Ghada Samman’s most recent novel,? Farewell, Damascus ?is set in early 1960’s Damascus – a city that now languishes in the grip of corruption and political oppression following the Baathist takeover in Syria. The book opens as Zain Khayyal, a university student and aspiring young writer, plots an early-morning escape from her house as her husband slumbers. Her mission: to get an illicit abortion, plans for which she’s divulged to no one, and to announce that she wants out of her stifling marriage. A rebel and a trail-blazer par excellence, Zain draws down the wrath of polite society and the authorities, political and religious alike, as she challenges attitudes and practices that demean rather than dignify, and a ruling regime that sucks the life out of both oppressed and oppressor. As the plot unfolds, Zain finds her way as a student to a neighbouring country which, though it grants her the freedom, respect and appreciation she had lacked in her homeland, becomes a place of anguished exile. Armed with her accustomed humour, pathos and knack for suspense, Samman fearlessly tackles issues that roil societies across the globe to this day: the stigma that attaches to the divorced woman but not the divorced man; whether to choose a life partner for love, or for social status, prestige and material security; whether abortion is a crime or a means of forestalling needless undeserved suffering; lesbian intimacy as a declaration of freedom from male abuse and tyranny; rape as an instrument of humiliation and subjugation and unconditional acceptance as healing balm.? Farewell, Damascus ?is both a paean to a beloved homeland and an ode to human dignity.

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime is the opening story in this volume of Oscar Wilde tales and this collection will delight the reader with slightly darker undertones of Wilde's hugely enjoyable humorous tales. Also included in this collection: The Canterville Ghost, The Sphinx Without a Secret, The Modle Millionaire, The Protrait of Mr. W.H.

Eugenie's father Felix is a former cooper who has become wealthy through both business ventures and inheritance. However, he is very miserly, and he, his wife, daughter and their servant Nanon live in a run-down old house which he is too miserly to repair. His banker des Grassins wishes Eugenie to marry his son Adolphe, and his lawyer Cruchot wishes Eugenie to marry his nephew President Cruchot des Bonfons, both parties eyeing the inheritance from Felix.

One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, he is a modern master. This eBook offers you the unique opportunity of exploring F. Scott Fitzgerald’s work in a manner never before possible in digital print. The edition includes every Fitzgerald story collection (published in his lifetime), short story, with poems and non-fiction articles and other bonus texts. (Version 2) Features: * annotated introductions to the works, giving contextual information * illustrated with many images relating to Fitzgerald’s life, works, places and film adaptations * ALL the novels, each with its own contents table * ALL the short story collections and each with their own contents table * overall contents tables for the short stories – both alphabetical and chronological – find that special story quickly and easily! * rare short stories previously uncollected from periodicals and magazines * includes Fitzgerald’s poetry and non-fiction printed in the periodicals of his day * EVEN includes the unfinished novel THE LOVE OF THE LAST TYCOON, available nowhere else * UPDATED with Fitzgerald’s St Paul plays – explore the young writer’s first dramatic works. * UPDATED with Fitzgerald’s letters – spend hours exploring the writer’s personal correspondence. * scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres, allowing easy navigation around Fitzgerald’s works Please note: we aim to provide the most comprehensive author collections available to our readers. Sadly, it’s not possible to guarantee an absolutely ‘complete’ works, due to copyright restrictions on plays and the scarcity of some minor works. However, we do ensure our customers that every possible major text, with bonus material, is included. If you feel a significant text is missing, please contact us via this site. Biographies and critical works are unavailable at this time due to copyright restrictions, but they will be added when they enter the public domain. CONTENTS: The Novels THIS SIDE OF PARADISE THE BEAUTIFUL AND DAMNED THE GREAT GATSBY TENDER IS THE NIGHT THE LOVE OF THE LAST TYCOON The Short Story Collections FLAPPERS AND PHILOSOPHERS TALES FROM THE JAZZ AGE ALL THE SAD YOUNG MEN TAPS AT REVEILLE THE PAT HOBBY STORIES MISCELLANEOUS STORIES The Short Stories CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF SHORT STORIES ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SHORT STORIES The Plays and Screenplays THE GIRL FROM LAZY J THE CAPTURED SHADOW COWARD ASSORTED SPIRITS SHADOW LAURELS PORCELAIN AND PINK MR. ICKY THE VEGETABLE, “SEND ME IN, COACH” THREE COMRADES INFIDELITY The Poetry LIST OF POETRY The Non-Fiction LIST OF ESSAYS AND ARTICLES The Letters LIST OF CORRESPONDENTS

This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of Henrik Ibsen’. 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 Ibsen 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 ‘An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Ibsen’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

