New from Duke Classics, Kahlil Gibran's Sand and Foam is a collection of philosophical thoughts, musings, and inspirational words that explore the meaning of life and the world around us. Although a quick read, Gibran's poetic words will encourage readers to slow down and reflect afterwards.
A prophet has is about to board a ship home after 12 years in exile, when he is stopped by a group of people. His teachings to them, discussing love, marriage, crime, freedom and law among many other aspects of everyday life, form the 26 poetic essays of Gibran's work. The work has been a bestseller since its first publication.
Lebanese-American poet and mystic Kahlil Gibran rose to literary acclaim with his beloved work The Prophet. In this fascinating volume, Gibran presents a view of Jesus' life from the perspective of his contemporaries, such as Mary Magdalen and Pontius Pilate. Jesus, The Son of Man is a must-read for anyone interested in the more human side of this towering religious figure.
Readers who found meaning and beauty in Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet will appreciate this engaging volume of the author's poetry, aphorisms, thoughts, and observations. Published a few years before The Prophet, The Forerunner traces the trajectory of Gibran's development as an artist and thinker.
For younger readers who can't get enough of brave knights, lovely maidens, noble kings, and medieval legends, this volume from Henry Gilbert is a must-read. Tales of Arthur, Lancelot, Gawaine, and many more are told in a manner that will challenge but engage those who are beginning to get the hang of independent reading.
From the ancient pantheon of gods whose edicts could only be divined using oracle bones to the later, more organized systems of Taoism and Confucianism, the history of China is deeply intertwined with its religious development. Students of ancient religion will appreciate the detailed overview of the subject offered in Herbert A. Giles' Religions of Ancient China.
Having pulled off the incredible feat of traveling the entire world—largely by train—in the span of seven months, author Charles J. Gillis undertakes another ambitious journey in Another Summer. This epic tour involves Alaska, Yellowstone, and much of the Pacific Northwest. Gillis' complicated itinerary and soul-stirring descriptions of the unspoiled landscape will enthrall armchair travelers.
If you had unlimited funds, an insatiable lust for travel, and months of leisure time at your disposal, what would you do? In this detailed travelogue, author Charles J. Gillis recounts a round-the-world trip he took in the late nineteenth century, when long-term travel arrangements took much more detailed planning than simply calling up a travel agent. Along the way, he encounters fires, surly locals, and dozens of other obstacles.
Early feminist author Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a pioneer not only in the realm of women's fiction, but also in a remarkable array of other ventures, including publishing, journalism, sociological research, and social reform advocacy. Like many of her works, including the gripping and oft-anthologized tale The Yellow Wallpaper, the novel What Diantha Did deals with the challenges facing women in nineteenth-century society. In this novel, the protagonist solves the conflict between women's household duties and the financial imperative to work outside the home by opening a somewhat unusual boarding house.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman's 1892 short story, The Yellow Wallpaper is a valuable piece of American feminist literature that reveals attitudes toward the psychological health of women in the nineteenth century. Diagnosed with "temporary nervous depression - a slight hysterical tendency" by her physician husband, a woman is confined to an upstairs bedroom. Descending into psychosis at the complete lack of stimulation, she starts obsessing over the room's yellow wallpaper: "It is the strangest yellow, that wall-paper! It makes me think of all the yellow things I ever saw - not beautiful ones like buttercups, but old foul, bad yellow things. But there is something else about that paper - the smell! ... The only thing I can think of that it is like is the color of the paper! A yellow smell."
Early feminist author and advocate Charlotte Perkins Gilman is today best remembered for the haunting short story The Yellow Wallpaper, which recounts the female protagonist's descent into madness. In addition to her prodigious body of fictional work, Gilman wrote a great deal of non-fiction, including scholarly and persuasive essays about equality and the female condition. This long-form essay details the misogyny that was pervasive in Western culture in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
A must-read for fans of utopian science fiction, Herland describes a society comprised solely of female inhabitants. The residents of the isolated community have perfected a form of asexual reproduction, and have constructed a society that is free from all of the ills associated with Western culture, including war, strife, conflict, cruelty, and even pollution. Written by renowned feminist thinker Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Herland is a thought-provoking and entertaining novel that will engage male and female readers alike.
