Julia Macfarlane

Clarke's masterful evocation of the far future of humanity, considered his finest novel....

Three long stories that draw the reader into the lives of three women, all past their first youth, all facing unexpected crises....

World-renowned Shakespeare scholar Stephen Greenblatt explores the playwright's insight into bad [and often mad] rulers.As an aging, tenacious Elizabeth I clung to power, a talented playwright probed the social causes, the psychological roots, and the twisted consequences of tyranny. In exploring the psyche (and psychoses) of the likes of Richard I...