Negotiating With the Dead, by Margaret Atwood - "Introduction: Into the Labyrinth." "Prologue." "1. Orientation: Who do you think you are," through "...We shared many of the same childhood amusements and pursuits, but he gave them up and turned to other forms of amusement, and I did not," pp. i-16
- "1. Orientation: Who do you think you are," concluded, from "There I was, then, still at high school....""2. Duplicity: The jekyll hand, the hyde hand, and the slippery double. Why there are always two," pp. 16-57
- "3. Dedication: The Great God Pen. Apollo vs. Mammon: at whose altar should the writer worship?" pp. 59-90
- "4. Temptation: Prospero, the Wizard of Oz, Mephisto & Co., Who waves the wand, pulls the strings, or signs the Devil's book?" pp. 91-122
- "5. Communion: Nobody to Nobody, The eternal triangle: the writer, the reader, and the book as go-between," pp. 123-151
- "6. Descent: Negotiating with the dead, Who makes the trip to the underworld, and why?" pp. 153-180
Lost Illusions, by Honoré de Balzac
- Part One: The Two Poets, 1. A provincial printing-office, pp. 3-32
- Part One: The Two Poets, 2. Madame de Bargeton, pp. 32-73
- Part One: The Two Poets, 3. A social evening and a riverside stroll, pp. 73-118
- Part One: The Two Poets, 4. Catastrophic sequels to provincial love, pp. 118-148
- Part Two: A Great Man in Embryo, 1. First-fruits, pp. 151-192
- Part Two: A Great Man in Embryo, 2. Flicoteaux; 3. Two varieties of publishers; 4. First friendship; 5. The "Cénacle"; 6. The flowers of poverty; 7. A newspaper seen from outside; 8. The sonnets, pp. 192-243
- Part Two: A Great Man in Embryo, 9. Good advice; 10. A third variety of publisher; 11. The Wooden Galleries, pp. 244-266
- Part Two: A Great Man in Embryo, 12. A publisher's bookshop in the Wooden Galleries; 13. A fourth variety of publisher; 14. Behind the scenes; 15. A use for druggists, pp. 266-293
- Part Two: A Great Man in Embryo, 16. Coralie; 17. How a news-sheet is edited; 18. The supper; 19. An actress's apartments, pp. 294-328
- Part Two: A Great Man in Embryo, 20. Last visit to the Cénacle; 21. A variety of journalist; 22. Boots can change one's way of life, pp. 328-343
- Part Two: A Great Man in Embryo, 23. The arcana of journalism; 24. Re-enter Dauriat, pp. 343-355
- Part Two: A Great Man in Embryo, 25. The battle begins; 26. Dauriat pays a call; 27. A study in the art of recantation; 28. Journalistic grandeurs and servitudes
- Part Two: A Great Man in Embryo, 29. The playwrights' banker; 30. A journalist's christening party
- Part Two: A Great Man in Embryo, 31. Polite society
- Part Two: A Great Man in Embryo, 32. The "viveurs"; 33. A fifth variety of publisher; 34. Blackmail
- Part Two: A Great Man in Embryo, 35. The Money-brokers; 36. A change of front
- Part Two: A Great Man in Embryo, 37. Finot's finesses; 38. The fateful week
- Part Two: A Great Man in Embryo, 39. Skulduggery; 40. Farewells
- Part Three: An Inventor's Tribulations, Introduction, 1. The doleful confession of a "child of the age"; 2. Back-kick from a donkey; The History of a Lawsuit, 3. The problem at issue; 4. A plucky wife
- Part Three: An Inventor's Tribulations, The History of a Lawsuit, 5. A Judas in the making; 6. The two Cointets
- Part Three: An Inventor's Tribulations, The History of a Lawsuit, 7. The first thunderbolt; 8. A glance at paper-making; 9. Provincial solicitors
- Part Three: An Inventor's Tribulations, The History of a Lawsuit, 10. A free public lecture on dishonoured bills for those unable to meet them; 11. Lucien under distraint; 12. "Your house is on fire"; 13. A contrast in loyalties; 14. Keeping the fire going
- Part Three: An Inventor's Tribulations, The History of a Lawsuit, 15. Climax; 16. Imprisonment for debt in the provinces; 17. An obdurate father; 18. The pack pauses before the kill
- Part Three: An Inventor's Tribulations, The History of a Lawsuit, 19. A bride for Petit-Claud; 20. The Curé has his say; The "Fatal Member of the Family", 21. The prodigal's return
- Part Three: An Inventor's Tribulations, The "Fatal Member of the Family", 22. An unexpected triumph; 23. How the triumph had been staged; 24. A rare kind of devotion; 25. The pride of his province?; 26. The snake in the grass; 27. Lucien takes his revenge; 28. The peak of disaster; 29. A last farewell; 30. A chance encounter; 31. The story of a favourite; 32. A history lecture for the ambitious -- by a disciple of Machiavelli; 33. A lecture on ethics -- by a disciple of Mendoza; 34. A Spanish profile; 35. Why criminality and corruption go hand in hand; 36. On the brink of surrender; 37. The effect of a night in gaol; 38. A day too late; 39. The history of a business venture; 40. Conclusion
The Infinities, by John BanvilleFrom "Of the things we fashioned for them ..." through "... into the presence of his earthly father."
- From "And look, here he is, old Adam ..." through "... take a gander at what these your little ones are up to."
- From "Old Adam plunges, a pearl-diver ..." through "... 'That milk,' I said, 'is gone sour.'"
- From " Meanwhile, on a blast of divine afflatus, ..." through "... what spirits guard the way?"
- From "What indeed? Were I able I would rear up ..." through "... my Dad shambling eagerly in her warm wake."
- From "No two things the same, the equals sign a scandal ..." through "... Oh, Dad."
- From "Benny Grace hears the thunderclap and smiles. ..." to end.
Soul of the Age: A Biography of the Mind of William Shakespeare, by Jonathan Bate- Introduction; First Age: Infant, Chapter 1, Stratford 1564
- First Age: Infant; Chapter 2, The Discovery of England
- First Age: Infant; Chapter 3, The Boy From the Greenwood
- First Age: Infant; Chapter 4, Old World, New Man? Second Age: Schoolboy; Chapter 5, Stratford Grammar.
