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'We are in the world of Conrad's Under Western Eyes.' - The GuardianHailed as one of Joseph Conrad's finest literary achievements, this is the story of a young man unwittingly caught in the political turmoil of pre-Revolutionary czarist Russia.A gripping novel that ultimately questions our capacity for moral strength and the depths of human integrity. This new edition includes commentary and a reading group guide.'A novel crowded with enigmas & transmuted personal history.' - The New Yorker'The real question for the world's future, in Conrad's theory, wasn't what would happen. It was when and how.' - Maya Jasanoff, The Dawn Watch'We are in the world of Conrad's Under Western Eyes.' - The Guardian'Under Western Eyes is valuable not because it came true but because it rang true even at the time, only now we can better hear the deep, sad note.' - Clive JamesAbout the authorJoseph Conrad was born in Berdichev, Ukraine, in 1857. After both of his parents died of tuberculosis, Conrad went to live with his uncle in Switzerland. After attending school in Kraków, he joined the French and then the British merchant marines, sailing to exotic destinations like the West Indies and the Congo, which would later become the backdrops for some of his fiction. In 1894 he settled down in England and began his literary career. In 1902 Conrad published his most famous work, Heart of Darkness, and continued to write until his death in 1924.

First published in 1921, Crome Yellow was Aldous Huxley's much-acclaimed debut novel.On vacation from school, Denis goes to stay at Crome, an English country house inhabitated by several of Huxley's most outlandish characters--from Mr. Barbecue-Smith, who writes 1,500 publishable words an hour by "getting in touch" with his "subconscious," to Henry Wimbush, who is obsessed with writing the definitive History of Crome. Denis's stay proves to be a disaster amid his weak attempts to attract the girl of his dreams and the ridicule he endures regarding his plan to write a novel about love and art. Lambasting the post-Victorian standards of morality, Crome Yellow is a witty masterpiece that, in F. Scott Fitzgerald's words, "is too ironic to be called satire and too scornful to be called irony."The book contains a brief pre-figuring of Huxley's later novel, Brave New World. Mr. Scogan, one of the characters, describes an 'impersonal generation' of the future that will 'take the place of Nature's hideous system. In vast state incubators, rows upon rows of gravid bottles will supply the world with the population it requires. The family system will disappear; society, sapped at its very base, will have to find new foundations; and Eros, beautifully and irresponsibly free, will flit like a gay butterfly from flower to flower through a sunlit world.'"Delightful. Crome Yellow is witty, worldly and poetic"--The TimesAbout the authorAldous Leonard Huxley (1894--1963) was an English writer and philosopher. He wrote nearly fifty books--both novels and non-fiction works--as well as wide-ranging essays, narratives, and poems.Born into the prominent Huxley family, he graduated from Balliol College, Oxford with an undergraduate degree in English literature. Early in his career, he published short stories and poetry and edited the literary magazine Oxford Poetry, before going on to publish travel writing, satire, and screenplays. He spent the latter part of his life in the United States, living in Los Angeles from 1937 until his death. By the end of his life, Huxley was widely acknowledged as one of the foremost intellectuals of his time. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times and was elected Companion of Literature by the Royal Society of Literature in 1962.Huxley was a humanist and pacifist. He grew interested in philosophical mysticism and universalism, addressing these subjects with works such as The Perennial Philosophy (1945)--which illustrates commonalities between Western and Eastern mysticism--and The Doors of Perception (1954)--which interprets his own psychedelic experience with mescaline. In his most famous novel Brave New World (1932) and his final novel Island (1962), he presented his vision of dystopia and utopia, respectively.

'A neglected classic.' - The New York Times'Among the most moving diaries ever created.' - Ronald Blythe'The 100-year-old multiple sclerosis diary that became a classic ... a furious, sometimes ecstatic, volatile little book.' - The GuardianThe life of Bruce Frederick Cummings (1889-1919), who wrote under the name of W. N. P. Barbellion, was tragically curtailed by multiple sclerosis. The Journal of a Disappointed Man begins as an ambitious teenager's notes on the natural world, and then, following his diagnosis at the age of twenty-six, transforms into a deeply moving account of battling the disease. Barbellion's diary is full of humour and fierce intelligence, and combines a passion for life with clear-sighted reflections on the nature of death.The Journal of a Disappointed Man caused a sensation upon publication in 1919. Barbellion was often likened to diarists like Samuel Pepys and Denton Welch; proclaimed a literary equal to Franz Kafka and James Joyce; and belongs alongside the biographical pages of Charles Darwin, Evelyn Waugh and Katherine Mansfield.Published shortly before the author's death in 1919, The Journal of a Disappointed Man presents a remarkable memoir that addresses struggles with poverty, inadequate education, and the creeping paralysis of multiple sclerosis. Yet author W. N. P. Barbellion manages to write with uplifting eloquence and passion of his love for family, natural history, music, and literature. Told with a thoroughly modern voice, the unjustly overlooked Journal is reprinted here with a thoughtful Introduction by H. G. Wells, who writes of the book's "unpremeditated and exquisite beauty." 'In this diary of an intensely egotistical young naturalist, tragically caught by the creeping approach of death, we have one of the most moving records of the youthful aspects of our universal struggle ... unpremeditated and exquisite beauty.' - H.G Wells'The Journal hit me like an explosion"- David Bradford, The Guardian'If I had a friend who found life tedious, who was maybe even suicidal, and I had the power to make him or her read one book, it would be the soul-stirring diary of Wilhelm Nero Pilate Barbellion' - Noel Perrin'This Journal is one of the great affirmations in our literature.' - The Washington Post'The greatest diary a man has written' - Thomas Mallon'Parallels with Kafka's Diaries having been drawn but Barbellion is more than honest: his introspection has that supercharged quality, often found in German and Russian, but very seldom in English, literature - at all events since understatement became a national characteristic.' - Edward Sackville-WestAbout the authorW. N. P. Barbellion was the pseudonym of Bruce Frederick Cummings (1889-1919). He selected W. N. P. as the initials of three of 'the most wretched figures in history' Kaiser Wilhelm, Emperor Nero and Pontius Pilate. Barbellion was the name of his favourite pastry-shop on Gloucester Road. Cummings was a keen naturalist who worked in the Entomology Department of London's Natural History Museum. Upon attempting to enlist in the British Army during World War I, he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. The discovery of his disease intensified the tenor of his journal-keeping, and his frank and articulate reflections on coping with a fatal disease remain a powerful testament to his life and struggles.

'A neglected classic.' - The New York Times'Among the most moving diaries ever created.' - Ronald Blythe'The 100-year-old multiple sclerosis diary that became a classic ... a furious, sometimes ecstatic, volatile little book.' - The GuardianThe life of Bruce Frederick Cummings (1889-1919), who wrote under the name of W. N. P. Barbellion, was tragically curtailed by multiple sclerosis. The Journal of a Disappointed Man begins as an ambitious teenager's notes on the natural world, and then, following his diagnosis at the age of twenty-six, transforms into a deeply moving account of battling the disease. Barbellion's diary is full of humour and fierce intelligence, and combines a passion for life with clear-sighted reflections on the nature of death.The Journal of a Disappointed Man caused a sensation upon publication in 1919. Barbellion was often likened to diarists like Samuel Pepys and Denton Welch; proclaimed a literary equal to Franz Kafka and James Joyce; and belongs alongside the biographical pages of Charles Darwin, Evelyn Waugh and Katherine Mansfield.Published shortly before the author's death in 1919, The Journal of a Disappointed Man presents a remarkable memoir that addresses struggles with poverty, inadequate education, and the creeping paralysis of multiple sclerosis. Yet author W. N. P. Barbellion manages to write with uplifting eloquence and passion of his love for family, natural history, music, and literature. Told with a thoroughly modern voice, the unjustly overlooked Journal is reprinted here with a thoughtful Introduction by H. G. Wells, who writes of the book's "unpremeditated and exquisite beauty." 'In this diary of an intensely egotistical young naturalist, tragically caught by the creeping approach of death, we have one of the most moving records of the youthful aspects of our universal struggle ... unpremeditated and exquisite beauty.' - H.G Wells'The Journal hit me like an explosion"- David Bradford, The Guardian'If I had a friend who found life tedious, who was maybe even suicidal, and I had the power to make him or her read one book, it would be the soul-stirring diary of Wilhelm Nero Pilate Barbellion' - Noel Perrin'This Journal is one of the great affirmations in our literature.' - The Washington Post'The greatest diary a man has written' - Thomas Mallon'Parallels with Kafka's Diaries having been drawn but Barbellion is more than honest: his introspection has that supercharged quality, often found in German and Russian, but very seldom in English, literature - at all events since understatement became a national characteristic.' - Edward Sackville-WestAbout the authorW. N. P. Barbellion was the pseudonym of Bruce Frederick Cummings (1889-1919). He selected W. N. P. as the initials of three of 'the most wretched figures in history': Kaiser Wilhelm, Emperor Nero and Pontius Pilate. Barbellion was the name of his favourite pastry-shop on Gloucester Road. Cummings was a keen naturalist who worked in the Entomology Department of London's Natural History Museum. Upon attempting to enlist in the British Army during World War I, he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. The discovery of his disease intensified the tenor of his journal-keeping, and his frank and articulate reflections on coping with a fatal disease remain a powerful testament to his life and struggles.

