At once darkly comedic and moving, this witty exploration of female friendship, envy, and misguided ambition by the author of the number-one bestseller Drowning Ruth , deliciously satirizes the desire to shine in the world. In All is Vanity , Margaret and Letty, best friends since childhood and now living ... more »

It's a universal problem. How does a guy get over a woman when all he wants to do is win her back?   This is the quandary that confronts Heath Ketchup whenever he tries to deal with his feelings regarding his ex-wife, Audrey, who just happens to be one of the biggest porn stars in the adult industry ... more »

'It is very difficult for a writer of my generation, if he is honest, to pretend indifference to the work of Somerset Maugham,' wrote Gore Vidal. 'He was always so entirely there.' Originally published in 1915, Of Human Bondage is a potent expression of the power of sexual obsession and of modern man ... more »

Jamaica?   This isn't as odd as you might think if you know about the Animal Kingdom.   The term, Animal Kingdom , developed through the years because Freddy was burned by so many people that he adopted the outlook that one must be in survival mode at all times in order not to get hurt.   ... more »

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From the Introduction: In preparing this series of lessons for students of Western lands, I have been compelled to proceed along lines exactly opposite to those which I would have chosen had these lessons been for students in India. This because of the diametrically opposite mental attitudes of the students ... more »

Sons and Lovers is one of the landmark novels of the twentieth century. It was immediately recognized as the first great modern restatement of the oedipal drama when it appeared in 1913 and is widely considered the major work of D. H. Lawrence's early period. This intensely autobiographical novel recounts ... more »

Dr. Slickowsky, the pathologist at Somerset Medical Center, and Jenna Blake, his assistant, are horrified as Tim Parish, who was declared dead two days ago, starts screaming as the autopsy knife bores into him. The Boston Police could have busted a drug smuggling ring if it wasn't for a dead man who ... more »

TV reporter Tiel McCoy is driving to New Mexico for a well-earned vacation when she hears the news on the radio: The teenage daughter of Fort Worth tycoon Russell Dendy has been kidnapped. Immediately, she abandons her holiday plans to chase down what could be the scoop of a lifetime. But in a town called ... more »

When the time-gun boomed from Edinburgh Castle, Bobby gave a startled yelp. He was only a little country dog - the very youngest and smallest and shaggiest of Skye terriers-bred on a heathery slope of the Pentland hills, where the loudest sound was the bark of a collie or the tinkle of a sheep-bell. ... more »

These essays are reprinted, with such alterations and additions as seemed proper, from The Sphere , The Outlook , The Daily News , The Sunday Express (London) and Vanity Fair (New York).                     ... more »

Arriving home disillusioned from the Crusades, Hugh discovers his village has been ransacked and his wife abducted by knights in search of a relic worth more than any throne in Europe. Only by taking on the role of a jester is he able to infiltrate his enemy's castle where he thinks his wife is captive ... more »