One of the masterpieces of classical literature, the Histories describes how a small and quarrelsome band of Greek city states united to repel the might of the Persian empire. But while this epic struggle forms the core of his work, Herodotus' natural curiosity frequently gives rise to colourful digressions - a description of the natural wonders of Egypt; an account of European lake-dwellers; and far-fetched accounts of dog-headed men and gold-digging...

As little ones become increasingly mobile, their fascination with all things that move intensifies too. On the Go Riding Sailing and Soaring exposes babies to the different ways people travel -- on land, by sea, and in the air -- while it presents them with captivating real-world images, funny puppet shows, and beautiful classical music by Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart and Rossini. So whether your little one is piloting toy planes, revving up choo-choo...

In his celebrated masterpiece, Symposium, Plato imagines a high-society dinner-party in Athens in 416 BC. The guests--including the comic poet Aristophanes and Plato's mentor Socrates--each deliver a short speech in praise of love. The sequence of dazzling speeches culminates in Socrates' famous account of the views of Diotima, a prophetess who taught him that love is our means of trying to attain goodness, and a brilliant sketch of Socrates himself...

Experience this tale as old as time in this delightful retelling of one of Walt Disney's most loved films, Beauty and the Beast. When an enchantress casts a spell on a selfish prince, turning him into a hideous beast and his servants into enchanted objects, there is only one way to break the curse: the Beast must learn to love-and be loved in return. So when Belle, a kind and beautiful girl from a village nearby, arrives at the Beast's enchanted castle...

World Music introduces you and your little one to beautiful sounds from every continent, bringing a fresh, new experience of music and culture. Sing, dance and play to exotic rhythms that open the door to an appreciation of different cultures from around the world. Your baby will be inspired to drum the African djembe, shake Latin maracas, strum a Celtic harp from Ireland and more! It's an international celebration of music that will have you both...

"The Incredulity of Father Brown" is a 1926 collection of mystery short stories by English writer G. K. Chesterton. Set in the early twentieth century, each of the stories centres around the cunning investigations of Father Brown, an amateur detective who uses his incredible intuition to solve a variety of perplexing mysteries. The stories include: "The Resurrection of Father Brown", "The Arrow of Heaven", "The Oracle of the Dog", "The Miracle of...

Thus Spake Zarathustra Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None (German: Also sprach Zarathustra: Ein Buch für Alle und Keinen, also translated as Thus Spake Zarathustra) is a philosophical novel by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, composed in four parts between 1883 and 1885 and published between 1883 and 1891. Much of the work deals with ideas such as the "eternal recurrence of the same", the parable...

"Maria Edgeworth's 1801 novel, Belinda, is an absorbing, sometimes provocative, tale of social and domestic life among the English aristocracy and gentry. The heroine of the title, only too conscious of being 'advertised' on the marriage market, grows in moral maturity as she seeks to balance self-fulfilment with achieving material success. Among those whom she encounters are the socialite Lady Delacour, whose brilliance and wit hide a tragic secret,...

In this diary Pepys observed and recorded the details of a ten-year period of English history which included not only the Restoration, but the Great Plague of 1665 and the Fire of London of the following year.