El origen de las especies (The origin of species, en inglés) o más exactamente El origen de las especies mediante la selección natural o la conservación de las razas favorecidas en la lucha por la vida es un libro escrito por Charles Darwin (1809 -1882), publicado el 24 de noviembre de 1859 (John Murrap, Londres); agotó los 1.250 ejemplares impresos en el primer día. En él, expuso por primera vez sus ideas sobre la selección natural y la teoría de la evolución. Esta obra es un trabajo fundamental dentro de la historia de la ciencia y la biología. En él, Darwin argumenta largamente su teoría sobre cómo los organismos evolucionan gradualmente por medio de la selección natural, presentando evidencias de su teoría acumuladas en su viaje en el HMS Beagle en los a?os 1831-1836. Su teoría se oponía ampliamente a las teorías vigentes en su época, creacionismo y catastrofismo. El libro puede ser leído por no especialistas. Aunque las ideas presentadas constituyen la base de la biología moderna continúan siendo controvertidas para ciertos grupos religiosos quienes se apoyan en una interpretación literal de textos religiosos a favor de explicaciones creacionistas.

Includes: The Diary of a Superfluous Man, A Tour in the Forest, Yakov Pasinkov, Andrei Kolosov, and A Correspendence. The Diary of a Superfluous Man is an 1850 novella by Russian author Ivan Turgenev. It is written in the first person in the form of a diary by a man who has a few days left to live as he recounts incidents of his life. The story has become the archetype for the Russian literary concept of the superfluous man.

A collection of essays about writing: "On some technical elements of style in literature", "The morality of the profession of letters", "Books which have influenced me", "A note on realism", "My first book: ‘Treasure Island’", "The genesis of ‘the master of Ballantrae’" & "Preface to ‘the master of Ballantrae’".

The Elements of Style is an American English writing style guide. It is one of the most influential and best-known prescriptive treatments of English grammar and usage in the United States. It originally detailed eight elementary rules of usage, ten elementary principles of composition, and "a few matters of form" as well as a list of commonly misused words and expressions. Updated editions of the paperback book are often required reading for American high school and college composition classes.

The story begins with strange lights and sounds, including blaring trumpet music, reported in the skies all over the world. The events are capped by the mysterious appearance of black flags with gold suns atop tall historic landmarks such as the Statue of Liberty in New York, the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, and the Eiffel Tower in Paris. These events are all the work of the mysterious Robur (Latin for "oak" and figuratively taken to mean "strength"), a brilliant inventor who intrudes on a meeting of a flight-enthusiast's club called the Weldon Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The book tells the adventures of five American prisoners of war on an uncharted island in the South Pacific. Begining in the American Civil War, as famine and death ravage the city of Richmond, Virginia, five northern POWs decide to escape in a rather unusual way – by hijacking a balloon! This is only the beginning of their adventures...

Evil master criminal sets out for world domination from the French pioneer of Science Fiction.

One of the earliest science fantasy stories ever written, From the Earth to the Moon follows three wealthy members of a post-Civil War gun club who design and build an enormous columbiad -- and ride a spaceship fired from it all the way to the moon!

De Profundis (Latin: "from the depths") is an epistle written by Oscar Wilde during his imprisonment in Reading Gaol, to Lord Alfred Douglas.

Adam Smith's masterpiece, first published in 1776, is the foundation of modern economic thought and remains the single most important account of the rise of, and the principles behind, modern capitalism. Written in clear and incisive prose, The Wealth of Nations articulates the concepts indispensable to an understanding of contemporary society.

The Federalist Papers are a series of 85 articles advocating the ratification of the United States Constitution. Seventy-seven of the essays were published serially in The Independent Journal and The New York Packet between October 1787 and August 1788. A compilation of these and eight others, called The Federalist, was published in 1788 by J. and A. McLean. The Federalist Papers serve as a primary source for interpretation of the Constitution, as they outline the philosophy and motivation of the proposed system of government. The authors of the Federalist Papers wanted to both influence the vote in favor of ratification and shape future interpretations of the Constitution. According to historian Richard B. Morris, they are an "incomparable exposition of the Constitution, a classic in political science unsurpassed in both breadth and depth by the product of any later American writer."