Second Age: Schoolboy; Chapter 6, After Palingenius; Chapter 7, Continuing Education: The Art of Translation; Chapter 8: The School of Prospero
- Third Age: Lover, Chapter 11, Before the Bawdy Court
- Third Age: Lover, Chapter 12, The Perplexities of Love
- Fourth Age: Soldier, Chapter 15, The Clash of Civilizations; Chapter 16, Shakespeare and Jacobean Geopolitics; Fifth Age: Justice, Chapter 17, At Clement's Inn; Chapter 18, After Machiavelli
- Sixth Age: Pantaloon: Chapter 21, The Principal Comedians; Chapter 22, The Foolosopher
- Seventh Age: Oblivion; Chapter 23, The Readiness Is All; Chapter 24, Shakespeare the Epicurean; Chapter 25, Exit and Re-entrance
Zuleika Dobson, by Max Beerbohm
VII-VIII
The Adventures of Augie March, by Saul Bellow - Chapters I-III
- Chapters IV-V
- Chapters VI-VII
- Chapter VIII
- Chapter IX
- Chapter X
- Chapter XI
- Chapter XII
- Chapter XIII
- Chapter XIV
- Chapters XV-XVI
- Chapters XVII-XVIII
- Chapters XIX-XX
- Chapter XXI
- Chapters XXII-XXIII
- Chapters XXIV-XXVI
Dangling Man, by Saul Bellow 
Henderson the Rain King, by Saul Bellow
Herzog, by Saul Bellow - Through How do you say blond little cushioned knuckles in French?
- From In the cab through hot streets ... through ... As for me, I was your patient ....
- From Dear Governor Stevenson, Herzog wrote.... through ... I don't think Madeleine is a bad mother, actually.
- From He was at his letter writing again in in the morning.... through ... Poor thing, poor thing -- she too must be in the cemetery.
- From The telephone rang -- five, eight, ten peals.... through ... He stroked her thick hair and fell asleep.
- From He took Ramona to her shop after breakfast.... through ... Some kill, then cry. Others, not even that.
- From New York could not hold him now.... through ... "Good night, Moses." They shook hands.
- From At last he embraced his daughter ... through ... awkwardly taped, helped into his wrinkled shirt by his brother Will.
- From He reached his country place the following afternoon....
- Through "... which absolute knowledge, only now possible, might view all Being."
- From "This is a sample of the topics discussed in our dining room...." through "... I didn't expect him to answer this."
- From "Uncle and I made one long trip together..." through "... a private ceremony in the home of her parents, Dr. and Mrs. William Layamon."
- From "I had gone to see my mother in East Africa ..." through "...Which side do you think I'm from?"
- From "The problem was not with opulence and luxury ..." through "... The rest follows from this."
- From "Here I could pay myself a compliment..." through "... It's like the Yeats poem: 'Many times I died, / Many times I rose again.'"
- From "Choosing a bright day ..." through "... its rear fumes giving me a diesel headache."
- From "In his old apartment next afternoon ..." through "... 'Take care,' I said."
- From "In the night there came an extraordinary phone call ..." to end.
Mr. Sammler's Planet, by Saul Bellow
- Chapters 1-10
- Chapters 11-19
- Chapters 20-25
- Chapters 26-31
- Chapters 32-38
- Chapters 39-45
- Chapters 46-50
- Commentary
The Passage, by Justin Cronin- I. The Worst Dream in the World, 5-1 B.V., One
I. The Worst Dream in the World, 5-1 B.V., Two-Three
- I. The Worst Dream in the World, 5-1 B.V., Four-Five
- I. The Worst Dream in the World, 5-1 B.V., Six-Ten
- I. The Worst Dream in the World, 5-1 B.V., Eleven-Fourteen
- II. The Year of Zero
- V. Girl From Nowhere
- VI. The Night of Blades and Stars
- VII. The Darklands
- IX. The Last Expeditionary
- X. The Angel of the Mountain
The Privileges, by Jonathan Dee
Daily, Before Your Eyes, by Margaret-Love Denman
American Notes, by Charles Dickens- Introduction, by Christopher Hitchens; Chapter 1: Going Away
- Chapter 2: The Passage Out; Chapter 3: Boston
- Chapter 4: An American Railroad. Lowell and Its Factory System.
- Chapter 5: Worcester. The Connecticut River. Hartford. New Haven. To New York.; Chapter 6: New York.
- Chapter 7: Philadelphia, and Its Solitary Prison; Chapter 8: Washington. The Legislature. And the President's House.
- Chapter 9: A Night Steamer on the Potomac River. Virginia Road, and a Black Driver. Richmond. Baltimore. The Harrisburg Mail, and a Glimpse of the City. A Canal Boat.; Chapter 10: Some Further Account of the Canal Boat, Its Domestic Economy, and Its Passengers. Journey to Pittsburg Across the Alleghany Mountains. Pittsburg.
- Chapter 11: From Pittsburg to Cincinnati in a Western Steamboat. Cincinnati.; Chapter 12: From Cincinnati to Louisville in Another Western Steamboat; and From Louisville to St. Louis in Another. St. Louis.; Chapter 13: A Jaunt to the Looking-Glass Prairie and Back.
- Chapter 14: Return to Cincinnati. A Stage-coach Ride From That City to Columbus, and Thence to Sandusky. So, by Lake Erie, to the Falls of Niagara.; Chapter 15: In Canada; Toronto; Kingston; Montreal; Quebec; St. John's. In the United States Again; Lebanon; the Shaker Village; West Point.
- Chapter 16: The Passage Home. Chapter 17: Slavery. Chapter 18: Concluding Remarks. Postscript.
Barnaby Rudge, by Charles Dickens- Charles Dickens: A Note by Angus Calder; Introduction, by G.W. Spence; Preface; Chapter 1
- Chapters 2-4
- Chapters 5-8
- Chapters 21-25
- Chapters 26-30
- Chapters 31-35
- Chapters 36-39
- Chapters 40-44
- Chapters 45-47
- Chapters 48-52
- Chapters 53-58
- Chapters 59-63
- Chapters 64-67
- Chapters 68-72
- Chapter 73 through Chapter the Last
Bleak House, by Charles Dickens- Preface, by Terry Eagleton; Introduction, by Nicola Bradbury; Chapter 1: In Chancery through Chapter 2: In Fashion
- Chapter 3: A Progress through Chapter 4: Telescopic Philanthropy
- Chapter 5: A Morning Adventure through Chapter 6: Quite at Home
- Chapter 7: The Ghost's Walk through Chapter 8: Covering a Multitude of Sins
- Chapter 9: Signs and Tokens through Chapter 11: Our Dear Brother
- Chapter 12: On the Watch through Chapter 13: Esther's Narrative
- Chapter 14: Deportment through Chapter 15: Bell Yard
- Chapter 16: Tom-all-Alone's through Chapter 17: Esther's Narrative
- Chapter 18: Lady Dedlock through Chapter 20: A New Lodger
- Chapter 21: The Smallweed Family through Chapter 22: Mr Bucket
- Chapter 23: Esther's Narrative through Chapter 24: An Appeal Case
- Chapter 25: Mrs Snagsby Sees It All through Chapter 27: More Old Soldiers Than One
- Chapter 28: The Ironmaster through Chapter 30: Esther's Narrative
- Chapter 31: Nurse and Patient through Chapter 32: The Appointed Time
- Chapter 33: Interlopers through Chapter 34: A Turn of the Screw
- Chapter 35: Esther's Narrative through Chapter 37: Jarndyce and Jarndyce
- Chapter 38: A Struggle through Chapter 39: Attorney and Client
- Chapter 40: National and Domestic through Chapter 43: Esther's Narrative
- Chapter 44: The Letter and the Answer through Chapter 46: Stop Him!
