Travels In The Land Of Serpents And Pearls
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Author |
: Marco Polo |
Publisher |
: Penguin UK |
Total Pages |
: 47 |
Release |
: 2015-02-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780141398365 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0141398361 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (65 Downloads) |
Synopsis Travels in the Land of Serpents and Pearls by : Marco Polo
'You will hear it for yourselves, and it will surely fill you with wonder...' In this selection from Marco Polo's famous travel book, the intrepid Venetian describes the customs of India, recounts the story of the king who died eighty-four times and explains how to retrieve diamonds from snake-infested caves... Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Marco Polo (1254-1324). Polo's Travels are available in Penguin Classics.
Author |
: John Mandeville |
Publisher |
: Wyatt North Publishing, LLC |
Total Pages |
: 291 |
Release |
: 2020-01-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781647980542 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1647980542 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by : John Mandeville
The Travels of Sir John Mandeville is the chronicle of the alleged Sir John Mandeville, an explorer. His travels were first published in the late 14th century, and influenced many subsequent explorers such as Christopher Columbus.
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: |
Publisher |
: Penguin UK |
Total Pages |
: 61 |
Release |
: 2015-02-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780141398822 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0141398825 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (22 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Dhammapada by :
'Hate is not conquered by hate: hate is conquered by love. This is a law eternal.' Captivating aphorisms illustrating the Buddhist dhamma, or moral system. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.
Author |
: Joseph Conrad |
Publisher |
: Penguin UK |
Total Pages |
: 44 |
Release |
: 2015-02-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780141398501 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0141398507 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
Synopsis To-morrow by : Joseph Conrad
'It was as if the sea, breaking down the wall protecting all the homes of the town, had sent a wave over her head' One of Conrad's most powerful, gripping stories Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Joseph Conrad (1857-1924). Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, Nostromo, The Secret Agent, The Secret Sharer and Other Stories, Typhoon and Other Stories and Under Western Eyes are available in Penguin Classics.
Author |
: Jonathan Swift |
Publisher |
: Penguin UK |
Total Pages |
: 55 |
Release |
: 2015-02-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780141398198 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0141398191 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Modest Proposal by : Jonathan Swift
'... a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food...' Swift's devastating short satire on how to solve a famine Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745). Swift's works available in Penguin Classics are Gulliver's Travels and A Modest Proposal and Other Writings.
Author |
: Virgil |
Publisher |
: Penguin UK |
Total Pages |
: 59 |
Release |
: 2015-02-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780141398747 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0141398744 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Synopsis O Cruel Alexis by : Virgil
'But I, while vineyards ring with the cicadas' scream, Retrace your steps, alone, beneath the burning sun.' Virgil's lyrical, wistful and often witty pastoral poems. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Publius Vergilius Maro (70-19 BCE). Virgil's other works available in Penguin Classics are The Aeneid, The Eclogues and The Georgics.
Author |
: Elizabeth Gaskell |
Publisher |
: Penguin UK |
Total Pages |
: 59 |
Release |
: 2015-02-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780141397382 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0141397381 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (82 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Old Nurse's Story by : Elizabeth Gaskell
'Even in the stillness of that dead-cold weather, I had heard no sound of little battering hands upon the window-glass...' A phantom child roams the Northumberland moors, while a host of fairytale characters gone to seed gather in the dark, dark woods in these two surprising tales of the uncanny from the great Victorian novelist. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865). Gaskell's works available in Penguin Classics are Cranford, Cranford and Cousin Phillis, Gothic Tales, Mary Barton, North and South, Ruth, Sylvia's Lovers, The Life of Charlotte Brontë and Wives and Daughters.
Author |
: Suetonius |
Publisher |
: Penguin UK |
Total Pages |
: 48 |
Release |
: 2015-02-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780141397931 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0141397934 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (31 Downloads) |
Synopsis Caligula by : Suetonius
'Because of his baldness and hairiness, he announced it was a capital offence for anyone either to look down on him as he passed or to mention goats in any context.' The biography of the brutal, crazed and incestuous Roman Emperor Caligula, who tried to appoint his own horse consul. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (c.70-130 CE). Suetonius's The Twelve Caesars is also available in Penguin Classics.
Author |
: Richard Hakluyt |
Publisher |
: Penguin UK |
Total Pages |
: 58 |
Release |
: 2015-02-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780141398525 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0141398523 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Voyage of Sir Francis Drake Around the Whole Globe by : Richard Hakluyt
'Their fruits be diverse and plentiful, as nutmegs, ginger, long pepper, lemons, cucumbers, cocos, sago, with divers other sorts...' Scholar, spy, diplomat and supreme propagandist for Elizabethan sea power, Richard Hakluyt's accounts of famed explorers mythologised a nation growing rapidly aware of the size and strangeness of the world - and determined to dominate it. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Richard Hakluyt (c 1552-1616). Hakluyt's Voyages and Discoveries is available in Penguin Classics.
Author |
: John Ruskin |
Publisher |
: Penguin UK |
Total Pages |
: 60 |
Release |
: 2015-02-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780141398150 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0141398159 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Synopsis Traffic by : John Ruskin
'You shall have thousands of gold pieces; - thousands of thousands - millions - mountains of gold: where will you keep them?' Two of Ruskin's most powerful essays: 'Traffic' and 'The Roots of Honour' Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. John Ruskin (1819-1900). Ruskin's Unto This Last and Other Writings is available in Penguin Classics.