For centuries, a 10-mile-long sandbank off the coast of Kent, England posed a perilous and often fatal threat to sailors, causing thousands of shipwrecks and untold numbers of fatalities. In the early 1800s, however, a number of forward-thinking inventors began to dabble with the idea of a "lifeboat" — an unsinkable rescue vessel designed to save the survivors of shipwrecks. This fascinating volume of maritime history recounts early rescue efforts in the region of the Goodwin Sands.
In the transition between the colonial era and today's world order, the Cameroons were an important battleground—both literally and metaphorically. In Captain Charles Gilson's novel Across the Cameroons: A Story of War and Adventure, the drama of the period is underscored by the heroism of individuals on both sides of the conflict.
Known for his unique knack for creating three-dimensional portraits of children, author Roy Rolfe Gilson pulls it off again in the charming novel Miss Primrose. Told from the vantage point of a young boy, the tale relates the idyllic village life of Miss Letitia Primrose, and her father, a somewhat curmudgeonly scholar.
This unique nineteenth-century novel, originally published in French, is the result of a fascinating literary experiment. It takes the form of an epistolary dialogue of letters exchanged among four characters, each of which is an alter ego of one of the book's four authors.
Over the course of his literary careeer, George Gissing emerged as a chronicler of Britain's emerging middle class. In novels such as New Grub Street, he took it upon himself to outline the challenges facing this new demographic niche, which he described as "well educated, fairly bred, but without money." The Paying Guest explores same of the same themes—class tensions, intrigue, and the grit beneath the glittering surface of the Victorian era.
One of the foremost fiction writers in the genre of Victorian realism, George Gissing wrote several of the most notable novels of the era, including New Grub Street and Born in Exile. The short novel Eve's Ransom is a classic story of misbegotten love wherein an impressionable young man falls for—and attempts desperately to win over—a woman who appears to be all wrong for him.
Critics regard George Gissing as one of the most important writers of the Victorian era. Over the course of his career, he emerged as one of the most significant innovators in the literary genre of realism. In The Crown of Life, one of his later works, Gissing explores human relationships, and in particular, marriage, with the keen eye for detail and piercing insight that are his hallmarks.
Although he was overlooked in the early years of his literary career, British novelist George Gissing eventually rose to acclaim, largely on the strength of his unflinching portrayal of the lives of England's less fortunate. Regarded as one of his most accomplished works, The Nether World follows the intertwined fates of three impoverished families, all tied together through central figure Sidney Kirkwood.
Despite being born to a working-class family, Dyce Lashmar—the 'charlatan' of the book's title—has been lucky enough to wrangle a top-shelf college education. But his high hopes and ambitions crash to earth with a resounding thud when he suddenly finds himself penniless and without any prospects. Can Lashmar put his scant talents to work to get his life back on track?
Popular Victorian-era novelist George Gissing was best known for his realistic portrayals of social problems in the period in texts such as New Grub Street. The novel Denzil Quarrier finds Gissing stretching beyond this well-trod comfort zone, telling the story of an heir to a Norwegian timber fortune in a gripping character study that is heavily influenced by the work of playwright Henrik Ibsen.
George Gissing's New Grub Street has been widely lauded as one of the best novels ever written, but readers who harbor literary ambitions may want to approach this masterwork of realism with caution. By juxtaposing the lives of two very different breeds of writers, Jasper Milvain and Edwin Reardon, Gissing considers the evolving role of writers and literature in the modern world—and his ultimate assessment is unfailingly bleak.
Written when George Gissing was a struggling unknown novelist in his mid-twenties, this sprawling work of Victorian realism and romance is an ambitious achievement that far exceeds the author's age and experience. The novel centers on friends Osmond Waymark and Julian Casti, both part of the bohemian literary intelligentsia of the era. Waymark has plans and strong ideals, but his path forward in life is hindered by the fact that he's torn between two very different women.
