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Poets and Poems
Infobase Publishing 2004; US$ 45.00In this volume, Bloom considers poets Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Hart Crane, William Shakespeare, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Butler Yeats, and many others. more...
Handbook to Life in Ancient Greece, Updated Edition
Infobase Publishing 2005; US$ 70.00Encompasses all aspects of ancient Greek life-from the beginnings of the Minoan civilization in Crete to the defeat by the Roman world in 30 BC. Coverage includes government, religion, music, art and visual culture, education and daily life. more...
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Infobase Publishing 2008; US$ 36.00Harriet Beecher Stowe's powerful antislavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, published in 1851, caused an immediate sensation and sparked heated debate. This addition to the Bloom's Guides series examines the structure and characters of the novel and provides critical analysis. Essays discuss the novel as an agent of social change, fairness in... more...
The Environmental Movement
Infobase Publishing 2007; US$ 30.00Introduces readers to the movement, which arose in the United States in the late 1800s in response to the nation's dwindling forests and the pollution caused by a greater number of factories. This useful book also details how environmentalism has become a global effort, led by organizations such as Greenpeace and the World Wildlife Fund. more...
The Diary of Anne Frank
Infobase Publishing 2010; US$ 54.00Anne Frank's vivid account of her life while hiding from the Nazis has moved generations of readers. This invaluable new study guide contains a new selection of the finest contemporary criticism on The Diary of Anne Frank, plus an introductory essay from master scholar Harold Bloom, a chronology of the author's life, a bibliography, and an... more...
A Brief History of Peru
Infobase Publishing 2010; US$ 59.40In the seven years since the first edition was published, Peru has undergone significant changes that have had national and international consequences. A Brief History of Peru, Second Edition maintains the insightful narrative of the first edition and includes a history of the country?from its ancient peoples and the Inca Empire through the most recent... more...
Aging
Infobase Publishing 2004; US$ 35.00The Science of Aging tackles this fascinating subject, from natural processes to technological developments, and describes past and present research on extending the human life span. Different theories about aging and the studies of the fruit fly and housefly, which have provided a basis of knowledge in this field, are presented in a clear and concise... more...
Algebra
Infobase Publishing 2004; US$ 40.00Looking closely at algebra, its historical development, and its many useful applications, Algebra examines in detail the question of why this type of math is so important that it arose in different cultures at different times. The book also discusses the relationship between algebra and geometry, shows the progress of thought throughout the centuries,... more...
Animal Cloning
Infobase Publishing 2004; US$ 35.00This in-depth yet highly readable volume examines all aspects of animal cloning, including its controversial nature, from a neutral standpoint. Well-written entries discuss natural cloning and early cloning experiments beginning in the 1950s; the research that led to the creation of Dolly, the first animal cloned from an adult cell; as well as the... more...
Buildings, Clothing, and Art
Infobase Publishing 2005; US$ 35.00Indian people settled in climates that ranged from the Arctic, where temperatures sometimes drop lower than 50 degrees below zero, to the Amazon Basin, where the weather is hot and rainy. American Indians adapted to these challenges by inventing houses and clothing that were uniquely suited to the climates where they lived, and they developed art that... more...









