Donal Donnelly

"[This] is a semi-autobiographical novel by James Joyce, first serialized in The Egoist from 1914 to 1915 and published in book form in 1916. It depicts the formative years in the life of Stephen Dedalus, a fictional alter ego of Joyce and a pointed allusion to the consummate craftsman of Greek mythology, Daedalus." --P. [4] of cover.

"One of the most important works of the Modernist era, James Joyce's "Ulysses" was originally published serially in the American journal "The Little Review" from March 1918 to December 1920. Subsequently published as a book in 1922, "Ulysses" chronicles the passage of Leopold Bloom through Dublin during an ordinary day, June 16, 1904. While the novel appears largely unstructured at first glance it is in fact very closely paralleled to Homer's "Odyssey,"...

CLASSIC FICTION (PRE C 1945). Contains stories that show us truants, seducers, gossips, rally-drivers, generous hostesses, corrupt politicians, failing priests, amateur theologians, struggling musicians, moony adolescents, victims of domestic brutishness, sentimental aunts and poets, patriots earnest or cynical, and people striving to get by. This book contains introduction and notes by Laurence Davies, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire. Living overseas...

Peter Pan, J. M. Barrie's tale of the boy who wouldn't grow up, remains one of the most beloved children's books ever written. For nearly a hundred years, kids across the world have drifted off to sleep dreaming about Tinker Bell and the Lost Boys, pixie dust and ticking clocks, crocodiles and Captain Hook. But in spite of the story's visual richness, it has never been illustrated photographically until now. In this lavishly produced edition of the...

A history of the Dark Ages showing that as Europe was in an intellectual decline, Ireland became a haven for scholarship.

Contains four stories by James Marshall, including "Red Riding Hood," "Goldilocks and the Three Bears," "The Three Little Pigs," and "Hansel and Gretel," and features a fifth story by Barbara Karlin "Cinderella."

Agnes McDonnell is a tough, independent, country gentlewoman living alone on a large estate off the West coast of Ireland at the end of the 19th century. When James Lynchehaun, a peasant from out of town, wanders across her property, he used his charm and handsome magnetism to allure her into employing him as manager of the estate. Attracted to him, Agnes agrees, but soon discovers his true intentions are more devious ... and malicious!

The incendiary book that skewers the sacred institutions of eighteenth-century France from the famous Enlightenment philosopher and author of Candide.
 
From adultery to virtue, this alphabetically organized collection of essays gives you a glimpse into the brilliant mind of Voltaire. Instantly placed on the Vatican’s list of banned books when it was originally published in 1764, Philosophical Dictionary...

A little girl meets a hungry wolf in the forest on her way to visit her grandmother.