- Chapter 47: Jo's Will through Chapter 48: Closing In
- Chapter 49: Dutiful Friendship through Chapter 51: Enlightened
- Chapter 52: Obstinacy through Chapter 53: The Track
- Chapter 54: Springing a Mine through Chapter 56: Pursuit
- Chapter 57: Esther's Narrative through Chapter 59: Esther's Narrative
- Chapter 60: Perspective through Chapter 67: The Close of Esther's Narrative
- From "I'M HOMER, THE BLIND BROTHER...." through "....I realized how foolish I had been."
- From "DESPITE THE ASSURANCES of ..." through "... and the house would be like a tomb."
- From "NOR WAS THERE any true consolation ..." through "... an industrial mummy."
- From "WE NEEDED SOMEONE to clean house ..." through "...gotten past the front door."
- From "CHRIST, IF THERE was ever ..." through "... to destroy another with confidence."
- From "I'M RECALLING NOW that tale of Quasimodo ..." through "... the prophecy of Langley's timeless newspaper."
- From "OUR SHUTTERS WERE never again to be ..." through "... Where is my brother?"
- Preface; Symbolism: Introduction
- Symbolism: Imagination and Nature; The Revolt Against Nature (Oscar Wilde, Rainer Maria Rilke, Pablo Picasso, André Malraux)
- Symbolism: Imagination and Nature; The Interaction of Imagination and Nature (Immanuel Kant, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Rainer Maria Rilke, Hans Arp)
- Symbolism: Imagination and Nature; Symbolic Nature (William Blake, William Wordsworth, Charles Baudelaire, W.B. Yeats, Paul Klee). Symbolism: Imagination and Thought; The State of Doubt (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Keats, Gustave Flaubert)
- Symbolism: Imagination and Thought; The Role of Thought in Poetry (Paul Valéry, I.A. Richards, T.S. Eliot)
- Symbolism: Imagination and Thought; The State of Affirmation (Friedrich Nietzsche, W.B. Yeats). Symbolism: The Autonomy of Art; The Doctrine of Purity (Charles Baudelaire, Oscar Wilde, Richard Wagner, Stéphane Mallarmé, Guillaume Apollinaire, Marcel Duchamp)
- Symbolism: The Autonomy of Art; The Purification of Fiction (Virginia Woolf, Gustave Flaubert, André Gide. The Objective Artifact (Gustave Flaubert, Rainer Maria Rilke, James Joyce)
- Symbolism: The Autonomy of Art; The Objective Artifact (F.S. Flint, Ezra Pound, Jean Dubuffet). Alogical Structure (Rainer Maria Rilke, James Joyce, Dylan Thomas, Hart Crane, Max Ernst, Sergei Eisenstein)
- Symbolism: The Artist-Hero; The Morality of the Artist (W.B. Yeats, Gustave Flaubert, Rainer Maria Rilke, Paul Valéry). The Art of Life (Walter Pater, Joris-Karl Huysmans, André Gide, W.B. Yeats, Rainer Maria Rilke)
- Symbolism: The Artist-Hero; The Artist and Society (Gustave Flaubert, E.M. Forster, Arthur Rimbaud, Stéphane Mallarmé, W.H. Auden, Wallace Stevens)
- Realism: Introduction. Objectivity. (George Eliot, George Bernard Shaw, Gustave Flaubert, Anton Chekhov)
- Realism: Naturalistic Determinism (Theodore Dreiser, Edmond and Jules de Goncourt, Émile Zola)
- Realism: Naturalistic Determinism (August Strindberg, Edmond and Jules de Goncourt). Melioristic Realism (Leo Tolstoy)
- Realism: Melioristic Realism (F.M. Dostoevsky, George Sand and Gustave Flaubert, H.G. Wells and Henry James)
- Realism: Socialist Realism (Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, Leon Trotsky)
- Realism: Socialist Realism (Georg Lukács). A New Realism (Alain Robbe-Grillet)
- Nature: Introduction; Struggle (Charles Darwin, Arthur Schopenhauer); Organicism (A.N. Whitehead)
- Nature: Organicism (Rainer Maria Rilke, Marcel Proust, André Gide, D.H. Lawrence)
- Nature: Mechanical Force (Henry Adams, F.T. Marinetti, D.H. Lawrence); Indeterminancy (William James, John Dewey, Werner Heisenberg)
- Cultural History: Introduction; Idealism (G.W.F. Hegel)
- Cultural History: Introduction; Idealism (Benedetto Croce); Patterns of Repetition (Giambattista Vico, Friedrich Nietzsche, Oswald Spengler)
- Cultural History: History and Imagination (W.B. Yeats)
- Cultural History: History and Imagination (André Malraux); Religion and History (Nicolas Berdyaev); Primitive Survivals (Charles Darwin, James G. Frazer, Henry Miller)
- The Unconscious: Introduction; Unreason and Reason (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, William Blake, Arthur Schopenhauer, Friedrich Nietzsche)
- The Unconscious: The Freudian Unconscious (Sigmund Freud)
- The Unconscious: The Freudian Unconscious (Sigmund Freud, Thomas Mann); Liberation of the Unconscious (D.H. Lawrence, Tristan Tzara, André Breton)
- Myth: Introduction; Myth in Primitive Thought (James G. Frazer, Bronislaw Malinowski, Ernst Cassirer)
- Myth: The Collective Unconscious (C.G. Jung)
- Myth: Myth and Literature (Friedrich Schlegel, Victor Hugo, Richard Wagner, William Blake, Nicolas Berdyaev)
- Myth: Myth and Literature (Thomas Mann, T.S. Eliot). Self-Consciousness: Introduction; Self-Realization (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
- Self-Consciousness: Self-Realization (André Gide, D.H. Lawrence, Rainer Maria Rilke, Wassily Kandinsky); The Field of Consciousness (Henry James, William James)
- Self-Consciousness: The Field of Consciousness (Henri Bergson, Marcel Proust)
- Self-Consciousness: The Divided Self (Friedrich Schlegel, G.W.F. Hegel, Karl Marx, Søren Kierkegaard)
