The novel follows lives of three families in England at the beginning of the 20th century: the Wilcoxes, rich capitalists with a fortune made in the Colonies; the half German...

A surprising journey across continents, backwards and forwards in time....The Parisian writer Anatole France wondered whether chance was the pseudonym of God when He did not want...

Pentru Kyoko, creaturile mitice sunt ceva ce închiriați și vizionați într-o sâmbătă noapte împreună cu prietenii. Când un urmăritor misterios...

In this novel, the characters of Plantagenet Palliser, his wife Lady Glencora and their uncle the ailing Duke of Omnium are in the background. The story centres on Lizzie...

"On Liberty" is a philosophical work by the English philosopher John Stuart Mill, originally intended as a short essay.John Stuart Mill (20 May 1806 – 8 May 1873)...

The Oration on the Dignity of Man (De hominis dignitate) is a famous public discourse pronounced in 1486 by Pico della Mirandola, an Italian scholar and philosopher of the...

Trygaeus, a middle-aged Athenian, miraculously brings about a peaceful end to the Peloponnesian War, thereby earning the gratitude of farmers while bankrupting various tradesmen...

A story of the two girls, Banford and March who had taken the farm together, intending to work it all by themselves: that is, they were going to rear chickens, make a living by...

“Pleasure and pain mixing into one glorious whole... she was crying out again and again…"Annie is eighteen, and an orphan. Living out her days in the dismal...

Curvy girl Sierra Ford regrets that she agreed to impersonate her friend on a blind date. The only guys she's ever met on blind dates were unemployed leeches living in...