The History of the Peloponnesian War, by Thucydides, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: • New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars • Biographies of the authors • Chronologies...

Sasha Riggs is a reclusive artist, haunted by dreams and nightmares that she turns into extraordinary paintings. Her visions lead her to the Greek island of Corfu, where five others have been lured to seek the fire star. Sasha recognizes them, because she has drawn them.

Enchantment of the world. Second series. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Gerald Durrrell moved from England to Corfu with his family when he was eight. He became fascinated by the island's natural history and spent much of his time studying the local wildlife and grew up to be a famous naturalist, animal-collector and conservationist. This book presents a trilogy of his experiences and observations.

This edition is the Dryden translation. Plutarch's Lives, written at the beginning of the second century A.D., is a brilliant social history of the ancient world by one of the greatest biographers and moralists of all time. In what is by far his most famous and influential work, Plutarch reveals the character and personality of his subjects and how they led ultimately to tragedy or victory. Richly anecdotal and full of detail, Volume I contains profiles...

This Empires episode explores the history of ancient Greek civilization as seen through the lives of its heroes with reconstructions and re-creations of significant locations and events.

"A Midsummer Night's Dream portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and Hippolyta. These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur actors (the mechanicals), who are controlled and manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest. The play is one of Shakespeare's most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world."

Arts and crafts of series. Includes index.