- Self-Consciousness: The Divided Self (Friedrich Nietzsche, W.B. Yeats); Freedom (Arthur Schopenhauer, Friedrich Nietzsche)
- Self-Consciousness: Freedom (F.M. Dostoevsky)
- Existence: Introduction; The Definition of Existence (Søren Kierkegaard, Friedrich Nietzsche); Moments of Existence (Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre)
- Existence: Moments of Existence (Søren Kierkegaard, Jean-Paul Sartre, Martin Heidegger)
- Existence: Value in Existence (Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, Søren Kierkegaard, Karl Jaspers)
- Existence: Value in Existence (Jean-Paul Sartre, Martin Buber, Karl Jaspers, Martin Heidegger). Faith: Christianity and Christendom (William Blake, Søren Kierkegaard)
- Faith: Christianity and Christendom (F.M. Dostoevsky); Deified Man (William Blake, Friedrich Nietzsche)
- Faith: Poetized Religion (Matthew Arnold, George Santayana); Paganized Christianity (D.H. Lawrence, André Gide); Orthodoxy (Paul Claudel)
- Faith: Orthodoxy (Jacques Maritain, T.E. Hulme, Karl Barth); The State of Doubt (Paul Tillich)
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science, by Richard Holmes
- Prologue; Joseph Banks in Paradise, 1-3
- Joseph Banks in Paradise, 4-8
Joseph Banks in Paradise, 9-10; Herschel on the Moon, 1-4
- Herschel on the Moon, 5-7
- Herschel on the Moon, 8; Balloonists in Heaven, 1-6
- Balloonists in Heaven, 7-12; Herschel Among the Stars, 1
- Herschel Among the Stars, 2-6
- Mungo Park in Africa
- Davy on the Gas, 1-4
- Davy on the Gas, 5-10
- Davy on the Gas, 11-12; Dr Frankenstein and the Soul, 1-3
- Dr Frankenstein and the Soul, 4-7; Davy and the Lamp, 1-3
- Davy and the Lamp, 4-6; Sorcerer and Apprentice, 1-5
- Sorcerer and Apprentice, 6-8; Young Scientists; Epilogue
- Part I, I: "Across the Narrow Sea," Putney, 1500, pp. 3-13
- Part I, II: "Paternity," 1527, pp. 14-27
- Part I, III: "At Austin Friars," 1527, pp. 28-36
- Part II, I: "Visitation," 1529, pp. 39-53
- Part II, II, "An Occult History of Britain," 1521-1529, pp. 54-77, through "Or, with any good effect, to the woman they say he loves."
- Part II, II, "An Occult History of Britain," 1521-1529, pp. 77-95, from "Now the cardinal's many bags are packed for France..." through "... A boatman whistled back from the river."
- Part II, II, "An Occult History of Britain," 1521-1529, pp. 95-116, from "1527: when the cardinal comes back from France..." through "... He wonders if she intends to poison him. Or eat him."
- Part II, II, "An Occult History of Britain," 1521-1529, concluded, from "New Year's 1529: Stephen Gardiner is in Rome...." Part II, III, "Make or Mar," All Hallows 1529, pp. 116-130
- Part III, I, "Three-Card Trick," Winter 1529-Spring 1530, pp. 133-162
- Part III, II, "Entirely Beloved Cromwell," Spring-December 1530, through "...But they are all good stories," pp. 163-182
- Part III, II, "Entirely Beloved Cromwell," Spring-December 1530, from "When the king next calls him to court...." through "...Did he tell you about the barmaid?" pp. 182-202
- Part III, II, "Entirely Beloved Cromwell," Spring-December 1530, concluded, from "When Cranmer comes to the house, he feeds him...," pp. 202-222
- Part III, III, "The Dead Complain of Their Burial," Christmastide 1530, pp. 223-231
- Part IV, I, "Arrange Your Face," 1531, through "...because in the end we all come home to God," pp. 235-250
- Part IV, I, "Arrange Your Face," 1531, continued from "Lent saps the spirits, as of course it is designed to do...." through "...they stand bareheaded till he has gone by." pp. 250-263
- Part IV, I, "Arrange Your Face," 1531, concluded, from "October: Monsieur Chapuys, the Emperor's ambassador, comes to Austin Friars...." pp. 264-276
- Part IV, II, "'Alas, What Shall I Do for Love?'" Spring 1532, through "...into which they pour their fears, fantasies, desires," pp. 277-294
- Part IV, II, "'Alas, What Shall I Do for Love?'" Spring 1532, continued, from "On April 14, 1532, the king appoints him Keeper of the Jewel House...."through "...Call-Me laughs so hard he has to lean against the wall," pp. 294-310
- Part IV, II, "'Alas, What Shall I Do for Love?'" Spring 1532, continued, from "Next day he is early for the meeting of the king's council...."through "...Father Bocking does the price list and keeps the accounts," pp. 310-326
- Part IV, II, "'Alas, What Shall I Do for Love?'" Spring 1532, concluded, from "The nun has plunged the king into gloom...." Part IV, III, "Early Mass," November 1532, pp. 326-340
- Part V, I, "Anna Regina," 1533, through "...a child in the womb is not an heir in the cradle," pp. 343-359
- Part V, I, "Anna Regina," 1533, continued, from "In March, news comes from Calais that Lord Berners has died...." through "...He opens his palm; in it a needle, tip toward her," pp. 359-372
- Part V, I, "Anna Regina," 1533, concluded, from "The word is about town that Thomas More has fallen into poverty," pp. 372-395
- Part V, II, "Devil's Spit," Autumn and Winter 1533, through "...That howling you hear is only the Londoners," pp. 396-408
- Part V, II, "Devil's Spit," Autumn and Winter 1533, concluded, from "Sunday: in rose-tinted light they set out from Austin Friars...." Part V, III, "A Painter's Eye," 1534, pp. 409-432
- Part VI, I, "Supremacy," 1534, through "...He flounces over in the feather bed, and falls asleep again," pp. 435-458
