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The foremost English historian of the twelfth century, William of Malmesbury wrote an influential account of the "Deeds of the English Kings". Spanning events from 449 to 1127, it is now considered one of the great histories of English literature. Revered for his thorough research, use of sources and engaging prose style, William was a strong Latin stylist, influenced by the groundbreaking work of the Venerable Bede. His chronicle is regarded as an authority of considerable value from 1066 onwards, offering a rare window into the life and thoughts of twelfth century Norman Britain. Delphi's Medieval Library provides eReaders with rare and precious works of the Middle Ages, with noted English translations and the original texts. This eBook presents William's collected works, with illustrations, a concise introduction and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to William's life and works
* Features the complete extant text of 'Chronicle of the Kings of England', in both English translation and the original Latin
* Concise introduction to the text
* John Sharpe's seminal translation of the 'Chronicle of the Kings of England'
* Edited by J. A. Giles (1847), with his original hyperlinked footnotes
* Also includes Sharpe's translation of William's later historical work 'Historia Novella'
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Easily locate the sections you want to read with individual contents tables
* Features two bonus biographies - discover William's medieval world

CONTENTS:

The Translation
Chronicle of the Kings of England

The Original Text
Contents of the Original Text

The Biographies
William of Malmesbury (1900) by Kate Norgate
William of Malmesbury: On the Antiquity of Glastonbury (1921) by Joseph Armitage Robinson

The founder of modern sculpture, Auguste Rodin was a late nineteenth century pioneer, whose work changed the course of the history of art. His greatest achievement was the restoration of the role of ancient sculpture, showing that a modern artist could capture the physical and intellectual force of a subject, while freeing the artistic medium from the repetition of traditional patterns. Rodin's enduing popularity is often ascribed to his emotion-laden representations of ordinary men and women and his ability to find beauty and pathos. Masterpieces such as 'The Kiss' and 'The Thinker' are widely used outside the fine arts as symbols of human emotion, transcending the sculptor's medium and helping us to understand the fundamental essence of being a human. Delphi's Masters of Art Series presents the world's first digital e-Art books, allowing readers to explore the works of great artists in comprehensive detail. This volume presents Rodin's collected works, with concise introductions, hundreds of high quality images and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

* A wide selection of sculptures - over 300 images, fully indexed and arranged in chronological and alphabetical order
* Includes reproductions of rare works
* Features a special 'Highlights' section, with concise introductions to the masterpieces, giving valuable contextual information
* Enlarged 'Detail' images, allowing you to explore Rodin's celebrated works in detail, as featured in traditional art books
* Hundreds of images in colour - highly recommended for viewing on tablets and smartphones or as a valuable reference tool on more conventional eReaders
* Easily locate the artworks you wish to view
* Includes Rodin's book 'Art' - explore his unique view of an artist's role
* Features two bonus biographies

CONTENTS:

The Highlights
Man with the Broken Nose (1864)
Suzon (1873)
The Age of Bronze (1876)
The Gates of Hell (1880)
The Thinker (1880)
Eve (1881)
Ugolino and His Sons (1881)
The Kiss (1882)
Bust of Victor Hugo (1883)
Fugitive Love (1887)
The Burghers of Calais (1889)
Despair (1890)
Monument to Balzac (1892-1897)
Iris, Messenger of the Gods (1895)
Ecclesiastes (c. 1898)
The Walking Man (1907)

The Sculptures
Chronological List of Sculptures
Alphabetical List of Sculptures

The Book
Art: Conversations with Paul Gsell (1911)

The Biographies
Auguste Rodin: The Man - His Ideas - His Works (1905) by Camille Mauclair
Auguste Rodin (1919) by Rainer Maria Rilke

