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A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Category: Fiction | Series: Knickerbocker Classics Ser.
Explore Dickens' classic tale of order and disorder, death and resurrection with A Tale of Two Cities. Taking place in London and Paris in the eighteenth century, in the years leading up to and during the French Revolution, Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities is one of injustice, revenge, rebirth, lo ...Show more
Beowulf (Knickerbocker Classics) by John Earle (Translator); Tom Schneider (Introduction by)
Category: Classics | Series: Knickerbocker Classics Ser.
In this elegant, portable Anglo-Saxon epic, the hero Beowulf fights horrifying, ghastly monsters in his bid to save the hall of Hrothgar, King of the Danes.Composed by an anonymous Anglo-Saxon singer toward the end of the first millennium CE, Beowulf is an Old English epic tale recounting the adventures ...Show more
Bulfinch's Mythology (Knickerbocker Cl.. by Thomas Bulfinch; Robert Hanks (Introduction by)
Category: History | Series: Knickerbocker Classics Ser.
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Bulfinch's Mythology - Stories of Gods and Heroes by Thomas Bulfinch; Robert Hanks (Introduction by)
Category: Classics | Series: Knickerbocker Classics Ser.
The unabridged version of this definitive work is now available as an elegantly designed clothbound edition with a new introduction. Part of the Knickerbocker Classics series, an elastic closure and flexible binding make this timeless book a perfect travel companion. Thomas Bulfinch helped popularize my ...Show more
Charles Dickens: The Essential Collection by Charles Dickens; Grace Moore (Introduction by)
Category: Classics | Series: Knickerbocker Classics Ser.
This superb collection of classic Victorian literature features the most notable works of Charles Dickens, including Oliver Twist (1839), A Christmas Carol (1843), A Tale of Two Cities (1859), and Great Expectations (1861). Considered the greatest novelist of the Victorian era, Dickens was especially kn ...Show more
H.G.Wells: The Essential Collection (Knickerbocker Classics) by H. G. Wells; Allen Grove (Introduction by)
Category: No Category | Series: Knickerbocker Classics Ser.
This superb collection of classic science-fiction writing features the most notable works of H.G. Wells, including The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897), War of the Worlds (1898), and The First Men in the Moon (1901). Considered the Father of Science Fiction ...Show more
Inferno by Dante Alighieri
Category: Classics | Series: Knickerbocker Classics Ser.
Journey into Dante's nine circles of hell in the epic poem, Inferno. The Divine Comedy, written in the early fourteenth century by Dante Alighieri, continues to be essential reading for lovers of literature. Dante's Inferno is the first part of his masterpiece, The Divine Comedy. In this epic poem, Dant ...Show more
Jules Verne: The Essential Collection by Jules Verne; Allen Grove (Introduction by)
Category: Sci-Fi & Fantasy Fiction | Series: Knickerbocker Classics Ser.
This superb collection of classic science fiction features the best of Jules Verne's epic adventure stories, including Five Weeks in a Balloon (1863), A Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), From the Earth to the Moon (1865), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870), and Around the World in Eig ...Show more
Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur & The Knights of the Round Table by Sir Thomas Malory; Aubrey Beardsley (Illustrator); Andrea Denny-Brown (Introduction by)
Category: Classics | Series: Knickerbocker Classics Ser.
Sir Thomas Malory's original Le Morte d'Arthur remains the most exciting interpretation of the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. The next elegant edition in the Knickerbocker Classic series, Le Morte d'Arthur is unabridged and complete. Originally published in 1485 by William Cax ...Show more
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius; Pierre Baumann (Introduction by)
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Knickerbocker Classics Ser.
Meditations by Marcus AureliusThe Book in Three SentencesStoicism is as relevant today as it was when it was first recorded.Serenity and ethical certainty come from within.Detach from the things that are beyond your control and focus on your own will and perception.The Five Big IdeasEverything we see is ...Show more
On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin; Amit Hagar (Introduction by)
Category: Classics | Series: Knickerbocker Classics Ser.
Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to lo ...Show more
Republic by Plato; Odysseus Makridis (Introduction by)
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Knickerbocker Classics Ser.
The unabridged version of this definitive work is now available as a highly designed paperback with flaps with a new introduction by Odysseus Makridis. Part of the Knickerbocker Classics series, a modern design makes this timeless book a perfect travel companion. Published around 380 BCE, Plato's most f ...Show more