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The status of John Donne (1572-1631) as one of the greatest poets in the English language is firmly established. He strongly influenced writers of the 17th century, and modern poets such as T.S. Eliot have praised and imitated Donne's work. His poetry is characterized by dramatic, witty, and bold language; by strikingly original imagery; and rhythms based on everyday speech.

Giovanni Boccaccio, Dante, and Petrarch were the leading lights in a century that is considered the beginning of the Italian Renaissance. The Decameron, or Ten Days' Entertainment, is his most famous work, a collection of stories considered representative of the Middle Ages, as well as a product of the Renaissance.

His last and most controversial novel, Jude the Obscure provoked such widespread and bitter attacks that Hardy claimed it caused him to stop writing novels. The primary causes of the uproar involved Hardy’s frank treatment of sexual themes and his unconventional portrayal of the pillars of Victorian society: the British university system, marriage, and religion. Today, many consider this to be Hardy’s finest work.

The discovery of a secret stairway running to the top of the castle leads Princess Irene to a revelation even more weighty than the fiendish plans of the goblin community that miner boy Curdie has discovered. Will the Princess and Curdie understand the significance of what they have found, or will Harelip and the goblins successfully execute their evil plan?

Francis Cornish was always good at keeping secrets. From the well-hidden family secret of his childhood to his mysterious encounters with a small-town embalmer, an expert art restorer, a Bavarian countess, and various masters of espionage, the events in Francis' life were not always what they seemed. This wonderfully ingenious portrait of an art expert and collector of international renown is told in stylish, elegant prose and endowed with lavish portions of Davies' wit and wisdom.

Jake Anderson killed a man defending his fiancée from a brutal attack, but lost her and his freedom in the process. Now he's on the run, tormented by the need for vengeance. Becky Finnegan will do anything to escape her drunken father's fists, including slave away at their mine. Her only hope is to strike gold and make a new life for herself somewhere far, far away from Deadwood. But then Jake arrives and does the unthinkable... forces her to feel, to hope... and to love.

Une vie parfaite, sur le point personnel et professionnel. Paul a absolument tout ce dont il a besoin pour être heureux : une femme parfaite pour lui, Mathilde, deux enfants qu’il idolâtre autant qu’il chambre, François, un ami sur qui il peut compter pour les choses importantes autant que pour ses conneries, et Chloé, son assistante, qui, avec vingt ans de plus aurait pu être sa femme. Paul n’a besoin de rien d’autre. Pas même de mourir. Pourtant, il n’a plus que deux mois à vivre.

Où il est question de n’avoir plus que deux mois à vivre, de décider que ce n’est pas si grave que ça, d’aller boire un coup entre potes et de réfléchir à comment transformer son enterrement en énorme fête.

Från flygplanet ser James hur Leipzig brinner. Bomberna som de släpper över staden ödelägger stora områden, dödar många människor. Men det som James inte vet är att bombningen också innebär en chans. Aksel tar till vara på sin möjlighet att slippa ur tyskarnas grepp när bombräden sveper fram över staden ... En dansk polis, en brittisk bobflygare, en tolvårig tysk flicka, en tysk-rysk soldat. Allas öden påverkas av krigets brutalitet, och allas öden binds samman av målet som alla strävar efter: flykten mot friheten." Jesper Bugge Kold är en dansk författare.

Harald är en ung soldat. Alltför ung. Utöver att vara den i sitt kompani som siktar sämst, så är han också en mycket snäll person. Kriget är inget för honom. Men när han ramlar över två svårt skadade och sjuka flickor blir han orolig över vad han kan göra för dem. Deras insjuknande verkar vara så långt gånget, finns det något hopp kvar? Det visar sig snart att flickorna vet mycket mer om krigets fasor än vad han kunnat föreställa sig ... En dansk polis, en brittisk bobflygare, en tolvårig tysk flicka, en tysk-rysk soldat.

Kölden tränger in i märgen. Genom det kalla mörkret vandrar två små flickor: Astrid och Marta. Astrid tar hand om sin lillasyster Marta, som plågas av en svår feber. Men det verkar inte finnas någonstans att ta vägen, inte nu efter att världen verkar ha gått under. Långa nätter med bombräder, döda människor överallt, trasiga, ihåliga byggnader ... Men i fjärran ser de en byggnad som verkar hel: en kyrkspira pekar obesvärad upp mot himlen. De tar sig snabbt dit men inser snabbt att de inte är ensamma om att leta sig till kyrkan ...

