Humour, fantasy, tragedy, drama, romance... Startling and original, the stories selected for this mouth-watering anthology are guaranteed to satisfy your appetite for the unique pleasure of reading.From a sad tagine to vintage blood, bottled light to luminous water, the theme of nourishment lets you sample a spread of excellent writing which will only make you want to come back for more. Let the feast begin!The proceeds from this book go to the Against Malaria Foundation.

This audiobook contains three of the most notable works on strategy: The Art of War, The Prince, and The Book of Five Rings.

The most profound and important speeches ever delivered are here collected in this anthology, featuring some of the most influential figures in world history.From ancient times to the American Revolution to as recently as this past century, Fort Raphael Publishing has here collected seven of the most important and iconic speeches of all time. Featuring such disparate historical characters as Moses, Pericles, Maximilien Robespierre, Thomas Jefferson, Chief Speckled Snake, Frederick ...

Explore the revolutionary ideas that ignited the American Revolution with "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine, now available as an engaging audiobook. In this timeless political pamphlet, Paine presents a compelling argument for independence from British rule, inspiring a nation to rise up and fight for its freedom.As the narrative unfolds, listeners will be transported to the tumultuous days of the 18th century, where Paine's impassioned prose galvanized the American colonies to break ...

"Look Homeward, Angel" is the largely autobiographical debut novel from author Thomas Wolfe. Since its publication in 1929, it has been hailed as one of the great American novels and is among the finest pieces of literature to come out of the American South.The story chronicles the life of Eugene Gant, from his birth through his 19th birthday (when he finally leaves home for good). Raised by a recovering alcoholic father, Eugene is brought up surrounded by literature and poetry and...

"Leviathan" (original title: "Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil") is a groundbreaking work by English philosopher Thomas Hobbes and is considered a foundational document for social contract theory.Written during the English Civil War and published in 1651, the treatise argues that man - as a species - needed to evolve from a "state of nature" (or primitive disorganization) into an organized society with a central government and a s...

"Far from the Madding Crowd" is the fourth book written by renowned British author Thomas Hardy and was his first big literary success. In 2007, the book was ranked 10th on the Guardian's list of greatest love stories of all time. It is also the first of Hardy's novels to be set in Wessex, Hardy's fictional English county.The plot centers on what is essentially a love quadrangle between the bewitching Bathsheba Everdene, the earnest and loyal shepherd Gabriel Oak, a reckless and wi...

"The Mayor of Casterbridge" is an 1886 novel by the legendary English writer Thomas Hardy. One of Hardy's "Wessex" novel (a fictional region of Britain that Hardy invented), the book is generally acknowledged as one of the author's masterpieces.The story, set in the town of Casterbridge, concerns a married young farmer named Michael Henchard who, one drunken night, auctions off his wife Susan and baby daughter Elizabeth-Jane to a passing sailor, Richard Newson for five pounds. Waki...

"A Pair of Blue Eyes" is the third novel by renowned British author Thomas Hardy and the first that he did not publish anonymously. The book contains many of the plot devices and themes that Hardy would explore further in his subsequent books: love, mischance, betrayal, loyalty and dueling allegiances.The story revolves around the lovely Elfride Swancourt who is caught in a classic dilemma: she has two suitors, one poor, ambitious and ardent - Stephen Smith - and one respectable an...

"The Thomas Hardy Reader - Volume II" is a collection of three of Hardy's most beloved and celebrated books: "Far from the Madding Crowd," "Jude the Obscure" and "A Pair of Blue Eyes."Universally acknowledged as one of the greatest novelists in English literary history, these three books represent Thomas Hardy at his best. In these novels, Hardy explores and expounds upon some of his most familiar themes: love, honor, loss, betrayal and tragic mischance.Among the most cheri...

"Jude the Obscure" is the last completed novel by the legendary English writer Thomas Hardy. One of Hardy's "Wessex" novel (a fictional region of Britain that Hardy invented), the book is generally acknowledged as one of the author's masterpieces.The story concerns a young scholar, Jude Fawley, who dreams of a classical education at the fictional "Christminster University" (modeled on Oxford), but who instead is drawn into a disastrous marriage. After his wife leaves him, he courts...

"Tess of the D'Urbevilles" is perhaps the best known novel by legendary British author Thomas Hardy.This heartbreaking story revolves around young Tess, who is hiding a secret past when she marries a young farmer named Angel. She attempts to tell him everything, but he insists that she wait until after they are wed. When Angel learns - on their wedding night - that Tess had been the victim of a sexual assault and lost the resulting child, he leaves her, moving overseas. Tess is the...