Oscar: 1500 books

Playwright, poet, essayist, flamboyant man-about-town, Oscar Wilde pack an astonishing amount of work, genius, and controversy into two short decades, producing masterworks in every literary genre. This selection includes almost all of his short stories, including "The Canterville Ghost,"...

The same way that lovers, poets and bohemians alike, since the beginning of time, who each has sung praises and laments in the name of love, this book, ROMANCE, gotas del corazn, (translated: ROMANCE, teardrops from the heart), Oscar Luis Guzmn sings his own praises to XOCHITL, his eternal muse; describing...

Juárez is no ordinary city. Its history is exhilarating and tragic. Part of the state of Chihuahua and located on the border with the United States opposite El Paso, Texas, Juárez has often captured the world’s attention in dramatic fashion. In Ciudad Juárez: Saga of a Legendary Border...

"But it is a very unimaginative nature that only cares for people on their pedestals. A pedestal may be a very unreal thing. A pillory is a terrific reality." Thus wrote Oscar Wilde in a farewell letter to his lover Lord Alfred Douglas (Bosie) in 1897 while serving a two-year sentence for "gross indecency...

Sex Life of a Cop is the rollicking, ribald story of one of the most likable cops, or rather two of the most likable cops, you'd ever hope to meet in any American town. Author Oscar Peck, ex-cop, gives us two unforgettable characters--Sergeant Jim Thorne and his partner Hal Dempsey--and lets us...

The Happy Prince and Other Tales is a collection of stories for children by Oscar Wilde containing five stories, The Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the Rose, The Selfish Giant, The Devoted Friend, and The Remarkable Rocket.

Through the exertions of Sir Charles Newton, to whom every student of classic art should be grateful, some of the wonderful treasures so long immured in the grimy vaults of the British Museum have at last been brought to light, and the new Sculpture Room now opened to the public will amply repay the...

The generosity of man is revealed when a poor man gives his last coin to a beggar, only to learn that the beggar is in fact a rich baron in disguise. Victorian author Oscar Wilde is known both as a playwright and prose author. Among his most famous works are The Picture of Dorian Gray, his...

Consumed with self-importance, a rocket misses his chance for greatness at the wedding of a prince and princess. When he is found by two boys, he feels again his chance at greatness, only to have his final explosion go off unobserved. Victorian author Oscar Wilde is known both as a playwright...

Like the original Harvest of Violence, published in 1988, this volume reveals how the contemporary Mayas contend with crime, political violence, internal community power struggles, and the broader impact of transnational economic and political policies in Guatemala. However, this work, informed by...

The author is a highly successful consultant to leading institutions and organisations. In this enriching and challenging dialogue with the Italian journalist Oscar Iarussi, he brings his passion for life and unceasing search for true awareness for all to focus on the innovative principle of transformation....

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories is a collection of short semi-comic mystery stories that were written by Oscar Wilde and published in 1891. It includes: ″Lord Arthur Savile's Crime″ ″The Canterville Ghost″ ″The Sphinx Without a Secret″ ″The Model Millionaire″...

'The Duchess of Padua' is a five-act play by Oscar Wilde which was originally written for American actress Mary Anderson in 1883. Due to her rejection of the play, it was not performed until 1891 by the American tragedian Lawrence Barrett. He changed the name to "Guido Ferranti", the name...

In this story Oscar Wilde used no humans as a characters but inanimate objects, fireworks. Fireworks that are waiting in a castle to be set off after a wedding night. On very self-concerned rocket is to be saved as the finale and speaks the most through the story. He speaks quite highly of himself...