In the later years of his career, popular Victorian-era writer George Gissing turned his attention to the social ills and challenges of the time. His last published novel, Will Warburton, is a prime example of social realism. The story following the travails of the title character, whose fortune is depleted through a series of shady business deals and who is subsequently forced to go into business as a shopkeeper.
In this engaging collection of essays from George Gissing, the narrator of the fictional frame story describes himself as having been charged with the difficult task of editing a recently deceased friend's papers. The essays, sketches and observations are arranged according to a seasonal theme, and each of the four sections offers keen insights about the cycles of nature and of life.
One of the acknowledged masterpieces of Victorian-era literary realism, George Gissing's novel The Odd Women portrays the plight of unmarried women in nineteenth-century England, probing the question of the financial and psychological well-being of those who were not able to find suitable matches. Recognized by critics as an early feminist text, this novel is a must-read for fans of historical—and socially significant—fiction.
Typically known for his hard-hitting works of social realism, such as the novel New Grub Street, the publication of The Town Traveller represented something of a departure for Victorian-era novelist George Gissing. Not only is the novel markedly different in style and tone from Gissing's previous work, but it outsold all of his other publications by a significant measure and lifted him from semi-obscurity to the upper echelons of literary acclaim. Packed with intrigue and emotional heft, The Town Traveller is an engrossing read for fans of nineteenth-century fiction.
Born in Exile is an 1892 novel by George Robert Gissing, a prominent realist author of late-Victorian England who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903.
British fiction writer George Gissing is now regarded as one of the most important authors of the late Victorian era. This satisfyingly rich novel offers an unconventional take on romance. Protagonist Harvey Rolfe woos and eventually marries the lovely and free-spirited Alma, admiring her independence and unwillingness to bow to social mores. But are these traits part of her allegiance to the evolving role of women—or merely personal shortcomings?
One of George Gissing's greatest strengths as a novelist was his ability to highlight differences between socioeconomic classes and all the advantages that a higher class standing can bestow. That's the idea at the center of the gripping epic Thyrza, which Gissing himself identified as one of his favorites from his own body of work. Working-class Thyrza Trent was born with beauty, brains, and ambition—but she doesn't have the social status necessary to be able to fully leverage these gifts.
William Ewart Gladstone was a highly influential British politician of the nineteenth century, serving as Prime Minister four separate times over the course of his career. Gladstone was staunchly in favor of returning control of Ireland to the Irish people. In the comprehensive volume Handbook of Home Rule, Gladstone and a bevy of other contributors analyze the issue from multiple perspectives.
In the 1800s, the American South was a highly stratified society in which different classes rarely intermingled. By the early twentieth century, the rise of a new class of nouveau riche titans of industry began to change that. It is against this backdrop of transition that Ellen Glasgow sets her novel The Romance of a Plain Man. The story follows poor but honorable Ben Starr as he works his way up the socioeconomic ladder in pursuit of the daughter of an aristocratic family.
Though many of her novels are set in her native state of Virginia, writer Ellen Glasgow also had an abiding fascination with the bohemian and intellectual circles of New York City, which form the backdrop of her second book, Phases of an Inferior Planet. Aspiring opera singer Mariana Musin moves to New York to make it big, but an unexpected romance changes the course of her life.
Dive into a richly detailed historical romance that provides a fascinating glimpse into nineteenth-century life in the American South, with a sweeping perspective that considers the challenges facing the working classes, the landed gentry, and everyone in between. An engrossing read for anyone who likes to learn from their romance fiction reads!
Virginia-born novelist Ellen Glasgow played a leading role in helping Southern literature move away from the idealized, romantic portraits that were common in the nineteenth century, and toward a more gritty, realistic, nuanced view of the region.The Virginia of this book's title is a woman, Virginia Pendleton, who strives throughout her life to live up to the ideal of Southern femininity, but it's a guise that ultimately does her more harm than good.
Novelist Ellen Glasgow returns to her native state of Virginia in this epic drama set in the post-Civil War period. Two families—the Blakes and the Fletchers—experience rapid shifts in fortune. The genteel Blakes lose everything they own, while the up-and-coming Fletchers claw their way to the top.
Rather than consistently falling back on romance as an overarching framework for her novels, as did many of her peers, Virginia-born writer Ellen Glasgow often preferred the rough-and-tumble world of politics as a lens through which to explore the human condition. In One Man in His Time, an up-and-coming politician confounds many of the longstanding mores of Southern society.
Born, raised and educated in Richmond, Virginia, novelist Ellen Glasgow began to receive literary acclaim for her realistic portraits of life in the region. However, with the novel The Wheel of Life, Glasgow shifts the scene to bustling New York City, where poet Laura Wilde attempts to navigate the treacherous waters of romance.
In The Ancient Law, protagonist Daniel Ordway finds himself at a crossroads. After serving a prison sentence for fraud, Ordway is disowned by his family and has few prospects for a new career. Lost and alone, he turns his back on everything he knows and strikes out to make a new life for himself.
This widely praised novel marks the beginning of the period in which Virginia-born writer Ellen Glasgow began to fully flourish, producing the finest works of her literary career. Set in southern Virginia, The Miller of Old Church follows two emblems of the rising middle class as they pursue their ambitions and fall in love.
The turn of the twentieth century marked a period of tumultuous change in the U.S. South. Long oppressed by a socioeconomic caste system, rural Southerners began to make political plays that afforded them greater power and influence. In her gripping novel The Voice of the People, Virginia-born writer Ellen Glasgow documents this transition in realistic detail.
In The Builders, novelist Ellen Glasgow considers the tumultuous changes ushered in by World War I through the lens of the shifting political landscape in her home state of Virginia. Business tycoon David Blackburn is the emblem for these changes, exemplifying the rising upper class of new money and the shifting roles of men and their relationships with women.
Female identity is a theme that arises again and again in the works of Virginia-born novelist Ellen Glasgow. In Life and Gabriella, protagonist Gabriella Carr is a decidedly modern woman who makes it a point to stray from conventional femininity at every turn. But when she falls prey to passion, her long-held independence is imperiled.
Although the title isn't exactly politically correct in this day and age, Henry Goddard's in-depth study of low-intelligence and developmentally disabled murderers certainly stands up to the test of time. In three detailed case studies, Goddard classifies the characteristics of different types of developmentally disabled criminals and posits theories about how these types of mental impairments can lead to criminal behavior in some situations.
Caleb Williams is hired as personal secretary to a British Squire, Fernando Falkland. In the course of his work he comes across a terrible secret from the Squire's past, and is sworn to secrecy. Falkland believes in the virtue of the upper classes and the villainy of the lower. He is uneasy in the power of a lowly servant and sets about persecuting Williams, leading to a series of adventures in an early thriller style.
In the work of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832) one can find the seed of most German thought, literature, science and theology. A hugely influential man, not only on Germany but on the rest of Europe, Goethe's best known work is the two-part play Faust. Goethe was a privy-councilor to the Duchy of Weimar and his interest in foreign literature helped birth the concept of the world literature.
George Eliot called Goethe "Germany's greatest man of letters…and the last true polymath to walk the earth."
The 1774 publication of the epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther transformed its 24-year-old author, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, into a world-renowned literary sensation virtually overnight. The story centers on Werther, a highly sensitive artist who has channeled his passionate temperate into his unrequited love for Lotte, a beautiful young lady who is still reeling from the aftermath of her mother's death. Regarded as a masterpiece of the Romantic era, this lyrical meditation on love and loss will resonate with anyone whose affections have been spurned.
German literary prodigy Johann Wolfgang von Goethe breaks ground again with this volume of sensual love poetry. Despite its titillating title, these poems—though shockingly candid in the context of the early 1800s—are tame by contemporary standards, and Goethe couches his carnal odes in coy, oblique metaphors.
Born in England, Rosalind Goforth served as a missionary of the Presbyterian church in China for decades, alongside her husband and children. This account of her life and work details her family's struggle to bring a message of peace to China's men, women, and children, as well as their triumphs and shortfalls as missionaries and humanitarians.
