Dead Souls, Nikolai GogolGogol's tale of a dismissed civil servant turned unscrupulous confidence man is the most essentially Russian of all the great novels in Russian literature. With its rich and ebullient language, ironic twists, and cast of comedic characters, Dead Souls (1842) stands as one of the most dazzling and poetic masterpieces of the nineteenth century. This brilliant new translation by Christopher English is complemented by a superb introductory essay by the

"Vaclav Smil is my favorite author… Numbers Don't Lie takes everything that makes his writing great and boils it down into an easy-to-read format

counterweights

in british history

produce better medicines

To be a moral witness is perhaps the highest calling of journalism

but does not find Kyle

and his ethnicity

Amy Schumer proves to be a bighearted

real-world templates you can copy for eliminating email

Sheryl Sandberg felt certain that she and her children would never feel pure joy again

thousands of people have sought advice from Dear Sugar—the pseudonym of bestselling author Cheryl Strayed—first through her online column at The Rumpus

light conversation at parties and social events is a breeze