In 1845, he published his first novel Poor Folk in the magazine Sovremennik. The poet Nikolai Nekrasov, editor of the magazine, said of Dostoyevsky, "a new Gogol has arisen!" In 1846, he published The Double. It was received with dissaponting reaction. In 1849, he was arrested and sentenced to death for being a member of the Petrashevsky Circle. The sentence was reduced to four years hard labor at a prison camp in Omsk, Siberia. Of the experience he wrote, "In summer, intolerable closeness; in winter, unendurable cold. All the floors were rotten. Filth on the floors an inch thick; one could slip and fall... We were packed like herrings in a barrel...There was no room to turn around. From dusk to dawn it was impossible not to behave like pigs... Fleas, lice, and black beetles by the bushel..." In 1854, and was required to serve five years in the Russian army at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan. In 1866, he published Crime and Punishment which made him one of Russia's most popular authors. In 1867, he published The Gambler. He had become a frequent visitor to casinos and wrote the book to pay debts. From 1873 to 1881, he published the Writer's Diary, a magazine of short stories and articles on current events.Many leading authors have been influenced by him including Proust, Faulkner, Camus, Kafka, Kerouac, and Salinger. Hemingway cited his influence in A Moveable Feast. James Joyce said of him, "...he is the man more than any other who has created modern prose ..."

    Celie grows up in rural Georgia, navigating a childhood of ceaseless abuse. Not only is she poor and despised by the society around her, she’s badly treated by her family. As a teenager she begins writing letters directly to God in an attempt to transcend a life that often seems too much to bear. Her letters span twenty years and record a journey of self-discovery and empowerment through the guiding light of a few strong women and her own implacable will to find harmony with herself and her home.  In The Temple of My Familiar, Celie and Shug from The Color Purple follow the lives of a brilliant cast of characters, all dealing in some way with the legacy of the African experience in America. From recent African immigrants, to a woman who grew up in the mixed-race rainforest communities of South America, to Celie’s own granddaughter living in modern-day San Francisco, all must come to understand the brutal stories of their ancestors to come to terms with their own troubled lives.   Possessing the Secret of Joy portrays Tashi’s tribe, the Olinka, where young girls undergo circumcision as an initiation into the community. Tashi manages to avoid this fate at first, but when pressed by tribal leaders, she submits. Years later, married and living in America as Evelyn Johnson, Tashi’s inner pain emerges. As she questions why such a terrifying, disfiguring sacrifice was required, she sorts through the many levels of subjugation with which she’s been burdened over the years.

    It's a fish out of water story about how God turns 32-year-old Julie's manicured, pedicured, self-absorbed designer life upside down. Julie, a nominal Christian, heads to New York for a weekend shopping binge. On a deserted train, she sits next to a stranger who turns out to be Jesus. After a wonderful, healing conversation she agrees to His request to, "feed My lambs." When she gets off the train she's in India.Her charmed life is shattered--she must care for 12 "filthy orphans" living on a dump before she can return to her comfortable life. She lives on the street and overwhelming new challenges arise daily. While squatting in an alley, going to the bathroom, an orphan, named Ravi, steals her designer purse. Unbeknownst to Julie, Ravi, who speaks English, holds the key to her communicating with the other orphans.Will Julie learn 1) to trust the Lord when nothing is in her control? 2) that she doesn't have to perform to be loved? and 3) that her life is built on a shaky foundation? Can she protect the orphans from a predator who steals and maims children and sends them out to beg? How will God provide food when her wallet is stolen? Can she find safe homes for the children?

