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The Promised Land (Mary Antin)
Weaving introspection with political commentary, biography with history, this title brings to life the transformation of an Eastern European Jewish immigrant into an American citizen. It illuminates the lives of hundreds of…
€ 13,³⁰
The Prayers And Meditations Of St. Anselm With The Proslogion (Anselm)
Mostly written between 1070 and 1080, before he became Archbishop of Canterbury, the prayers and meditations of Anselm of Aosta created a tradition of personal devotional works. The meditations in this title include an exploration…
€ 17,³⁰
The Arabian Nights: Tales Of 1,001 Nights
Every night, the vengeful King Shahriyar sleeps with a different virgin, executing her the next morning. To end this brutal pattern and to save her own life, the vizier's daughter, Shahrazad, begins to tell the king stories of…
€ 26,⁶⁰
Ancient Rhetoric
A new and original anthology that introduces the key writings on rhetoric in the classical world, from Aristotle to Cicero and beyond.Classical rhetoric is one of the earliest versions of what is today known as media studies. It…
€ 17,³⁰
The Tale Of The Heike
Presents a masterpiece of world literature and the progenitor of all samurai stories. Legendary for its magnificent and vivid set battle scenes, this book is filled with intimate human dramas and emotions, contemplating Buddhist…
€ 26,⁶⁰
The Swindler And Lazarillo De Tormes (Francisco de Quevedo)
The heroes of the Spanish novels make their way through a seamy underworld populated by unsavoury beggars, corrupt priests, eccentrics, whores and criminals. Lazarillo de Tormes and Pablos the swindler are determined to attain the…
€ 14,⁶⁰
Greek Fiction
A collection of Greek fiction that includes "Callirhoe", "Daphnis and Chloe", "Letters of Chion".
€ 14,⁶⁰
Early Irish Myths And Sagas
First written down in the eighth century AD, these early Irish stories depict a far older world - part myth, part legend and part history. Rich with magic and achingly beautiful, they speak of a land of heroic battles, intense…
€ 11,⁹⁵
Fairy Tales (Hans Christian Andersen)
Contains stories, such as "Auntie Toothache" and "The Shadow", in which a man's shadow slyly takes over his life. In this book, the author conjures up a world of icy queens, match girls and tin soldiers, rewarded virtue and…
€ 13,³⁰
Fairy Tales (Hans Christian Andersen)
Fairy Tales (Hans Christian Andersen)
€ 17,³⁰
Untouchable (Mulk Raj Anand)
Tells the story of an Untouchable in India's caste system, with an introduction by Ramachandra Guha, author of Gandhi Bakha is a proud and attractive young man, yet none the less he is an Untouchable - an outcast in India's caste…
€ 13,³⁰
A Tale Of Four Dervishes (Mir Amman)
Serves as an example of Urdu fiction that provides a glimpse into the customs, beliefs and people of the time.
€ 13,³⁰
The Ultimate Ambition In The Arts Of Erudition (Shihab Al-din Al-nuwayri)
The Ultimate Ambition In The Arts Of Erudition (Shihab Al-din Al-nuwayri)
€ 15,⁹⁵
Captains Of The Sands (Jorge Amado)
Captains Of The Sands (Jorge Amado)
€ 13,³⁰
An African Millionaire (Grant Allen)
Wealthy, confident and handsome, Charles Van Drift is not accustomed to being swindled and his brush with Colonel Clay both rattles and infuriates him. As his South African diamond fortune takes hit after hit from the quick-witted…
€ 13,³⁰