1944. Danmark är ockuperat och polisen Aksels fru väntar barn. Efter ett fruktansvärt missförstånd ställs Aksel inför det som inte fick hända: han faller i onåd hos tyskarna och förs bort i ett godståg under omänskliga förhållanden. Snart inser Aksels att det som väntar vid resans slut är än värre: koncentrationslägret. Han måste fly. Om inte för sitt liv, så för det som snart ska komma hemma i Danmark. En dansk polis, en brittisk bobflygare, en tolvårig tysk flicka, en tysk-rysk soldat.

Tyskarna har så gott som förlorat kriget. Överallt läcker fronterna som såll och ryssarna invaderar Berlin. Vasilij är en ung rysk soldat som tagit sig helskinnad genom hela kriget. Men nu när han på nära håll ser vad som hänt med tyskarna vet han inte hur han ska reagera. Är detta en seger? Eller har mänskligheten kommit farligt nära branten? Kommer vi någonsin kunna gå vidare efter detta? Krigets sista dagar är fasansfull, förnedrande och omänskliga. Och Vasilij börjar mer och mer oroa sig för att hålla sig vid liv.

This is the story of an artist who was willing to sacrifice everything for the sake of art. In much of its general outline, this famous novel follows the life of Paul Gauguin, famous French post-impressionist painter, but it is not a novelized biography of Gauguin. Rather it is a sharply-delineated, carefully wrought "private life", written by one of the most vivid and penetrating contemporary literary masters.

In his first published work in prose, James Joyce paints vivid portraits of the people of Dublin, his city of birth, in a collection of stories whose larger purpose, he said, was to depict a "moral history of Ireland". From the first story, in which a young boy encounters death, to the haunting final story involving the middle-aged Gabriel, the book gives an unflinching and realistic portrayal of "dear, dirty Dublin" in the early 20th-century.

Since the Renaissance, Julius Caesar has been idolized as a superman. There is no doubt that Caesar was an extraordinary man. But as General Fuller points out, Caesar was more extraordinary for his reckless ambition, matchless daring, and ruthless tyranny than for his skills as a military commander. Caesar continually had to extricate himself from the results of mistaken judgments. His unpremeditated Gallic conquest was just one of Fuller's many examples.

Set amid the riot, intrigue, and pageantry of medieval Paris, Victor Hugo's masterful tale of heroism and adventure has been a perennial favorite since its first publication in 1831. It is the story of Quasimodo, the deformed bell-ringer of the Notre Dame Cathedral, who falls in love with the beautiful gypsy Esmeralda. When Esmeralda is condemned as a witch by Claude Frollo, the tormented archdeacon who lusts after her, Quasimodo attempts to save her; but his intentions are misunderstood.

Through his own writings and inspiration of Aristotle and countless others, Plato continues to influence every area of philosophic thought, to say nothing of his enormous influence on Christian theology. His dramatic dialogues, including Republic, the monumental treatise on the ideal state, render him one of the greatest of Greek literary geniuses. In this concise analysis, eminent Plato scholar A. E. Taylor examines the philosopher's theory of knowledge and doctrine of ideas; the ideal of the philosopher-king; the social system advocated in Republic; judgments on democracy; and belief in the immortality of the soul. Also considered: Plato's relationship with his master, Socrates; contribution to the idea of university education; attack on art; abstention from public life; anticipation of Copernicus. Taylor also mentions historical misunderstandings of the one he deems the most original and influential of all philosophers.

This work set the style for a whole class of literature, a work that the critic Morton Dauwen Zabel calls an example of Conrad's "central theme...the grip of circumstances that enforce self-discovery and its cognate, the discovery of reality and truth...." It is a novel about a man's lifelong efforts to atone for an act of instinctive cowardice.

After his final trip up the river Thames with his three companions - - Harris, George, and Montmorency the dog - - Jerome K. Jerome sat down to write his proposed book, The Story of the Thames. But before he could tackle the work in the serious manner intended, his humor took over and gave birth to a masterpiece of unquenchable comedy. This is a classic of English humor, justifiably loved around the world.