This book offers a unique insight into fifty personalities who in some way shaped the second half of the 20th century (the ‘short century’). It features exclusive...
"Twelve Years a Slave" is an 1853 memoir and slave narrative by American Solomon Northup.Solomon Northup (1808 – 1863) was an American abolitionist.
The text presents the main topics related to advertising, from its evolution in the post-war period until the global advertising through advertising agencies, the effects of...
"Her lover" is a short story by Maxim GorkyMaxim Gorky was a Russian and Soviet writer.Translated by Thomas Seltzer.
"The Arabian Nights Entertainments", Selected and Edited by Andrew Lang"One Thousand and One Nights" is a collection of Middle Eastern folk tales compiled in...
A vast collection of Wilde's aphorisms.Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright.
Victor Marie Hugo (26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. Hattie Tyng Griswold (1842 - 1909) was a...
Kate Chopin, born Katherine O'Flaherty (February 8, 1850 – August 22, 1904), was a U.S. author of short stories and novels based in Louisiana.
An Alpine Divorce is a short story by Robert Barr.Robert Barr (16 September 1849 – 21 October 1912) was a Scottish-Canadian short story writer and...
The Canterbury Pilgrims is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne.Nathaniel Hawthorne (July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer.