Barbara Perkins Books

Widely known as the anthology that best unites tradition with innovation, The American Tradition in Literature is proud to enter its fifth decade of leadership among textbook anthologies of American literature. Each volume continues to offer a flexible organization, with literary merit as the guiding principle of selection. The new photos and illustrations illuminate the texts and literary/historical timelines help students put works in context.

Having flown four thousand miles to the remote and arid state in Central Africa where she is to work as a midwife, Kate Raven feels quite satisfied that she has left her family problems well and truly behind. But to her displeasure, when she steps into the blazing sunshine at Mutala Airport, she is met by handsome and furious Dr Nicholas Kyle - her boss - and her long-lost cousin by marriage...