Penguin classics

Presents nine biographies from ancient Greece by Plutarch.

Examines the lives of twelve men who established the city of Rome and consolidated its supremacy.

A translation of Plutarch's portraits of the Spartans and their customs that chronicles the rise and fall of their Greek city-state between the sixth and third centuries B.C.

A first century text by Greek biographer Plutarch in which he examines the lives of six men who played a significant role in the collapse of the Roman Republic, including Marius, Sulla, Crassus, Cicero, Pompey, and Caesar.

A collection of sayings by Chinese sage Confucius, compiled shortly after his death in 497 B.C.

A verse translation of "Beowulf," the Anglo-Saxon tale in which a Geat warrior slays a hideous monster to save the Danish people and eventually becomes a beloved king; includes explanatory notes, genealogies, a selected bibliography, a name index, and a comprehensive introduction.

Griffin, a scientist, creates a serum to make himself invisible and eventually goes insane. Includes an introduction, explanatory notes, and a biography of the author.

Collects the letters, proposals, and poems--including extant works and variants--of eighteenth-century African-American writer Phillis Wheatley, who, a teenage female slave, became the first internationally well-known Black poet in the English language. Also includes writings by her contemporaries, and an introduction to her life and career.

The members of the eccentric Halloran family, having gathered at a gothic mansion for a funeral, are faced with the prospect of spending eternity with people they dislike when they are informed that the world is going to end and they alone will be spared.