A Father's Instructions: Consisting of Moral Tales, Fab...
A Father's Instructions: Consisting of Moral Tales, Fables, ...
Fables Tp Vol 07 Arabian Nights And Days
Collecting issues #42-47 of writer Bill Willingham's Eis...
Fables Tp Vol 07 Arabian Nights And Days
Collecting issues #42-47 of writer Bill Willingham's Eis...
Economic Analysis; Moral Philosophy and Public Policy
This 2006 book shows through accessible argument and numerou...
Moral Fables
Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe (Barnes & Noble Omnibus Leatherbound Classics)
Edgar Allan Poe was one of the earliest pioneers of the short story and perfected the tale of psychological horror. The entirety of Poes body of imaginative work encompasses detective tales, satires, fables, fantasies, science fiction, verse dramas and some of the most evocative poetry in the English language.This title collects Poes fiction and poetry, including The Fall of the House of Ush...
Waterloo
Brave Frenchmen, will you not surrender? Cambronne answered, Merde! A tense, dramatic account of the Battle of Waterloo and how a rain shower changed history from Victor Hugos epic novel Les Miserables. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics huge ra...
The Cyberiad - Fables for the Cybernetic Age
A charming, mind-bending and anarchic book of imagined civilizations Most cosmic civilizations long for things, in the depths of their souls, they would never openly admit to
Trurl and Klapaucius are constructors they travel around the universe creating machines of astonishing inventiveness and power and visiting a bewildering variety of violent, peculiar and morose civilizations. ...
Illustrated Stories from Aesop
This new collection of Aesops fables is sumptuously illustrated by Giuliano Ferri and presented as a hardback gift edition to be read again and again A fully illustrated collection of more than thirty of Aesops timeless fables, retold specially for children, including The Hare and the Tortoise, The Boy who Cried Wolf and The Lion and the Mouse. This luxury, cloth-bound gift edi...
The Lion and the Mouse
A stunning, wordless version of one of Aesops best-loved fables, from one of Americas most acclaimed artists. In this Caldecott Medal-winning, wordless picture book, one of Americas most acclaimed artists retells one of Aesops best-loved fables. The fable is a favourite and familiar one: a mouse inadvertently disturbs a lion, who lets the mouse go
and is later himself freed by the mous...
The Withered Arm
She bared her poor curst arm A jealous lovers curse and an ingenious party trick feature in these two suspenseful stories set in Hardys imaginary Wessex. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and a...
Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast
It would be unfair to expect other people to be as remarkable as oneself Wildes celebrated witticisms on the dangers of sincerity, duplicitous biographers, the stupidity of the English and his own genius. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics huge range ...
The Boy Who Cried Vampire - A Graphic Novel
In Transylvania, a boy cries
vampire! Young Ion is bored by life in the village. So to spice things up, the imaginative prankster runs false vampire drills, much to the annoyance of the villagers. But one night, a shadow passes by Ions window. This time its no joke. Its a REAL vampire! Have all of Ions fibs come back to bite him, or can the boy find a way out of this batty situation? In ...
Anecdotes of the Cynics
Its you who are the dogs
What makes us happy? For over 800 years the Cynic philosophers of ancient Greece and Rome argued that the answer lay in a simple, self-sufficient life. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics huge range and diversity, with works from...
Gargantua and Pantagruel
First published in four volumes between 1532 and 1552, Rabelais comic masterpiece chronicles the adventures of a giant, Gargantua, and his son, Pantagruel. More than four centuries later, the terms gargantuan and Rabelaisian are synonymous with earthy humor, a surfeit of good food and drink, and pleasures of the flesh. This series of exaggerated fables was condemned upon its initial pub...
Fables Vol. 1 Legends In Exile
When a savage creature known only as the Adversary conquered the fabled lands of legends and fairy tales, all of the infamous inhabitants of folklore were forced into exile. Disguised among the mundys, their name for normal citizens of modern-day New York, these magical characters created their own secret society that they call Fabletown. From their exclusive luxury apartment buildings on ...
The Encyclopedia of Early Earth
A beautifully illustrated book of imaginary fables about Earths earlyand losthistory. Before our history began, anothernow forgottencivilization thrived. The people who roamed Early Earth were much like us: curious, emotional, funny, ambitious, and vulnerable. In this series of illustrated and linked tales, Isabel Greenberg chronicles the explorations of a young man as he paddles from hi...
The Suffragettes
Once they are aroused, once they are determined, nothing on earth and nothing in heaven will make women give way; it is impossible. A potted history of the women who pioneered feminism and changed the world. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics huge range and...
Hannibal
We have nothing left in the world but what we can win with our swords. The remarkable account of Hannibal crossing the Alps with his elephants and winning the Battle of the Trebbia. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics huge range and diversity, with works fro...
The Moral Landscape
Sam Harriss first book, The End of Faith, ignited a worldwide debate about the validity of religion. In the aftermath, Harris discovered that most people from religious fundamentalists to nonbelieving scientists agree on one point- science has nothing to say on the subject of human values. Indeed, our failure to address questions of meaning and morality through science has now become the p...
Humanity - A Moral History of the Twentieth Century, Second Edition
Renowned moral philosopher Jonathan Glover confronts the brutal history of the twentieth century to unravel the mystery of why so many atrocities occurred. In a new preface, Glover brings the book through the post-September 11 era and into our own time-and asks whether humankind can weaken the grip war has on us. Praise for the first edition: It is hard to imagine a more important book. Gl...
This Is Why You're Single
Modern dating is hard. Whether youre falling for that man child for the fifty-seventh time or text messaging your way to stalker status, dating can make you want to find a nice roomy hermitage on Airbnb and live a solitary, monk-like life. Luckily, that frustration ends now. This Is Why Youre Single breaks away from your typical dating guide by taking a page from Aesops playbook with h...
Moral Fables
Alongside his monumental Zibaldone (Notebooks) and the poems collected in Canti, which make him one of Italys greatest and best-loved poets, Giacomo Leopardi penned a number of fictional pieces, mostly in the form of gently humorous dialogues, in which he dealt with philosophical ideas and many of the metaphysical questions that preoccupied his restless spirit. First published in 1827 and here ...
Aesop's Fables
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. `It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow. Living in Ancient Greece in the 5th Century BC, Aesop was said to be a slave and story-teller. His much-loved, enduring fables are revered the world over and remain popular as moral tales for children. With infamous vignettes, such as the race between ...
Yertle The Turtle & Other Stories
In this hilarious book, featuring three timeless fables, Dr. Seuss explores the pitfalls of growing too big for your boots! With his unique combination of hilarious stories, zany pictures and riotous rhymes, Dr. Seuss has been delighting young children and helping them learn to read for over fifty years. Creator of the wonderfully anarchic Cat in the Hat, and ranking among the UKs top ten favou...
Chakra Wisdom Oracle Toolkit
Each poignant and thought-provoking story will give you the feeling of a long-lost treasure. Mark Victor Hansen, Co-creator of The New York Times Best-selling Series, Chicken Soup for the Soul In 52 weeks of self-discovery, The Chakra Wisdom Oracle Toolkit guides you in opening up your intuition, removing blockages from your life, improving your relationships and realizing your highest potent...