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Two generations face heartbreak and injustice in this poignant and emotional novel inspired by true events. Mary Roberts is an impoverished child living in a council flat in 1950's London. When she and her sister are left at an orphanage by their mother, they don't think their lives can get any worse. Harry Evans is an orphan who finds himself, with Mary and her sister, on board a ship bound for Australia. They're sent to a farm school for...

Two generations face heartbreak and injustice in this poignant and emotional novel inspired by true events. Mary Roberts is an impoverished child living in a council flat in 1950's London. When she and her sister are left at an orphanage by their mother, they don't think their lives can get any worse. Harry Evans is an orphan who finds himself, with Mary and her sister, on board a ship bound for Australia. They're sent to a farm school for...

Two generations face heartbreak and injustice in this poignant and emotional novel inspired by true events. Mary Roberts is an impoverished child living in a council flat in 1950's London. When she and her sister are left at an orphanage by their mother, they don't think their lives can get any worse. Harry Evans is an orphan who finds himself, with Mary and her sister, on board a ship bound for Australia. They're sent to a farm school for...

A young man on his deathbed suffers neglect at the hands of his young wife. An older man remembers his days as a young medical student. A spirit appears in search of the old skeleton that used to hang in a stuffy corner of Campbell Medical School. Mashi and Other Stories is a collection of short fiction by Rabindranath Tagore.

A self-obsessed King frets over his appearance while the people of his kingdom suffer and starve. As his closest advisors attempt to gain his attention, competing interests threaten to distract the King even further. Just as all hope seems lost, a poet stages a play to celebrate the changing season. The Cycle of Spring is a play by Rabindranath Tagore.

A reclusive King reigns over a prosperous land from the confines of his unlit chamber. There are those who question his right to rule, others who see his absence as virtuous, and yet others who spend little time thinking of him at all. The King of the Dark Chamber is a powerful drama of faith and power by Rabindranath Tagore.

A Genoese sea captain and a Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller discuss the organization of a perfect city. Designed with an impregnable series of seven concentric walls, located in an ideal climate, and built on a hill, its people live in a society dedicated to communal values. The City of the Sun is a work of utopian fiction by Tommaso Campanella.

Although he is widely known for his poems, songs, plays, and novels, Rabindranath Tagore was also a gifted philosopher and public intellectual who travelled the world to share his vision with others while witnessing the diversity of human civilization. Here, he reflects on his experiences during a tour of Japan. The Spirit of Japan is a lecture by Rabindranath Tagore.

Sadhana: The Realisation of Life (1916) is a collection of philosophical essays by Rabindranath Tagore, a leading artist and intellectual of modern India. Tagore was awarded the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature, making him the first lyricist and non-European to be awarded the distinction. In personal, meditative prose, he reflects humanity, god, and the natural world.

Inspired by Lucretius and Plutarch, Michel de Montaigne composed this masterwork of French philosophy while living in solitude following his retirement from public life. His wide-ranging topics include conscience, politics, sorrow, solitude, fear, friendship, war, and poetry, informing countless readers that to look outward requires we first look within.

“Stray birds of summer come to my window to sing and fly away. And yellow leaves of autumn, which have no songs, flutter and fall there with a sigh.” Tagore’s poems ring with universal truth. Grounded in tradition and the poet’s philosophical vision, they remain timeless and borderless, as fresh today as they were a century ago. Stray Birds is a poetry collection by Rabindranath Tagore.

“Thou hast made me endless, such is thy pleasure. This frail vessel thou emptiest again and again, and fillest it ever with fresh life.” Tagore’s poems ring with universal truth. Grounded in tradition and the poet’s philosophical vision, they remain timeless and borderless, as fresh today as they were a century ago. Gitanjali is a poetry collection by Rabindranath Tagore.

“I am restless. I am athirst for far-away things. My soul goes out in a longing to touch the skirt of the dim distance.” Tagore’s poems ring with universal truth. Grounded in tradition and the poet’s philosophical vision, they remain timeless and borderless, as fresh today as they were a century ago. The Gardener is a poetry collection by Rabindranath Tagore.

Raised as a boy by her father, the king of Manipur, Chitra is a legendary warrior who has captured the adoration and respect of her people. When she meets the honorable warrior Arjuna, however, she falls in love for the first time in her life. Chitra: A Play in One Act is a play by Rabindranath Tagore.

Adopted by his uncle Madhav, Amal is a lonely child whose illness prevents him from venturing beyond the confines of the courtyard. Standing at the gate, he talks with anyone who will stop to listen. When a new post office is built next door, Amal begins dreaming of adventure. The Post Office is a play by Rabindranath Tagore.

Tired of living in the world of men, a group of unmarried women creates a cloister devoted to pleasure, individuality, and femininity. Lady Happy, their leader, soon faces outside pressure from men and uninitiated women alike, who see her opposition to marriage as a threat to the status quo. The Convent of Pleasure is a closet drama by Margaret Cavendish.

Recognizing the importance of chadō, or teaism, in his native Japan, Okakura Kakuzō discusses the practice of brewing and drinking tea for a Western audience. Tying his subject to Zen, Taoism, visual art, and architecture, the author makes a compelling case for tea’s centrality to Japanese culture. The Book of Tea is a book-length essay by Okakura Kakuzō.

Born in Illinois, Polly Crocket was stolen into slavery as a young girl and taken to Missouri. Years later, she fought for freedom in the courts for her and her daughter Lucy. In From the Darkness Cometh the Light, Lucy recalls her mother’s bravery, their unbreakable bond, and incidents from her own life as a free African American woman.

On the last day before summer vacation, a group of students gathers to hear their teacher, whom they call Prospero, lecture for one last time. Captivated by a bronze statue of Ariel from Shakespeare’s The Tempest, he speaks passionately on the nature of beauty and the dangers of materialism. Ariel is an essay by José Enrique Rodó.

Best friends and college classmates find their friendship strained at the onset of the Civil War. While Ned is commissioned an officer, Tom faces opposition from his parents, who encourage him to complete his Harvard education. After a year of torturous silence, they reunite in a vastly different world. Two College Friends is a novel by Frederick W. Loring.