Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931), Lebanese-born artist and writer, was best known for authoring "The Prophet," a collection of short philosophical essays that became one of the top selling books of the twentieth century. In 1895, Gibran, age twelve, immigrated to Boston with his family. Through a series of[...]

An anthology of love poems with an international touch features moving and romantic poetry--both original English and translated verse--from every corner of the globe, including works by Goethe, Dante, Shakespeare, Rumi, and lesser-known poets that represent indigenous people of Africa, the Americas[...]

'York Notes for GCSE' offers a useful approach to English Literature and aims to help readers achieve a better grade. Updated to reflect the needs of today's students, the new editions are filled with detailed summaries, commentaries on key themes, characters, language and style, illustrations, exam[...]

In this delightful volume of love poetry, renowned literature professor Suheil Bushrui presents nearly two hundred cherished works from around the world and down through the ages. Here, traditional classics from Shakespeare to Rossetti are thrown into new light beside the poetry of Eastern writers s[...]