Areopagitica and Other Writings

Reducere. John Milton published several revolutionary manifestos, two works defending regicide, and of course the famous Areopagitica, or defense of freedom ...

This volume includes Franklin's reflections on such diverse questions as philosophy and religion, social status, electricity, American national cha...

Celebrated in its own day as the progenitor of 'a school of sentimental writers', A Sentimental Journey (1768) has outlasted its many imitators bec...

The only autobiography by a major Victorian novelist, Trollope's account offers a fascinating insight into his literary life and opinions. This edi...

Reducere. A comprehensive and insightful compilation of Benjamin Franklin's The Autobiography and other essays which offers an in-depth look into the life of...

With their call for "simplicity, simplicity, simplicity , " for self-honesty, and for harmony with nature, the writings of Henry David Thoreau are ...

DescriptionThomas Paine is most famous for writing Common Sense, a pamphlet distributed during the American Revolution advocating for colonial Amer...

Reducere. Includes a preface by Butts' biographer Nathalie Blondel. In the newly reissued classic first novel of modernist English writer Mary Butts, a drama...

Reducere. Together in one place, this is a collection of most important works of Bhagat Singh, the Indian communist revolutionary who was executed by the Bri...

Reducere. Together in one place, this is a collection of most important works of Bhagat Singh, the Indian communist revolutionary who was executed by the Bri...

Completely revised and edited with an introduction and notes by Vincent Carretta An exciting and often terrifying adventure story, as well as an im...

DescriptionPoetry. Fiction. Translated by Simon Schuchat and Ainsley Morse. With nearly 300 pages of prose and poetry, SOVIET TEXTS is the first re...

Franklin's writings span a long and distinguished career of literary, scientific, and political inquiry--the work of a man whose life lasted for ne...

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was born in Dublin. He is considered the foremost prose satirist in the English language, which stemmed from his critici...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: James Allen"As a Man Thinketh" has long since been regarded as a classic. This short accessible work elucidates the power o...

'To open a book by David Jones is to walk in the ley lines of his dreaming, a dreaming offered to believer and non-believer alike.

Thomas De Quincey's Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821) launched a fascination with drug use and abuse that has continued from his day to ...

Walter Benjamin - philosopher, essayist, literary and cultural theorist - was one of the most original writers and thinkers of the twentieth centur...

DescriptionA byword for initiative and determination, A Message to Garcia recounts a soldier's unquestioning acceptance and fulfillment of his orde...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

DescriptionA beautiful translation of one of the most-loved classics of Japanese literature. Bashō (1644-1694)--a great luminary of Asian literatur...

Reducere. DescriptionIn its precise and beautiful language, and in that of the other writings of the Sage, which are included in this volume, is presented hi...

Reducere. DescriptionA fascinating compilation of weather forecasts, recipes, jokes, and aphorisms, Poor Richard's Almanack debuted in 1732. This new edition...

An anthology of writings by legendary poet Tristan Tzara (1896-1963). It includes a critical introduction, an account of variants, and an essay set...

'Love is nothing without feeling. And feeling is still less without love.' Celebrated in its own day as the progenitor of 'a school of sentimental ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. First published in 1666, "The Blazing World", is both one of the first novels written in English and one of the earliest works of science fiction. ...

Reducere. The Campaner Thal And Other Writings, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have ...

Reducere. Best known as a writer of supernatural horror, T.E.D. Klein, author of The Ceremonies and Dark Gods, has also written essays, articles, op-ed piece...

Reducere. Collected here for the first time: a selection of the great writer's journalism, which he considered more important to his legacy than his acclaime...

The fifth volume of the History of Middle-earth, containing the early myths and legends which led to the writing of Tolkien's epic tale of war, The...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. "My Inventions" is a candid and illuminating autobiography of Nikola Tesla, one of the most important technological innovators of the modern indust...

Descartes' The World offers the most comprehensive vision of the nature of the world since Aristotle, and is crucial for an understanding of his la...

The collected writings of composer Ben JohnstonPublisher: University of Illinois PressAuthor(s): Ben JohnstonIllustration(s): 1 black & white photo...

Reducere. Readers will recognize their favorite horror stories in the collection "The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings." Edgar Allen Poe was a master of su...

DescriptionThe most influential art theorist and critic of his age, an outstanding man of letters, a sensitive painter and draughtsman, Ruskin's so...

An enlightening anthology of George Orwell's journalism and non-fiction writing, showing his genius across a wide variety of genres. Little escaped...

Reducere. DescriptionJohn Stuart Mill was an English philosopher, political economist, feminist, and civil servant. One of the most influential thinkers in t...

This edition of The Birth of Tragedy, one of the seminal philosophical works of the modern period, presents a new translation by Ronald Speirs and ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Walt WhitmanEditor: Michael MoonWhile continuing to provide leading commentary on Whitman by major twentieth-century poets ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Nathaniel HawthorneEditor: Leland S. Person- Revised and expanded explanatory footnotes, a new preface, and a note on the t...

Amid the 18th century's golden generation that included his companions Adam Smith, Samuel Johnson and Edward Gibbon, Burke's controversial mixture ...