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The Persian Boy
The Persian Boy

by Mary Renault

LEST ANYONE should suppose I am a son of nobody, sold off by some peasant father in a drought year, I may say our line i...

1972 50 ed.
Cyropaedia
Cyropaedia

by Xenophon

Xenophon's Education of Cyrus offers its own introduction, one that helps turn the reader's attention to the core issues...

1527 122 ed.
Lettres persanes
Lettres persanes

by Charles-Louis de Secondat baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, John Davidson

Of all great French authors perhaps Montesquieu is the least known in this country.

1721 200 ed.
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

by Carson McCullers

alone to the jewelry store where he worked as a silverware engraver. In the late afternoon the friends would meet again.

1940 64 ed.
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

by Omar Khayyam

OMAR KHAYYAM spent most of his life in Nishapur, and part of it probably in Merv.

1859 149 ed.
The Sheltering Sky
The Sheltering Sky

by Paul Bowles

HE AWOKE, opened his eyes.

1948 52 ed.
Mas̲navī
Mas̲navī

by Rumi (Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī), Camille Adams Helminski

1851 39 ed.
Not Without My Daughter
Not Without My Daughter

by Betty Mahmoody, William Hoffer

My daughter dozed in her seat next to the window of a British Airways jetliner, her red-brown curls encircling her face,...

1987 27 ed.
Further chronicles of Avonlea
Further chronicles of Avonlea

by Lucy Maud Montgomery

It is no exaggeration to say that what Longfellow did for Acadia, Miss Montgomery has done for Prince Edward Island.

1920 176 ed.
Bravo Two Zero
Bravo Two Zero

by Andy McNab

Within hours of Iraqi troops and armor rolling across the border with Kuwait at 0200 local time on August 2, 1990, the R...

1991 21 ed.
The Yellow Fairy Book
The Yellow Fairy Book

by Andrew Lang, Leonora Blanche Lang

A cat had made acquaintance with a mouse, and had spoken so much of the great love and friendship she felt for her, that...

1894 458 ed.