In a certain well-known and populous city in one of the north-western provinces of China, there once resided a man of the name of Meng. Everyone knew about him. His fame had spread not only through...więcej »
"These lively, imaginative poems make for easy reading. Sometimes whimsical, sometimes profound, but always unpunctuated, they range in reference from Norman Rockwell to Carl Jung and celebrate ...więcej »
Eat, Drink, and Be Poisoned...Cendrine West is looking forward to a cozy Christmas when a blizzard blows in, bringing with it a flurry of unexpected guests. But tipsy wit...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 »
One hundred years ago American women fought for and won an equal voice at the ballot box with the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. This happened thanks to the unrelenting activism of women...więcej »
Discover the Claire Whitcomb Western Collection:Retribution:They took everything. Now she wants revenge. Claire Whitcomb's gunning for the men who destr...więcej »
Bank teller Claire Bennett's life changes when she wins the lottery, and buys an ancient fixer-upper on the idyllic island of Fuerteventura.After moving to the island's sleepy inland vill...więcej »
Alec feels that everything-his past, the rudiments of civil society, the country itself-have slipped away and now he needs to make some sense of things, and finally do something. Alec Carton, a ...więcej »
Wilde, glamorous and notorious, more famous as a playwright or prisoner than as a poet, invites readers of his verse to meet an unknown and intimate figure. The poetry of his formative years includ...więcej »
That is not dead that can eternal lie And with strange aeons even death may die Millenia ago, the Old Ones ruled our planet. Since that time, they have but slumbered. But when a massive sea tremor ...więcej »
Collected here are an assortment of Thoreau writings displaying his view of nature, life and living. From Walking and Walden to Civil Disobedience, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers and mo...więcej »
First published in 1939, "Coming Up for Air" is a novel by George Orwell that tells the story of 45-year-old insurance salesman George Bowling who, foreseeing the horrors of World War II, endeavour...więcej »
The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Volume II (1914) compiles some of Percy Bysshe Shelley's best-known works as a leading poet, playwright, and political thinker of the n...więcej »
The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Volume III (1914) compiles some of Percy Bysshe Shelley's best-known works as a leading poet, playwright, and political thinker of the ...więcej »
This vintage book contains the "Poems" section of "The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde". Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854 - 1900) was a seminal Irish author, poet, and playwright. He was th...więcej »
In Confessions of a Barefaced Woman, Allison Joseph turns her keen and sassy eye on all the furious and hilarious conditions of modern black womanhood.więcej »
Arthur Miller clearly enjoys militantly civil conversation. Perhaps the most remarkable feature of Miller in interview is his willingness to answer question after question with grace and substance,...więcej »
Frances is twenty-one years old, cool-headed and observant. A student in Dublin and an aspiring writer, at night she performs spoken word with her best friend Bobbi, who used to be her girlfriend. ...więcej »
When Jimmy Carter (b. 1924) lost the presidency in 1980, it would have been reasonable to think his public life was coming to an end. The moderate, evangelical, blue-jeans-wearing peanut farmer mad...więcej »