Hryhory Skovoroda is considered by many as the first great Slavic philosopher and poet. Written over a period stretching from the 1750s until 1785, his The Garden of<...więcej »
"A Tear and a Smile" is a 1914 collection of parables, stories and poems written by Khalil Gibran and illustrated with four of his own paintings and drawings. Gibran Khalil Gibran (1883 - 1931) was...więcej »
The first-ever collection of Victorian Christmas ghost stories, culled from rare 19th-century periodicals
During the Victorian era, it became tr...więcej »
A cream-of-the-crop selection of Murakami's brilliance and piercing wit.This collection shows sides of Ryu Murakami that even avid fans may not be expecting.
The intriguing, som...więcej »
Few twentieth-century authors can compete with J.R.R. Tolkien. More than three-quarters of a century after the publication of The Hobbit in 1937, his works continue to captivate million...więcej »
Few twentieth-century authors can compete with J.R.R. Tolkien. More than three-quarters of a century after the publication of The Hobbit in 1937, his works continue to captivate million...więcej »
Welcome to the Black Triangle, New York's decadent district of opium dens, gambling casinos, drunken sailors, gaudy hookers, and back room abortions. The queen of this unsavory neighborhood is Blac...więcej »
"One of the greatest works of science fiction ever written." - Richard Dawkins
"Without a question the most intelligently written science fiction story I have ever read . . . A terrific ya...więcej »
For every day from Shrove Tuesday to Easter Day, the bestselling poet Malcolm Guite chooses a favourite poem from across the Christian spiritual and English literary traditions and offers incisive ...więcej »
Towards the end of his life, the eccentric archaeologist, historian, architect, and collector Henry Chapman Mercer (1856-1930) channeled his antiquarian interests and his love of Gothic literature ...więcej »
Ben and Marian Rolfe are desperate to escape a stifling summer in their tiny Brooklyn apartment, so when they get the chance to rent a mansion in upstate New York for the entire season for only $90...więcej »
A seven-foot-tall man washes up naked on the Scottish coast with no memory of his past and no clue to his identity except the words "Gog" and "Magog" tattooed on his knuckles. Knowing only that he ...więcej »
"Arresting and terrifying . . . Will keep you pondering long after you put it down." - New York World Telegram and Sun
"Taut detachment . . . irresistible narrative drive. Realized ...więcej »
Beauty and the Beast - Origins of the Fairy Tales from around the World' contains seven different versions of the 'Beauty and the Beast' story. It includes an in-depth introduction to the fairy ta...więcej »
Cinderella - Origins of the Fairy Tales from around the World' contains seven different versions of 'Cinderella', including an in-depth introduction to the fairy tale genre itself, as well as the f...więcej »
This early work by James Oliver Curwood was originally published in 1919 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. "Nomads of the North" tells the story of a malemute ...więcej »
"The Confessions of Arsene Lupin" is a collection of nine stories - or confessions - of the celebrated gentleman thief Arsene Lupin. This early work by Maurice Leblanc was originally published in 1...więcej »
The poetry of the Graveyard School - gloomy meditations on mortality, often composed in churchyards - was immensely popular in 18th-century England and was an important forerunner of the Romantic p...więcej »
I would do anything for my dream job. Now I have to.
In order to save my skin at the office, I'm forced to sell it at an exclusive and illegal blindfold club. He paid thousands ...więcej »