THE PRINCE was written by Niccolo' Machiavelli in the 1500s. It has continued to be a best seller in many languages. Presently, it is translated into modern English, with illustrations by Benjamin Martinez and an Introduction by Adolph Cso.
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The story tells of how unscrupulous millionaire Benjamin Scobell decides to build a casino on the small Mediterranean island of Mervo, dragging in the unwitting heir to the throne to help. Little does he know that his stepdaughter Betty has...
В книгу вошел упрощенный и сокращенный текст повести Марка Твена «Принц и нищий». Книга также содержит комментарий, словарь и...
One of the supreme masterpieces of Romantic fiction and Scottish literature, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner is a terrifying tale of murder and amorality, and of one man's descent into madness and despair. James Hogg's...
The Professor is Charlotte Bronte's first novel, in which she audaciously inhabits the voice and consciousness of a man, William Crimsworth. Like Jane Eyre he is parentless; like Lucy Snowe in Villette he leaves the certainties of England to...
A compelling historical novel about the tragic alliance between Chinese and English forces in Burma during World War II.
Burma is under attack from the Japanese army, and a unit of Chinese soldiers is sent to aid endangered British...
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A witty and erudite love letter to a bygone age, from one of Europe's last great humanists.
"A sparkling slice of eighteenth-century life" Paul Bailey, Independent
In August 1785 Paris buzzed with scandal. It involved an...
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The Real Life of Sebastian Knight is a perversely magical literary detective story -- subtle, intricate, leading to a tantalizing climax -- about the mysterious life of a famous writer. Many people knew things about Sebastian Knight as a...