With deft, picturesque prose, Aubrey presents biographical sketches for an intriguing and colorful parade of statesmen, poets, philosophers, and scientists, including Walter Raleigh, Francis Bacon, William Shakespeare, John Milton, Thomas Hobbes, and...
Colombian rebels kidnap Malie from an exclusive girl's academy and send her parents a note guaranteeing her release if a hefty ransom is paid. However, Malie's father, drug lord Manuel Braca, will not comply to the threats.Bowing to the kidnappers' d...
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....
Gods and monsters live in and around us, they are passed from generation to generation through stories of romance and adventure and warnings against the night. Sometimes cruel, often loving, these stories are windows into worlds at once strange and p...
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts ...