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The Papal Papers

Catholicism and History: The Opening of the Vatican Archives

by Owen Chadwick


Bankruptcy and Revolt

A Bend in the River

by V.S. Naipaul


Forbidden Fruit

Story of the Eye

by Georges Bataille, translated by Joachim Neugroschel

Blue of Noon

by Georges Bataille, translated by Harry Mathews


Too Much Opera?

The Operas of Alessandro Scarlatti, Vol. I: Eraclea

edited by Donald Jay Grout

The Operas of Alessandro Scarlatti, Vol. II: Marco Attilio Regolo

edited by Donald Jay Grout, edited by Joscelyn Godwin

The Operas of Alessandro Scarlatti, Vol. III: Griselda

edited by Donald Jay Grout

The Operas of Alessandro Scarlatti, Vol. IV: The Faithful Princess

edited by Donald Jay Grout

The Operas of Alessandro Scarlatti, Vol. V: Massimo Puppieno

edited by Donald Jay Grout, edited by H. Colin Slim

Italian Opera 1640-1770

edited by Howard M. Brown

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The Solid Gold Cornflake

Empire: The Life, Legend and Madness of Howard Hughes

by Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele


The Rise of the Writer

Writer and Public in France: From the Middle Ages to the Present Day

by John Lough

Le Siècle des lumières en province: Académies et académiciens provinciaux, 1680-1789

by Daniel Roche


Embracing Adversity

The Star-Apple Kingdom

by Derek Walcott


Mr. Right

The George Eliot Letters: Volume VIII: 1840-1870, Supplementary Letters Volume IX: 1871-1881, Supplementary Letters, Agenda and Corrigenda, Indexes to Volumes 1-9

edited by Gordon S. Haight


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