About the Author Bruce Wayne Workman is a retired rubber chemist with a BS in Information Technology. He is a jack of many trades who has taken to freelance writing in his retirement. Bruce has a passion for information and research, first evidenced when he began reading the entire World Book Encyclopedia at age eight. He was called a natural by a professor in one of his literature courses at UMass Lowell. His first essay on the differences between the working class and the ruling class, The New Robber Barons, was written in 2002 about CEO v worker wages. Bruce is an amateur political activist. Much of his blog at bruceworkman.com is devoted to politics and inequality. He writes a regular feature known as “Asshole of the Week.” Bruce was not named after Batman, but the president of Cooper Tire and Rubber Company. Bruce lives in Findlay, Ohio, with his wife and son. His daughter and grandchildren live in a Detroit suburb. Bruce is a lifelong Detroit Tigers fan and spends an unhealthy amount of time in front of a computer.

Long-time columnist and lifelong photographer Shawn M. Tomlinson writers about the art and technique of photography with wit and humor. He focuses in his Photo Curmudgeon columns on getting started in as well as moving into advanced photography. Instead of concentrating upon the newest, shiniest photographic equipment, Tomlinson works with all levels of older equipment, makes recommendations and recounts his own "Voyages of Photography." He helps the novice get started with higher end, older cameras and lenses, and helps with photo editing suggestions and techniques.

"First published in Great Britain in 2014 by Hodder & Stoughton"--Title page verso.

From the author of The Portable Curmudgeon comes 1,000 irreverent quotations, anecdotes, and interviews on romance, sex, and love's myriad delusions.

One of the most influential literary works ever written, this engaging set of novellas of love and lust and tragedy will entrance all readers. Central to the history of literature. CALLENDER MEDIAEVAL POETRY

Feeling like she does not fit in with the other members of her family, who are all thin, brilliant, and good-looking, fifteen-year-old Virginia Shreves tries to deal with her self-image, her first physical relationship, and her disillusionment with some of the people closest to her. 10,000 first printing.