Early Classics

A masterly retelling of Homer’s epic poem 'The Iliad' recreates the age of heroes in this spellbinding introduction to the Greek Classics.

Step into the timeless tale of chivalry with "Don Quixote: Adapted for Modern Readers." This refreshed edition presents Cervantes’ classic story with clean formatting and contemporary typography, making it more accessible to today’s audience. The language has been carefully updated for clarity while preserving the original tone and wit. Whether you are a first-time reader or revisiting an old favorite, this adaptation offers an engaging and seamless reading experience. Journey through 17th-century Spain with Don Quixote and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, as they embark on a quest ...

Everything Agatha Christie would become begins in these thirteen books. This annotated collection includes: • A 15,000-word critical study of the author's first decade • A full life of the author, from wartime dispenser to Queen of Crime • An introduction: how to read the early work • A Note on the Texts and their United States public-domain status • Thirteen complete works, 1920–1930, in one volume Everything the world's best-selling novelist would become begins in these thirteen books. Between 1920 and 1930 an unknown Englishwoman published the novels that invented modern ...

If you want to discover the captivating history of Europe, then this audiobook might be what you're looking for. It includes five books that cover topics like ancient history, influence of ancient Greece and Rome, fall of the Roman Empire, the Renaissance, important events, and much more.

Now more than ever, our children need to learn about the people who live all around the world. This engaging guide to other lands weaves world history into a storybook format. Designed as a project for parents and children to share (or for older listeners to enjoy alone), this book covers the major historical events in the years 1600-1850 on each continent, with tales from each culture.

When family is all you have, it turns out to be everything you need. The five Pepper children have almost nothing; their tiny brown house is falling apart, their mother works from dawn to dusk just to buy bread, and they light their home with a single flickering candle. But they have each other, and that makes them the richest family in the world. But everything changes the day they meet Jasper, a lonely, rich boy who discovers that the Pepper family has something his wealth could never buy. One friendship leads to the most incredible adventure—and the biggest choice their family has ever...

Behind the closed doors of a notorious red light district, an entire hidden world comes alive. In the brothels of Yamskaya, women live beneath the watchful eyes of madams, policemen, doctors, and the endless procession of men who pass through their rooms. There is sharp-tongued Zhenya, proud and fiercely perceptive; gentle Lyuba, who longs for something beyond the life she knows; enigmatic Tamara, whose intelligence and mysterious past set her apart; and the many other women who quarrel, laugh, dream, endure, and search for moments of tenderness in a world built upon their exploitation. But...

NEWBERY HONOR BOOK The beloved tale of a boy on a daring quest to rescue a dragon, featuring the original black-and-white illustrations “Irresistible . . . a real delight.”—The New Yorker Now a Netflix animated film featuring the voices of Jacob Tremblay, Gaten Matarazzo, Whoopi...

A scandalous love. A suffocating marriage. A woman determined to feel alive. First published in 1832, Indiana is one of the earliest and most powerful novels of French Romanticism—and a bold, emotionally charged exploration of love, freedom, and the constraints placed on women. Set against the lush backdrop of colonial society and Parisian life, the novel follows Indiana Delmare, a young woman trapped in a cold, controlling marriage. When she encounters the charming and elusive Raymon de Ramière, she is drawn into a passionate and dangerous emotional awakening—one that forces her to ...

Lélia cannot love. Not because she has never tried — she has, with the totality that her nature demands — but because she has passed through the aspiration for the absolute and found, on the other side of it, only the permanent confirmation of its impossibility. She cannot be reached by Sténio, the young poet who loves her with a completeness that is destroying him. She cannot be consoled by Trenmor, the former gambler who has survived his own degradation and found in renunciation a stoic peace. She cannot be saved by Magnus, the fanatical priest whose religious obsession with her ...

