In the summer of 66 CE, a young Temple official in Jerusalem persuaded the priests at the altar to stop performing a sacrifice on behalf of the Roman Emperor. That act of defiance — the withdrawal of the daily offering that had been the symbol of Jewish accommodation with Roman power — ignited one of the most catastrophic conflicts of the ancient world. The First Jewish–Roman War lasted seven years and consumed the province of Judaea, the city of Jerusalem, and the Second Temple itself, th...

One in four teenagers worldwide has self-harmed in the past year. Three in five have experienced cyberbullying. And seventy-five per cent of those in genuine mental health distress have never spoken to a professional about it. These are not sensational statistics. They are the findings of peer-reviewed research involving millions of young people. And they point toward a question that most books for teenagers and parents are not yet equipped to answer.Wi...

SHE LOST HER WAY. HE RISKED HIS HEART. TOGETHER THEY LEARN HOW TO LOVE AGAIN.Betrayed by the two people she trusted most, Natalie Clarke returns home shattered, questioning her judgment, her worth, and whether love is anything more than a beautiful lie.Until one night pulls her into a world she never expected.Dragged to an underground club where desire is honest and boundaries are sacred, Natalie steps into a world that demands truth. No pretending....

Heart of Darkness is a novella written by Polish-born writer Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski). Before its 1902 publication, it appeared as a three-part series (1899) in Blackwood's Magazine. It is widely regarded as a significant work of English literature and part of the Western canon. This highly symbolic story is actually a story within a story, or frame narrative. It follows Marlow as he recounts, from dusk through to late night, his adventure into the Congo to a g...

Is "enlightenment" true? Is it necessary, or even important? Our staying alive relies upon our natural capacity to know if things are helpful, harmful, or deadly. This means being accurate or appropriate with reality. To do this, we rely upon our natural capacity for perception, awareness, and cognizance to gain knowledge and understanding. Knowing what and how things are, who we are, is the only way we survive, which means it's "necessary" to notice things, and "important" to notice thing...

For nearly a century, the heartland of Palestine erupted in fire. Between 484 and 573 CE, the Samaritan people — the descendants of ancient Israel who had worshipped on Mount Gerizim since before the Jerusalem Temple was built — launched five successive revolts against the Byzantine Empire's systematic campaign to destroy them. They fought for their sacred mountain, occupied by an imperial garrison church. They fought against legislation that stripped them of inheritance rights, civic stan...

This book, newly updated, contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure! The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of that specific work. 1. Little Women (Louisa May Alcott) 2. The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri) 3....

Joseph Conrad’s last completed novel is a masterpiece of narrative tension and psychological insight. Set in the late eighteenth century and centred around the morally ambiguous figure of Captain Peyrot—a seafarer returning to France in the wake of the revolutionary Terror—The Rover presents a compelling vision of a life lived outside of law and social convention. Like much of Conrad’s greatest work, this once-neglected text is shot through with its author’s hard-won insights into...

Captain Charlie Marlow travels to the Congo on behalf of a Belgian trading company. His journey turns into a voyage into the darkest depths of colonialism and, at the same time, explores the fundamental questions of human existence.Conrad wrote his magnificent novella in just a few weeks, reflecting on his own journey on the Congo, which left him deeply scarred.Englischsprachige AusgabeHochwertig ausgestattetes TaschenbuchMit einem persönlichen deut...

This book contains the following works arranged alphabetically by authors last names - The Divine Comedy [Dante Alighieri] - Emma [Jane Austen] - Persuasion [Jane Austen] - Pride and Prejudice [Jane Austen] - Father Goriot [Honoré de Balzac] - Jane Eyre [Charlotte Brontë] - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall [Anne Brontë] - Wuthering Heights [Emily Brontë] - The Way of All Flesh [Samuel Butler] - Don Quixote [Miguel de Cervantes] - Heart of Darkness [Joseph Conrad] - Nostromo [Joseph Conrad] - Mo...

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How New York's elite claimed authority over social welfare in the wake of the Triangle Shirtwaist TragedyIn American history, few tragedies have been as consequential—and as enduringly misunderstood—as the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911. Long remembered as a turning point in the struggle for labor protections, Fire in the Heart of the City shows how the fire also helped transform another cornerstone of modern American life: the rise of modern cha...