    So too are his abiding themes: the madness of war, the vanity of human striving, and the social costs of technological innovation.Vonnegut’s first novel, Player Piano (1952), is the story of Dr. Paul Proteus, chief engineer at the Ilium Works, an electronics company in upstate New York. Ill at ease with himself and his changing times, Proteus must choose sides in a looming civil war that threatens the brave new world he has helped to create. A kind of postwar Metropolis, Player Piano is at once a witty satire on the culture of General Electric headquarters, where Vonnegut once worked as a publicist, and a profound meditation on the dignity and necessity of work.Set on Earth, Mars, Mercury, and the moons of Saturn, The Sirens of Titan (1959) is a vertiginous ride down a funnel in space-time with a trio of stuffed shirts spoiling for their pratfalls: Winston Niles Rumfoord, a patrician New Englander and paragon of style; his beautiful touch-me-not wife, Beatrice; and Malachi Constant, the world’s luckiest, wealthiest man. Are they really what they imagine themselves to be, the perfected products of a benevolent universe? Or does somebody up there despise them? Only Salo, the gentleman-robot from the planet Tralfamadore, knows for sure.In 1961 a German American named Howard W. Campbell, Jr.—the Tokyo Rose of the Third Reich—is discovered in Manhattan by a team of Nazi hunters and brought to Jerusalem to stand trial. Mother Night (1962) presents Campbell’s prison-cell confessions, revealing him to be a double agent who infiltrated the highest echelons of the Nazi propaganda ministry in order to broadcast intelligence to the Allies. But as he awaits his date with justice, Campbell faces an even more rigorous trial in the court of his own conscience.Rounding out the volume are six of Vonnegut’s best science fiction stories, including “Report on the Barnhouse Effect,” “EPICAC,” “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow,” and “Harrison Bergeron,” the fantasy that skewered “political correctness” before there was a name for it.

    Filled with hilarious tales told in rollicking rhyme. Each of book is approximately 16 x 11cm Books included in the box are: 1. The Cat in the Hat, 2. Green Eggs and Ham, 3. Fox in Socks, 4. One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, 5. How the Grinch Stole Christmas, 6. Oh, the Places You'll Go!, 7. The Cat in the Hat Comes Back, 8. ABC, 9. And to Think I Saw it on Mulberry Street, 10. Horton Hears a Who!, 11. Scrambled Eggs Super!, 12. Hop on Pop, 13. Dr Seuss' Sleep Book, 14. Mr Brown Can Moo Can you?, 15. I Had Trouble Getting to Solla Sollew, 16. If I Ran the Circus, 17. The Sneetchers and Other Stories, 18. If I Ran the Zoo, 19. Hunches in Bunches & 20. Dr Seuss on the Loose!

    Many poetry collections are often poorly formatted and difficult to read on eReaders. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature's finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents the complete poetical works of John Keats, with beautiful illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version: 1)* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Keats' life and works* Concise introductions to the poetry and other works* Images of how the poetry books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts* Excellent formatting of the poems* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry* Easily locate the poems you want to read* Includes Keats' letters - spend hours exploring the poet's personal correspondence* Features three detailed biographies - discover Keats' literary life* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genresCONTENTS:The Poetry CollectionsPOEMS, 1817ENDYMION: A POETIC ROMANCELAMIA, ISABELLA, THE EVE OF ST. AGNES, AND OTHER POEMSPOSTHUMOUS AND FUGITIVE POEMSPOEMS WRITTEN LATE IN 1819The PoemsLIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDERLIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDERThe PlaysOTHO THE GREATKING STEPHENThe LettersTHE LETTERS OF JOHN KEATSThe BiographiesLIFE OF JOHN KEATS by William Michael RossettiA DAY WITH KEATS by May ByronLIFE OF JOHN KEATS by Sidney Colvin

    Holmes is lured away from retirement to help his country on the eve of World War I and employs one of his most successful disguises to penetrate a German spy ring.

    Bringing together writers of tremendously various family backgrounds and religious orientations, this book offers frank, thoughtful consideration of themes too often polarized and politicized in our society. Participants include Li-Young Lee, Jane Hirshfield, Carolyn Forche, Gerald Stern, Christian Wiman, Joy Harjo, and Gregory Orr, with twelve others, all wrestling with difficult questions of human existence and the sources of art."

    He disturbed - and fascinated - us with a frightening doctor's island. He wrote of an invisible man, of men on the moon, and of a war of the worlds. He has influenced countless other writers, artists, and even scientists. H. G. Wells is one of the most acclaimed science fiction writers who ever lived, and five of his classic tales are collected in this book for readers to treasure.H. G. Wells includes The Time Machine, The Island of Dr Moreau, The Invisble Man, The War of the Worlds, The First Men in the Moon, and The Food of the Gods. Readers new to this remarkable author will delight in these amazing stories, while fans of Wells will enjoy the insightful introduction by an expert on the author's life and work. All will appreciate the leather cover, gilded edges, printed endpapers, ribbon bookmark, and other features on this unique gift book.No library is complete without the works of H. G. Wells, the father of science fiction!

    The PLAIN ENGLISH version you’ve been waiting for! Now a new, improved Kindle-friendly edition! Nothing else like it! Between-the-lines format! More choices! Easy navigation! Still hated by your teacher!

    Each exquisitely bound volume features vivid four-color illustrations, a ribbon marker, and gorgeous design elements throughout. Housed in a keepsake slipcase with a magnetic closure, this collection is meant to be cherished for a lifetime.Gulliver's Travels is Jonathan Swift's comic tale of an Englishman who journeys to four fantastical and exotic lands filled with unforgettable characters, from the pint-size Lilliputians to the giant Brobdingnagians.The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood takes us to Sherwood Forest, where the brigand and his band of "merry men" rob from the rich to give to the poor--to the consternation of the Sheriff of Nottingham.The Jungle Book transports readers into a wondrous world where danger lurks behind every drooping vine and the law of the jungle is the key to survival.Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island follows young Jim Hawkins as he learns the ways of the buccaneer from a group of seafaring miscreants, including the nefarious peg leg, Long John Silver.White Fang by Jack London recreates the forbidding world of the Yukon Gold Rush, where a wild dog must endure violence, hardship, and bitter cold on his journey from savagery to civilization.Product Features: Embossed slipcase with magnetic closureFive hardcover volumes each featuring a ribbon marker and four-color illustration throughout

    His broad-ranging discussion offers insight on everything from the mountain landscape to the origins of consciousness and the Cosmos, from geology to Chinese landscape painting, from parenting to pictographic oracle-bone script, to a family chutney recipe. It’s a spiritual ecology that is profoundly ancient and at the same time resoundingly contemporary. Your view of the landscape—and of your place in it—may never be the same.

    A sensualist who composed erotic and playful love poetry in his youth, he was raised a Catholic but later became one of the most admired Protestant preachers of his time. The Collected Poetry reflects this wide diversity, and includes his youthful songs and sonnets, epigrams, elegies, letters, satires, and the profoundly moving Divine Poems composed towards the end of his life. From joyful poems such as 'The Flea', which transforms the image of a louse into something marvellous, to the intimate and intense Holy Sonnets, Donne breathed new vigour into poetry by drawing lucid and often startling metaphors from the world in which he lived. His poems remain among the most passionate, profound and spiritual in the English language.

    This omnibus edition will be loved and treasured, and brings together the Nobel Prize winner's most popular novels in translation, including A Grain of Sand (Chokher Bali), The Shipwreck (Noukadubi), Gora, Quartet (Chaturanga), Home and the World (Ghare Baire), Nexus (Yogayog), Farewell Song (Shesher Kabita), The Garden (Malancha), and Four Chapters (Char Adhyay).

    The famous poem "We Wear the Mask" by Paul Laurence Dunbar.

    Appropriate for students and enthusiasts alike, Drout's Quick and Easy Old English presents the basics of the language in an accessible form. Even the most novice student can learn to read the classics of medieval literature in their original language with this system. Drout's Quick and Easy Old English covers:The history of Old EnglishOrthography, covering the unfamiliar characters of Old English writingPronouncing Old EnglishGrammar, from nouns and verbs to pronouns and adjectivesTricks for translationWith the help of Bruce Gilchrist and Rachel Kapelle, Drout provides exercises to reinforce the lessons. After years of testing in classrooms and online, these exercises have been thoroughly vetted for accuracy by scholars around the world, and have guided countless students through their first lessons in Old English.

