-
(0 reviews)
The Divine Comedy
1,350 LThe plot of The Divine Comedy is simple: a man, generally assumed to be Dante himself, is miraculously enabled to undertake an ultramundane journey, which leads him to visit the souls in Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise.
-
-
(0 reviews)
The Dress: 100 Iconic Moments in Fashion
2,750 LMegan Hess has spent her career exploring and illustrating fashion. And while fashion is an ever-changing, ever-inspiring beast, there are certain dresses that capture a moment in history, the spirit of a generation and the indefinable energy of a fashion icon.
-
(0 reviews)
The Dubliners
500 LRevealing the truths and realities about Irish society in the early 20th century, Joyce’s Dubliners challenged the prevailing image of Dublin at the time. A group portrait made up of 15 short stories about the inhabitants of Joyce’s native city, he offers a subtle critique of his own town, imbuing the text with an underlying tone of tragedy. Through his various characters he displays the complicated relationships, hardships and mundane details of everyday life and the desire for escape – a yearning that so closely mirrored his own experiences.
-
(0 reviews)
The Education of an Idealist
1,600 LWhat can one person do?’ In this vibrant, galvanizing memoir, human rights advocate and Pulitzer-Prize winning writer Samantha Power offers an urgent response to this question.
-
(0 reviews)
The egyptian book of the dead
4,200 LFor the first time in 3,300 years, The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Book of Going Forth by Day: The Papyrus of Ani is showcased in its entirety in seventy four magnificent color pages.
-
(0 reviews)
The Elephant Vanishes
1,600 LThe Elephant Vanishes is a collection of 17 short stories by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. The stories were written between 1980 and 1991. The stories mesh normality with surrealism, and focus on painful issues involving loss, destruction, confusion and loneliness.
-
(0 reviews)
The Elite
1,400 LThe Elite is the second novel in the Selection series by Kiera Cass.It is narrated by America Singer, a 17-year-old girl who is selected to compete with 35 other girls to become Prince Maxon’s wife and become queen. The Elite tells the story at the stage in the competition where there are only six girls left and tensions are high from both the competition and the dangerous rebels.
-
(0 reviews)
The Empowered Wife, Updated and Expanded Edition: Six Surprising Secrets for Attracting Your Husband’s Time, Attention, and Affection Paperback
2,450 LCan a wife single-handedly bring a boring or broken marriage back to life? This improved and expanded edition of Laura Doyle’s acclaimed First, Kill All the Marriage Counselors features real-life success stories from empowered wives who have done just thatand provides a step-by-step guide to revitalizing your own marriage.
-
(0 reviews)
The Essential
2,000 LThe first major compendium of the Dalai Lama’s wisdom on all aspects of life from work to happiness and enlightenment.
-
(0 reviews)
The eternal husband
1,350 LThe Eternal Husband is a novel by Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky that was first published in 1870 in Zarya magazine.[1] The novel’s plot revolves around the complicated relationship between the nobleman Velchaninov and the widower Trusotsky, whose deceased wife was Velchaninov’s former lover.
-
(0 reviews)
The Exiled
1,500 LTrust no one.It is six months since the Arcadia set sail for the first time in forty years.
-
(0 reviews)
The expectation effect
1,700 LPeople who believe ageing brings wisdom live longer.Lucky charms really do improve an athlete’s performance.Taking a placebo, even when you know it is a placebo, can still improve your health.
-
(0 reviews)
The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man
1,800 LIn 1986, Paul Newman and his closest friend, screenwriter Stewart Stern, began an extraordinary project.
-
(0 reviews)
The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
3,150 LFrom Snow White to Cinderella, Rapunzel to Rumpelstiltskin, the Brothers Grimm bequeathed a canon of stories which have become literary and childhood classics. The most widely read story collection after the Bible, their magical tales are stalwarts of early learning and imagination, listed in UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register as a vital part of our history and culture.
-
(0 reviews)
The Fall
1,500 LA philosophical novel described by fellow existentialist Sartre as ‘perhaps the most beautiful and the least understood’ of his novels, Albert Camus’ The Fall is translated by Robin Buss in Penguin Modern Classics.
Bookland
Your daily chapter