Great writer's 1897 account of circumnavigating the globe by steamship. Brimming with ironic, tongue-in-cheek humor, the book describes shark fishing in Australia, riding the rails in India, tiger hunting, diamond mining in South Africa, much more; also peoples, climate, flora and fauna, customs, religion, politics, food, etc. 197 illustrations.

A prominent intellectual of the Weimar era, Heinrich Mann was a leading authority on Nietzsche. This volume consists of Mann's selections of highlights from the philosopher's works — The Birth of Tragedy, Thus Spake Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil, and others — along with an introduction that explains their significance.

Renowned for his poetry, plays, essays, and conversational skills, Oscar Wilde also wrote delightfully entertaining works of short fiction. This volume contains four of his finest. Most celebrated is The Canterville Ghost, a delightfully comical tale centering around the ghost of Sir Simon de Canterville, who for some 300 years has terrorized the residents and employees of Canterville Chase. When the house is bought by the Otises, an American family that refuses to believe in such supernatural nonsense, hilarious results ensue. Also included here are The Sphinx Without a Secret, about an enigmatic woman who carries the key to a mystery with her to the grave; The Model Millionaire, the charming story of a delightful, ineffectual young man with a perfect profile and no profession; as well as Lord Arthur Savile's Crime. Rounding out the volume are Wilde's lyrical Poems in Prose, including The Artist, The Doer of Good, The Disciple, and 3 more. These diverting stories offer the wit, whimsy, and imaginative gusto of one of the 19th century's most scintillating masters of the English language.

These ancient verses offer a compelling introduction to Buddhist thought, revealing the Four Truths — concerning the nature of the world and our lot in it — and the Eightfold Path to enlightenment, the means by which to overcome the essential suffering revealed by the Four Truths as the essence of life.

This classic brings together a rich sampling of the knowledge and wisdom of one of history's greatest military commanders. The concise text not only provides a fascinating glimpse of the French leader's intellectual ability for conducting military operations but also reveals his thoughts, theories and commentaries on waging war and the art of conducting statecraft. Equally relevant to today's entrepreneur, the book is packed with maneuvers that can be applied just as easily to increasing revenues on the battlefield of commerce. Unabridged republication of the edition published by Freemantle and Co., London, 1901.

This Victorian artist/architect A. Welby Pugin is perhaps best known for his work on the Houses of Parliament in the neo-Gothic style, but he also produced a wealth of beautiful ecclesiastical designs that hark back to their medieval roots. Hundreds of his best designs for embellishing crosses, altar cloths, and church vestments are shown in magnificent colour on the 59 plates in this new anthology.

Ships from Spain. Please allow 10-18 business days to arrive at UK address (10-21 worldwide) due to postal service checks and customs. This is an ideal way to, not only discover the humour of this Spanish classic, but to also enjoy, and understand, it in Spanish. The carefully selected passages manage to capture the flavour of the novel.

«This Dover Thrift Edition presents two classic Greek tragedies by Euripides, «The Trojan Women» and «Hippolytus» which is certainly an interesting combination.»

A classic of American fiction, memorializing the traditions, manners and dialect of Maine coast natives at the turn of the 20th century. In luminous evocations of their lives, Maine-born Jewett created startlingly real portraits of individual New Englanders, and a warm, humorous, and compassionate vision of New England character.

This would suit younger colourists as well as adults, since it is not too intricate and gives great scope for the younger imagination.

This compilation from a style-conscious decade features scores of illustrations with their original captions specifying colors, sizes, prices. Items include apparel for men, women, and children — from lingerie and playclothes to bridal ensembles, Madras jackets, and vinyl slicker coats. Introduction. Over 300 black-and-white illustrations.

Ornate, bold, fanciful, lavish From Gothic characters and florid fonts to simple, elegant designs, this magnificent collection — meticulously reproduced from a rare 19th-century portfolio — offers graphic designers a dazzling choice of ornamental alphabets in color and black and white. Many feature both upper and lower cases.

Exotic and enduring, paisley patterns have decorated textiles and handicrafts for thousands of years. Boasting superb reproductions in vivid color and striking black-and-white, this treasury showcases 199 resplendent examples of traditional Indian and European paisley motifs. A spiritual affinity with the natural world is apparent throughout the collection, exhibited in lush designs inspired by trees, leaves, and flowers, as well as repeating geometric motifs. Brimming with a wealth of intricate details, this very special book is a unique and valuable resource for fashion and graphics designers, textile artists, needleworkers, and other craft enthusiasts, as well as art students and historians.

This is a rare collection of 29 of Poe's best-known stories along with some of his more obscure tales. This mysterious collection features The Fall of the House of Usher, A Decent into the Maelstrom and The Murders in the Rue Morgue, as well as many more.It is packed with stark black-and white plate illustrations from accomplished Edwardian illustrator Harry Clarke, that presents dark visions and glimpses of the macabre to equal Poe's storytelling.

«Definitive novel of the «Lost Generation» focuses on the coming of age of Amory Blaine, a handsome, wealthy Princeton student. He exemplifies the young men and women of the 20s who grew up to find «all Gods dead, all wars fought, all faiths in man shaken.» Fitzgerald's first novel and an immediate, spectacular success.»

In one of the most universally loved and admired English novels, a country squire of no great means must marry off his five vivacious daughters. Jane Austen's art transformed this effervescent tale of rural romance into a witty, shrewdly observed satire of English country life.

Selection of beautiful Art Nouveau designs from the Dekorative Vorbilder, an extremely rare early 20th-century stylebook. 44 full-page, full-color plates display the sensual lines and muted colors typical of Art Nouveau in a variety of ways — in frames, borders, panels, cartouches, head-and tailpieces and dingbats. All permission-free. On coated stock.

This compilation features more than 175 dynamic, royalty-free motifs in a wide range of styles. Derived from the metalwork, woodwork, textiles, carvings, and ceramics of the Viking homelands of Norway, Denmark, and Sweden, they include sinuously intertwined patterns, mythological animals, dragon-slaying heroes on horseback, and many other striking images.

This intriguing combination of fantasy thriller and moral allegory depicts the gripping struggle of two opposing personalities — one essentially good, the other evil — for the soul of one man. Its tingling suspense and intelligent and sensitive portrayal of man's dual nature reveal Stevenson as a novelist of great skill and originality.

Witty and buoyant comedy of manners is brilliantly plotted from its effervescent first act to its hilarious denouement, and filled with some of literature's most famous epigrams. Widely considered Wilde's most perfect work, the play is reprinted here from an authoritative early British edition. Note to the Dover Edition.