"This monumental and authoritative biography of one of the most intriguing and complex figures of the 20th century, written by his grandson, gives a complete and balanced account of Gandhi s remarkable life, the development of his beliefs, his political campaigns, and his complex relationships with his family. Gandhi s life was one of contrasts and contradictions: the westernised Middle Temple lawyer who wore the clothes of India s poorest and spun cotton by hand; the apostle of non-violence who led an Indian ambulance corps in the Boer War and urged Indians to enlist in the First World War; the champion of Indian independence who never hated the British. Written with unprecedented insight and access to family archives, this definitive biography of Gandhi sheds new light on the life of a man who was far more complicated and conflicted than his received public image suggests. For the first time, this book gives us the true Gandhi, the man as well as the legend. "

"Victor Hugo gave Notre Dame life as the vibrant heart of France." — The GuardianThe Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Notre-Dame de Paris, 'Our Lady of Paris' in French) is a French Gothic novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1831."It is not just Hugo’s intensely visual imagination that makes Notre Dame so vibrant. He made [a] successful model of historical fiction more lyrical and more philosophical in order to thicken and heighten his writing’s dramatic qualities. Through his vivid reflections on how its history has been written by masonry and glasswork, Hugo envisages Notre Dame as the heart of a dawning civilisation in which compassion and community could triumph over insularity and inequality." – The GuardianThe story is set in Paris in 1482 during the reign of Louis XI. The gypsy Esmeralda (born as Agnes) captures the hearts of many men, including those of Captain Phoebus and Pierre Gringoire, but especially Quasimodo and his guardian Archdeacon Claude Frollo. Frollo is torn between his obsessive lust for Esmeralda and the rules of Notre Dame Cathedral. He orders Quasimodo to kidnap her, but Quasimodo is captured by Phoebus and his guards, who save Esmeralda. Gringoire, who attempted to help Esmeralda but was knocked out by Quasimodo, is about to be hanged by beggars when Esmeralda saves him by agreeing to marry him for four years.The following day, Quasimodo is sentenced to be flogged and turned on the pillory for two hours, followed by another hour's public exposure. He calls for water. Esmeralda, seeing his thirst, approaches the public stocks and offers him a drink of water. It saves him, and she captures his heart.Later, Esmeralda is arrested and charged with the attempted murder of Phoebus, whom Frollo actually attempted to kill in jealousy after seeing him trying to seduce Esmeralda. She is sentenced to death by hanging. As she is being led to the gallows, Quasimodo swings down by the bell rope of Notre-Dame and carries her off to the cathedral, temporarily protecting her – under the law of sanctuary – from arrest.Frollo later informs Gringoire that the Court of Parlement has voted to remove Esmeralda's right to the sanctuary so she can no longer seek shelter in the cathedral and will be taken away to be killed. Clopin, the leader of the gypsies, hears the news from Gringoire and rallies the citizens of Paris to charge the cathedral and rescue Esmeralda.When Quasimodo sees the gypsies, he assumes they are there to hurt Esmeralda, so he drives them off. Likewise, he thinks the king's men want to rescue her, and tries to help them find her. She is rescued by Frollo and Gringoire. But after yet another failed attempt to win her love, Frollo betrays Esmeralda by handing her to the troops and watches while she is being hanged. When Frollo laughs during Esmeralda's hanging, Quasimodo pushes him from the height of Notre Dame to his death. Quasimodo goes to the cemetery, hugs Esmeralda's body, and dies of starvation with her.

A colorfully illustrated holiday book, perfect to add to any winter holiday or Christmas traditions and celebrations, in English and Spanish, with a delicious sugar cookie recipe included. Un libro de vacaciones con ilustraciones coloridas, un libro perfecto para agregar a las celebraciones de vacaciones de invierno y navidad de cualquier familia, en ingles y espanol.