Herman Melville

Britten's 2-act opera of persecution and injustice aboard a British man o' war, performed in 1988 at the London Coliseum.

Most people associate storms and other big weather with death-with the kind of force that makes each of us wonder about life, and time and the nature of our surroundings. Some people go out looking for bad weather or go to places where they're likely to encounter it. Others have the misfortune of being at the wrong place at the wrong time. Still, the stories in Storm have more to say than that. They tell us about what happens when people find that...

Few people would want to test their mettle in an ice-encrusted boat with Ernest Shackleton, sail the Straits of Magellan with Joshua Slocum, or watch with Owen Chase as an angry whale sends his ship to the bottom, thousands of miles from the nearest land. But it's quite another thing to read these true accounts while settled into a favorite chair. Shackleton and Chase persevered in the face of travails that would have given even Job pause. Their stoic...

John Arcudi curates a magnificent collection of over fifty illustrations inspired by the works of Herman Melville. Fifty-seven world renowned artists have come together with gorgeous, brand new illustrations for Moby-Dick, Bartleby, The Confidence Man, Pierre, Typee, Billy Budd, White Jacket, and much more. A short passage of text will accompany each illustration, giving context to the story. Each piece of art is brand new for this collection from...