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The History and Topography of Ireland
Gerald of Wales was among the most dynamic and fascinating churchmen of the twelfth century. A member of one of the leading Norman families involved in the invasion of Ireland, he …
The Book of Margery Kempe
A remarkable medieval woman's life and the earliest surviving autobiography in English, now updated with new materialThe story of the eventful life of Margery Kempe - medieval …
Living My Life
An uncompromising autobiography of an early radical leader documents her participation in communist, anarchist, and feminist activities, in an abridged version of her two-part …
Troilus and Criseyde
Recounts the love story between Troilus and Cressida, whose oaths of trust and fidelity are tested when the Trojan War forces them apart.
Poet's Pub
Poet's Pub is the classic comic novel by Eric Linklater, set in an English pub. When an Oxford poet named Saturday Keith assumes control of the Pelican Pub, what he desires most is …
The Gilda Stories
Before Buffy, before Twilight, before Octavia Butler's Fledgling, there was The Gilda Stories, now as a new Penguin Classics hardcover, a Penguin Speculative Fiction Special A …
North American Indians
Briefly describes Catlin's life and career, and shares his observations of the Great Plains Indians during the 1830s.
A Short History of the World
Spanning the origins of the Earth to the outcome of the First World War, this is a brilliantly compelling account of the evolution of life and the development of the human race. …
The Scarlet Pimpernel
'Every step the Scarlet Pimpernel takes on French soil is fraught with danger'The French Terror is raging, and few are safe from the threat of the guillotine. Sir Percy Blakeney, a …
The Elder Edda
Compiled by an unknown scribe in Iceland around 1270, and based on sources dating back centuries earlier, these mythological and heroic poems tell of gods and mortals from an …
The Book of Chuang Tzu
The Book of Chuang Tzu draws together the stories, tales, jokes and anecdotes that have gathered around the figure of Chuang Tzu. One of the great founders of Taoism, Chaung Tzu …