This book offers a unique insight into fifty personalities who in some way shaped the second half of the 20th century (the ‘short century’). It features exclusive...
"The Arabian Nights Entertainments", Selected and Edited by Andrew Lang"One Thousand and One Nights" is a collection of Middle Eastern folk tales compiled in...
A vast collection of Wilde's aphorisms.Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright.
Victor Marie Hugo (26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. Hattie Tyng Griswold (1842 - 1909) was a...
"Twelve Years a Slave" is an 1853 memoir and slave narrative by American Solomon Northup.Solomon Northup (1808 – 1863) was an American abolitionist.
The text presents the main topics related to advertising, from its evolution in the post-war period until the global advertising through advertising agencies, the effects of...
"Her lover" is a short story by Maxim GorkyMaxim Gorky was a Russian and Soviet writer.Translated by Thomas Seltzer.
Kate Chopin, born Katherine O'Flaherty (February 8, 1850 – August 22, 1904), was a U.S. author of short stories and novels based in Louisiana.
An Alpine Divorce is a short story by Robert Barr.Robert Barr (16 September 1849 – 21 October 1912) was a Scottish-Canadian short story writer and...
The Canterbury Pilgrims is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne.Nathaniel Hawthorne (July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer.