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The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone is vintage Tennessee Williams. It is the story of a 50-ish wealthy American widow who was most recently a famous stage beauty but is now drifting after the death of her husband. With poignant wit and his own particular brand of relish, Williams charts her drift into an affair with a cruel young gigolo.

Mr Bennet develops a severe congestion of the chest, which obliges him to spend the winter by the Mediterranean. Accompanied by his daughter Jane and her husband, as well as his usual Medical team, and using the latest means of transport, they travel to Florence and then to Rome, where Mr Bennet makes a discovery which will, at last, make his name in academical circles, while Mrs Bennet enjoys the company of a young Roman count, and Margaret Morland (Margaret Dashwood as was) completes her masterpiece. Read how this idyll is interrupted and what follows in this latest from the author of ...

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 B.C-A.D. 65), the chief advisor to the emperor Nero, was the power behind the throne in Ancient Rome. He is most famous for his writings on Stoic ideology, in which philosophy is a practical form of self-improvement. Seneca’s letters address the issues of life and death confronting every generation while upholding the ideals of Stoicism–valuing courage and friendship, avoiding corruption and self-indulgence, striving to achieve a good life while being immune to life’s setbacks, and enjoying life without the fear of dying.

Question: What sort of idiot installs his mistress in his wife's house? Especially when that mistress is Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator, Queen of Egypt and the most notorious woman of her time? Answer: Julius Caesar—poised to become King of Rome. Or as good as. Question: At this potentially sensitive point in your political manoeuvrings, who are the last people you'd want crashing through the door, observing, recording, documenting ...? I think we all know the answer to that one.

Four Queens of the Dead try to find their way back to Hell in this extraordinary gothic, feminist fantasy set in a mythology-inspired world. You must look for girls who can wear darkness like a cloak and crown themselves with light. Who can dance in a boneyard and kill in a meadow of fresh...

Philosophy takes us by surprise. It challenges us, awakens us and opens our minds. In an increasingly opinionated world, philosophy encourages us to look within and think for ourselves. In doing so, we can find solutions to even our most confusing dilemmas. Let Fabrice Midal teach you to trust...

Mit ihrem eigenen Blumenladen hat sich Magnolia ihren großen Traum erfüllt. Doch als das Geld knapp wird, wendet sie sich an ihre Familie. Diese hat für ihre Hilfe allerdings eine Bedingung: Sie soll ihren Ex-Freund heiraten! Für Nolia kommt das nicht infrage, aber das Ultimatum bringt sie auf eine Idee: eine Fake-Ehe—und der Partner ist schnell gefunden. 

Si decides abarcarte entre mis letras sentirás el fuego que enciende la revolución de las mujeres. Y entonces, cuando esa chispa de amor propio y revolución se enciende en el pecho, ya sí que no hay marcha atrás.