This is the fifth volume of a new series of publications by Delphi Classics, the best-selling publisher of classical works. Many poetry collections are often poorly formatted and difficult to read on eReaders. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature’s finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents the complete poetical works of Walt Whitman, with beautiful illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version: 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Whitman’s life and works * Concise introductions to the poetry and other works * 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 * Includes two collections of Whitman’s letters – spend hours exploring the poet’s personal correspondence * Also includes Whitman’s scarce novel FRANKLIN EVANS, appearing here for the first time in digital print * Features the complete prose works * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres CONTENTS: The Poetry Collections LEAVES OF GRASS, 1855 LEAVES OF GRASS, 1892 OLD AGE ECHOES UNCOLLECTED AND REJECTED POEMS The Poems LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER The Novel FRANKLIN EVANS Other Prose Works LIST OF PROSE WORKS The Letters THE WOUND DRESSER THE LETTERS OF ANNE GILCHRIST AND WALT WHITMAN

This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘The Mucker by Edgar Rice Burroughs - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of Edgar Rice Burroughs’. 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 Burroughs 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 Mucker by Edgar Rice Burroughs - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Burroughs’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

This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe by Charles Edward Stowe by Harriet Beecher Stowe - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of Harriet Beecher Stowe’. 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 Stowe 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 ‘Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe by Charles Edward Stowe by Harriet Beecher Stowe - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Stowe’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

本书蕴含丰富的哲学思想内涵，对藏传佛教影响深远。本书通过阐释各种法门，演绎了如何抉择、如何获得智慧并成为智者，其阐述的结论体现了藏族极具特色的传统思想内容、观点，而论述的过程则体现了藏传佛教独特的传统思辨方式、方法。这些思想内容和思考方式，细微至藏族人民的日常生活中都有体现，对藏族人民有极深、极大的影响。

汇集了南怀瑾先生讲述道家经典的著述。主要包含了对《老子》《庄子》《参同契》《列子》等道家经典的讲解及对中国道教发展史的讲述。南怀瑾先生的学问打通了儒佛道三学，除了阐明道家经典的经义，更以佛入道，以儒论道，重重类比；并在讲解的过程中切入历史和现实，层层例证，使经义不离生活，不离当下，妙不可言。

本套装是南怀瑾先生漫谈金融、历史、国学、教育、文化等内容的讲录，内容精蕴，包含广泛，凡各家学说、中西文化、人生学问，皆有所发挥阐发。先生讲述时，往往援古证今、切于时用，每每表现出中国传统文化的包罗万象和玄深妙用，以及他痴心、醉心于中华文明的缘由和立场。

贪欲、暴力、腐败……谁偷走了我们的正义？ 大到战争、社会争端，小到人际纠纷、伦理问题，这是个充满矛盾的世界。所以从古至今，人们是如此渴求着正义，有关正义的问题也一直深深困扰着*杰出的才智人士。但是从古代中国的百家争鸣到西方世界功利主义、自由主义、社群主义，正义的观念一直是混沌的、模糊的。 熊逸围绕正义话题，分章从不同侧面阐述了：要幸福还是要公正，何谓正义，自由意志的两难，原罪的两难，康德的失误，伟大的嫉妒心……他以缜密的思辨，融会贯通古今中外代表哲人的相关思想，比如中国的儒家、道家、墨家，还有西方的苏格拉底、柏拉图、亚里士多德、蒙田、斯宾诺莎、卢梭、亚当?斯密、罗素、康德、哈耶克、弗洛姆、罗尔斯等；并列举大量历史案例和文学经典，层层深，探讨何谓正义、正义从何起源及如何实现正义。 这部足以撼动人心的作品，以通俗生动甚至带有文学意味的语言，带我们一个精心布局的智力迷宫，在与各位先哲对话的过程中，获得思辨的快感与智慧的启迪。

本书为国家社科基金一般项目，自十九世纪末以来，随着人类社会的种种危机日益呈现，一些西方著名学者如汤因比、罗素、李约瑟等人便提出应从东方文明尤其是中国传统文化中去寻找拯救人类的办法。在作者看来，能够真正从根本上解决人类问题的，非道家之学莫属。现如今，人类如欲改善生存状况、化解种种危机以期彻底解救自己，V一途径只有回归大道，舍此别无他法。不过作者亦言明，仅凭中国古代道家已有之学说是*不可能令人信服的，因此很有必要借助相关现代知识对道行科学阐释。而对人生而言，z为重要的一个方面是必须循性而行，这才是人的真实本质之所在，其次便是尽可能以正确、高效、理性、文明的方式去充分而和谐地发挥本性。道属形而上学，抽象是其主要特征，适性人生哲学是从理论上探讨人类的本质，它讨论了人类应该是什么样子，应该怎么样去做人，如何与自然和谐相处，寻求“真我”。作者认为，道在中国哲学中是z高范畴，也是z具有中国特色的一个哲学概念，作为z高真理，它具有V一性和排他性。道家对道的认识思路基本正确，但说得不够清楚，而儒家对道的认识则从一始就步误区，至今犹然。本书即以道家之道（循性而行）为形而上根据，对由其贯通为形而下的适性人生哲学行了具体阐释。 本书的意义和价值： D一，清晰明确地阐述了道、心、性这些中国哲学中z为重要的概念及其关系。 第二，论证比较科学严谨，对哲学上的多数重大问题也都给出了自己的答案或思路，以期能够为今后的哲学研究提供有益的启示。 第三，它对迄今为止人类在自我本质认识上的绝大多数主流观念都提出了质疑与探讨。