The German polymath Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz has been called the "last universal genius" due to his vast expertise across numerous fields. A prominent figure in both the history of philosophy and the world of mathematics, Leibniz produced groundbreaking works on theology, ethics, politics, law, history, physics, music and other studies. As a philosopher, he was a leading representative of seventeenth century rationalism and idealism, being especially noted for his optimism and his famous conclusion that our world is "the best possible world that God could have created". As a mathematician, he developed the main ideas of calculus and devised the binary number system that is the basis of modern digital computing and communications. This eBook presents Leibniz' collected works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Leibniz' life and works
* Concise introductions to the major texts
* Features rare treatises and dialogues
* Images of how the texts were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Easily locate the sections you want to read with contents tables
* Special criticism section, with essays evaluating Leibniz' contribution to world literature
* Features two biographies - discover Leibniz' incredible life

CONTENTS:

The Works
System of Theology (1686)
Discourse on Metaphysics (1686)
A Philosopher's Creed (1673)
Extracts from the 'New Essays on the Understanding' (1704)
Theodicy (1710)
Monadology (1714)
The Philosophical Works of Leibnitz (1890)
Correspondence with Baruch Spinoza

The Criticism
An Abstract of a Book Lately Published Entitled a Treatise of Human Nature Etc. (1740) by David Hume
Leibnitz (1837) by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibnitz (1858) by Frederic Henry Hedge
Leibniz Rewritten (1899) by Charles Sanders Peirce
Leibniz as a Politician (1911) by Adolphus William Ward

The Biographies
Life and Philosophy of Leibnitz (1856) by Alexander Campbell Fraser
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz (1911) by William Ritchie Sorley

The late Victorian artist John William Waterhouse produced stunning paintings of women from ancient mythology, Shakespearean drama and Arthurian legend. The darling of the Royal Academy, where he exhibited almost every year throughout his long career, Waterhouse completed artworks that were celebrated for their rich, glowing colour and veiled eroticism. Embracing the style of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, which had split up several decades before, Waterhouse depicted dramatic, beautiful and haunting female figures, perfecting his own vision of the all-powerful femme fatale. His paintings embrace a dreamy, romantic manner, with a sensuous handling of paint that gave them a unique identity. Delphi's Masters of Art Series presents the world's first digital e-Art books, allowing readers to explore the works of great artists in comprehensive detail. This volume presents Waterhouse's complete paintings in beautiful detail, with concise introductions, hundreds of high quality images and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

* The complete paintings of John William Waterhouse - over 250 images, fully indexed and arranged in chronological and alphabetical order
* Includes reproductions of rare early and late works
* Features a special 'Highlights' section, with concise introductions to the masterpieces, giving valuable contextual information
* Enlarged 'Detail' images, allowing you to explore Waterhouse's celebrated works in detail, as featured in traditional art books
* Hundreds of images in colour - highly recommended for viewing on tablets and smartphones or as a valuable reference tool on more conventional eReaders
* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the paintings
* Easily locate the artworks you wish to view

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CONTENTS:

The Highlights
Sleep and His Half-Brother Death (1874)
Miranda (1875)
After the Dance (1876)
Dolce Far Niente (1879)
The Favourites of the Emperor Honorius (1883)
Saint Eulalia (1885)
The Magic Circle (1886)
The Lady of Shalott (1888)
Ulysses and the Sirens (1891)
La Belle Dame sans Merci (1893)
Hylas and the Nymphs (1896)
A Mermaid (1900)
Echo and Narcissus (1903)
Penelope and the Suitors (1912)
The Decameron (1916)

The Paintings
The Complete Paintings
Alphabetical List of Paintings

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Gertrude Barrows Bennett, known by the pseudonym Francis Stevens, was a pioneering author of fantasy and science fiction. In spite of a short career of seven years between 1917 and 1923, which ended suddenly for unknown reasons, Stevens produced original and startling fantasies, leading many to name her the creator of dark fantasy. Her highly imaginative tales went on to inform the works of prominent weird and horror writers, including H. P. Lovecraft and A. Merritt. For this first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Stevens' complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Stevens' life and works
* Concise introductions to the novels and other texts
* All 5 novels, with individual contents tables
* Features rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing
* Images of how the stories were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Includes special bonus texts of the science fiction and fantasy works that inspired Stevens' tales
* Rare short stories available in no other collection
* Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres

CONTENTS:

The Novels
The Citadel of Fear (1918)
The Labyrinth (1918)
The Heads of Cerberus (1919)
Avalon (1919)
Claimed (1920)

The Short Stories
The Curious Experience of Thomas Dunbar (1904)
The Nightmare (1917)
Friend Island (1918)
Behind the Curtain (1918)
Unseen - Unfeared (1919)
The Elf-Trap (1919)
Serapion (1920)
Sunfire (1923)

The teacher of Demosthenes, Isaeus was an early 4th century BC orator, who was later listed as one of the ten Attic orators, according to the Alexandrian canon. His twelve extant orations are all on subjects connected with disputed inheritances, on which subject Isaeus appears to have been well acquainted. His oratory resembles the style of his teacher, Lysias, notable for its pure Attic and lucid quality. However, Isaeus is more aggressive and flexible in his presentation, which went on to influence the work of Demosthenes. Delphi's Ancient Classics series provides eReaders with the wisdom of the Classical world, with both English translations and the original Greek texts. This eBook presents Isaeus' complete extant works, with illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Isaeus' life and works
* Features the complete extant works of Isaeus, in both English translation and the original Greek
* Concise introduction to the text
* Includes E. S. Forster's 1927 translation, previously appearing in the Loeb Classical Library edition of Isaeus
* Forster's original footnotes are hyperlinked in the text
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Easily locate the orations you want to read with individual contents tables
* Provides a special dual English and Greek text, allowing readers to compare the sections paragraph by paragraph - ideal for students
* Features a bonus biography - discover Isaeus' ancient world

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CONTENTS:

The Translation
The Speeches

The Greek Text
Contents of the Greek Text

The Dual Text
Dual Greek and English Text

The Biography
Introduction to Isaeus (1927) by E. S. Forster

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The British crime fiction writer Peter Cheyney is the creator of the American FBI agent Lemmy Caution and the English detective Slim Callaghan. These characters were constructed as a British response to the hardboiled detectives of American fiction. In later years Cheyney's style matured with the 'Dark' books, drawing wide praise during World War II for bringing more realism to espionage fiction. Although his works have suffered neglect in recent times, the fame of Cheyney's novels in the post-war period cannot be underestimated, having sold over 5 million copies. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Peter Cheyney's complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Cheyney's life and works
* Concise introductions to the major texts
* All 41 novels, with individual contents tables
* The complete Lemmy Caution and Slim Callaghan books
* Features rare novels and story collections
* Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories
* Rare uncollected tales appearing here for the first time in digital publishing
* Easily locate the stories you want to read
* Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres

CONTENTS:

The Lemmy Caution Novels
This Man is Dangerous (1936)
Poison Ivy (1937)
Dames Don't Care (1937)
Can Ladies Kill? (1938)
Don't Get Me Wrong (1939)
You'd be Surprised (1940)
Your Deal, My Lovely (1941)
Never a Dull Moment (1942)
You Can Always Duck (1943)
I'll Say She Does! (1945)
G-Man at the Yard (1946)

The Slim Callaghan Stories
The Urgent Hangman (1938)
Dangerous Curves (1939)
You Can't Keep the Change (1940)
It Couldn't Matter Less (1941)
Sorry You've Been Troubled (1942)
They Never Say When (1944)
Uneasy Terms (1946)
Calling Mr. Callaghan (1953)

The Dark Series
Dark Duet (1942)
The Stars are Dark (1943)
The Dark Street (1944)
Sinister Errand (1945)
Dark Hero (1946)
Dark Interlude (1947)
Dark Wanton (1948)
You Can Call It a Day (1949)
Dark Bahama (1950)
Lady, Behave! (1950)
Ladies Won't Wait (1951)

Other Novels
The Vengeance of Hop Fi (1928)
The Curiosity of Etienne MacGregor (1928)
The Gold Kimono (1931)
Death Chair (1931)
The Deadly Fresco (1932)
The Sign on the Roof (1935)
Another Little Drink (1940)
Night Club (1945)
Dance without Music (1947)
Try Anything Twice (1948)
One of Those Things (1949)

