"LITERARY LANDSCAPES delves deep into the geography, location, and terrain of our best-loved literary works and looks at how setting and environmental attributes influence storytelling, character, and our emotional response as readers. Fully illustrated with hundreds of full-color images throughout. Some stories couldn't happen just anywhere. As is the case with all great literature, the setting, scenery, and landscape are as central to the tale as...

Matt Smith and Karen Gillan make their triumphant return as the Doctor and his companion in an all-new series of Doctor Who! The new series will split in two parts. In Part 1, the Doctor, Amy, and Rory find themselves in sixties America, battling the invasion the world forgot, then journey on the high seas of 1696 aboard a pirate ship, to solve the mystery of the Siren.

"The TARDIS is in the path of molten lava on the planet Dulkis, and the Doctor is forced to activate the emergency unit to move it out of harm's way. Unfortunately, the craft is also taken out of normal time and space ... and out of reality itself! When the time travellers land 'nowhere, ' they stumble into a world peopled by fictional characters -- Gulliver and Rapunzel, D'Artagnan and Sir Lancelot -- but also by creatures from mankind's worst imaginings!"--Container....

European mercenaries searching for black powder become embroiled in the defense of the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures.

From the film critics of The New York Times come these uncut, original reviews of the most popular and influential movies ever made -- from the Talkies to blockbusters like Chicago and The Wizard of Oz from timeless classics like Casablanca and Notorious, to beloved foreign films by Truffaut and Kurosawa, Fellini and Almodovar. The reviews reflect Hollywood history at its best. In addition, this volume includes: Full cast and production credits for...