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Pyrrhus
Pyrrhus
Jacob Abbott
¥8.09
According to Wikipedia: "Pyrrhus or Pyrrhos (319/318 BC—272 BC) was a Greek general and statesman of the Hellenistic era. He was king of the Greek tribe of Molossians, of the royal Aeacid house (from ca. 297 BC), and later he became King of Epirus (306-302, 297-272 BC) and Macedon (288-284, 273-272 BC). He was one of the strongest opponents of early Rome. Some of his battles, though successful, cost him heavy losses, from which the term "Pyrrhic victory" was coined. He is the subject of one of Plutarch's Parallel Lives."
Editorial Wild Oats
Editorial Wild Oats
Mark Twain
¥8.09
Short collection of short humorous essays, including: PAGE MY FIRST LITERARY VENTURE, JOURNALISM IN TENNESSEE, NICODEMUS DODGE--PRINTER, MR. BLOKE'S ITEM, HOW I EDITED AN AGRICULTURAL PAPER, and THE KILLING OF JULIUS CAESAR "LOCALIZED".
Memories and Portraits
Memories and Portraits
Robert Louis Stevenson
¥8.09
Memoirs by the author of Treasure Island. He explains at the beginning: "This volume of papers, unconnected as they are, it will be better to read through from the beginning, rather than dip into at random. A certain thread of meaning binds them. Memories of childhood and youth, portraits of those who have gone before us in the battle - taken together, they build up a face that "I have loved long since and lost awhile," the face of what was once myself. This has come by accident; I had no design at first to be autobiographical; I was but led away by the charm of beloved memories and by regret for the irrevocable dead; and when my own young face (which is a face of the dead also) began to appear in the well as by a kind of magic, I was the first to be surprised at the occurrence."
Biographia Literaria
Biographia Literaria
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
¥8.09
Coleridge's literary autobiography. He explains, "...of the objects, which I proposed to myself, it was not the least important to effect, as far as possible, a settlement of the long continued controversy concerning the true nature of poetic diction; and at the same time to define with the utmost impartiality the real poetic character of the poet, by whose writings this controversy was first kindled, and has been since fuelled and fanned." According to Wikipedia: "Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 – 1834) was an English poet, critic and philosopher who was, along with his friend William Wordsworth, one of the founders of the Romantic Movement in England and one of the Lake Poets. He is probably best known for his poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan, as well as his major prose work Biographia Literaria.
Notes on Life and Letters
Notes on Life and Letters
Joseph Conrad
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Collection of autobiographical essays and letters. According to Wikipedia: "Joseph Conrad (1857 – 1924) was a Polish-born English novelist. Many critics regard him as one of the greatest novelists in the English language—a fact that is remarkable, as he did not learn to speak English fluently until he was in his twenties (and always with a strong Polish accent). He became a naturalized British subject in 1886. Conrad is recognized as a master prose stylist. Some of his works have a strain of romanticism, but more importantly he is recognized as an important forerunner of modernist literature. His narrative style and anti-heroic characters have influenced many writers, including Ernest Hemingway, D. H. Lawrence, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Graham Greene, William S. Burroughs, Joseph Heller, V.S. Naipaul, Italo Calvino and J. M. Coetzee."
Dewey and other Naval Commanders
Dewey and other Naval Commanders
Edward Ellis
¥8.09
Biography. According to Wikipedia: "Edward Sylvester Ellis (April 11, 1840 – June 20, 1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio and died at Cliff Island, Maine. Ellis was a teacher, school administrator, and journalist, but his most notable work was that that he performed as author of hundreds of dime novels that he produced under his name and a number of noms de plume. Notable works by Ellis include The Huge Hunter, or the Steam Man of the Prairies and Seth Jones, or the Captives of the Frontier. Internationally, Edward S. Ellis is probably best known for his Deerhunter novels widely read by young boys up to the 1950s (together with works by James Fenimore Cooper and Karl May). In the mid-1880s, after a fiction-writing career of some thirty years, Ellis eventually turned his pen to more serious works of biography, history, and persuasive writing."
A Confederate Girl's Diary
A Confederate Girl's Diary
Sarah Morgan Dawson
¥8.09
The war-time diary of a young girl, first published in 1913.
