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"W. Somerset Maugham's semiautobiographical [work] unfolds in London and Paris at the end of the 19th century. The protagonist, Philip Carey, is a sensitive orphan who's burdened with a club foot and shunned by his schoolmates. Philip's artistic aspirations fade with his realization of his own mediocrity, and his hopeless infatuation with Mildred, a vulgar waitress, threatens to destroy what's left of his idealism"--Provided by publisher.

H.F lived in London during the devastating damage of the plague rolled through and here he recounts the deadly events that took shape between 1664 and 1665.

Presents an unabridged translation of Plato's examination of the nature of justice, the nature of the ideal state and other topics such as imitative poetry in this philosophical work depicting a dialogue between Socrates--representing Plato--and several other thinkers.

Presents an English translation of the "Tao Te Ching," an ancient Chinese spiritual text which offers a philosophy on how to live.

Jack Worthing creates a fictitious brother Earnest who lives in London to escape his dull country routine, but finds the lie backfiring when he falls in love.

Presents an unabridged republication of the 1918 collection of poems by American poet and historian Carl Sandburg.