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The Oxford Inklings tells the story of the friendships, mutual influence, and common purpose of the Inklings - the literary circle which congregated around C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien....

Prize-winning biographer Leo Damrosch tells the story of "the Club", a group of extraordinary writers, artists, and thinkers who gathered weekly at a London tavern....

This complete collection includes the following titles: Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions, Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions, and Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions.

John Milton's Paradise Lost is one of the greatest epic poems in the English language....

In the rigid theocracy of Salem, Massachusetts, rumors that women are practicing witchcraft galvanize the town....

Ever since Colin Firth's Mr Darcy emerged from the lake in the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, the novels of Jane Austen have become more popular than ever, delighting millions of fans all over the world....

The Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the world's largest Shakespeare collection, Macbeth to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording of its definitive Folger Edition....

The Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the world’s largest Shakespeare collection, brings Hamlet to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording of its definitive Folger Edition....

A vicious 15-year-old "droog" is the central character of this 1963 classic, a frightening fable about good and evil, and the meaning of human freedom....

The poems of the Poetic Edda have waited a long time for a modern English translation that would do them justice. Here it is at last (Odin be praised!). These amazing texts from a 13th-century Icelandic manuscript are of huge historical, mythological, and literary importance....

Renowned poet and critic Clive James presents the crowning achievement of his career: a monumental translation into English verse of Dante’s The Divine Comedy....

Don’t be intimidated by Shakespeare. These audiobook editions make the Bard’s plays accessible and enjoyable.

James Bennet is the perfect heir to Longbourn. He is always looking out for his sisters and mother, making sure they have the opportunity to receive proper education, and always making sure they have the guidance and direction they need.

The Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the world's largest Shakespeare collection, brings A Midsummer Night's Dream to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording of its definitive Folger Edition....

Embark on a perilous journey with Christian, the lead character, from the City of Destruction to the luminous safe haven of the Celestial City....

The epic grandeur of Dante's masterpiece has inspired readers and listeners for 700 years and has entered the human imagination....

The Divine Comedy describes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as a guide, his ascent of Mount Purgatory and his encounter with his dead love Beatrice, and finally, his arrival in Heaven....

This new full-cast recording - based on the most respected edition of Shakespeare's classic - expertly produced by the Folger Theatre, is perfect for students, teachers, and the everyday listener....

Finnegans Wake is the greatest challenge in 20th-century literature. In the rich nighttime and the language of dreams, here are history, anecdote, myth, folk tale and, above all, a wondrous sense of humor....

Over the course of a steamy and tense afternoon, twelve jurors deliberate the fate of a 19-year-old boy alleged to have murdered his own father....

Sir Ian McKellen, fresh from his performance as Gandalf in Lord of the Rings, is Prospero, and heads a strong cast in Shakespeare’s last great play....

In an attempt to appeal to the Medici family during the Italian Renaissance, Machiavelli outlines the way to acquire and retain political power, and how great men should behave in a princely government....

In The Canterbury Tales Chaucer created one of the great touchstones of English literature, a masterly collection of chivalric romances, moral allegories and low farce....

Real French people don’t speak like your textbook…so it’s no wonder you feel unprepared when it’s your turn to speak! Try the StoryLearning Method, and dive into a real-world, gripping drama between six characters that helps you learn authentic spoken French in the process....

War has come to Discworld...again....

James Bennet is the perfect heir to Longbourn. He is always looking out for his sisters and mother, making sure they have the opportunity to receive proper education, and always making sure they have the guidance and direction they need. He purchased a small cottage to ensure that his mother and sisters had somewhere to live in the event that something happened to him and his father. He works tirelessly on the estate to ensure that Longbourn is profitable.

The Iliad is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the Odyssey, the poem is divided into 24 books and was written in dactylic hexameter. It contains 15,693 lines in its most widely accepted version. Set towards the end of the Trojan War, a ten-year siege of the city of Troy by a coalition of Mycenaean Greek states, the poem depicts significant events in the siege's final weeks.

In life’s kitbag of essentials food and drink are right at the top. Their variety and ways to consume are a wonder, both of nature’s offerings and human creativity. For our classic poets ranging from Ancient Romans to Elinor Wylie and Rainer Maria Rilke, their recipes for verse using the simple ingredients of words and imagination are a wonderful and enduring example of their craft and art applied to the one thing mankind looks forward to each and every day.

Edward Alexander Crowley was born on 12th October 1875 to wealthy parents in Royal Leamington Spa in Warwickshire. Life for Crowley was to abandon his parents’ Christian faith and instead to inject himself into Western esotericism. In 1898, he joined the esoteric Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and was trained in ceremonial magic before studying both Hindu and Buddhist practices in India. His literary works were both prolific and covered many topics. In the early part of his career he published many poetry books, even plays, before his darker and more forceful works.

Lord Byron was the most celebrated of all the Romantic poets. Troubled, handsome, sexually fluid, disabled, and transgressive, he wrote his way to international fame—and scandal—before finding a kind of redemption in the Greek Revolution. He also left behind the vast trove of thrilling letters (to friends, relatives, lovers, and more) that form the core of this remarkable biography.

When Duke Edmund Montague embarks on a hunting expedition, little did he know that a twist of fate would steer his path towards unexpected love. In a tragic mishap, the duke unintentionally shoots his own gamekeeper, leaving the duke guilt-ridden and desperate for solace. Seeking redemption and aid, the remorseful duke stumbles across his gamekeeper’s daughter, Celeste. Radiant and captivating, she possesses a grace and intellect that surpasses societal expectations.

The night he took me, Enzo shattered everything I knew. Kidnapped, stripped of my freedom, and thrown into his brutal underground world as a fighter. I hate him for it. I fight him with every breath. But every glance, every touch, sets me on fire in ways I can’t ignore. I crave him, as much as I despise him. Enzo thinks I’m here to make him money, that I’m just a pawn to feed his empire. But the closer we get, the harder it is for both of us to keep up the fight. He’s torn between his need for control and something darker, something he won’t admit. And I can’t stop the way my ...

À Rouen, dans ce quartier bourgeois, impossible de manquer la devanture rose des Bouchères. Depuis la rue, on peut entendre l'aiguisage des couteaux, les masses qui cognent la viande et les rires des trois femmes qui tiennent la boutique. Derrière le billot, elles arborent fièrement leurs ongles pailletés et leurs avant-bras musclés. Mais elles seules savent ce qui les lie : une enfance estropiée, une adolescence rageuse et un secret. Lorsque plusieurs notables du quartier s'évaporent sans laisser de traces, les habitants s'affolent et la police enquête.

Alexander Pope was the most influential and most admired writer of his time, famous for satirical and reflective poems such as The Rape of the Lock and the Essay on Man. His lyrical poems are tantalizingly few in number but predictably high in quality, with all the beauty of sound and incisiveness of sense familiar from his other works.

" Je vous demande de vous mettre à notre place. Un instant. Rien qu'un instant. Votre enfant vient vous raconter l'humiliation, la persécution, le bannissement. C'est votre fils, votre fille, il a douze ans, elle en a huit ou quatorze. C'est la chair de votre chair, ce que vous avez de plus précieux au monde. C'est l'être que vous devez protéger, défendre, soutenir, aider à grandir. Et il vient vous avouer cela. Vous y êtes ? Vous la devinez, votre stupéfaction ? votre culpabilité ? votre douleur ? votre colère ? Ça vous envahit, pas vrai ? ça vous submerge, ça vous dépasse, ça vous anéantit.