Ian Jackman
Ian Jackman has written and co-written numerous books, including the New York Times bestseller Stickin' by James Carville. Jackman worked at a major New York publishing house and was Managing Director of the Modern Library. [... more]
Harper Collins |
Nella Larsen
First published to critical acclaim in 1929, firmly established Nella Larsen's prominence among women writers of the Harlem Renaissance. The Modern Library is proud to present Passing-an electrifying story of two women who cross the color line in ... [... more]
Random House |
Stephen Koch
The Modern Library Writer's Workshop A Guide to the Craft of Fiction "Make [your ] characters want something right away-even if it's only a glass of water. Characters paralyzed by the meaninglessness of modern life still have to drink water from ... [... more]
Random House |
Matthew Pearl
Matthew Pearl is the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Dickens, The Dante Club, and The Poe Shadow, and is the editor of the Modern Library editions of Dante's Inferno (translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) and Edgar Allan Poe's ... [... more]
Random House |
Paris Review
Sixteen of the world's great women writers speak about their work, their colleagues, and their lives. For More Than Forty Years, the acclaimed Paris Review interviews have been collected in the Writers at Work series. The Modern Library ... [... more]
Random House |
David Magarshack
This collection, unique to the Modern Library, gathers seven of Dostoevsky's key works and shows him to be equally adept at the short story as with the novel. Exploring many of the same themes as in his longer works, these small masterpieces move ... [... more]
Random House |
Wyatt Mason
Wyatt Mason is a contributing editor of Harper's magazine, where his essays regularly appear. He also writes for The London Review of Books and The New Republic. The Modern Library has published his translations of the complete works of Arthur ... [... more]
Random House |
Gordon Marino
Edited by Gordon Marino Basic Writings of Existentialism unique to the Modern Library, presents the writings of key nineteenth- and twentieth-century thinkers broadly united by their belief that because life has no inherent meaning that humans ... [... more]
Random House |
Mae Henderson
First published to critical acclaim in 1929, firmly established Nella Larsen's prominence among women writers of the Harlem Renaissance. The Modern Library is proud to present Passing-an electrifying story of two women who cross the color line in ... [... more]
Random House |
Edward Gibbon
The Modern Library has played a significant role in American cultural life for the better part of a century. The series was founded in 1917 by the publishers Boni and Liveright and eight years later acquired by Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer. It ... [... more]
Random House |
Stephen M. Fallon
Stephen M. Fallon, author of Milton's Peculiar Grace and Milton among the Philosophers, is professor of liberal studies and English at the University of Notre Dame. He is the co-editor of the Modern Library edition of Milton's Paradise Lost. John ... [... more]
Random House |
William Kerrigan
William Kerrigan, former president of the Milton Society of America and recipient of its award for lifetime achievement, is professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts. He is the co-editor of the Modern Library edition of Milton's ... [... more]
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