Down through the millennia the emotion of love has inspired countless poets to great heights of lyrical expression. In this volume readers can sample more than 150 great love poems by English and American poets.
Great Russian Short Stories ***
Twelve powerful works of fiction, including Pushkin`s The Queen of Spades, Gogol`s The Overcoat, Turgenev`s The District Doctor, Dostoyevsky`s White Nights, Tolstoy`s How Much Land Does a Man Need?, plus The Clothes...
Featuring 19 of the finest works in the American short-story tradition, this compilation includes: The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, Bartleby by Herman Melville, To Build a Fire by Jack London, Bernice Bobs Her...
Classic resource contains over 1,200 examples of ornamental and decorative design produced by many cultures over five millennia. Assyrian, Greek, Roman, Byzantine; European Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo; English...
Described by his contemporaries as a `master of impeccable prose`, `the great exploder of complacency` and a `showman of ideas`, George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) is today regarded as the most important British comic...
Mark Twain`s inimitable blend of humor, satire and masterly storytelling earned him a secure place in the front rank of American writers. This collection of eight stories and sketches, among them the celebrated...
Wilde`s scintillating drawing-room comedy revolves around a blackmail scheme that forces a married couple to reexamine their moral standards. A supporting cast of young lovers, society matrons, and a formidable femme...
Carefully chosen collection contains 34 of Carroll’s most appealing verses—nonsense verse, parodies, burlesques, more—including such unforgettable pieces as “The Walrus and the Carpenter,ц “The Mock Turtle’s Song,ц...
These 468 authentic designs come from a rare volume published during the 1930s in Tokyo. Includes flowers, landscapes, flappers, birds, and a host of other stylized images. CD-ROM includes each image in a solid color...
Japanese Animal and Floral Designs +R
This compilation of more than 300 exquisite images is an invaluable resource for designers, decorators and artists seeking to add the timeless beauty of Japanese art and ornament to any project. Dover Electronic...
Japanese Motifs and Designs +R
Strikingly beautiful black-and-white illustrations of plants, flowers, symbols, animals, water and wave forms, geometrics, and other designs reflect the spare, sophisticated style of traditional Japanese graphic arts....
From the pages of rare books come these 281 black-and-white illustrations of armor, weapons, and the men who lived and died with them. A sweeping range of extraordinary, authentic images includes swords, helmets,...
A product of the golden age of Spanish drama, Life Is a Dream (La vida es sueno) is the masterpiece of Pedro Calderon de la Barca (1600-1681), a contemporary of Lope de Vega and one of Spain`s greatest literary...
Burnett`s conviction that love conquers all is memorably embodied in this tale of an American boy who is transported from the mean streets of 19th-century New York to the splendor of his titled grandfather`s English...
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Treasury of 30 works, including such favorites as "On first looking into Chapman’s Homer," "The Eve of St. Agnes," "On seeing the Elgin Marbles," "La Belle Dame sans Merci," "Ode to a Nightingale," "Ode on a Grecian...
Master of Ballantrae (Dover Ed.) PB
The Master of Ballantrae features some of Robert Louis Stevenson's best writing. The tale opens in the old Scottish castle of Durrisdeer, the ancestral home of the Durrie clan, and then moves to India, France,...
Medieval Ornament: 950 Illustrations
Pictorial archive of precisely detailed engravings of architectural elements -- doors, windows, moldings, statuary, decorative stonework, columns, pedestals, rosettes and more -- mostly from German Gothic churches.
Medieval Knights, Armor and Weapons +R
Skillfully reproduced from a rare 19th-century masterpiece, this collection features 60 hand-coloured engravings of medieval knights and their weapons. Images include warriors on horseback as well as an assortment of...
Construction workers, railroad men, factory workers, miners, Empire State Building construction. 69 photos in all.
The lovable old rogue of Shakespeare’s "Henriad" trilogy, Sir John Falstaff, returns to take center stage in this lively farce. A good-natured satire of the vices of hypocrisy and lechery, the play depicts the portly...
My First Love Affair and Other Stories
Twenty selections include humorous, touching tales about life in the shtetl, lovingly translated from the Yiddish with all the warmth and spirit of the originals. Features Progress in Kasrilevke, Summer Romances,...
The famous case that launched the career of Hercule Poirot. When a wealthy heiress is murdered, Poirot steps out of retirement to find the killer. As the master detective makes his way through the list of suspects, he...
An elegant collection of neo-classical architectural and interior designs from vases, wall panels and candelabra. Dover Electronic Design series: permission-free illustrations and designs for art, craft, business and...
