GUY DE MAUPASSANT was a master of the short story... more

GUY DE MAUPASSANT was a master of the short story. This collection reflects his remarkable diversity, with stories that vary in theme and tone, and range from tragedy and satire to comedy and farce. With a simplicity of style that masks complex philosophy, Maupassant can illuminate an entire code of values by means of a few telling details. He exposes the brutality of war and the hypocrisy it spawns, and depicts the petty limitations, the dissimulations and the vanities inherent at different levels of society. His stories are linked by a trenchant irony and by a preoccupation with the frailty of human nature and the futility of so many lives.... less

This book is a compilation of classic short stori... more

This book is a compilation of classic short stories by five great French writers - Guy De Maupassant, Honore De Balzac, Victor Hugo, Anatole France and Pierre Louys. Though not necessarily representative of the authors complete works, the stories have been carefully chosen to showcase their versatility and skill as storytellers. The collection covers an extraordinary range of themes, styles and settings, allowing the reader to get a glimpse of another world gone by. Yet, these stories seem timeless, and the characters in them show the same foibles, fears and hopes as people in the brave new world of the 21st century.... less

This book is a compilation of classic short stori... more

This book is a compilation of classic short stories by the worlds greatest writers. The stories have been carefully chosen to showcase the authors versatility and skill as storytellers. The collection covers an extraordinary range of themes, styles and settings, allowing the reader to get a glimpse of another world gone by. Yet, these stories seem timeless, and the characters in them show the same foibles, fears and hopes as people in the brave new world of the 21st century. This collection includes works by:E.M. Forster, Walter de la Mare, Joseph Conrad, Mulk Raj Anand, Katherine Mansfield, Anatole France, Karel Capek, Leo Tolstoy, Alexander Pushkin, Hans Christian Andersen, Giovanni Boccaccio, Nizami, Edith Wharton, Edgar Allan Poe, Saki, W. Somerset Maugham, R.L. Stevenson, Liam OFlaherty, Guy de Maupassant, Anton Chehov, Maxim Gorky, Miguel Cervantes, Luigi Pirandello, Richard F. Burton, O. Henry and Ernest Hemingway... less

You may have 101 textbooks about your chosen subj... more

You may have 101 textbooks about your chosen subject, but this is the only one youll ever need on how to de-stress for your exams. Coping with stress while taking exams can be more testing than the papers themselves. De-Stress For Exams will ensure you enter that exam hall with a clear head and a calm attitude essential for tackling tests with the best possible chance of success.... less

Edward de Bono believes in freedom, but he poses ... more

Edward de Bono believes in freedom, but he poses the question: If you cannot see clearly, are you making a free choice? That question is at the heart of his new book. De Bono has devoted his life and career to getting his readersbusiness leaders, educators, and politicians among othersto understand that clarity of thinking is essential to a free society. It is not enough to simply be free from coercion. De Bono argues that there is no true freedom without the ability to see correctly the options we have. And, to see these options requires thinkingthinking of a kind that De Bono says is not the norm and which urgently needs to be emphasized and taught.The best short introduction to his work, The Free Mind uses anecdote to convey his ideas and provides numerous examples that illustrate his thesis: to be free means to understand the choices we make, and this understanding can only come through improving the way we think.... less

The publication of a representative selection of ... more

The publication of a representative selection of French short stories from Voltaire up to the First World War is indeed a formidable task, for the French have excelled in this literary Genre. The 27 selected stories, newly translated, are by 17 great writers such as Voltaire, Zola, France, Maupassant, Balzac and Colette. Here are stories on the short side and on the long; stories in which little happens or much. One or two are hardly more than impressions or scraps of dialogue people sit and talk in the evening about their childhood; a woman is oppressed by a sense of tragedy that looms but never materializes; a little boy races with a wildly beating hearth through a garden. Savage justice is done in Corsica, and a romantic couple misbehave in a wood. These French stories, so different from each other in voice and method, simply say, as stories do in any language "Because life was never quite like this, this is how life is."... less

Buddha means 'enlightened person'. A Buddhist is ... more

Buddha means 'enlightened person'. A Buddhist is someone who follows the teachings of a particular enlightened person, called Gautama. Jaico's 366 Readings Series is the first comprehensive collection of the spiritual literature of the whole world presented in accessible form. It is aimed at people who wish to broaden their spiritual outlook, and also at the much larger group who have little or no attachment to a religious community, but seek spiritual wisdom.... less

Islam means 'submission to GOD'. A Muslim is some... more

Islam means 'submission to GOD'. A Muslim is someone who has submitted to god, recognizing Muhammad as a prophet of god. Jaico's 366 Readings Series is the first comprehensive collection of the spiritual literature of the whole world presented in accessible form. It is aimed at people who wish to broaden their spiritual outlook, and also at the much larger group who have little or no attachment to a religious community, but seek spiritual wisdom.... less

Tao is best translated as the 'Way'; it may also ... more

Tao is best translated as the 'Way'; it may also be understood as the first principle from which everything comes, and to which all will return. Jaico's 366 Readings Series is the first comprehensive collection of the spiritual literature of the whole world presented in accessible form. It is aimed at people who wish to broaden their spiritual outlook, and also at the much larger group who have little or no attachment to a religious community, but seek spiritual wisdom.... less

CHRISTIANITY is the religion followed by the disc... more

CHRISTIANITY is the religion followed by the disciples of Jesus Christ. It is a living tradition of faith and culture. Jaico's 366 Readings Series is the first comprehensive collection of the spiritual literature of the whole world presented in accessible form. It is aimed at people who wish to broaden their spiritual outlook, and also at the much larger group who have little or no attachment to a religious community, but seek spiritual wisdom.... less