying book has illustrations on die-cut pages that reveal all that the old lady swallows

A monster assembled by a scientist from parts of dead bodies develops a mind of his own as he learns to loathe himself and hate his creator. Includes study guide