The Short Story Collections
You Can't Hit a Woman (1937)
Knave Takes Queen (1939)
Mr. Caution - Mr. Callaghan (1941)
Making Crime Pay (1944)
No Ordinary Cheyney (1948)
Velvet Johnnie (1952)
The Adventures of Julia (1954)
He Walked in Her Sleep (1954)
The Mystery Blues (1954)
Miscellaneous Stories

The Short Stories
List of Short Stories in Chronological Order
List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order

An American best-selling author of the early twentieth century, Winston Churchill wrote the historical novel 'Richard Carvel', which was a huge phenomenon on its 1899 publication, selling two million copies at a time when the U.S. population was only 76 million. The book launched Churchill's career and was followed by a series of meticulously-researched historical novels that were tremendously popular in the 1900's and 1910's. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Churchill's complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts and informative introductions. (Version 1)

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Churchill's life and works
* Concise introductions to the major texts
* All 10 novels, with individual contents tables
* Features the rare short story 'Faith of Frances Craniford', appearing here for the first time in digital publishing
* Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* The complete plays
* Rare poems available in no other collection
* Includes Churchill's non-fiction
* The rare Christian study 'The Uncharted Way', first time in digital publishing
* Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres

CONTENTS:

The Novels
The Celebrity (1898)
Richard Carvel (1899)
The Crisis (1901)
The Crossing (1904)
Coniston (1906)
Mr. Crewe's Career (1908)
A Modern Chronicle (1910)
The Inside of the Cup (1913)
A Far Country (1915)
The Dwelling-Place of Light (1917)

The Short Stories
Mr. Keegan's Elopement (1896)
Faith of Frances Craniford (1917)

The Plays
The Title Mart (1905)
Dr. Jonathan (1919)

The Poetry
The Poems of Winston Churchill

The Non-Fiction
A Traveller in War-Time (1918)
An Essay on the American Contribution and the Democratic Idea (1918)
The Uncharted Way (1940)

Anna Komnene was a Byzantine Greek princess and historian, whose 'Alexiad' provides a detailed account of the reign of her father, Emperor Alexios I Komnenos. Her work constitutes the most important primary source of Byzantine history of the late eleventh and early twelfth centuries, as well as of the early Crusades. Delphi's Medieval Library provides eReaders with rare and precious works of the Middle Ages, with noted English translations and the original texts. This eBook presents the complete text of 'The Alexiad', with illustrations, a concise introduction and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Anna's life and works
* Features the complete text of 'The Alexiad', in both English translation and the original Greek
* Elizabeth Dawes' 1928 translation
* Concise introduction to Anna Komnene and her work
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Easily locate the sections you want to read with individual contents tables
* Provides a special dual English and Greek text, allowing readers to compare the chapters paragraph by paragraph - ideal for students
* Features a bonus biography - discover Anna's Byzantine world

CONTENTS:

The Translation
The Alexiad

The Original Text
Contents of the Greek Text

The Dual Text
Dual Greek and English Text

The Biography
Irene and Anna Comnena (1913) by Joseph McCabe

The tenth century Persian poet Ferdowsi was the author of 'Shahnameh' (Book of Kings), the Persian national epic poem. The Persians regard Ferdowsi as the greatest of their poets and his enormous epic poem is revered as the history of their country's glorious past, preserved for all time in sonorous and majestic verse. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature's finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents Ferdowsi's 'Shahnameh', with multiple translations, related illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Ferdowsi's life and works
* Concise introduction to Ferdowsi's life and poetry
* Images of how the epic was first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* Excellent formatting of the epic poem
* Multiple translations of the 'Shahnameh'
* Includes James Atkinson's celebrated translation, with hyperlinked footnotes
* Easily locate the sections you want to read
* Features three biographies - explore Ferdowsi's Persian world

CONTENTS:

The Life and Poetry of Ferdowsi
Brief Introduction: Ferdowsi
Shahnameh: James Atkinson Translation (1823)
Shahnameh: Helen Zimmern Translation (1883)

The Biographies
Persian Poetry (1893) by Elizabeth A. Reed
Special Introduction to Persian Literature (1900) by Richard J. H. Gottheil
Firdousi (1911) by Edward Henry Palmer