    This is not John McCrae's collection of poems, but rather is the single poem "In Flanders Fields", for which John McCrae is most well-known.

    Under the guidance of Ben Crystal, actor, author of Shakespeare on Toast, and an expert in original Shakespearean pronunciation, the company performs some of Shakespeare's best-known poems, solo speeches, and scenes from the plays. Hear new meanings uncovered, new jokes revealed, poetic effects enhanced. The CD is accompanied by an introductory essay by Professor David Crystal. An essential purchase for every student and lover of Shakespeare.

    Oxford Edition.: The Daemon Of The World. A Fragment. Alastor Or The Spirit Of Solitude The Revolt Of Islam: A Poem In Twelve Cantos. Prince Athanase: A Fragment Rosalind And Helen: A Modern Eclogue. Julian And Maddalo. A Conversation Prometheus Unbound. A Lyrical Drama In Four Acts. The Cenci. A Tragedy In Five Acts. The Mask Of Anarchy. Peter Bell The Third. Letter To Maria Gisborne. Leghorn, July 1, 1820. The Witch Of Atlas. Oedipus Tyrannus Or Swellfoot The Tyrant. A Tragedy In Two Acts, Translated From The Original Doric. Epipsychidion. Adonais. An Elegy On The Death Of John Keats, Author Of Endymion, Hyperion, Etc. Hellas. A Lyrical Drama. Fragments Of An Unfinished Drama. Charles The First. The Triumph Of Life. Early Poems 1814, 1815. Poems Written In 1816. Poems Written In 1817. Poems Written In 1818. Poems Written In 1819. Poems Written In 1820. Poems Written In 1821. Poems Written In 1822. Translations. Juvenilia. Queen Mab. A Philosophical Poem, With Notes. Verses On A Cat. Fragment: Omens. Epitaphium. In Horologium. A Dialogue. To The Moonbeam. The Solitary. To Death. Love’s Rose. Eyes: A Fragment. Original Poetry By Victor And Cazire. Poems From St. Irvyne, Or, The Rosicrucian. Posthumous Fragments Of Margaret Nicholson. Being Poems Found Amongst The Papers Of That Noted Female Who Attempted The Life Of The King In 1786. Notes On The Text And Its Punctuation. A List Of The Principal Editions Of Shelley’s Poetical Works, Showing The Various Printed Sources Of The Contents Of This Edition. The Complete Novels: St. Irvyne; Or, The Rosicrucian Zastrozzi: A Romance The Complete Essays: A Defence Of Poetry A Philosophical View Of Reform A Vindication Of Natural Diet Essay On The Literature, The Arts, And The Manners Of The Athenians On A Future State On Life On Love On The Punishment Of Death On The Symposium, Or Preface To The Banquet Of Plato Speculations On Metaphysics Speculations On Morals The Necessity Of Atheism

    The book designer adapted the work to the printed page, keeping the intense blood red and ebony black. Each double-page spread takes on an exciting life of its own. A note provides background information on the tale, and an afterword tells the story of the illustrations with photographs of the original cloths. This unusual multicultural pairing packs a powerful punch." - Kirkus Reviews"I'm the fastest animal in the forest!" boasts Kanchil the trickster mouse deer. "And I challenge any animal to race me!" Who will step forward to accept this challenge, and can Kanchil be beaten?Illustrated in the exquisite Mata-ni-Pachedi style of ritual textile painting from Gujarat. The Great Race is the third story in the Kanchil series by Nathan Kumar Scott, preceded by the popular Mangoes and Bananas and The Sacred Banana Leaf.US Grade Level Equivalent: 1US Guided Reading Level: J

