The second volume in this essential library gathers James Joyce's modernist vision, Mark Twain's American wit, Jules Verne's boundless imagination, Robert Louis Stevenson's adventure and suspense, Oscar Wilde's epigrammatic brilliance, and Bram Stoker's gothic terror alongside voices from Tolstoy to Tagore, Stendhal to Sienkiewicz. Ranging from French Enlightenment fiction to Victorian sensation novels, Russian realism to early global literature, this collection widens the canon begun in V...

Originally curated by Harvard President Charles W. Eliot as a complete liberal education in fifty volumes, the Harvard Classics gathers philosophy, science, literature, and history into a single indispensable library. Plato's dialogues and Marcus Aurelius's meditations sit alongside Dante's Divine Comedy, Francis Bacon's essays, Charles Darwin's scientific writing, and Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, tracing the foundations of Western thought from ancient Greece to the modern age. Homer...

Guy de Maupassant, Nikolai Gogol, and Oscar Wilde are indisputable masters of the short story. They continue to entertain, thrill, and delight readers across generations because they are so deeply human, so relatable, and so exquisitely recounted.This definitive edition features:New translations: Nuanced translations from the original source material, bringing vibrant new life to timeless classics.Contextual Introductions: Brief cri...

Ulysses. The hero of Homer’s great poem was known to the Greeks under the name of Odysseus. He was king of the pastoral islands of Ithaca and Dulichium. Most of the petty Greek chieftains became suitors for the hand of the beautiful Helen, and Ulysses was among the number, but withdrew when he realised the smallness of his chances. He then married Penelope, the daughter of Icarius, and at the same time joined with the other unsuccessful lovers of Helen in a sworn league for her future prot...

Enter the vivid and often unsettling world of one of France's greatest short-story writers. The Complete Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant brings together the remarkable short fiction of Guy de Maupassant, celebrated for his sharp observations of human behavior, elegant prose, memorable characters, and powerful endings. Maupassant's stories move across a wide range of settings and subjects, from French villages and bustling cities to battlefields, country estates, and intimate domestic sc...

Book 1 of the Dark Imperium trilogyThe first phase of the Indomitus Crusade is over, and the conquering primarch, Roboute Guilliman, sets his sights on home. The hordes of his traitorous brother, Mortarion, march on Ultramar, and only Guilliman can hope to thwart their schemes with his Primaris Space Marine armies.READ IT BECAUSEExperience the beginning of the Plague Wars, as the Imperium's lord regent fights to reclaim his home fro...

A Horus Heresy Character Series NovelThe First Captain of the Blood Angels Legion is tested as never before, commanding a contingent of fresh inductii in a desperate battle. Will he be able to lead them in mastering their new thirsts, or will they return to the loathsome customs from before Sanguinius transformed the IX Legion into something noble and true?READ IT BECAUSEIt's a fascinating look at what the Red Thirst means to the Blo...

Drum Groove Creation: For Creative Drummers and Producers gives a comprehensive guide into creating new drum grooves by using unique methods and tools.The book covers popular genres, from Jazz and Blues to modern Hip-Hop subgenres as well as different cultural rhythms from around the world. This book is designed to equip the modern drummer, producer and beatmaker with the tools to be able to create their own drum grooves. Drum Groove Creation will take you from th...

Dawn of Fire Book 1As the Indomitus Crusade spreads out across the galaxy, one battlefleet must face a dread Slaughter Host of Chaos. Their success or failure may define the very future of the crusade and the Imperium.READ IT BECAUSEThe brand-new Warhammer 40,000 saga begins here. Experience the Indomitus Crusade and a battle that will be a tipping point for the future in an all-action tale by Guy Haley.THE STORY

Prescriptive and unique, Emotional First Aid is essential reading for anyone looking to become more resilient, build self-esteem, and let go of the hurts and hang-ups that are holding them back.We all sustain emotional wounds. Failure, guilt, rejection, and loss are as much a part of life as the occasional scraped elbow. But while we typically bandage a cut or ice a sprained ankle, our first aid kit for emotional injuries is not just understocked—it’s none...

**A Globe and Mail Top 100 Book of 2025Both sweeping and intimate, a majestic novel of love and war that brilliantly evokes the drama and turbulence of medieval France**Thierry Villar is a well-known—even notorious— tavern poet, familiar with the rogues and shadows of that world, but not at all with courts and power. He is an unlikely person, despite his quickness, to be caught up in the deadly contests of ambitious royals, assassins, and invading armies.Bu...

The rise of a scoundrel. The anatomy of a world. In Bel-Ami, Guy de Maupassant delivers a razor-sharp portrait of a man who climbs the social ladder not by virtue, talent, or labor—but by charm, seduction, and sheer opportunism. Georges Duroy begins with nothing: a handsome face, a military past, and the hunger to rise. What follows is a calculated ascent through the bedrooms and salons of Paris, each conquest a rung in his climb toward wealth and power.First published in 1885, Bel...