- Part VI, I, "Supremacy," 1534, concluded, from "When Fisher comes to his senses and asks pardon..." pp. 459-474
- Part V, II, "The Map of Christendom," 1534-1535. III, "To Wolf Hall," July 1535, pp. 475-532
- Preface, Chronology, Introduction, "The Baines Note," Further Reading, A Note on the Texts, eds. Frank Romany and Robert Lindsey, pp. vii-xliv
- Dido, Queen of Carthage, Acts I and II, pp. 5-26
- Dido, Queen of Carthage, Act III, pp. 27-42
- Dido, Queen of Carthage, Act IV, pp. 43-55
- Dido, Queen of Carthage, Act V, pp. 56-67
- Tamburlaine the Great, Part One, Act 1, Scene 1, pp. 71-81
- Tamburlaine the Great, Part One, Act 1, Scene 2, pp. 81-89
- Tamburlaine the Great, Part One, Act 2, pp. 90-106
- Tamburlaine the Great, Part One, Act 3, pp. 107-122
- Tamburlaine the Great, Part One, Act 4, pp. 123-136
- Tamburlaine the Great, Part One, Act 5, pp. 137-153
- Tamburlaine the Great, Part Two, Acts 1 and 2, pp. 157-186
- Tamburlaine the Great, Part Two, Acts 3, 4 and 5, pp. 187-240
- The Jew of Malta, Act 1, pp. 241-271
- The Jew of Malta, Acts 2-5, pp. 272-340
- Doctor Faustus, pp. 341-395
- Edward the Second, Scenes 1-4, pp. 397-428
- Edward the Second, Scenes 5-13, pp. 429-462
- Edward the Second, Scenes 14-26, pp. 463-505
- The Massacre at Paris, pp. 507-561
A Game of Thrones, by George R.R. Martin
- Prologue; Bran; Catelyn
- Daenerys; Eddard; Jon; Catelyn
- Arya; Bran; Tyrion; Jon; Daenerys
- Eddard; Tyrion; Catelyn; Sansa; Eddard
- Bran; Catelyn; Jon; Eddard; Tyrion
- Arya; Daenerys; Bran; Eddard; Jon
- Eddard; Catelyn; Sansa; Eddard
- Tyrion; Arya; Eddard; Catelyn
- Eddard; Daenerys; Bran; Tyrion
- Eddard; Catelyn; Jon; Tyrion
- Eddard; Sansa; Eddard; Daenerys
- Eddard; Jon; Eddard; Arya
- Sansa; Jon; Bran
- Daenerys; Catelyn; Tyrion; Sansa
- Eddard; Catelyn; Jon
- Daenerys; Tyrion; Catelyn; Daenerys; Arya
- Bran; Sansa; Daenerys
- Tyrion; Jon; Catelyn; Daenerys
- Prologue; Arya; Sansa; Tyrion
- Bran; Arya; Jon; Catelyn
- Tyrion; Arya; Davos; Theon
- Daenerys; Jon; Arya; Tyrion; Bran
- Tyrion; Sansa; Arya; Tyrion
- Bran; Catelyn; Jon; Theon
- Tyrion; Arya; Daenerys; Bran; Tyrion
- Arya; Catelyn; Sansa
- Catelyn; Jon; Bran; Tyrion
- Theon; Arya; Catelyn
- Daenerys; Tyrion; Davos
- Jon; Tyrion; Catelyn
- Bran; Arya; Daenerys
- Tyrion; Theon; Jon
- Sansa; Jon; Tyrion
- Catelyn; Theon; Sansa; Davos
- Tyrion; Sansa; Tyrion; Sansa
- Daenerys; Arya; Sansa
- Theon; Tyrion; Jon; Bran
- Prologue; Jaime; Catelyn
- Arya; Tyrion; Davos
- Sansa; Jon
- Daenerys; Bran; Davos
- Jaime; Tyrion; Arya
- Catelyn; Jon; Sansa
- Arya; Samwell; Tyrion
- Catelyn; Jaime; Arya
- Daenerys; Bran
- Davos; Jon; Daenerys
- Sansa; Arya; Jon
- Jaime; Tyrion
- Samwell; Arya
- Catelyn; Davos
- Jaime; Tyrion
- Arya; Bran
- Jon; Daenerys
- Arya; Jaime
- Catelyn; Samwell; Arya
- Jon; Catelyn; Arya
- Catelyn; Arya; Tyrion
- Davos; Jon
- Bran; Daenerys; Tyrion; Sansa
- Tyrion; Sansa; Jaime
- Davos; Jon; Arya
- Tyrion; Jaime
- Sansa; Jon
- Tyrion; Daenerys
- Jaime; Jon
- Arya; Samwell; Jon
- Tyrion; Samwell; Jon
- Sansa; Epilogue
- Prologue; The Prophet
- The Captain of the Guards; Cersei
- Brienne; Samwell
- Arya; Cersei
- Jaime; Brienne
- Sansa; The Kraken's Daughter
- Cersei; The Soiled Knight
- Brienne; Samwell
- Jaime; Cersei
- The Iron Captain; The Drowned Man
- Brienne; The Queenmaker
- Arya; Alayne
- Samwell; Jaime
- Cersei; The Reaver
- Jaime; Brienne
- Cersei; Jaime
- Cat of the Canals; Samwell
- Cersei; Brienne
- Jaime; Cersei
- The Princess in the Tower; Alayne
- Brienne; Cersei
- Jaime; Samwell
- Prologue; Tyrion
- Daenerys; Jon
- Bran; Tyrion
- The Merchant's Man; Jon
- Tyrion; Davos; Jon
- Daenerys; Reek; Bran
- Tyrion; Davos
- Daenerys; Jon
- Tyrion; Davos
- Reek; Jon
- Tyrion; Daenerys
- The Lost Lord; The Windblown
- The Wayward Bride; Tyrion
- Jon; Davos
- Daenerys; Melisandre
- Reek; Tyrion
- Bran; Jon
- Daenerys; The Prince of Winterfell
- The Watcher; Jon
- Tyrion; The Turncloak
- The King's Prize; Daenerys
- Jon; The Blind Girl
- A Ghost in Winterfell; Tyrion
- Jaime; Jon
- Daenerys; Theon
- Daenerys; Jon
- Cersei; The Queensguard
- The Iron Suitor; Tyrion
- Jon; The Discarded Knight
- The Spurned Suitor; The Griffin Reborn
- The Sacrifice; Victarion
- The Ugly Little Girl; Cersei
- Tyrion; The Kingbreaker
- The Dragontamer; Jon
- The Queen's Hand; Daenerys; Epilogue
Silk Parachute, by John McPhee- "Silk Parachute" and "Season on the Chalk"
- "Swimming With Canoes" and "Warming the Jump Seat"
"Spin Right and Shoot Left"
Great Short Works of Herman Melville
- Introduction by Warner Berthoff; The Town-Ho's Story
- Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-Street
- Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! or The Crowing of the Noble Cock Beneventano
- The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles
- The Two Temples; Poor Man's Pudding and Rich Man's Crumbs
- The Happy Failure: A Story of the River Hudson; The Lightning-Rod Man; The Fiddler
- The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids; The Bell-Tower
- Benito Cereno through "... he (Captain Delano) would remain on board ready to play the pilot, come the wind soon or late."
- Benito Cereno from "As the two capains stood together, observing the departing boat...." to end.
