An English translation of the ancient Greek text that examines the lives of nine Greek statesmen and men of action, including Agesilaus, Pelopidas, Dion, Timoleon, Demosthenes, Phocion, Alexander, Demetrius, and Pyrrhus.
Eleanor Roosevelt's manifesto, in which, she traces the country's struggle to embrace democracy and she speaks out against fear, timidity, complacency, and national arrogance.
A stage adaptation of the drama "An Enemy of the People" by Henrik Ibsen in which a Norwegian doctor is shunned by the townspeople after he discovers their famous spring water is really poisoned.
Presents English translations of Lu Xun's fictional stories that depict life in Imperial China, featuring "The Real Story of Ah-q," "Diary of a Madman," and "The Divorce," and including a chronology of Lu Xun's life.
Presents an English translation of the Russian novel written at the height of Stalin's regime, in which Satan, in the guise of a man named Woland, arrives in Moscow and begins to wreak havoc in the literary community, honing in on his real target, an author called The Master, who has written a novel about Pontius Pilate.
Financier Frank Cowperwood is willing to do anything to fight his way to the top of America's financial world, but he does not realize what he is sacrificing until it is too late.
A collection of over 100 essays by sixteenth-century French writer Michel de Montaigne, written in chronological order, which includes textual notes, notes on the translation, explanation of the symbols, and index.