Feeling discouraged by the circumstances of your day-to-day life? Unsure whether praying about seemingly trivial needs is the right thing to do? Pick up Rosalind Goforth's How I Know God Answers Prayer. A missionary in China at the turn of the twentieth century, Goforth's family was mired in unimaginably dire straits and beset by numerous tragedies—until she began reaching out in prayer. This inspiring book is sure to rejuvenate your faith in times of need.
Dead Souls is a socially critical black comedy. Set in Russia before the emancipation of serfs in 1861, the "dead souls" are dead serfs still being counted by landowners as property, as well as referring to the landowners' morality. Through surreal and often dark comedy, Gogol criticizes Russian society after the Napoleonic Wars. He intended to also offer solutions to the problems he satirized, but died before he ever completed the second part of what was intended to be a trilogy. The work famously ends mid-sentence.
Explore a fascinating period in history through the eyes of renowned Russian literary realist Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol. This historian-turned-fiction-writer had a lifelong interest in the culture of the Ukranian Cossacks, the community at the center of the tale "Taras Bulba" and several of the other stories brought together in this engrossing and meticulously researched collection.
Although it may read to modern audiences like a hilarious slapstick comedy, The Inspector-General is actually much more than that. Famed Russian writer Nikolai Gogol intended it to be a veiled but pointed satire of the ineptitude, corruption, and greed that exemplified the Russian bureaucracy in the nineteenth century. The witty play was later used as the basis for a movie version starring Danny Kaye (1949).
Explore the Russian creative movement known as literary realism through the work of writer Nikolai Vassilievitch Gogol, whom many critics regard not only as one of the foremost practitioners of this style, but also as one of the most significant literary figures of the twentieth century. This exquisitely translated collection brings together several of the short pieces widely categorized as Gogol's finest work.
The second installment in John Henry Goldfrap's beloved Boy Aviators series has brothers Frank and Harry and their best friend Billy signing up to help the government with a top-secret task. After building a new plane to replace the one lost in a previous mission, the friends head to the Everglades to thwart enemies foreign and domestic.
The massive ship Tropic Queen suffers a crippling blow at sea and finally runs ashore on a deserted island. Jack Ready and Billy Raynor, the pair known as the Wireless Boys, use their skills to help locate the ship and direct rescue crews to the site. Will the passengers be rescued before it's too late?
The indefatigable Boy Aviators are at again in this suspenseful installment of the acclaimed action-adventure series for younger readers. This time, they set out to beat a flight record and be a part of aviation history. After the record attempt, the boys wind up in the Wild West—and soon find themselves at the center of a contentious situation.
In this exciting adventure geared for younger audiences, brothers Tom and Jack Dacre accompany their uncle on an expedition into the frigid north, hoping to establish themselves as fur traders, but their plans are thwarted by a nefarious scheme. Will the crew make it back alive?
The Boy Scouts for Uncle Sam is the fifth volume in John Henry Goldfrap's popular Boy Scouts series of books for younger readers. In this installment, the boys have an opportunity to help the U.S. government thwart the efforts of a group of foreign spies who will stop at nothing to steal top-secret information about a cutting-edge submarine design.
Young brothers Jack and Tom Dacre live an idyllic life, but their thirst for adventure often takes them to locales near and far. In this volume of the action-adventure series for younger readers, the Bungalow Boys make a trip to Washington state to lend a hand to an old friend of their uncle who has found himself in dire straits.
In the early twentieth century, the technology of aviation advanced rapidly, and the new possibilities afforded by flight sparked the imaginations of younger readers. In The Boy Aviators in Africa, a posse of fearless young chums put their newly honed flying skills to the test in the pursuit of a store of highly valuable ivory.
Tag along with a group of intrepid Boy Scouts as they spend some quality time in the great outdoors. In addition to plenty of mountain vistas, fresh air, and wildlife sightings, the crew stumbles across a confounding mystery along the way. This enthralling tale will pull in even reluctant younger readers.
In this installment of the popular Boy Aviators action-adventure series for younger readers, brothers Frank and Harry Chester are conducting field research on a remote island along with their best friend Billy and a new acquaintance, Pudge Perkins. Soon enough, the boys find themselves caught up in a mystery and a search for long-lost treasure.
