In its portrayal of a squalid dance marathon in Depression-era Los Angeles, Horace McCoy's (1897 -- 1955) short 1935 novel, "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" evokes a strong sense of futility, ... Read More
This book is filled with scholarship on Shakespeare and his play Romeo and Juliet. It is not even laid out nicely with the notes on one page and text on another. I had to buy this copy for a class, ... Read More
William Shakespeare?s historic tragedy, Macbeth, chronicles the downfall of an ambitious man. Together, false images, a deranged wife, and his own rejection of truth lead him astray. However, Macbeth ... Read More