Readable Classics

Park's two journeys to Africa, in 1795 and 1805, provided Europeans with their first reliable descriptions of that continent's interior. A vivid re...

Reducere. All-new editions of four popular guides to altering consciousness -- These underground classics from the 1970s have been rewritten and repackaged w...

Reducere. B. B. Warfield, the last of the "Princeton Theologians", employs his rare exegetical skill to present a concise, compelling and thoroughly readable...

The Argonautika, the only surviving epic of the Hellenistic era, is a retelling of the tale of Jason and the Golden Fleece, probably the oldest ext...

Reducere. DescriptionDao De Jing in Chinese Original, English Translation and Pinyin annotations. Chinese original characters are large print and readable, o...

Reducere. The Signet Classics edition of William Shakespeare's Othello, a disturbing exploration of jealousy and wrath. Tragedy takes hold as the cunning and...

A collection of 25 thought provoking Essays which create a bridge between the Classical personification of values and link them to training and edu...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: William ShakespeareEditor: Albert GilmanThe Signet Classics edition of William Shakespeare's comedic play about two endurin...

Reducere. "I can hardly think that healthy boys will ever let Stevenson's books of adventure die." -Sir Arthur Conan DoyleLook Inside the Book"Mark Twain onc...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Carolyn HaywoodIllustrator: Carolyn HaywoodFrom Carolyn Haywood, author of the beloved Betsy series, here are four more cla...

Reducere. Plautus was the single greatest influence on Western comedy. In fact, Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors and Moliere's the Miser are two subsequent cla...

Reducere. All three parts of William Shakespeare's Henry VI are combined in this Signet Classics edition of the Bard's historical play. When his father dies,...

``The father of history, `` as Cicero called him, and a writer possessed of remarkable narrative gifts, enormous scope, and considerable charm, Her...

The books collected in this volume represent the first time since the mid-nineteenth century that the four seminal masterworks of ancient Chinese t...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jack LondonTor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art ent...

In the spring of 2010, Harvard Business School's graduating class asked HBS professor Clay Christensen to address them--but not on how to apply his...

About the Series: Oxford's Very Short Introductions offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects--from Islam to Sociology,...

Reducere. Bishop J. C. Ryle's method is obvious--scriptural and expository. He never starts with a theory into which he fits scriptures. He always starts wit...

Reducere. Magic, love spells, and an enchanted wood provide the materials for one of Shakespeare's most delightful comedies. When four young lovers, fleeing ...

Reducere. DescriptionThis visionary dystopian and apocalyptic novel of 1907 presents a future in which secular humanism has triumphed, with religion suppress...

In the spring of 2010, Harvard Business School's graduating class asked HBS professor Clay Christensen to address them--but not on how to apply his...

Chaucer's masterpiece and one of the greatest narrative poems in English, the story of the lovers Troilus and Criseyde is renowned for its deep hum...

Leading management scholar, John Hendry provides a lively introduction to the nature and practice of management. Tracing its development over the l...

Reducere. "The heart of Christianity is a myth which is also a fact." --C. S. Lewis InFrom Achilles to Christ, Louis Markos introduces readers to the great n...

Consensual adult spanking can be sexy or strict, giggly or grave, gentle enough to pinken the skin or intense enough to leave marks. It can involve...

Astrobiology is an exciting new subject, and one, arguably, more interdisciplinary than any other. Astrobiologists seek to understand the origin an...

DescriptionA story of guile, treachery, loyalty and desperate courage This great German epic poem of murder and revenge recounts with particular st...

Reducere. William Shakespeare's timeless tragedy follows the bloody path of the "rudely stamped" Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who uses his murderous guile to...

DescriptionBabyLit Storybooks are a great way to introduce young readers to the classics, with easy to read storylines and bright illustrations. Th...

Humour is a universal feature of human life. It has been discovered in every known human culture, and thinkers have discussed it for over two thous...

Reducere. Vladimir Solovyov's philosophical classic explores the nature of war and battle in human society, and the potential manifestations of the Antichris...

Reducere. Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History is one of the classics of early Christianity and of equal stature with the works of Flavius Josephus. Eusebius chr...

Easwaran's best-selling translation of the Bhagavad Gita is reliable, readable, and profound. His 55-page introduction places the Gita in its histo...

BabyLit Storybooks are a great way to introduce young readers to the classics, with easy to read storylines and bright illustrations. They are part...

Reducere. "The bookshelf next to my desk holds Christian classics and books I refer to often. Idols sits on that shelf, for Herb's lucid critique has been an...

St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) saw religion as part of the natural human propensity to worship. His ability to recognize the naturalness of this ph...

Tales of the Elders of Ireland is the first complete translation of the late Middle-Irish Acallam na Sen rach, the largest literary text surviving ...

When Lieutenant Alastair Lynch shoots young Drummer Malcolm Harley in the back for desertion in the face of an enemy attack, his action seems to be...

Amid growing interest in food and drink as an academic discipline in recent years, this volume is the first to provide insight into eating and drin...

Reducere. -A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age - A New York Public Library Book to Remember from 2004 - A PSLA Young Adult Top 40 (or so) non-fic...

Reducere. "MORE WONDERS OF THE INVISIBLE WORLD: OR THE WONDERS OF THE INVISIBLE WORLD DISPLAYED IN FIVE PARTS." This unabridged prestige hardcover edition ha...

Reducere. This edition of a timeless classic--enhanced by Emergent leader Tony Jones--will appeal to college students, readers new to Christian classics, and...

Witty, informative, and devilishly shrewd, The Prince is Machiavelli's classic analysis of statesmanship and power. It is best to be both feared an...

DescriptionOf the more than one hundred books that H. G. Wells published in his lifetime, this is one of the most ambitious. Spanning the origins o...

DescriptionLongus's romance tells the story of two teenagers, Daphnis and Chloe, who love each other but do not know how to make love. Around their...

Reducere. Thomas Doane's thorough examination of Old and New Testament Biblical myths and legends, drawing parallels to stories belonging to older traditions...