Elective Affinities, Essays, and Letters by Goethe
Elective Affinities, Essays, and Letters by Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
¥8.09
This collection includes: Elective Affiniities and shorter works by Goethe. The German Classics Of The Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries, Volume 2, edited by Kuno Francke.
Speaking of Operations
Speaking of Operations
Irvin S Cobb
¥8.09
Dodo Collections brings you another classic from Irvin S. Cobb, ‘"Speaking of Operations". ? Speaking of Operations is a monologue about the author's experience in having an operation in 1915 written in his typical tongue-in-cheek style. ? American author, humorist, editor and columnist from Paducah, Kentucky who relocated to New York during 1904, living there for the remainder of his life. ? Cobb joined the staff of the magazine Saturday Evening Post during 1911, and covered the Great War for the magazine. At the same time, he wrote a book about his experiences, published during 1915, titled Paths Of Glory. After a second visit to France to cover the Great War, Cobb publicized the achievements of the unit known as theHarlem Hellfighters, most notably, Croix de Guerre recipients Henry Lincoln Johnson and Needham Roberts. His article "Young Black Joe," published on August 24, 1918 in theSaturday Evening Post and later republished in Cobb's book, The Glory of the Coming, highlighted the discipline and courage displayed by black American soldiers fighting in Europe during World War I. The three-page article and half-page photograph reached a national audience of more than two million readers, and was widely reprinted in the black press.
The Three Hostages by John Buchan - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)
The Three Hostages by John Buchan - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)
John Buchan
¥8.09
This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘The Three Hostages by John Buchan - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of John Buchan’. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Buchan includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily. eBook features: * The complete unabridged text of ‘The Three Hostages by John Buchan - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Buchan’s works * Individual contents table, allowing easy navigation around the eBook * Excellent formatting of the text Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to learn more about our wide range of titles
Two Books and a Poem
Two Books and a Poem
Helen Keller
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This file includes: The Story of My Life, The World I Live In, and The Song of the Stone Wall. According to Wikipedia: "Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. The story of how Keller's teacher, Anne Sullivan, broke through the isolation imposed by a near complete lack of language, allowing the girl to blossom as she learned to communicate, has become widely known through the dramatic depictions of the play and film The Miracle Worker. .. A prolific author, Keller was well-travelled and outspoken in her convictions. A member of the Socialist Party of America and the Industrial Workers of the World, she campaigned for women's suffrage, labor rights, socialism, and other radical left causes."
The World As I Have Found It
The World As I Have Found It
Mary L. Day Arms
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Sequel to Incidents in the Life of a Blind Girl.? First published in 1878. Autobiography of a blind woman, followed by the essays: Help the Blind Help Themselves, Sight of the Blind, How do the Blind See, Invocation to Light, Is It More to Lose Eyes than the Ears? and Education of the Blind. It also includes a collection of poems by the blind. Such a book as this has a value which, probably, has not occurred to its author. She has put on record the phenomena of her life as she has recollected them, with great simplicity, merely for the entertainment of her readers, without attaching any importance to the value which every such memoir has in the department of science. But it is just from the study of such phenomena as these that the students in mental and moral philosophy learn the laws of mind and the operations of a human soul under a divine, moral government. "
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
James Joyce
¥8.09
This unique edition of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man from Dead Dodo Vintage includes the full original text as well as exclusive features not available in other editions.