    The Ancient Classics series provides eReaders with the wisdom of the Classical world, with both English translations and the original Latin and Greek texts. This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works of Ovid, with beautiful illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Ovid's life and works* Features the complete works of Ovid, in both English translation and the original Latin texts* Concise introductions to the poetry and other works* Provides both verse and prose translations of the METAMORPOHOSES and the AMOURS* Includes translations previously appearing in Loeb Classical Library editions of Ovid’s works* Images of famous paintings that have been inspired by Ovid’s works* Excellent formatting of the texts* Easily locate the poems or works you want to read with individual contents tables* Includes Ovid's rare works IBIS, TRISTIA and EX PONTO, first time in digital print* Features a bonus biography - discover Ovid's ancient world* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genresCONTENTS:The TranslationsAMOURS (VERSE)AMOURS (PROSE)HEROIDESWOMEN’S COSMETICSTO ART OF LOVELOVE’S CUREMETAMORPHOSES (VERSE)METAMORPHOSES (PROSE)FASTIIBISTRISTIAEPISTULAE EX PONTOThe Latin TextsLIST OF LATIN TEXTSThe BiographyTHE LIFE AND WORKS OF OVID by Arthur Leslie Wheeler

    This book includes many childhood favorites such as The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tale of Two Bad Mice, The Tale of Pigling Bland, The Tale of Mr. Tod and many many more.

    Her husband is away on business and any moment can be their last! How steadfast is the human spirit? Read to find out. This story by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore is free to read and share …

    You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

    The famous poem The Canonization by John Donne.

    A first of its kind in digital print, the ‘Masters of Art’ series will allow Kindle readers to explore the works of the world’s greatest artists in comprehensive detail. This volume presents the genius of Leonardo da Vinci, the world's greatest painter, in beautiful detail, with scholarly introductions, as well as the usual Delphi bonus material.Features:* the complete paintings of Leonardo da Vinci* includes previously lost works, with annotations* concise introductions to the paintings and other works, giving valuable contextual information* learn the secrets of the MONA LISA, the history of THE LAST SUPPER or the meaning behind THE VITRUVIAN MAN* beautiful 'detail' images, allowing you to explore Leonardo's masterpieces as though in the gallery* includes Leonardo’s drawings and his complete notebooks* special criticism section, with essays by critics such as Sigmund Freud* features two biographies on Leonardo's life, including Vasari's famous biography* hundreds of images in stunning colour - highly recommended for Kindle Fire, iPhone, iPad or PC users, or as a valuable reference tool on traditional KindlesCONTENTS:The PaintingsTOBIAS AND THE ANGELMADONNA OF THE POMEGRANATETHE MADONNA OF THE CARNATIONTHE BAPTISM OF CHRISTTHE ANNUNCIATIONTHE BENOIS MADONNAPORTRAIT OF GINEVRA DE' BENCIST JEROME IN THE WILDERNESSTHE ADORATION OF THE MAGITHE VIRGIN OF THE ROCKS (LOUVRE)THE VIRGIN OF THE ROCKS (NATIONAL GALLERY)THE HEAD OF A WOMANLITTA MADONNALADY WITH AN ERMINEPORTRAIT OF A MUSICIANLA BELLE FERRONNIÈRETHE LAST SUPPERTHE MADONNA OF THE YARNWINDERMONA LISATHE VIRGIN AND CHILD WITH SAINT ANNELEDA AND THE SWANST. JOHN THE BAPTISTBACCHUS (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST)THE BATTLE OF ANGHIARISALVATOR MUNDIThe DrawingsTHE VITRUVIAN MANTHE VIRGIN AND CHILD WITH ST ANNE AND ST JOHN THE BAPTISTSELF-PORTRAITSTUDY OF HORSESOTHER DRAWINGSThe NotebooksTHE NOTEBOOKS OF LEONARDO DA VINCITHOUGHTS ON ART AND LIFEThe CriticismLEONARDO DA VINCI by SIGMUND FREUDEXTRACT FROM ‘THE RENAISSANCE’ by WALTER PATEREXTRACT FROM ‘ESSAYS ON ART’ by A. CLUTTON-BROCKThe BiographiesLIFE OF LEONARDO DA VINCI by GIORGIO VASARILEONARDO DA VINCI by MAURICE W. BROCKWELL