This provocative, definitive biography explores the revealing and resonant contradictions between the true character of Samuel Clemens and his self-created alte

This provocative, definitive biography explores the revealing and resonant contradictions between the true character of Samuel Clemens and his self-created alte

Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835–1910) has had an intriguing relationship with China that is not as widely known as it should be. Although he never

A history of English from the age of Beowulf to the rap of Eminem, “written with real authority, enthusiasm and love for our unruly and exquisite language”