Delphi Collected Works of Sara Teasdale US (Illustrated)
Delphi Collected Works of Sara Teasdale US (Illustrated)
Sara Teasdale
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Winner of the first Pulitzer Prize for poetry, the American poet Sara Teasdale composed short, personal lyrics, noted for their classical simplicity and quiet intensity. In 1918 she won the Columbia University Poetry Society prize (forerunner of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry) and the annual prize of the Poetry Society of America for her pioneering collection of verse, ‘Love Songs’. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature's finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents Teasdale’s collected poetical works, with related illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Teasdale's life and works* Concise introduction to Teasdale’s life and poetry* Include all the poems available in the US public domain* Images of how the poetry books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts* Excellent formatting of the poems* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry* Easily locate the poems you want to read* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to see our wide range of poet titles CONTENTS: The Life and Poetry of Sara TeasdaleBrief Introduction: Sara TeasdaleSonnets to Duse and Other Poems, 1907Helen of Troy and Other Poems, 1911Rivers to the Sea, 1915Love Songs, 1917Flame and Shadow, 1920 The PoemsList of Poems in Chronological OrderList of Poems in Alphabetical Order Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of poetry titles or buy the entire Delphi Poets Series as a Super Set
The Voyage of the Beagle
The Voyage of the Beagle
Charles Darwin
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The Voyage of the Beagle is the title most commonly given to reissues of the book written by Charles Darwin and published in 1839 as his Journal and Remarks, bringing him considerable fame and respect. This was the third volume of The Narrative of the Voyages of H.M. Ships Adventure and Beagle, and covers Darwin's part in the second survey expedition of the ship HMS Beagle, which set sail from Plymouth Sound on 27 December 1831 under the command of Captain Robert FitzRoy, R.N.. Due to the popularity of Darwin's account, the publisher reissued it later in 1839 as Darwin's Journal of Researches, and the revised second edition published in 1845 used this title. A republication of the book in 1905 introduced the title The Voyage of the "Beagle". ? While the expedition was originally planned to last two years, it lasted almost five—the Beagle did not return until 2 October 1836. Darwin spent most of this time exploring on land (three years and three months on land; 18 months at sea). ? The book is a vivid and exciting travel memoir as well as a detailed scientific field journal covering biology, geology, and anthropology that demonstrates Darwin's keen powers of observation, written at a time when Western Europeans were exploring and charting the whole world. Although Darwin revisited some areas during the expedition, for clarity the chapters of the book are ordered by reference to places and locations rather than by date. Darwin's notes made during the voyage include comments illustrating his changing views at a time when he was developing his theory of evolution by natural selection and includes some suggestions of his ideas, particularly in the second edition of 1845.
Paradise Regained
Paradise Regained
John Milton
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Paradise Regained is a poem by English poet John Milton, first published in 1671 by John Macock. The volume in which it appeared also contained the poet's closet drama Samson Agonistes. Paradise Regained is connected by name to his earlier and more famous epic poem Paradise Lost, with which it shares similar theological themes; indeed, its title, its use of blank verse, and its progression through Christian history recall the earlier work. However, this effort deals primarily with the temptation of Christ as recounted in the Gospel of Luke. ? An interesting anecdote recounted by a Quaker named Thomas Ellwood provides some insight into Paradise Regained??'?s development. After studying Latin with Milton and reading the poet's epic Paradise Lost, Ellwood remarked, "Thou hast said much here of Paradise lost, but what hast thou to say of Paradise found?" Hearing this, Milton at first "sat some time in a muse" before changing the subject; however, later on he showed to Ellwood a new manuscript entitled Paradise Regained. Some maintain that although he seemed to express gratitude to Ellwood in a letter, Milton in truth "passed on a friendly if impish fabrication" that made Ellwood feel like the inspiration for the poem. Milton composed Paradise Regained at his cottage in Chalfont St Giles in Buckinghamshire. The poem is four books long, in contrast with Paradise Lost??'?s twelve. As such, Barbara K. Lewalski has labelled the work a "brief epic." ? Whereas Paradise Lost is ornate in style and decorative in its verse, Paradise Regained is carried out in a fairly plain style. Specifically, Milton reduces his use of simile and deploys a simpler syntax in Paradise Regained than he does in Paradise Lost, and this is consistent with Jesus's sublime plainness in his life and teachings (in the epic, he prefers Hebrew psalms to Greek poetry). Modern editors believe the stylistics of Paradise Regained evince Milton's poetic maturity. No longer is the poet out to dazzle his readers with bombastic verse and lengthy epic similes. This is not to say that the poem bears no affinities with Milton's earlier work, but scholars continue to agree with Northrop Frye's suggestion that Paradise Regained is "practically sui generis" in its poetic execution. ? One major concept emphasized throughout Paradise Regained is the idea of reversals. As implied by its title, Milton sets out to reverse the "loss" of Paradise. Thus, antonyms are often found next to each other, reinforcing the idea that everything that was lost in the first epic will be regained by the end of this "brief epic." Additionally, the work focuses on the idea of "hunger", both in a literal and in a spiritual sense. After wandering in the wilderness for forty days, Jesus is starving for food. Satan, too blind to see any non-literal meanings of the term, offers Christ food and various other temptations, but Jesus continually denies him. Although Milton's Jesus is remarkably human, an exclusive focus on this dimension of his character obscures the divine stakes of Jesus’s confrontation with Satan; Jesus emerges victorious, and Satan falls, amazed.