Newly Revised and Edited! The Gospel of Nicodemus: A Clear Text Edition in True 16pt Large Print Experience one of early Christianity’s most dramatic and influential works—now presented in modern, accessible English and genuine 16pt large print for effortless reading. Includes both sections of the traditional text: the Acts of Pilate (the Trial of Jesus) and the Descent into Hell, fully translated and rendered in clear modern English. What if the trial of Jesus was only the beginning? The Gospel of Nicodemus takes you beyond the familiar Gospel accounts into a world of courtroom drama, ...

The classics your child already loves — retold so the wolf says sorry In this collection, Little Red Riding Hood laughs at the tail sticking out of Grandma's quilt. The Three Little Pigs hand their sneezy wolf friend a hankie and a bowl of soup. Goldilocks says sorry three times — one for each mistake — and stays to mend the chair. The witch in the gingerbread cottage? She just wanted someone to stay for tea. Each of the ten classic tales is a full five-minute read-aloud with a real story arc: someone wants something, stumbles, and makes it right. The sentences are built for reading ...

Prepare to step into the mind of one of Christianity’s most influential thinkers, Clement of Alexandria. This book is your gateway to understanding how one man’s genius shaped the course of Christian thought, merging the profound wisdom of classical philosophy with the emerging teachings of the early Church. Unlock the Secrets of Ancient Wisdom Clement wasn’t just a scholar; he was a visionary. By delving into this book, you’ll discover how he deftly wove together the threads of Greek philosophy and Christian doctrine, creating a rich tapestry that has endured for centuries. ...

A Classic Voice from the Early Church—Now in Clear, Modern English John Chrysostom’s Homilies on the Gospel of John shaped generations of Christian interpretation. This newly revised edition makes his powerful preaching accessible and engaging for today’s readers. • Complete collection of Chrysostom’s homilies on John — drawn from the trusted Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers series, fully revised for clarity and readability. • Modernized language without compromising accuracy — preserves Chrysostom’s thought while removing archaic phrasing and awkward constructions. • ...

Three masterworks from the most revolutionary decade in American prose — with In Our Time, The Torrents of Spring, and over 100 pages of original critical essays on the iceberg theory, the Lost Generation, and the man behind the mask. Between 1925 and 1929, Ernest Hemingway published the body of work that would permanently alter the course of American literature. Writing from the cafés of the Left Bank and the fiestas of Pamplona, he forged a prose style so radical in what it chose not to say that every serious American writer who followed would have to reckon with it. This Erato Press ...

Zilpha Williams has spent twenty-nine years living the life expected of her—quiet, obedient, and utterly unremarkable. In a world governed by duty and appearances, she has learned to silence her desires, to endure rather than to hope, and to accept that love was never meant for her. Until the day everything changes. A single letter delivers a devastating truth: her life will be short. With time suddenly slipping through her fingers, the rules that once bound her begin to lose their power. Fear, which has shaped every choice she has ever made, no longer holds the same authority. And so, ...

From Pulitzer Prize–winning author Larry McMurtry comes the first in a four-volume epic journey through the early American frontier, featuring the Berrybender family, English nobility adrift in the American West in the 1830s. It is 1830, and the Berrybender family—rich, aristocratic, English...

Listen along as Woody and the gang go on a campout; Anna, Elsa, and Olaf have a slumber party; Pongo puts his puppies to bed; and more! With one story for every day of the year, bedtime has never been so much fun...

A strikingly original collection of short stories and accompanying vignettes that marked Ernest Hemingway’s American debut. When In Our Time was first published in 1925, it was widely praised for its simple and precise use of language to convey a wide range of complex emotions, and earned...

Gustav von Aschenbach has built an entire life, and a considerable reputation, on discipline. A distinguished writer, ennobled by his government, widowed young, he has organized every hour of every day around the conviction that great art is achieved through rigorous self-mastery, never through surrender to mere feeling. Exhausted and restless, he travels to Venice for what he tells himself will be simple rest. There, among the guests of his grand hotel, he sees a Polish family — and among them, a boy of extraordinary, almost unbearable beauty. Aschenbach tells himself this fascination is...