马克思主义传中国并成为中国革命指导思想的理论基础，是近代以来中国历史和人民的选择。中国共产党人在领导中国革命的实践中，把马克思主义基本原理和中国革命具体实际相结合，使马克思主义中国化，在新民主主义革命时期实现了马克思主义中国化的*次历史性飞跃。*是马克思主义中国化的伟大拓者，*思想以独创性理论丰富和发展了马克思列宁主义，是马克思主义中国化*次历史性飞跃的理论成果。本卷对1919年至1949年间马克思主义在中国运用和发展的历史程及理论创新、实践创新行了系统研究，系统展示了以*为代表的中国共产党人探索新民主主义革命道路、实现马克思主义与中国实际“*次结合“的理论成果。

20世纪90年代初以来，以*、胡锦涛、*为代表的中国共产党人，在实现中华民族的伟大复兴中，用马克思列宁主义指导中国的实践，推了以*、邓小平为主要代表的两代中央领导集体辟的马克思主义中国化的伟大事业。以*、胡锦涛、*为代表的中国共产党人，围绕中国特色社会主义发展的主题，集中全党的智慧，坚持理论创新和实践创新，形成了“三个代表”重要思想、科学发展观、“中国梦”等中国特色社会主义理论体系的*理论成果，在中国特色社会主义建设和发展的重大问题上提出了一系列新思想、新观、新论断，推了马克思主义中国化的新发展。本卷主要对1992年党的十四大召至2013年党的十八届三中全会召这一时期，马克思主义中国化发展的过程及其规律性，以及理论创新和实践创新行了较为全面而系统的分析和研究。

三个逻辑学家走酒吧，酒保问“每个人都来杯啤酒吗？”*、第二个逻辑学家都说：“我不知道。”第三个逻辑学家说：“好的！”这时酒保应该端上几杯？逻辑学家的世界就是如此“令人头秃”。 翻本书，经典谜题、逻辑谜题、数学谜题、几何题、脑洞题，100个谜题向你扑面而来。你需要创造力、想象力、横向思维、立体空间感、非凡的脑洞，还有对世界的观察与思考。

汇集了南怀瑾先生讲述儒家经典的所有著述。既有讲述人们熟知的“四书”（《论语》《孟子》《大学》《中庸》）的著述，又有讲述被奉为群经之首的《易经》和《周易·系辞》的著述。“四书”蕴含了儒家思想的核心内容，是儒学认识论和方法论的集中体现，更是中国传统文化中的核心要义；《易经》更被奉为群经之首，广大精微，包罗万象，是儒家、道家共同的经典，是中华文明源头和代表。南怀瑾先生讲经典，从不仅止于阐释经义，而是通过儒释道等思想的融会贯通，通过上下五千年人文历史的佐证，通过古今中外世事的投射，通过南先生自身的生命体认，把遥远的经典讲到了当代人的日常行止之中，讲到了当下人事的方方面面，让经典靠近读者。

本文共分为八章，皆以道教发展史为中心。因欲说明道教学术之本原，故首先简述周、秦以前儒道等学并不分家之要。其次，略述周末学术分家，神仙方伎与老、庄等道家思想混合，为汉末以来道教成长之原因。复次，引述魏、晋、南北朝以后至于现代道教之发展，及与道家不可或分之微妙关系。虽其内容本质，原为不一不异，但道家与道教学术思想之方向，毕竟有其严整之界限。唯因包罗牵涉太广，不能尽作详论，但择其大要，及其演变过程之一鳞片爪，俾读者籍此可以窥见概略，并以提供研究者知所手，抑亦由此而了解秉中国文化创立之道教为何事而已。至于道教与道家学术内容，以及旁门左道等流派演变，有关于中国社会问题者，皆未及言。挂一漏万，有待他日专书之补充。

《战国策》为国别体史书。《战国策》主要记述了战国时的纵横家的政治主张和外交策略，展示了战国时代的历史特和诸国间政治博弈的风貌，是研究战国历史的重要典籍。《战国策》是汇编而成的历史著作，作者不明。西汉末年，刘向按照国别行了编订。

《贞观政要》是唐代史学家吴兢著的一部政论性史书。全书十卷四十篇，分类编辑了唐太宗在位的二十三年中，与魏徵、房玄龄等大臣在治政时的问题，大臣们的诤议等，以规范君臣思想道德和治同军政思想，此外也记载了一些政治、经济上的重大措施。

《资治通鉴》是我国*部编年体通史，逐年记载了长达1362年的历史。书中描绘了战国至五代时期的历史发展脉络，探讨了几十个政权的盛衰之由，生动地刻画了帝王将相们为政治国、待人处世之道，以及他们在历史旋涡中的生死悲欢。本书在《资治通鉴》原典的基础上，撷取其精华，解读其精要，以期让广大读者在阅读历史的同时有所获。