Penguin classics

Examines the life and times of Alexander the Great, describing his military triumphs, personal tragedies, good fortune, and eventual ruin.

DURING THE EARLY 5TH CENTURY BC, A SMALL AND QUARRELSOME BAND OF GREEK CITY-STATES UNITED TO REPEL A MIGHTY PERSIAN ARMY. WHILE THE STORY OF THIS HEOIC DRAMA FORMS THE MAIN THEME OF HERODOTUS NARRATIVE THE AUTHOR'S CURIOSITY FLESHES OUT THE TEXT WITH DOZENS OF DIGRESSIONS. ENDLESSLY ENTERTAINING, RECOUNTED SUPERB STORIES AND FOLK TALES ABOUT AMAZING ESCAPES, AMBIGUOUS PROPHECIES, GOLD-DIGGING ANTS AND DOG-EARED MEN.

Presents the legal code established under the rulership of Justinian, emperor of Rome from 527 to 565 AD, featuring discussion of cases of theft, fighting, fraud, and other crimes and complaints, and includes a general introduction that considers the influence and legacy of Roman law, as well as legal background, notes, and suggestions for further reading.

Jean Macquart, a working class, middle-aged soldier in the French Army, is forced to overcome his dislike for wealthy Maurice Levasseur when the two men are thrown together during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, and they soon forge a deep friendship that takes them through the destruction of France's Second Empire.

Contains a comprehensive collection of the poems of late eighteenth-century, early nineteenth-century poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge and includes such works as "Rime of the Ancient Mariner," "Kubla Khan," and his medieval ballad "Christabel.".

Presents selections from twelve Upanishads, or spiritual treatises of the Hindu faith, translated from Sanskrit.

A collection of three Christmas stories by Charles Dickens, including "The Cricket on the Hearth," the story of a happy family that is almost destroyed by a jealous old man.

An English translation of Karl Marx's work that studies the basic unit of the commodity, the labour theory of value, the role of money, and the modern factory system.