What is your best? Are you giving it ? Why don't we consistently, day after day, benefit from our best qualities and talents? If the ability is there, why don`t we use it? If we have the...
Every disaster has a story, none more thrilling than this one. Set during the great San Francisco earthquake and fire, this tale of political corruption, vendettas, romance, rescue--and murder--is...
In this highly opinionated and highly readable history, Kurlansky makes a case for why 1968 has lasting relevance in the United States and around the world. Whether you agree or disagree with its...
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea is a classic adventure story by the author known as the "Father of Science Fiction. " Professor Aronnax, his faithful servant Conseil and the Canadian...
French Professor Aronnax and his servant join the Abraham Lincoln, an American frigate, on a mission to find and destroy a "sea-unicorn of colossal dimensions, armed not with a halberd, but with a...
In an age of conflicting intellectual trends, some philosophers have lost faith in the everyday relevance of philosophy; others have affirmed that reflection is crucial to authentic living. The...
Una mujer que se libera. Una mujer que resuelve un día liberarse de las cadenas que la atan, es la base del profundo estudio psicológico que hizo Stefan Zweig en “24 horas en la vida de una mujer”....
This winner of the 2008 National Book Critics' Circle Award for Fiction is the master work from "one of the greatest and most influential modern writers" (James Wood, New York Times Book...