John Milton Complete Works – World’s Best Collection: 150+ Works
John Milton Complete Works – World’s Best Collection: 150+ Works
John Milton, Richard Garnett, Alexander Raliegh, HC Beeching
¥8.09
John Milton Complete Works World's Best Collection This is the world’s best John Milton collection, including the most complete set of Milton’s works available plus many free bonus materials. John Milton John Milton was an English poet, polemicist, man of letters, and civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell, best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost. Milton wrote at a time of religious and political upheaval, and his works reflect a passion for freedom, self-determination, and deep personal conviction. He has been called one of the greatest English authors of all time The ‘Must-Have’ Complete Collection In this irresistible collection you get a full set of Milton’s work, with more than 150 works - All his poems, All poetry, All Letters, All Prose and All Non-Fiction Works. Plus a full length biography and extra Free Bonus material. Works Included: Poetry -?All Poems, Early Works And Collections, Including: Paradise Lost Paradise Regained Samson Agonistes All Psalms That Milton Set To Verse All Religious Poetry All Sonnets, Including: On His Blindness On the Late Massacre in Piedmont Methought I Saw my Late Espoused Saint All Tracts, Non Fiction And Writing, Including: Of Prelatical Episcopacy Animadversions The Reason of Church-Government Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce Judgement of Martin Bucer Concerning Divorce Tetrachordon Colasterion Areopagitica The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates Eikonoklastes Defensio pro Populo Anglicano – in English Defensio Secunda – in English A Treatise of Civil Power All Letters, Including: Letters Written In The Name Of The Parliament. Letters Written In The Name Of Oliver The Protector. Letters Written In The Name Of Richard, Protector. Your Free Special Bonuses Life Of Milton - A biography of Milton’s intriguing life. Milton – a second biography, written by Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh Get This Collection Right Now This is the best John Milton collection you can get, so get it now and start enjoying and being inspired by his words like never before!
Lord Byron Complete Works – World’s Best Collection: 350+ Works
Lord Byron Complete Works – World’s Best Collection: 350+ Works
Lord Byron, John Galt
¥8.09
Lord Byron Complete Works Ultimate Collection This is the world's best Byron collection, including the most complete set of Byron's works available plus many free bonus materials. Lord Byron Byron was an English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic Movement. He is still regarded as one of the all-time greatest British poets; and he remains widely read and extremely influential The Most Complete Collection Available In this irresistible collection you get a full set of Byron's work, All his poetry, All his longer pieces, All his rarities and All his legendary works. Plus a bonus Biography. Works Included: Poetry Including: Poems On Various Occasions Hours Of Idleness Poems Of The Separation Fugitive Pieces Hebrew Melodies Including poems such as: A Woman's Hair On The Death Of Mr. Fox She Walks In Beauty The Wild Gazelle Sun Of The Sleepless! The Destruction Of Sennacherib Love And Gold Stanzas For Music The Siege Of Corinth “By The Waters Of Babylon.” The Prisoner Of Chillon The Dream Darkness Prometheus Don Juan English Bards And Scotch Reviewers Longer Works Including: The Curse Of Minerva The Waltz Childe Harold's Pilgrimage The Giaour The Bride Of Abydos The Corsair Manfred Ravenna Sardanapalus The Deformed Transformed Your Free Special BonusesAlso included in this collection is the following: The Life Of Lord Byron – a biography detailing Byron's intriguing and fascinating life Historical Context and Literary Context Notes - Detailed explanations of the Regency Era and Romanticism, written specially for this collection Get This Collection Right Now This is the best Lord Byron collection you can get, so get it now and start enjoying and being inspired by his world like never before.
