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In an attempt to appeal to the Medici family during the Italian Renaissance, Machiavelli outlines the way to acquire and retain political power, and how great men should behave in a princely government....

In the rigid theocracy of Salem, Massachusetts, rumors that women are practicing witchcraft galvanize the town....

Fear stalks familiar ground. Acting DCI Rob Marshall is back in the Borders with a permanent promotion dangled in front of him – but storm clouds are gathering, with his new boss eyeing cutting Marshall’s Major Investigation Team.

Graham's a career police officer, with a tragic past. His quiet, thoughtful exterior hides a complex mind, and a fierce determination to see justice done.

The poems of the Poetic Edda have waited a long time for a modern English translation that would do them justice. Here it is at last (Odin be praised!). These amazing texts from a 13th-century Icelandic manuscript are of huge historical, mythological, and literary importance....

When Cara stumbles across a stash of old postcards in the attic, their contents make her question everything she thought she knew. The story she pieces together is confusing and unsettling, and appears to have been patched over with lies. But who can tell her the truth?

The complete "box set" of T. H. White's epic fantasy novel of the Arthurian legend....

Molly wants to fight Hitler by using her skills as a pilot. But the USA says no to female pilots. America is at war and Molly, a qualified pilot, is determined to use her skills in the air against the Nazis.

The Cherry Orchard is Chekhov's final play, first performed in 1904 at the Moscow Art Theatre and directed by Konstantin Stanislavski....

Dr. Johnson may have been correct in saying that “Rousseau was a very bad man,” but none can argue that his ideas are among the most influential in all of world history....

Jessica Raine stars in all four BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations of John Galsworthy's Forsyte novels....

Milton tells the story of man's creation, fall and redemption, "to justify the ways of God to men"....

Prepare to be entertained as you learn about the many myths and legends of the Celtic people. From the storytelling duo behind the Candlelit Tales, this collection weaves together the stories of those heroes, deities, and monsters that make up the mythology.

For the very first time, The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm makes available in English all 156 stories from the 1812 and 1815 editions....

Do Jane Austen novels truly celebrate—or undermine—romance and happy endings?

The Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the world’s largest Shakespeare collection, brings Hamlet to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording of its definitive Folger Edition....

Originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4, Jeremy Irons' perceptive reading illuminates the poetry of T. S. Eliot in all its complexity....

John Milton's Paradise Lost is one of the greatest epic poems in the English language....

When I discovered that my online gaming friend was Leo Evans, a student from my university, I had no idea how much my life would change. On paper, we’re complete opposites. He’s a shy computing student and I’m an outgoing footballer. Yet there’s an undeniable connection between us.

Marseille, 1815. Edmond Dantès ramène à bon port, après la mort de son capitaine, le trois-mâts "Le pharaon"...

In Shakespeare's most controversial play, the opposing values of justice and mercy must be resolved....

The narrative describes the quest of the Arthurian knight Parzival for the Holy Grail. His journey is filled with incident, from tournaments and sieges to chivalrous deeds and displays of true love....

One of the best-known collections of W. B. Yeats' prose, The Celtic Twilight explores the old connection between the Irish people and the magical world of fairies....

At the start of the 20th century, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, sex, suffering and the nature of advice itself....

A faithful translation is rare; a translation which preserves intact the original text is very rare; a perfect translation of Montaigne appears impossible....

Quitté à quelques semaines de son mariage, Étienne est prêt à tout pour rencontrer de nouveau l'amour. Nicole ne se remet pas de la mort de son mari. Tom et Luna viennent d'apprendre que leur vœu le plus cher de fonder une famille ne se réalisera jamais. Dans leur soif absolue d'amour, tous pourraient bien se laisser tenter par Meilleure Vie, l'application miracle capable d'exaucer les souhaits les plus fous.

