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Explore the fascinating life and legacy of Gabriel Gregorio Fernando José María García y Moreno y Morán de Buitrón, better known as Garcia Moreno, an influential Ecuadorian politician who served as President of Ecuador in the mid-19th century....
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The Divine Comedy written by Dante Alighieri is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature, the last great work of literature of the Middle Ages and the first great work of the Renaissance.
James Baldwins vivid biographies of Washington, Franklin, Webster, and Lincoln are originally crafted for children but are equally engaging for adults. These narratives illuminate the personal aspects of these celebrated figures, while not neglecting...
Capital, Volume I is the first of three volumes in Karl Marx’s work, Das Kapital, and the only volume to be published during his lifetime. Marx’s aim in Capital, Volume I is to uncover and explain the laws specific to the capitalist mode of production.
Jean de La Bruyère famously characterized Versailles as "that region where joys were visible but false, and vexations hidden but real." In this witty and scholarly book, Baron Arthur-Léon Imbert de Saint-Amand explores the solar system of the Sun King with its planets, the women of the court, now orbiting in warm proximity to the monarch, now hurtling away un…
Dive into the fascinating life of Edward the Black Prince (1330-1376), the eldest son of King Edward III of England and a master tactician at the Battle of Crécy and Poitiers. Join Louise Creighton as she unfolds Edwards story, setting it against the...