Red Eve
Red Eve
Henry Rider Haggard
¥8.01
rülk, hogy úgy dntttél, belenézel a knyvembe. Tudod, ez az hely, ahol a szerzk ismert emberektl idéznek arról, hogy milyen nagyszer ez a knyv. De én ezt nem igazán szeretem. Olcsó trükknek tartom, ami csak arra jó, hogy bepalizza az embereket. Nem hiszek benne. Te ennél úgyis okosabb vagy, és szebb úgysem dlnél be. Nagyon tetszik a blúzod jól megy a knyvemhez! ELLEN DEGENERES Imádom, ahogy fogod ezt a knyvet. Látszik, hogy erre születtél Vedd meg és el se engedd! ELLEN DEGENERES Tudod, mi tetszik nekem a legjobban benned Az, hogy így egymásra találtunk. Na meg a szemed! ELLEN DEGENERES Te vagy a legkedvesebb olvasóm! Minden idk abszolút kedvence. De psszt... meg ne mondd a tbbieknek! ELLEN DEGENERES
L'art pour tous
L'art pour tous
Stéphane Mallarmé
¥7.93
Az idén 80 éves Fenákel Judit élete Hitler diadala idején kezd?d?tt, magában foglalta a második világháborút, a munkatáborba deportálást, munkaszolgálatos édesapja meggyilkolását, rokonai elvesztését. Aztán átélte egy másik diktatúra felépülését, ami egy újabb hatalom természetével ismertette meg. K?zben megírt huszonhat k?nyvet, regényeket, novellákat, hangjátékokat, nem támogatták, legfeljebb megt?rték, így maradt gyalogíró mindvégig. Ahogy magáról írja akkor botrányos K-vonal cím? novellájában, amiért Szegedr?l szerencséjére Pestig kellett futnia.A csalódásukban benne van a rangom, a helyem a világban, ott leghátul a slapajok k?z?tt, a szaladjide, viddarrább osztályban. Hogy akárki, akármelyik vastag nyakú a kett?s tokája f?l?tt, kilencven kilója toronymagasából megfenyegessen az ujjával, no-no, elvtársn?, jólesz vigyázni, majd elkapjuk a frakkját!?gy élte, éli ma is íróiéletét, diktatúrából diktatúrába bukdácsolva parancsuralmi nagyurak és konjunktúra szolgáik sokaságában azzal a meggy?z?déssel, hogy így is lehet élni. Nem nagyon kényelmes, de kibírható.?Az elhallgatás legjobb regényeinek egyike, egy fiatal n? útjáról szól a reményt?l az elhallgatásig.Ez a k?nyv t?bb mint harminc éve jelent meg el?sz?r. ?jra olvasva Salamon király b?lcsessége jut róla eszembe: Az van, ami volt, az lesz, ami van. Minden megváltozott azóta, és nem változott semmi.?Fenákel Judit
Through the Dragon Glass
Through the Dragon Glass
Abraham Merritt
¥7.93
Megfizethetetlen cím? k?nyvében Robert K. Wittman, az FBI M?kincsvédelmi Egységének alapítója el?sz?r rántja le a leplet figyelemre méltó karrierjér?l, A Thomas Crown-üggyel verseng?, ám a valós életben is megt?rtént nemzetk?zi thrillert kínálva. A The Wall Street Journal ?él? legendának” nevezte. A The London Times szerint ? ?a világ leghíresebb m?kincsnyomozója”. Wittman a megfizethetetlen m?kincsek és régiségek visszaszerzése m?g?tt rejl? t?rténetekkel kápráztatja el az olvasót. Beépített ügyn?kként általában fegyvertelenül szeg?d?tt m?kincstolvajok, csalók és feketepiaci keresked?k nyomába. Zsákmányainak változatossága egyedülálló. K?rbeutazta a világot, hogy megmentse Rockwell és Rembrandt, Pissarro, Monet és Picasso festményeit, gyakran titokban, a tengerentúli, külf?ldi kormányok szeszélyeire is tekintettel dolgozva. A Wittman által elfogott m?kincstolvajok és csalók k?z?tt van gazdag és szegény, eszes és ostoba, szervezett b?n?z? és kétségbeesett magányos farkas. Arról a csempészr?l, aki egy 6. századi, elrabolt kincset hozott neki, kiderült, hogy magas rangú diplomata. Az értékbecsl?, aki háborús h?s?k leszármazottjaitól lopta el azok családi ?r?kségét, egy ügyes, arisztokrata szélhámos volt. A múzeumi gondnok, aki George Washington hajfürtjeit tulajdonította el, csak egy kis pluszpénzt szeretett volna keresni. Az FBI számításai szerint Wittman t?bb száz millió dollár érték? m?kincset és régiséget mentett meg. Szerinte azonban a statisztika nem fontos, hiszen ki tudná eld?nteni, hogy mi ér t?bbet: egy Rembrandt-?narckép vagy egy a hadat megjárt amerikai zászló? Mindkett? megfizethetetlen.