Complete Poems
10 best books like Complete Poems (Christina Rossetti): Dr. Faustus, The Complete Poems of Dorothy Parker, The Major Works, Fear and Trembling, The Complete Poems, Selected Poems, After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory, The Third Form at St. Clare's, Sovereign Ladies: The Six Reigning Queens of England, The 33 Strategies of War
| Author | Christopher Marlowe |
| ISBN | 0486282082 |
The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, commonly referred to simply as Doctor Faustus, is an Elizabethan tragedy by Christopher Marlowe, based on German stories about the title character Faust, that was first performed sometime between 1588 and Marlowe's death in 1593. Two different...
| Author | Dorothy Parker |
| ISBN | 0141180226 |
Dorothy Parker, master of the short story, dramatist, screenwriter, and sharp-tongued critic, was also an accomplished poet. At the center of the famed Round Table at New York's Algonquin Hotel, Parker distinguished herself among a circle of urbane literati with her excoriating quips and wonderfully...
| Author | William Wordsworth |
| ISBN | 0192840444 |
William Wordsworth (1770-1850) has long been one of the best-known and best-loved English poets. The Lyrical Ballads, written with Coleridge, is a landmark in the history of English romantic poetry. His celebration of nature and of the beauty and poetry in the commonplace embody a unified and coherent...
| Author | Søren Kierkegaard |
| ISBN | 0143037579 |
Soren Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher, theologian, and religious author interested in human psychology. He is regarded as a leading pioneer of existentialism and one of the greatest philosophers of the 19th Century.
In Fear and Trembling, Kierkegaard wanted to understand the anxiety...
| Author | Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
| ISBN | 0140423532 |
‘O pure of heart! thou need’st not ask of me What this strong music in the soul may be!’
One of the major figures of English Romanticism, Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) created works of remarkable diversity and imaginative genius. The period of his creative friendship with William...
| Author | Lord Byron |
| ISBN | 0140424504 |
Described as 'Mad, bad and dangerous to know' by one of his lovers, Lady Caroline Lamb, Lord Byron was the quintessential Romantic. Flamboyant, charismatic and brilliant, he remains almost as notorious for his life - as a political revolutionary, sexual adventurer and traveller - as he does for his...
After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory
| Author | Alasdair MacIntyre |
| ISBN | 0268006113 |
When After Virtue first appeared in 1981, it was recognized as a significant and potentially controversial critique of contemporary moral philosophy. Newsweek called it “a stunning new study of ethics by one of the foremost moral philosophers in the English-speaking world.” Since that time,...
The Third Form at St. Clare's
| Author | Pamela Cox |
| ISBN | 1405219823 |
It's official now - I am binging on this series! The Third Form at St. Clare's was not in the original St. Clare's series by Enid Blyton. It was later included along with two other books in the series in 2000 and is written by Pamela Cox. I rather liked Cox's Malory Towers continuation, but I don't think she...
Sovereign Ladies: The Six Reigning Queens of England
| Author | Maureen Waller |
| ISBN | 0312338015 |
"In the bestselling tradition of authors Antonia Fraser and David Starkey, Maureen Waller has written a fascinating narrative history---a brilliant combination of drama and biographical insight---of the six women who have ruled England in their own names. "
In the last millennium there...
| Author | Robert Greene |
| ISBN | 0670034576 |
Brilliant distillations of the strategies of war—and the subtle social game of everyday life—by the bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power and Mastery
Robert Greene’s groundbreaking guides, The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, and his latest book, Mastery, espouse profound,...