Par une belle soirée d'été, Maya voit sa vie basculer : son mari fait ses valises et la laisse seule avec son chagrin. Elle n'a plus qu'à arborer son plus beau sourire pour jongler entre une carrière exigeante, des enfants pleins de vie et tenter de faire taire sa douleur. Quand celle-ci devient trop forte, elle peut compter sur le soutien sans faille de son gang de copines, de son imprévisible frère, et d'un jeune père divorcé qui ne la laisse pas indifférente... Et si le naufrage de sa vie parfaite lui offrait la liberté d'être enfin elle-même ?

Le monde a atteint son point ultime de folie. Des cataclysmes le ravagent, des régimes totalitaires l'enflamment. Mais un homme, Théo Gracques, se montre indifférent à ces désastres. Réfugié sur une île, il y rencontre une femme, elle aussi rebelle, et ses deux enfants. Tous les quatre s'engagent alors dans un périple à travers l'Europe et les Amériques pour défier le destin, vivre jusqu'au bout leur liberté.

Sulaco, provincia immaginaria della repubblica di Costaguana, vive sotto il battito incessante della miniera di San Tomé: è da lì che prende avvio Nostromo, capolavoro assoluto di Joseph Conrad e una delle più grandi epopee del Novecento. L'argento, motore segreto di potere, ambizione e rovina, accompagna e divora i destini di uomini e donne in un intreccio dove politica, passione e tragedia si confondono. Conrad intreccia tensione politica e inquietudine interiore, restituendo un romanzo che è insieme cronaca storica, allegoria morale e indagine dell'animo umano.

What does Jane Austen mean when she writes approvingly of a character's 'gentility' and ‘delicacy’, or critically of another's 'indolence' and 'impertinence’? What are her characters doing when they take the measure of a person's 'air' and 'address'? These questions and more are answered in this Janeite treasure trove, which examines the distinctive language woven through Austen’s signature stories. Maria Frawley takes 50 of those words - words that are integral to the fabric of Austen's fiction - and explores them in short, accessible and lively entries.

Os poemas consumiram mais de dez anos até sua feição definitiva, muitos inclusive já haviam aparecido em jornais e receberam de pronto a estima e a admiração da crítica e do público, e foram primeiramente organizados por Théodore de Banville e Charles Asselineau. A obra resultante é tida hoje como algumas das mais importantes páginas já escritas da literatura universal.

Il taglio del bosco (1959) è una raccolta di nove «racconti lunghi e romanzi brevi» costruita attorno a quello eponimo, che funge da spartiacque tra la fase "subliminare" dei primi tre testi e quella più matura, realista degli ultimi cinque, nella quale si avverte il respiro del grande romanziere. La raccolta, nel suo insieme, appare quindi come una sorta di precipitato del passato e di anticipazione del futuro, un'opera nodale di dolente forza poetica che delinea al contempo uno spaccato della società italiana in un'epoca di forti cambiamenti letterari e civili.

In popular imagination, Tolkien is a Luddite, but recent scholarship has identified Tolkien's extensive modern sympathies. Tolkien, Philosopher of War contributes to this growing literature. His is a modern critique of Enlightenment thinking, specifically those philosophies that wrest the initiative from God in divinizing man. His worry is apocalyptic politics—political movements that take Christ's word out of the realm of grace and make it a platform for political action.

Avant le conflit, c'était un peintre talentueux reçu au château, désormais c'est un déserteur que la maîtresse de maison renvoie sèchement. Saisie de compassion, Rosalie, la fille d'Isaure, le cache au grenier. Peut-on agir sur le destin? Le fugitif, la jeune fille et la mère refusent la place qui leur a été assignée.

À la fin du XIXe siècle, l'Irlande vit toujours au rythme de ses légendes : forêts enchantées et mystérieuses ensorceleuses. Nostalgique de sa terre, Sir John quitte Londres pour s'installer sur l'île d'Albans, à l'endroit même où il est né. Griselda, la troisième de ses cinq filles, rêve d'ailleurs. Rebelle dans l'âme, la jeune femme à la chevelure d'or se languit dans la demeure de ses ancêtres, vaste prison gardée par l'océan. Du haut de ses murailles, elle attend qu'on vienne la délivrer...