Enter Thomas More's imagined society and explore enduring questions about politics, justice, wealth, work, and human nature. Thomas More's Utopia presents an imagined island society that provides the framework for a wide-ranging examination of European political and social life. Through conversations and descriptions of the fictional society, More explores government, property, labor, education, religion, law, wealth, and social organization. The work invites readers to question whether th...

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.

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.

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.

Katharine’s colleagues call her “the Tigress” because of her alpha-personality....But behind that macho facade is a submissive side just waiting to come out.One day, Katharine meets Louis.Will he become her master?

57 ready-to-use BDSM Roleplays.BDSM is a safe sexual roleplaying game between you and your partner. Adding just a small dose of BDSM lets you explore your kinky side in new ways.In this book, you get 57 ready-to-use BDSM roleplays that allow you to live out your sexual desires, explore your sexual fantasies, and experiment with pain and pleasure.Here's a few of them:- The Boss And Secretary- A Night On The Town- The Runaway Bri...

De Optimo Republicae Statu deque Nova Insula Utopia (translated On the Best State of a Republic and on the New Island of Utopia) or more simply Utopia is a 1516 book by Sir (Saint) Thomas More.In 1516 More wrote his most famous and controversial work, Utopia, a novel wherein a traveller, Raphael Hythloday (in Greek, his name and surname allude to archangel Raphael, purveyor of truth, and mean "speaker of nonsense"), describes the political arrangements of the imaginary island country of Ut...

De Optimo Republicae Statu deque Nova Insula Utopia (translated On the Best State of a Republic and on the New Island of Utopia) or more simply Utopia is a 1516 book by Sir (Saint) Thomas More.The book, written in Latin, is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs. The name of the place is derived from the Greek words οὐ u ("not") and τόπος tópos ("place"), with the topographical suffix -εία eía, hence Οὐτοπεία ...

See the galaxy! Meet alien life—and kill it! Join the Shooting Stars, today!Sawyer is a fresh orbital drop trooper, one of humanity's finest cogs in the machine to expand across the stars. While fighting the insectoid alien menace for a questionably patriotic cause, far from Earth, he encounters a strange event that pits him against a whole army at once—and evens the odds by transforming his two squad members, Fang and Sabine, into towering giantesses!Is Sa...

This edition includes:-Several illustrations from the original work-Extended and up to date introduction-A discussion of the structure of the bookFirst published in 1516, Saint Thomas More's Utopia is one of the most important works of European humanism. Through the voice of the mysterious traveller Raphael Hythloday, More describes a pagan, communist city-state governed by reason. Addressing such issues as religious pluralism, women's rights, state-sponsored education, colonialism...

A practical guide to collecting antique firearms with a method rather than on instinct. The book starts with how to read a piece: maker's marks and proof marks, serial numbers and what they actually tell you, proof testing, and how a barrel and a stock are dated. It explains the difference between ignition systems — matchlock, wheellock, flintlock, percussion — because that is the first thing that places a gun in time and in price. It teaches how to spot reassembled pieces, replaced barrel...

A practical guide to Chinese jade and antiques for people who want a method rather than instinct. The book starts with telling real jade apart: the difference between jadeite and nephrite, the checks you can make without instruments — heft, sound, coolness, hardness — and the ones that genuinely need a laboratory. It explains why colour alone says very little, and what actually drives value: translucency, evenness, absence of fractures, quality of the carving. It covers the treatments the ...