Everyman's library

Presents a translation of Thomas Mann's novel that retells the biblical story of Joseph, chronicling his life as a slave, rise as lord of Egypt, death, and funeral.

A collection of traditional Hindu texts in translation that includes the Rig-Veda, the Athara-Veda, the Upanishads and the Bhagavad-Gita.

Presents volume four of the six-volume series on the fall of the Roman Empire and contains chapters thirty-seven through forty-six beginning with the institution of the Monastic Life to the siege of Constantinople by the Persians.

The first in a three-volume history of the Roman Empire, originally published between 1776 and 1788, following the conduct and collapse of the late empire from the second century to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Includes notes and a chronology.

Presents six Shakespeare plays with explanatory notes, including "The Taming of the Shrew," "A Midsummer Night's Dream," and "Romeo and Juliet," and provides an extensive introduction, a selected bibliography, and a Shakespeare chronology with literary context and historical events.

Collects "Things Fall Apart," "No Longer at Ease," and "Arrow of God," all of which convey personal and moral struggles in the face of colonization and social change.

A modern translation of Ovid's "The Metamorphoses," his long poem with the central topic of the theme of transformation, as found in the Greek and Roman myths.

A collection of poet, artist, and mystic Kahlil Gibran's major works, accompanied by eighty-four original illustrations created by Gibran for the original edition.

Brother William turns detective in medieval Italy when seven bizarre deaths take place in seven days and nights.

Presents the complete short stories of English author Evelyn Waugh, featuring thirty-nine selections written between 1910 and 1962; and includes Waugh's original illustrations to "Love Among the Ruins," as well as more than thirty graphics.