EFSANELERE G?RE ?STANBUL’UN KURULU?U "Bu ?ehr-i Sitambul ki, bi mi?l-u behad?r, Bir sengine, yekpare Acem mülkü fedad?r" ?air Nedim Yeryüzünde, bu kadar ?ok ada ve sana sahip kent ?ok ender bulunur. Her ulus, ?stanbul'u ba?ka bir adla and?. Ayr?ca, fetihten ?nceki adlar? ba?kayd?, fetihten sonrakiler ba?ka... Tarih sahnesine, Byzas, Buzis, Byse, Bysante gibi adlarla ??kt?. Roma d?nemine kadar da en ?ok Byzant?on olarak an?ld?. Romal?lar Antoneia, Anthu?a, Deutera Rome dediler. Sonra, uzun bir d?nem boyunca Konstantinopolis olarak kald?. Kuzeylilerin verdikleri adlar?n bir k?sm? kentin gücünü vurguluyordu: Tsar??rad (Slav kaynaklar?nda imparator kenti) ve M?klegard (Vikinglerde ?mparator Mikhael’?n kenti) gibi. Ruslar Tekfuriye ve Zavegorod, Macarlar Vizenduvar, Polonyal?lar Kanatorya, ?ekler Aylana, ?sve?liler Herakl?yan, Hollandal?lar ?stefanya, Franklar Agrandone, Portekizliler Ko?tiye, Araplar Konstantiniyye-i Kübra, Acemler Kayser-i Zemin, Hintliler Taht-i Rum, Mo?ollar ?akdüryan demi?lerdi bir zamanlar Osmanl?'n?n "Asitane"sine. ?te yandan, ?stanbul'a yak??t?r?lan sanlar da en az kendisi kadar g?rkemliydi: Asitane-i Saadet (Sültan Saray?), Dar-ül Hilafe (Halife'nin evi), Darü's Saltana (Saltanat?n evi), Dergah-? Selat?n (Sultanlar kap?s?)... Ve sonunda bizim kentimiz, ?stanbul. Bilinen tarihi 2600 y?ldan daha eskilere uzanan bu ya?l?, ama muhte?em kent, zaman?n ak??? i?inde büyük uygarl?klar?n y?k?l??lar?m da g?rdü, yenilerinin nas?l kurulduklar?na da... ?mparatorluklar?n bu herkesi k?skand?ran g?rkemli ba?kentinin k??e buca??, birbiriyle ilgisi olmayan kültürlerin miras?yla süslendi. Ve sonu?ta, tüm üslup ve kültürler i? i?e ge?erek, birbirini ?zümseyerek, ?stanbul'un an?tsal tarihini olu?turdu. Kentin kurulu?u üzerine rivayet muhtelif. En ünlüsü ve bilineni Megaral? g??menlerinin yolculu?u. Bir de Evliya ?elebi'nin anlatt??? var ki, tad?na doyum olmuyor... Efsaneye g?re, Koressa'n?n o?lu, Yunanistan'?n Megara kentinden gen? Byzas, yanda?lar?yla birlikte, b?lgedeki bask?lardan kurtulmak, yeni bir kent kurmak ve ?zgürlü?ünü ilan etmek i?in yola ??kt?. Her ?ey iyiydi de, kent nerede kurulacakt?? O ?a?da, bilinmeyenleri bilinir k?lan birisine, Delfoi kentindeki kahine dan??t? gen? adam. Delfoi kahini gidece?i yeri tarif etti; "Kentini kuraca??n yer, k?rler ülkesinin tam kar??s?nda olacak." Byzas yola ??kt?, arad? tarad?, k?rler ülkesi diye bir yer yoktu. Sonunda, mola verdikleri bir deniz k?y?s?nda, kar?? sahile bakt? ve ba??rd?: "Bu insanlar k?r mü, buras? varken orada oturulur mu?". Delfoi kahinini hat?rlad? gen? adam; "K?rler ülkesinin kar??s?nda kuracaks?n kentini." K?rler ülkesi, günümüzün Kad?k?y'üdür! ?stanbul'dan ?ok y?llar ?nce kurulmu?tur "Khalkedonia", yani Kad?k?y. Byzas; ordusuyla gelip soluklanmak i?in durdu?u ?imdiki Sarayburnu'nda, manzaran?n muhte?em g?rüntüsünden adeta büyülenmi?ti. Khalkedonia'n?n neden "K?rler ?lkesi" tan?mlamas?n? hak etti?ini anlam??t? art?k. ?ünkü, b?yle cennet benzeri bir yer dururken, tam kar??da ve korumas?z bir yerde kent kuranlar, ancak k?r olabilirlerdi! Ol hikaye b?yle. Temelleri Sarayburnu s?rtlar?nda at?lan kente, kurucusunun ad? olan Byzas'tan dolay?, "Byzas'?n kenti" anlam?nda "Byzant?on" dendi...