- Jimmy Rose; I and My Chimney
- The 'Gees; The Apple-Tree Table or Original Spiritual Manifestations; The Piazza
- The Marquis de Grandvin; Three "Jack Gentian" Sketches; John Marr; Daniel Orme
- Billy Budd, Sailor, 1-15
- Billy Budd, Sailor, 16-30
Moby-Dick, by Herman Melville- Chapter I: Loomings; Chapter II: The Carpet-Bag
- Chapter III: The Spouter-Inn; Chapter IV: The Counterpane; Chapter V: Breakfast; Chapter VI: The Street; Chapter VII: The Chapel; Chapter VIII: The Pulpit
- Chapter IX: The Sermon; Chapter X: A Bosom Friend; Chapter XI: Nightgown; Chapter XII: Biographical; Chapter XIII: Wheelbarrow; Chapter XIV: Nantucket; Chapter XV: Chowder
- Chapter XXIII: The Lee Shore; Chapter XXIV: The Advocate; Chapter XXV: Postscript; Chapter XXVI: Knights and Squires; Chapter XXVII: Knights and Squires; Chapter XXVIII: Ahab; Chapter XXIX: Enter Ahab; To Him, Stubb; Chapter XXX: The Pipe; Chapter XXXI: Queen Mab
- Chapter XXXII: Cetology; Chapter XXXIII: The Specksynder; Chapter XXXIV: The Cabin-Table; Chapter XXXV: The Mast-Head; Chapter XXXVI: The Quarter-Deck (Enter Ahab: Then, all)
- Chapter XXXVII: Sunset; The cabin; by the stern windows; Ahab sitting alone, and gazing out; Chapter XXXVIII: Deck; By the Mainmast; Starbuck leaning against it; Chapter XXXIX: First Night-Watch; (Stubb solus, and mending a brace); Chapter XL: Midnight, Forecastle; Chapter XLI: Moby Dick
- Chapter XLII: The Whiteness of the Whale; Chapter XLIII: Hark!; Chapter XLIV: The Chart; Chapter XLV: The Affidavit; Chapter XLVI: Surmises; Chapter XLVII: The Mat-Maker
- Chapter XLVIII: The First Lowering; Chapter XLIX: The Hyena; Chapter L: Ahab's Boat and Crew; Fedallah; Chapter LI: The Spirit-Spout; Chapter LII: The Albatross; Chapter LIII: The Gam; Chapter LIV: The Town-Ho's Story (As told at the Golden Inn)
- Chapter LV: Of the Monstrous Pictures of Whales; Chapter LVI: Of the Less Erroneous Pictures of Whales, and the True Pictures of Whaling Scenes; Chapter LVII: Of Whales in Paint; in Teeth; in Wood; in Sheet-Iron; in Mountains; in Stars; Chapter LVIII: Brit; Chapter LIX: Squid; Chapter LX: The Line; Chapter LXI: Stubb Kills a Whale; Chapter LXII: The Dart; Chapter LXIII: The Crotch; Chapter LXIV: Stubb's Supper; Chapter LXV: The Whale as a Dish
- Chapter LXVI: The Shark Massacre; Chapter LXVII: Cutting In; Chapter LXVIII: The Blanket; Chapter LXIX: The Funeral; Chapter LXX: The Sphynx; Chapter LXXI: The Jeroboam's Story; Chapter LXXII: The Monkey-Rope; Chapter LXXIII: Stubb and Flask Kill a Right Whale; and Then Have a Talk Over Him
- Chapter LXXIV: The Sperm Whale's Head -- Contrasted View; Chapter LXXV: The Right Whale's Head -- Contrasted View; Chapter LXXVI: The Battering-Ram; Chapter LXXVII: The Great Heidelburgh Tun; Chapter LXXVIII: Cistern and Buckets; Chapter LXXIX: The Prairie; Chapter LXXX: The Nut; Chapter LXXXI: The Virgin
- Chapter LXXXII: The Honor and Glory of Whaling; Chapter LXXXIII: Jonah Historically Regarded; Chapter LXXXIV: Pitchpoling; Chapter LXXXV: The Fountain; Chapter LXXXVI: The Tail; Chapter LXXXVII: The Grand Armada
- Chapter LXXXVIII: Schools and Schoolmasters; Chapter LXXXIX: Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish; Chapter XC: Heads or Tails; Chapter XCI: The Pequod Meets the Rose-Bud; Chapter XCII: Ambergris; Chapter XCIII: The Castaway; Chapter XCIV: A Squeeze of the Hand; Chapter XCV: The Cassock; Chapter XCVI: The Try-Works; Chapter XCVII: The Lamp
- Chapter XCVIII: Stowing Down and Cleaning Up; Chapter XCIX: The Doubloon; Chapter C: Leg and Arm, The Pequod, of Nantucket, Meets the Samuel Enderby, of London; Chapter CI: The Decanter; Chapter CII: A Bower in the Arsacides; Chapter CIII: Measurement of the Whale's Skeleton; Chapter CIV: The Fossil Whale
- Chapter CV: Does the Whale's Magnitude Diminish? -- Will He Perish? Chapter CVI: Ahab's Leg; Chapter CVII: The Carpenter; Chapter CVIII: Ahab and the Carpenter; Chapter CIX: Ahab and Starbuck in the Cabin; Chapter CX: Queequeg in His Coffin; Chapter CXII: The Blacksmith; Chapter CXIII: The Forge
- Chapter CXIV: The Gilder; Chapter CXV: The Pequod Meets the Bachelor; Chapter CXVI: The Dying Whale; Chapter CXVII: The Whale Watch; Chapter CXVIII: The Quadrant; Chapter CXIX: The Candles; Chapter CXX: The Deck Towards the End of the First Night Watch; Chapter CXXI: Midnight -- The Forecastle Bulkwarks; Chapter CXXII: Midnight Aloft -- Thunder and Lightning; Chapter CXXIII: The Musket; Chaptr CXXIV: The Needle; Chapter CXXV: The Log and Line; Chapter CXXVI: The Life-Buoy; Chapter CXXVII: The Deck; Chapter CXXVIII: The Pequod Meets the Rachel
- Chapter CXXIX: The Cabin; Chapter CXXX: The Hat; Chapter CXXXI: The Pequod Meets the Delight; Chapter CXXXII: The Symphony; Chapter CXXXIII: The Chase -- First Day; Chapter CXXXIV: The Chase -- Second Day; Chapter CXXXV: The Chase -- Third Day; Epilogue
The Emperor's Children, by Claire Messud
- March. Chapter One: Our Chef Is Very Famous in London; Chapter Two: Bootie, the Professor; Chapter Three: Reflexology; Chapter Four: As for Julius Clarke.
- March. Chapter Five: Poetry Makes Nothing Happen; Chapter Six: The Pope Is Sick; Chapter Seven: "Introducing Murray Thwaite" by Roanne Levine (newspaper staff); Chapter Eight: An American Scholar; Chapter Nine: Rumpelstiltskin.
- March. Chapter Ten: Talking to a Grown Child. May. Chapter Eleven: A Mother Knows Best; Chapter Twelve: Danielle's List; Chapter Thirteen: Great Geniuses; Chapter Fourteen: All for Love.
