Menander (c. 341-291 BC) was the foremost innovator of Greek New Comedy, a dramatic style that moved away from the fantastical to focus upon the problems of ordinary Athenians. This collection contains the full text of 'Old Cantankerous' (Dyskolos), the only surviving complete example of New Comedy, as well as fragments from works including 'The Girl from Samos' and 'The Rape of the Locks', all of which are concerned with domestic catastrophes, the hazards of love and the trials of family ...

From the fifth to the second century BC, innovative comedy drama flourished in Greece and Rome. This collection brings together the greatest works of Classical comedy, with two early Greek plays: Aristophanes' bold, imaginative Birds, and Menander's The Girl from Samos, which explores popular contemporary themes of mistaken identity and sexual misbehaviour; and two later Roman comic plays: Plautus' The Brothers Menaechmus - the original comedy of errors - and Terence's bawdy yet sophistica...

He is the CEO of an empire, but in his own kitchen, he is just the main course.Marcus Rutherford is a man who cultivated a reputation for being a cold, ruthless tyrant. As the CEO of Rutherford Industries, he is used to being the one in control, the one who ends careers with a single word. But the walls he built around himself are crumbling. He is discovering a hunger he cannot name, and a desperate need to be used is starting to consume him.A Recip...

The New Yorker staff writer Louis Menand's The Metaphysical Club is the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History.A national bestseller and "hugely ambitious, unmistakably brilliant" (Janet Maslin, New York Times) book about the creation of modern American thought.The Metaphysical Club was an informal group that met in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1872, to talk about ideas. Its members included Oliver Wendell Holme...

King Aaron of Westron thought it was a good idea to cheat on his husband for the millionth time, but this time he's taking the "work trip" excuse to a whole new level of commitment. Bored by ten years of marriage to his "maddeningly perfect" Prince Consort, Gregor, and tired of having his lovers exiled, married off to horse-faced nobles, or else forced into priesthood, Aaron decides that forging a letter about a non-existing military crisis is the only logical way to secur...

Marcus Rutherford, the self-proclaimed king of Rutherford Industries and the meticulous ruler of his world, believes he's infallible. At 45, he's "well-preserved," undeniably handsome, and runs his empire with an iron, immaculately manicured fist. He's the reason Riverside isn't a ghost town, and he knows it. But his perfectly ordered domain shatters when a significant financial discrepancy appears, leading him to confront and fire Wade Hunter, a project manager and ex-military man with a ...

Derek, a freshly minted high school graduate, embarks on a solo road trip in his brand-new Bentley, a reward for his academic excellence. The open highway beckons, promising adventure, freedom, and maybe even a little wild abandon. But his idyllic journey takes a dramatic turn when he finds himself lost in a thick, eerie fog, his technology failing him.As darkness descends, Derek encounters Officer Jason, a brooding figure who exudes an aura of both danger and an undeniable allure....

A wry, instructive, and hugely entertaining account of “one of the most sensational trials in American history” (New York Times Book Review).On the night of July 3, 1870, Elizabeth Tilton confessed to her husband that she’d had an affair with their pastor, Henry Ward Beecher. This secret would soon transfix America, for Beecher was the most famous preacher of the day, founder of the most fashionable church in pooklyn Heights, a presidential hopeful, an inf...

Power. Wealth. Arrogance. It all comes crashing down in one weekend.Marcus Rutherford is the undisputed king of Riverside, Wyoming. At forty-five, he's a titan of industry with a jawline that could cut diamonds and a bank account that commands absolute respect. He rules Rutherford Industries with an iron fist and takes pride in his reputation as precise, unyielding, and utterly narcissistic. He has the perfect home, the perfect career, and a devoted husband, Richar...

Dr. Michael Strandt, our quiet dentist living in the small town of Riverside, still recovering from his encounter with the "ASSHOLE COP," finds his life unexpectedly disrupted by another handsome man called Jade Hunter, a charismatic and enigmatic businessman with a reputation as both a successful entrepreneur and a notorious playboy.When Jade becomes a regular patient, a simmering tension ignites between the two men. Drawn to Jade's magnetic charm and captivated b...

The Liberal Imagination is one of the most admired and influential works of criticism of the last century, a work that is not only a masterpiece of literary criticism but an important statement about politics and society. Published in 1950, one of the chillier moments of the Cold War, Trilling’s essays examine the promise —and limits—of liberalism, challenging the complacency of a naïve liberal belief in rationality, progress, and the panaceas of economics and other social science...

When Power Meets Desire: A Journey Beyond ControlMarcus Rutherford has built an empire on discipline, control, and carefully maintained appearances. As the head of Rutherford Industries, he commands boardrooms with the same iron grip he uses to manage every aspect of his perfectly curated life. His marriage to Richard is stable, respectable, and fits seamlessly into the polished image he's spent decades constructing.But beneath the tailored suits and million-dollar deals, s...