Herodotus, Walter Blanco, Jennifer Tolbert Roberts
Second Edition
Walter Blanco’s acclaimed translation of The Histories is now available in its entirety in this revised and expanded Norton Critical Edition.More
Karl Marx, Frederic L. Bender
Second Edition
Karl Marx’s 1848 text is reframed in this revised Norton Critical Edition in the context of twenty-first-century theoretical debates, capitalist globalization, the information technology revolution, and contemporary struggles up to and including the 2011 “Arab Spring.”More
Herbert Marks
Volume(s): 1
A stunning work of scholarship, the Norton Critical Edition of The English Bible, King James Version, is the most accessible edition available.More
Gerald Hammond, Austin Busch
Volume(s): 2
A stunning work of scholarship, the Norton Critical Edition of The English Bible, King James Version, is the most accessible edition available.More
Benjamin Franklin, Joyce E. Chaplin
New Edition
The only edition of the celebrated Autobiography that includes the long-missing and recently identified “Wagon Letters.”More
Thomas Paine, J. M. Opal
Thomas Paine often declared himself a citizen of the world. This Norton Critical Edition presents Paine and his writing within the transatlantic and global context of the revolutionary ideas and actions of his time.More
Jonathan Swift, Claude Rawson, Ian Higgins
This Norton Critical Edition is the fullest single-volume collection of Jonathan Swift's writings, encompassing not only the major prose satires—A Tale of the Tub, Gulliver’s Travels, and A Modest Proposal—but also a large number of other works, including his most important poems and political writings. The texts are accompanied by detailed explanatory annotations by Ian Higgins, thirty illustrations, and a full introduction by Claude Rawson. This is an indispensable edition for scholar and student alike.More
Jacob Riis, Hasia R. Diner
How the Other Half Lives occupies a premier place on a small list of American books—along with Uncle Tom’s Cabin, The Jungle, Silent Spring, The Feminine Mystique, and Unsafe at Any Speed—that changed public opinion, influenced public policy, and left an indelible mark on history.More
Mary Wollstonecraft, Deidre Shauna Lynch
Third Edition
Arguably the most original book of the eighteenth century, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman is a pioneering feminist work.More
Lee Gutkind
The one guide every creative nonfiction writer needs to turn to when being "creative."More
Max Weber, Richard Swedberg
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism is Max Weber’s most important work and, since its publication in 1904, has been widely considered the most important sociological study of the twentieth century.More
Henry D. Thoreau, William Rossi
Third Edition
This revised and expanded Third Edition adds three important post-Walden essays, "Slavery in Massachusetts," "Walking," and "Wild Apples," bringing the full scope of Thoreau's mature powers to twenty-first-century readers. The texts are accompanied by explanatory annotations, Thoreau's survey of Walden Pond, and the 1852 Walling map of Concord village and its environs.More
Alexis de Tocqueville, Isaac Kramnick, Henry Reeves
The Norton Critical Edition presents Tocqueville’s classic text in the Henry Reeves translation.More
Lee Gutkind
Volume(s): 1
Narrative nonfiction at its cutting-edge best from writers at the cusp of recognition and fame.More
Susanna Moodie, Michael Peterman
In 1832, Susanna Moodie immigrated to Canada from Britain with her
husband and daughter in search of comfort and independence in the
unsettled Canadian backwoods.More