A magnificent drama of love and war, this riveting tragedy presents one of Shakespeare's greatest female characters--the seductive, cunning Egyptian queen Cleopatra. The Roman leader Mark Antony, a virtual prisoner of his passion for her, is a man torn between pleasure and virtue, between sensual indolence and duty . . . between an empire and love. Bold, rich, and splendid in its setting and emotions, Antony And Cleopatra ranks among Shakespeare's supreme achievements.From the Paperback edition. Views: 14
A "MUST READ" HORROR ANTHOLOGY Horrors! unearths and restores to print classic tales of grim and grue that have languished unnoticed and unreprinted for too long. Among the selection of rarely seen horror masterpieces from the early years of the past century are Meshes of Doom, a tale of sentient plants, by Neville Kilvington, Unburied Bane, a tale of ghostly revenge, by N. Dennet, The Whistling Room, a tale of invasion from another dimension, by William Hope Hodgson, The Caretaker's Story, a tale of supernatural horror, by Edith Olivier, Nightmare Jack, who will haunt your own nightmares forever, by John Metcalfe, and other gems of terror and the supernatural. How many have you read before? Views: 14
In gloomy southern Missouri, meth-addicted preacher's son Eric Redmond--idealistic, eccentric, and wise beyond his years--warns us of an impending apocalypse of our own doing. With a wide cast of characters that exist in the periphery of unreliable source Eric, we see both dysfunction and beauty in this hypnotic and fragmented novel of adolescent self-destruction, bad medicine, and death. Views: 14
Leporello on the Lam tells of the further adventures of characters from Mozart and Da Ponte's famous comic opera, Don Giovanni. Hapless manservant, Leporello seeks a new master but, still traumatised by events, finds himself on the run from the law and falling in love. Can Leporello make peace with those Don Giovanni wronged, clear his own name and start a new life for himself? This fast-moving and funny story is brimming with adventure and innuendo, and is an entertaining read for opera fans and non-opera fans alike. Views: 14