Journey to the Center of the Earth is a classic 1864 science fiction novel by Jules Verne (published in the original French as Voyage au centre de la Terre). The story involves a professor who leads his nephew and hired guide down a volcano in Iceland to the "center of the Earth". They encounter many adventures, including prehistoric animals and natural hazards, eventually coming to the surface again in southern Italy.

La ville flottante, c'est le Great Eastern, un énorme navire faisant la traversée Liverpool-New York, à bord duquel se trouvent plusieurs milliers de personnes, avec leurs caractères différents. Une vraie société. Le personnage principal du récit en est le narrateur.

Michel Strogoff est un roman de Jules Verne paru en 1875 écrit spécialement pour la visite du Tsar à Paris. Ce livre fut d'ailleurs approuvé par les autorités russes avant sa parution. Ce roman décrit le périple de Michel Strogoff, courrier du tsar de Russie, de Moscou à Irkoutsk, capitale de la Sibérie orientale. Sa mission est d'avertir le frère du tsar, sans nouvelles de Moscou, de l'arrivée imminente des hordes tartares menées par le traitre Ivan Ogareff pour envahir la Sibérie. Sur cette route pleine d'obstacles, il trouvera la belle Nadia, ainsi que les journalistes européens Harry Blount et Alcide Jolivet.

Le roman raconte la course autour du monde d'un gentleman anglais, Phileas Fogg, qui a fait le pari d'y parvenir en 80 jours. Il est accompagné par Jean Passepartout, son serviteur fran?ais. L'ensemble du roman est un habile mélange entre récit de voyage (traditionnel pour Jules Verne) et données scientifiques comme celle utilisée pour le rebondissement de la chute du roman. Ce voyage extraordinaire est rendu possible gr?ce à la révolution des transports qui marque le xixe siècle et les débuts de la révolution industrielle. L'apparition de nouveaux modes de transport (chemin de fer, marine à vapeur) et l'ouverture du canal de Suez en 1869 raccourcissent les distances, ou du moins le temps nécessaire pour les parcourir.

Le professeur Lidenbrock trouve un document dans lequel il apprend l'existence d'un volcan éteint dont la cheminée pourrait le conduire jusqu'au centre de la Terre. Accompagné de son neveu Axel et du guide Hans, il se rend au volcan Sneffels, en Islande, et s'engouffre dans les entrailles de la Terre. Ils ne tarderont pas à faire d'étonnantes découvertes...

An invisible princess, a magic ring, and more adventures than you could dream of. This is what Gerald, Kathleen and Jimmy find when they stumble upon a mysterious castle. At first it all appears to be a lark. But the children soon discover they need all their bravery and ingenuity to contend with the castle's supernatural forces

All's Well That Ends Well is a play by William Shakespeare, originally classified as a comedy, though now often counted as one of his problem plays, so-called because they cannot be easily classified as tragedy or comedy. It was probably written in later middle part of Shakespeare's career, between 1601 and 1608, and was first published in the First Folio in 1623. The name of the play comes from the proverb All's well that ends well, which means that problems do not matter so long as the outcome is good.

Love's Labour's Lost is one of William Shakespeare's early comedies, believed to have been written in the mid-1590s, and first published in 1598. The play opens with the King of Navarre and three noble companions, Berowne, Dumaine, and Longaville, taking an oath to devote themselves to three years of study, promising not to give in to the company of women — Berowne somewhat more hesitantly than the others.

Seul et triste, Sanine voit approcher la vieillesse et se souvient. Il avait vingt ans quand il fit étape à Francfort, au retour d'un voyage en Europe. La première fois qu'il vit Gemma, dans la confiserie de sa mère, il en tomba follement amoureux. Gemma est belle, brune, parée de toutes les vertus et, très vite, partage son inclination. Pour elle, Sanine est prêt à tout: il se bat en duel, il l'arrache à son fiancé, un premier commis infatué de lui-même, obtient sa main et décide de vendre ses terres pour assurer à sa belle une vie confortable. S?r de régler l'affaire en trois jours, il part à Wiesbaden où se trouve en villégiature la femme - riche - d'un de ses amis. C'est là que le destin dérape. Sanine ne reviendra jamais à Francfort, pris dans un piège grossier qui lui co?tera son bonheur...