Offers a sweeping exploration of how American fiction was received in both public and private spheres in the United States before the Civil War. This work takes four antebellum authors - Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, Catharine Sedgwick...

In 2008, Mark Beaumont smashed the world record for cycling around the world, by an astonishing 81 days. In 2009, Mark set out on his second ultra-endurance challenge. And this one would involve some very big mountains. This title tells the story...