Devil's Contract

Devil's ContractBy: Ed Simon "Lively . . . excoriating, eloquent . . . We are all Faustians now." James Wood, The New Yorker A devilishly fascinating tour of the Faustian bargain through the ages, from brimstone to blues and beyond, now in paperback . . . From ancient times to the modern world, the idea of the Faustian bargainthe exchange of one's soul in return for untold riches and powerhas exerted a magnetic pull upon our collective imaginations. Scholar Ed Simon

Barbara Bradfield's aggressive breast cancer had recurred and spread to her lungs

while ink- and die-cut lines resembling stained glass arc across the pages like birds in flight

It’s where his German grandparents—Frederick and Jette—found themselves after journeying across the turbulent Atlantic

Devastated by war and resorting to violence

By: Neil Armstrong | Illustrator:  Grahame Baker Smith   First man on the moon Neil Armstrong's only children's book is a unique exploration of how the Earth and the Moon came to be

Using his own cutting-edge research as a professor at Wharton Business School

He demonstrates why plans to protect pedestrians from cars often lead to more accidents

PRAISE FOR MAESTRA

As Trudy says in the final line of the book: "Acts and words of kindness DO count

they hang theirs side by side

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Their fears are borne out when another tragedy rocks the realm