Books with author Wilma Baltus

'The Ballad of Reading Gaol' is a poem by Oscar Wilde, written in exile either in Berneval or in Dieppe, France, after his release from Reading Gaol on or about 19 May 1897. Wilde had been incarcerated in Reading, after being convicted of homosexual offences in 1895 and sentenced to two years' hard labour in prison. During his imprisonment, on Saturday 7 July 1896, a hanging took place. Charles Thomas Wooldridge (ca. 1866 - 7 July 1896) had been a trooper in the Royal Horse Guards. He was convicted of cutting the throat of his wife, Laura Ellen, earlier that year at Clewer, near Windsor. He was aged only 30 when executed. This had a profound effect on Wilde, inspiring the line "Yet each man kills the thing he loves."The finished poem was published under the name C.3.3., which stood for cell block C, landing 3, cell 3. This ensured that Wilde's name - by then notorious - did not appear on the poem's front cover. It was not commonly known, until1899, that C.3.3. was actually Wilde.

'The Happy Prince and Other Tales', sometimes called 'The Happy Prince and Other Stories', is a collection of stories for children by Oscar Wilde. It contains five stories, "The Happy Prince", "The Nightingale and the Rose", "The Selfish Giant", "The Devoted Friend", and "The Remarkable Rocket". It is most famous for its title story, "The Happy Prince". A swallow meets the statue of the late "Happy Prince", which houses the soul of the original prince, who in reality had never experienced true happiness. The statue inspires the swallow to selfless acts.

'A House of Pomegranates' is a collection of fairy tales, written by Oscar Wilde, that was published as a second collection for 'The Happy Prince and Other Tales' (1888). Wilde once said that this collection was "intended neither for the British child nor the British public."The stories included in this collection are: "The Young King", "The Birthday of the Infanta", "The Fisherman and his Soul" and "The Star-Child".

'The Art of Money Getting: Golden Rules for Making Money' by businessman P.T. Barnum, gives advice on how to make money and live a financially stable life. From how to manage your own finances, and the importance of persevering when following your dreams, to the importance of focusing energy on one specific goal, and ensuring you keep your integrity. This is an essential guide for anyone serious about making a success in business, or a success in life in general.

'The Odyssey' is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to 'The Iliad', the other work ascribed to Homer. The poem is fundamental to the modern Western canon, and is the second oldest extant work of Western literature, 'The Iliad' being the oldest. It is believed to have been composed near the end of the 8th century BC, somewhere in Ionia, the Greek coastal region of Anatolia. The poem mainly centers on the Greek hero Odysseus (or Ulysses, as he was known in Roman myths) and his journey home after the fall of Troy. It takes Odysseus ten years to reach Ithaca after the ten-year Trojan War. In his absence, it is assumed he has died, and his wife Penelope and son Telemachus must deal with a group of unruly suitors, the Mnesteres (Greek: ) or Proci, who compete for Penelope's hand in marriage.