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or The New Prometheus Authored by Mary Shelley Designed by Sasha Newborn Mary Shelley's story of the Frankenstein creature came from Byron's insistence that he and his guests entertain themselves on a rainy day on Lake Geneva with ghost stories. Mary's was by far the most original, and was...

What the Heart Knows Authored by Elizabeth Barrett Browning Edited by Sasha Newborn Elizabeth Barrett Browning's longpoem Aurora Leigh is a drama of love and ideas in an era shaken by revolutions and progressive programs. Her headstrong heroine makes her way without her cousin's help,...

Authored by Sasha Newborn Why is it that the members of a few families sprouted so many useful and famous careers, such as the Jameses, the Adamses, the Holmeses. And the Beechers. Is it a peculiar gene? Or perhaps the family environment is somehow conducive to genius? Out of eleven (!) children,...

A Dramatization based on the debates at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 Authored by James Madison Edited by Sasha Newborn This book answers the question: What was intended for the Executive branch of government in the U.S.A.? The text is based on James Madison's...

or, Life Among the LowlyAuthored by Harriet Beecher Stowe Preface by Sasha Newborn Uncle Tom's Cabin broke open the discussion that had been so marginalized between the North and the South on the subject of slavery as to be an issue of free speech. No longer was it a rarefied moral debate over...

Authored by William Shakespeare Edited by Sasha Newborn Venus and Adonis was published early in Shakespeare's career, establishing his reputation as a poet before that of playwright, as plays were not considered literature at the time. He draws on stories from Ovid to expound on his major...

and the text of Xenophon's Apology of SocratesAuthored by Plato Supplement by Sasha Newborn The Supplement Edition: Apology of Socrates & The Crito is designed to aid teachers with a wealth of background information and opinions. The Supplement includes the text of the class book Apology of...

Three stories in The First Detective all center on the first full-blown freelance detective in literature, Arsène Dupin. Sherlock Holmes stories mirror the setup that Poe created: A lead character over-cerebrating A bumbling companion A circumstance quite out of the ordinary. A police official...

a Chechen DzhigitAuthored by Leo Tolstoy Edited by Sasha Newborn Near the end of his long life, in 1904, he wrote yet another story of the Caucasus, an area he knew from his own military experiences there in his twenties (the 1850s), participating in incursions into the Caucasus area. The...

Authored by William Shakespeare Designed by Sasha Newborn Edited by Sasha Newborn Shakespeare's Richard III is the story of a man determined to achieve the Crown of England, by using any means necessary - deceit, betrayal, murder, wooing - really an extraordinary ambition, finally undone by...