First released as a serialized work through a Christian newspaper in 1900, Up from Slavery is the autobiography of the respected late 19th century African-American leader Booker T.
The time is fast approaching when we can create new creatures from scratch and even human beings, but one must always remember that even though science can create the body from the raw materials available, science cannot create that which makes one unique.
The year is 1922, and young Nick Carraway moves to the village of West Egg, where he discovers that his neighbor is the eclectic millionaire Jay Gatsby.
The Aeneid is a Latin epic poem, written by Virgil from 29 to 19 BCE, that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans.
Bem-humorada, irônica e com críticas sociais, A cidade e as serras revela-se como uma das mais representativas obras de Eça de Queirós, um dos principais escritores realistas portugueses.
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize: This psychological drama set in Liverpool during WWII follows the courtship of a US soldier and an English working-class girl.
A deluxe Harper Perennial Legacy Edition, with an introduction from Margot Livesey, award-winning and New York Times best-selling author of The Flight of Gemma HardyA compelling historical novel of two families wrestling with questions of honor, class, loyalty, democracy, and independence during the American Revolution, now available in a Harper Perennial Modern Classics Legacy Edition.
Originally published in Harte's 1875 short-story collection The Tales of the Argonauts, "e;How Santa Claus Came to Simpson's Bar"e; is set in California in the early 1860s and, like the rest of the tales in that collection, features the gold-seeking Argonauts.
Originally published anonymously in 1912, The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man revealed as never before the color line dividing America, and the price it exacted on those souls who could traverse the two worlds.