- May. Chapter Fifteen: Do You, Napoleon? Chapter Sixteen: The Fat Man Cometh; Chapter Seventeen: No Place Like Home; Chapter Eighteen: The Pope's End; Chapter Nineteen: Bootie Takes New York.
- May. Chapter Twenty-three: A Helping Hand; Chapter Twenty-four: A Helping Hand (2); Chapter Twenty-five: A Helping Hand (3); Chapter Twenty-six: A Helping Hand (4); Chapter Twenty-seven: Floating; Chapter Twenty-eight: I See You; Chapter Twenty-nine: For Shame.
- May. Chapter Thirty: Merge. July. Chapter Thirty-one: Booted; Chapter Thirty-two: Exposé; Chapter Thirty-three: Affianced; Chapter Thirty-four: Fireworks in Stockbridge.
- July. Chapter Thirty-five: Notes From Underground; Chapter Thirty-six: On the Grill; Chapter Thirty-seven: After Supper; Chapter Thirty-eight: "Murray Thwaite: A Disappointed Portrait"; Chapter Thirty-nine: The Fourth of July (1); Chapter Forty: The Fourth of July (2); Chapter Forty-one: The Fourth of July (3); Chapter Forty-two: Let Go; Chapter Forty-three: Finished.
- July. Chapter Forty-four: Weird; Chapter Forty-five: "Murray Thwaite: A Portrait" by Frederick Tubb; Chapter Forty-six: The Cuckoo in the Nest. September. Chapter r Woods.
- September. Chapter Fifty-four: An Evening on the Town; Chapter Fifty-five: Married; Chapter Fifty-six: Not Telling; Chapter Fifty-seven: A Speaking Engagement; ChForty-seven:
The Man Without Qualities; Chapter Forty-eight: Getting Ready; Chapter
Forty-nine: Home Again; Chapter Fifty: Lady in Waiting; Chapter
Fifty-one: "Vows by Lisa Solomon" Special to the New York Times;
Chapter Fifty-two: Bedtime; Chapter Fifty-three: Tigeapter Fifty-eight: The Morning After; Chapter Fifty-nine: The Monitor; Chapter Sixty: At Home; Chapter Sixty-one: Fort Greene; Chapter Sixty-two: Clarion Call. November. Chapter Sixty-three: Burying the Dead (1); Chapter Sixty-four: Burying the Dead (2); Chapter Sixty-five: Burying the Dead (3); Chapter Sixty-six: Burying the Dead (4); Chapter Sixty-seven: Take Them by Surprise.
Paradise Lost, by John Milton
- Introduction, by Merritt Y. Hughes
- "On Paradise Lost," by Andrew Marvell; Book I
- Book II
- Book III
- Book IV
- Book V
- Book VI
- Books VII and VIII
- Book IX
- Book X
- Books XI and XII
- Preface; Introduction: 1-4
- 5-8
- 9-12
- 13-16
- 17-21
- 22-28
- 29-34
- 35-39
- 40-44
- 45-48; The Tragedy of Arthur by William Shakespeare
Mason & Dixon, by Thomas Pynchon
- One: Latitudes and Departures; 1-3
- One: Latitudes and Departures;4-6
- One: Latitudes and Departures; 7-9
- One: Latitudes and Departures; 13-14
- One: Latitudes and Departures; 15-17
- One: Latitudes and Departures; 18-21
- One: Latitudes and Departures; 22-25
- Two: America; 26-28
- Two: America; 29-32
- Two: America; 33-34
- Two: America; 35-37
- Two: America; 38-41
- Two: America; 42-46
- Two: America; 47-50
- Two: America; 51-53
- Two: America; 54-55
- Two: America; 56-60
- Two: America; 61-63
- Two: America; 64-67
- Two: America; 68-70
- Two: America, 71-73; Three: Last Transit, 74
- Three: Last Transit, 75-78
- Prologue: Reinventing Marlowe. Chapter One: Citizen Marlowe.
- Chapter Two: Lessons Learned in Childhood
- Chapter Three: Speaking Like a Roman
- Chapter Four: Scholars and Gentlemen; Chapter Five: Thinking Like a Roman
- Chapter Six: The Teacher of Desire
- Chapter Seven: Plots and Counter Plots
- Chapter Eight: Proceeding in the Arts
- Chapter Nine: In the Theatre of the Idols
- Chapter Ten: Notoriety. Chapter Eleven: "He Is Like Dr Faustus"
- Chapter Twelve: Double Agents
- Chapter Thirteen: The Counterfeiters
- Chapter Fourteen: Waiting for the End
- Chapter Fifteen: In the Theatre of God's Judgements; Epilogue
- Preface and Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: The Problem; Chapter 2: The Clues
- Chapter 3: "Dedo"; Chapter 4: The Blood-Red Banner
- Chapter 5: The Perfect Line; Chapter 6: La Vie de Bohème
- Chapter 7: The Serpent's Skin
- Chapter 8: "What I Am Searching For"; Chapter 9: Maldoror
- Chapter 10: Beatrice; Chapter 11: A Stony Silence
- Chapter 12: "Nenette"; Chapter 13: "Life Is a Gift"
- Chapter 14: The Cult of the Secret; Epilogue
All's Well That Ends Well, by William Shakespeare
Antony and Cleopatra, by William Shakespeare - Introduction, by John Wilders
- Introduction, by John Wilders concluded.
- Act One
- Act Two
- Act Three
- Act Four
- Act Five
- Selected criticisms
As You Like It, by William Shakespeare- Introduction by Agnes Latham
- Act I
- Act II
- Act III
- Act IV
- Act V
- The Arden Third Series edition, Introduction by Juliet Dusinberre, pp. 1-36
- The Arden Third Series edition, Introduction by Juliiet Dusinberre, pp. 36-142
- Selected criticism
The Comedy of Errors, by William Shakespeare 
Cymbeline, by William Shakespeare
- "On Playing Joan," by Imogen Stubbs. "Introduction," by Joley Wood. "Preface," by George Bernard Shaw, through "...and not as a different kind of animal with specific charms and specific imbecilities," pp. vii-11
- "Preface," by George Bernard Shaw, from "JOAN'S GOOD LOOKS" through "...the belittling scepticism that reacts against that romance," pp. 11-22
- "Preface," by George Bernard Shaw, from "THE MAID IN LITERATURE" through "...but I will maintain my own ways before Him,'" pp. 22-33
- "Preface," by George Bernard Shaw, concluded, from "THE LAW OF CHANGE IS THE LAW OF GOD" pp. 33-47
- Scene 1, pp. 49-62
- Scenes 2 and 3, pp. 63-85
- Scene 4, pp. 86-100
- Scenes 5, 6, and Epilogue, pp. 101-159
- Foreword; Prologue: A Rite of Succession; Book I, Becoming an American: 1. Ellis Island and a Tragedy in Texas, 2. A Benefactor and the House on the Twelfth Green, 3. The Virtues of Golf
- Book I, Becoming an American: 4. White Silk Scarves and Open Cockpits; 5. Entering the Brotherhood; 6. A Fiasco and Reform; 7. Staying the Course; 8. A Fork in the Road; 9. "Let's Dive-Bomb the Bastards"
- Book I, Becoming an American: 10. The Test of War. Book II: Inheriting a Different World: 11. Atomic Diplomacy; 12. Spies Inside the Barbed Wire; 13. "The Balance Has Been Destroyed"; 14. The State That Was Stalin
- Book II: Inheriting a Different World: 15. A Confrontation and a Misreading; 16. Containing the Menace
- Book II: Inheriting a Different World, 17. Neither Rain, Nor Snow, Nor Sleet, Nor Fog; 18. Stalin Gets His Bomb; 19. The Consequences of Delusion; 20. Good Intentions Gone Awry
- Book III: The Perils of an Apprenticeship, 21. Hap Arnold's Legacy; 22. Getting Organized; 23. Bomber Leader
- Book III: The Perils of an Apprenticeship, 24. Into the Lion's Den; 25. Moscow Opts for Rockets; 26. A Nuclear Reactor in the Sky; 27. Low-Level Tactics and the Flying Boom; 28. The Last Tangle and an Ambush
- Book IV: Starting a Race, 29. Seeking Scientific Validation; 30. When Hungary Was Mars; 31. A Fascination With Explosions; 32. Finding an Ally; 33. Marshaling the Expertise
- Book IV: Starting a Race, 34. The Tea Pot Committee; 35. Getting Started; 36. "Okay, Bennie, It's a Deal"
- Book V: Winning a President, 37. A Schoolhouse and a Radical New Approach; 38. The Guru of Rockets; 39. A Problem With Tommy Power; 40. How Greed Corrupts
- Book V: Winning a President, 41. An Assault From an Unexpected Quarter; 42. A Sense of Adventure; 43. No Time for Family; 44. Getting to Ike
- Book V: Winning a President, 45. A Difficult Dialogue at Geneva; 46. Dazzling the Monarch; 47. More Nitpicking; 48. A Radar in Turkey
- Book VI: Building the Unstoppable, 49. A Competitor; 50. The Team of Mettler and Thiel; 51. John Bruce Medaris and Wernher von Braun; 52. The Cape of the Canebrake vs. "Moose" Mathison; 53. A Few Grains of Sand; 54. Medaris Goes for the ICBM
- Book VI: Building the Unstoppable, 55. The Reluctant Rescuer; 56. Thor vs. Jupiter; 57. Sputnik; 58. Thor Readies for Europe
- Book VI: Building the Unstoppable, 59. Jamie Wallace's Thor Show; 60. The Biggest Airlift Since Berlin; 61. "Roy ... I Want You to Get Me Camp Cooke"; 62. A Tie; 63. Black Saturday; 64. The Trials of Atlas and a Christmas Surprise; 65. Whose Missile Gap?
- Book VI: Building the Unstoppable, 66. A Victory Despite the Bugs; 67. Minuteman: Ed Hall's Triumph; 68. "You Couldn't Keep Him in That Job". Book VII: A Spy in Orbit and a Game of Chance, 69. A Would-Be Spy in the Sky Goes Awry; 70. Mathison Snatches the Prize; 71. Discoverer Goes "Black" into Corona; 72. A Hare-Brained Scheme
- Book VII: A Spy in Orbit and a Game of Chance, 73. Palm Tree Disguises; 74. Keeping the Military on the Leash; 75. "Use 'em or Lose 'em"; 76. LeMay and Tommy Power as the Wild Cards; 77. Avoiding Götterdämmerung; 78. Buying Time for the Empire to Implode. Epilogue: The Schriever Luck, 79. Johnny von Neumann Finds Faith but Not Peace; 80. "The Slowest Old Trev Has Ever Gone in a Cadillac"; 81. Losing It All and Forgiving a Brother; 82. "Only in America"; 83. A Reunion With Hap
- I. Proust's reputation today; his reception by his contemporaries; his parents and his Jewish origins. II. His childhood; his early homosexual experiences.
- III. His education; philosophical novelist; literary tastes; military service; homosexuality. IV. Involvement in society; literary pastiches; encounter with Bergson; snobbery.
- V. Early writings; Robert de Montesquiou; Reynaldo Hahn; Jean Santeuil; Lucien Daudet; Pleasures and Days; influence of Balzac; dueling. VI. Translating Ruskin; "On Reading"; friendships with young aristocrats; travel.
- VII. His parents' deaths; financial independence; the cork-lined room; the beginnings of the Search. VIII. Against Sainte-Beuve; sense of urgency in writing; models for "the gang of girls"; Marcel Plantevignes; original conception of the Search; "Swann in Love"; Charles Dickens and Henry James; Richard Wagner; Albert Nahmias; searching for a publisher.
- IX. Alfred Agostinelli; publication of Swann's Way. X. World War I; Proust's visit to a male brothel; his sexuality; publication of In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower; critical reception of his novels; involuntary memory. XI. Henri Rochat; essay on Flaubert; publication of Sodom and Gomorrah; death; Proust and the modern reader.
Being Shelley: The Poet's Search for Himself, by Ann Wroe- Introduction; Prelude: The Voyage Out; Part I: Earth, 1. Substance
- Part I: Earth, 2. Chains through "... The which I make & call it melody"
- Part I: Earth, 2. Chains from "On the heights of Bisham Wood ... " to end; 3. Masks through "... Sick to death of the name of self / Killing / Self."
- Part I: Earth, 3. Masks from "In December 1812 Shelley addressed ... " through end. Part II: Water, 1. Immersion through "... no wish to keep his body floating."
- Part II: Water, 1. Immersion from "Water could not be counted his friend...." through end. 2. Reflection through "... Drängt immer fremd und fremder stoff sich an."
- Part II: Water, 2. Reflection from "What he also sought in water or in mirrors ..." through end. 3. Escape through "... leaned down towards an embrace."
- Part II: Water, 3. Escape from "Many of his Poet-journeys were inward..." through end. Part III: Air, 1. The shadow through "... a radiant light rests on men, and life is sweet."
- Part III: Air, 1. The shadow from "The air Shelley moved through, in whatever guise ..." through end.
- Part III: Air, 2. The song.
- Part III: Air, 3. The wind.
- Part IV: Fire, 1. Daring.
- Part IV: Fire, 2. Burning.
- Part IV: Fire, 3. Being; Coda: The voyage out.
