Emma, a self-assured young lady in Regency England, is determined to arrange her life and the lives of those around her into a pattern dictated by her romantic fancy.
After a plane crash strands them on a tropical island while the rest of the world is ravaged by war, a group of British schoolboys attempts to form a civilized society but descends into brutal anarchy.
An English translation of Leo Tolstoy's classic epic novel about the lives of five aristocratic families in Moscow and St. Petersburg against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars of 1805 to 1814.
Memoir of German World War I soldier Ernst J?nger, speaking of his experiences in the trenches and offering his perspective on the Great War, his fascination with the concept of "total war," and how he survived.
"The Road Not Taken and Other Poems" celebrates the 100th anniversary of "The Road Not Taken," published in the August 1915 issue of the Atlantic Monthly. This volume presents Frost's essential early poems, selected by award-winning poetry critic David Orr"--Provided by publisher.
A modern-verse translation of Virgil's epic poem in which Aeneas, the future founder of Rome, sets out from the ruins of Troy on a treacherous journey toward a new home. Includes an introduction.
Presents retellings of fifty of Grimm's fairy tales selected as the favorites of translator Philip Pullman, retelling stories like "Cinderella," "The Three Snake Leaves," and "Rapunzel" in contemporary English.