Jack Ready and Bill Raynor, otherwise known as the Wireless Boys, are at it again in this action-adventure book for younger readers. Rescued from certain danger by Captain Simms, the boys soon find themselves aiding the war effort with their communications skills.
Wireless experts Bill Raynor and Jack Ready set out for another seagoing adventure in this gripping tale geared for younger audiences. This time, the Wireless Boys are sailing the Pacific as crew members on a magnificent yacht called Sea Gypsy when trouble takes hold.
They may be young, but the heroes of John Henry Goldfrap's popular Boy Aviators series for younger readers make up for what they lack in experience with plenty of grit, gusto and gumption. In this, the fourth installment of the series, the boys find themselves on quest to find a massive store of treasure in the Sargasso Sea.
The first book in the Boy Scouts series of action-adventure novels for younger readers, The Boy Scouts of the Eagle Patrol follows the exploits of an elite group of scouts as they traverse the wooded trails, relying on their athletic prowess, knowledge of the outdoors, and ability to tackle any situation, no matter how unexpected.
With conflict raging in Mexico, the Boy Scouts come together to help out the uncle of one of their troop members. He owns a cattle ranch in the northern state of Chihuahua, but is unwell and unable to tend to his affairs before the battle makes his way into the region where his property is located. The boys make their way south of the border to lend a hand.
The fourteenth installment in the abidingly popular Boy Scouts series finds a contingent of the troop traveling to England to lend a hand to soldiers fighting World War I. The boys display admirable bravery under pressure and have a chance to meet with King Albert in Brussels.
In the sixth installment of the wildly popular Boy Aviators series for younger readers, the heroes are itching for adventure and decide to tag along on an expedition to Antarctica. They join the crew of famed explorer Robert Hazzard, who is on a quest to identify the South Pole—and perhaps find some long-lost treasure along the way.
In this thrilling volume of the action-adventure series for younger readers, the group of pals known as the Border Boys find themselves in hot water when their exploration of the open range leads them to a mysterious underground river. It's not only a wonder of nature—it's also a conduit for illegal activities, as the boys soon discover.
The Boy Scouts head to the deserts of the Southwest United States in this, the second novel in the popular series for younger readers. There, they spend some time as ranch hands, track the legendary grizzly bear known as Silver Tip—and elude some rowdy rustlers along the way.
Brothers Tom and Jack Dacre and their best friend Sandy MacTavish are bound for yet another pulse-pounding adventure in The Bungalow Boys Along the Yukon. This time, their uncle's ongoing quest to establish himself as a leading fur trader has the group traveling to Alaska and later, the desolate wilds of the Yukon.
Bill Raynor and Jack Ready, the intrepid duo known as the Wireless Boys, set out on a sea voyage to Europe from New York. A few days into the trip, World War I breaks out, and the boys find themselves at the center of an international crisis. Will the ship make it back to American shores before it's too late?
Get set for pulse-pounding adventure in this classic action novel. An intrepid group of young explorers pitch in to help out when trouble arises at the Panama Canal. Whether you're a current or former Boy Scout or simply a fan of golden-era action-adventure tales, this engaging page-turner is sure to delight.
Anarchism und Other Essays, published in 1911, is the work of feminist anarchist Emma Goldman. Anarchism is a political philosophy which believes that government, or a governing body is unnecessary. Goldman discusses this philosophy and also its relationship to the fight for the emancipation of women and the state of marriage.
It's said that well-behaved women rarely make history, and that's certainly true in the case of Emma Goldman, famed activist, anarchist, and women's rights advocate. In this essay, Goldman takes on the misogyny and oppression that were the lot of women in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries and offers a series of elegant critiques of romantic love and the institution of marriage.
She Stoops to Conquer was first performed in 1773, and remains popular today. Written by Irish playwright Oliver Goldsmith, it is a comedy of errors spanning the events of one night.
The Vicar of Wakefield follows the life of a wealthy vicar and his family who lie an idyllic life in their country parish thanks to the vicar's clever investments. The evening that his son is to marry an heiress, the vicar discovers that his merchant investor has lost all his money in bankruptcy.
Written by Irish author Oliver Goldsmith in the late 18th century.
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