In the imaginary South American republic of Costaguana, Charles Gould`s San Tomé silver mine is besieged by rebels, in this 1904 novel by the author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim. Gould recruits the allegedly...
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Oscar Wilde\'s Wit and Wisdom: A Book of Quotations
In this superlative collection of nearly 400 quotations by the great Irish playwright and wit, readers will find the very best of Wilde s scintillating comments on art, human nature, morals, society, politics,...
Treasury of 43 works including: "The Cotter’s Saturday Night," "To a Mountain Daisy," "To a Mouse," "To a Louse," "Tam o’ Shanter," "Comin’ Thro’ the Rye," "I’m Oe’r Young to Marry Yet," "O, Lay Thy Loof in Mine,...
Pre-Columbian Mexican Designs +R
As stories told through pictures, the magnificent codices created by Mexico`s ancient Indians are rich in history and folk art. In this dazzling collection of 366 color and black-and-white designs expertly selected...
Adapted from jewelry, textiles, hardware, ceramic, inlays, carvings, and more, 852 full-color designs, collected by famed French artist Racinet, offer decorative ornamentation from every major culture of the world....
Renaissance and Baroque Ornaments +R
Over 300 ornaments from historic sources. Versatile designs valuable to artists, printers, advertisers and designers. Electronic Design series: easy-to-use electronic permission-free illustrations and designs for art,...
One of Shakespeare`s most popular and accessible plays, `Romeo and Juliet` tells the story of two star-crossed lovers and the unhappy fate that befell them as a result of a long and bitter feud between their families....
Seven of the best Lawrence stories, each turning on some facet of sexual feeling, attitude or convention. "The Prussian Officer" focuses on an aristocratic captain’s homoerotic obsession for his young orderly. "The...
Richly varied in mood and content, this collection captures the essence of Byron’s great poetic achievement. Among the 31 selections: convivial song-like poems, love poems, travel poems, humorous and satiric poems....
Rich selection of 73 works from the Songs and Sonnets, Elegies, Holy Sonnets and other verse forms by foremost English "metaphysical" poet. Included are "The Good Morrow," "The Canonization," "The Relic," "A...
In his stories and in such landmark novels as "Sister Carrie" and "An American Tragedy", Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945) defied literary propriety and broke new ground in American fiction by focusing on life as it is,...
As a young man, Silas Marner shut himself off from the world after being wrongly accused of theft and losing the girl he loved. Much later in life, the lonely, embittered weaver experiences two jolting events: he is...
Street Art Vector Graphics and Stencils +R
This fresh collection features 500 black-and-white graphics in four categories: retro, which includes `60s, `70s, and `80s motifs with an urban flavor; pop, with references to popular culture and such icons as Warhol...
Five stories engagingly reveal Poe’s virtuoso gifts for both crime detection and the macabre. Two of his most famous tales, "The Mystery of Marie Roget" and "The Purloined Letter" introduce C. Auguste Dupin, the first...
Unabridged classic adventure novel (1914) tells of an aristocratic English infant, abandoned on the death of his parents in the African jungle, who is reared by apes. Story includes riveting encounters with man-eating...
Illustrated survey with expert on Tiffany glass as its guide. Topics include traditional and stained glass items; Tiffany revival; varieties of glass and tools; soldering; cutting glass; design; window ornaments; lead...
The Art Nouveau Style: A Comprehensive Guide with 264 Illustrations
Absorbing, exceptionally detailed study by noted authority examines early trends (including the influence of Blake and the Pre-Raphaelites), posters and book illustrations, stylistic influences in architecture;...
The Adventure of the Dancing Men and Other Sherlock Holmes Stories
Undoubtedly the world`s best-known fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, with his faithful sidekick, Dr. Watson, is the scourge of London`s underworld, sallying forth from his rooms at 221B Baker Street to solve...
