This carefully curated anthology brings together a broad selection of timeless works in one digital edition. Readers can discover essential voices, memorable stories and enduring ideas across a rich variety of literary styles. Prepared for comfortable continuous reading, this collection is ideal for exploring classic literature or returning to lasting favorites.

A revised and updated edition of the classic, inspiring guide to raising calm and secure kids in a frenetic world, featuring a new chapter to address the modern parent’s concerns over setting limits and coping with social media“Brilliant, wise, informative, innovative, entertaining, and urgently needed . . . a godsend for all who love children, and for children themselves.”—Edward Hallowell, M.D., author of The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness

A practical, meditative approach that can be used in the moment to help you stay calm and balanced when your child's behavior is pushing you to your limit--by the popular author of Simplicity Parenting.When children are at their most difficult and challenging situations arise, how can we react in a way that reflects our family values and expectations? Often, when children “push our buttons,” we find ourselves reacting in ways that are far from our principl...

Ten young Florentines shut themselves in a country villa to escape the plague of 1348 and tell each other a hundred stories in ten days - merchants, nuns, tricksters and unfaithful wives, told without moralising. Boccaccio had watched the plague take his father and stepmother. The frame is grief; almost everything inside it is comedy. Ninety-seven plates of Venetian squares and river cities by Canaletto and Guardi run alongside the tales, matching the restless, worldly energy of the hundre...

Ten young Florentines shut themselves in a country villa to escape the plague of 1348 and tell each other a hundred stories in ten days - merchants, nuns, tricksters and unfaithful wives, told without moralising. Boccaccio had watched the plague take his father and stepmother. The frame is grief; almost everything inside it is comedy. Fifty-five plates of painting, among them Panini and Joli, carry the tale from ancient ruins to the crowded piazzas and pantheon interiors of a later Rome.

In this groundbreaking book, parenting expert and acclaimed author of the bestselling book Simplicity Parenting Kim John Payne, M.Ed., flips the script on children’s challenging or defiant behavior and lays out an elegantly simple plan to support parents in establishing loving, age-sensitive boundaries that help children feel safe and settled. In short: What looks like misbehavior is actually your children’s signal that they’re feeling lost, that they are trying to find direction ...

Essential reading for parents of grade schoolers through teens experiencing bullying, social exclusion, and teasing—with uplifting stories from young adults who have navigated those experiences and triumphed.The tween and teen years are rife with intense social challenges in school, friendships, sports, and other activities where instances of teasing, bullying, social exclusion and marginalization are unfortunately all too common. Social media has only made this be...

Here are four simple steps for decluttering, quieting, and soothing family dynamics so that children can thrive at school, get along with peers, and nurture well-being.

"Tales from the Arabic" is a collection of stories translated by British author and translator John Payne. This work features stories from "The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night," which is also commonly known as "One Thousand and One Nights" or "Arabian Nights." The tales in this collection are some of the most famous and beloved stories from Middle Eastern and Persian literature. "Tales from the Arabic" includes translations of stories from "One Thousand and One Nights." These sto...

"Tales from the Arabic" is a collection of stories translated by British author and translator John Payne. This work features stories from "The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night," which is also commonly known as "One Thousand and One Nights" or "Arabian Nights." The tales in this collection are some of the most famous and beloved stories from Middle Eastern and Persian literature. "Tales from the Arabic" includes translations of stories from "One Thousand and One Nights." These sto...

"Tales from the Arabic" is a collection of stories translated by British author and translator John Payne. This work features stories from "The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night," which is also commonly known as "One Thousand and One Nights" or "Arabian Nights." The tales in this collection are some of the most famous and beloved stories from Middle Eastern and Persian literature. "Tales from the Arabic" includes translations of stories from "One Thousand and One Nights." These sto...

The medieval masterpiece that shaped the modern short story — a hundred tales of wit, desire, and fortune told against the shadow of the Black Death. Florence, 1348: as plague ravages the city, seven young women and three young men flee to a secluded villa in the countryside. To pass the days, each tells one story every evening for ten days — a hundred tales in all, ranging from bawdy comedy to tragic romance, from clever tricksters outwitting fools to lovers defying fate. Giovanni Boccacc...