The iconoclastic German philosopher's blazing maxims on revenge, false pity and the drawbacks of marriage.
These delightful miniature tales of macabre hauntings, monsters and magic tricks are Classic China's greatest stories.
Swift's ferocious, landmark eighteenth-century political satire on how to solve a famine in Ireland
Pastoral, lyrical verse evoking the rural landscapes and peoples of eight-century China from three of its finest poets
Moving, elegiac verse set in rural landscapes, penned by the grief-stricken Hardy after his wife's death.
The Romantic poet's most lyrical, enchanting verse on myth, sensuality, dreams and superstition.
A seventeenth-century Spanish priest's shrewd maxims on using guile and pragmatism to succeed in a dangerous world
Moonlight, spring blossom, a woman's hair - a medieval Japanese monk reflects on idle moments and life's fleeting joy.
The visionary nineteenth-century American poet celebrates nature and the human spirit in these verses from Leaves of Grass