Christie's first published novel, THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES is notable for introducing many of the character types, plot twists, and red herrings that would become commonplace during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. Set in a remote country manor with a small handful of suspects, THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES is the quintessential detective story and remains one of the most significant literary works in the mystery genre.
Set in England and Hong Kong in the 1920s, THE PAINTED VEIL is the story of the beautiful but love-starved Kitty Fane. When her husband discovers her adulterous affair, he forces her to accompany him to the heart of a cholera epidemic.
This volume, the most comprehensive collection of his poetry and translations ever assembled, gathers all his verse except THE CANTOS. In addition to the famous poems that transformed modern literature, it features dozens of rare and out-of-print pieces, such as the handmade first collection HILDA'S BOOK (1905-1907), late translations of Horace, rare sheet music translations, and works from a 1917 "lost" manuscript.
Harry Haller is a sad and lonely figure, a reclusive intellectual for whom life holds no joy. He struggles to reconcile the wild primeval wolf and the rational man within himself without surrendering to the bourgeois values he despises. His life changes dramatically when he meets a woman who is his opposite, the carefree and elusive Hermine.
LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER is both one of the most beautiful and notorious love stories in modern fiction. The summation of D.H. Lawrence's artistic achievement, it sharply illustrates his belief that tenderness and passion were the only weapons that could save man from self-destruction.
BEYOND THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE marked a turning point and a major modification of Freud's previous theoretical approach. The main importance of the essay resides in the striking picture of human beings struggling between two opposing instincts or drives: Eros working for creativity, harmony, sexual connection, reproduction, and self-preservation; Thanatos for destruction, repetition, aggression, compulsion, and self-destruction.
ULYSSES is one of the most influential novels of the twentieth century. This editions follows the complete and unabridged text as corrected and reset in 1961.
Engaging, funny and bracingly honest, Heather Kopp shares her remarkable journey into darkness...and back to the light again. Her story reveals the unique challenges and spiritual conundrums Christians face when they become ensnared in an addiction, and the redemption that's possible when we finally reach the end of ourselves.
The text of Eliot's 1922 masterpiece is accompanied by throrough explanatory annotations as well as by Eliot's own knotty notes, some of which require annotation themselves.
ONCE UPON A PRINCE, the first novel in the Royal Wedding series by bestselling author Rachel Hauck, tells a modern-day fairy tale as fetching as the recent nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton. When a jilted girlfriend meets a reluctant crown prince, they discover the power of God’s love to heal hearts and change a nation.
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July's Books on Screen roundup includes the films Reading Lolita in Tehran and The Odyssey; the series premieres of "The Five Star Weekend" on Peacock, "Little House on the Prairie" on Netflix, and "Elle" on Prime Video; the season premieres of AMC's "The Walking Dead: Dead City" and Apple TV's "Silo"; the conclusion of "Cape Fear" on Apple TV and "The Listeners" on STARZ; the season finale of AMC's "The Vampire Lestat"; the continuation of "House of the Dragon" on HBO; and the DVD/Blu-ray releases of The Devil Wears Prada 2, Animal Farm and All You Need Is Kill.