A disturbing tale of a young man's uncanny ability to remain both young and beautiful while descending into a life of heartless debauchery, The Picture of Dorian Gray was considered proof of both Wilde's genius and his perversion. Oscar Wilde's scandalous best seller of 1891 was one of the most damning pieces of evidence used against him in the trial that brought about his downfall.

Written during his time in Reading Gaol, De Profundis is Oscar Wilde's moving letter to Lord Alfred Douglas, whose relationship with Wilde led to the poet's imprisonment. Here Wilde repudiates Lord Alfred and reflects on his ordeal, acknowledging how the depths of his sorrow have helped liberate him toward a fuller, freer wisdom. Brimming with beautiful passages, De Profundis is a profound and inspiring treatise on the meaning of suffering.

Between his work on the 2014 Audible Audiobook of the Year, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: A Novel, and his performance of Classic Love Poems, narrator Richard Armitage ( The Hobbit, Hannibal) has quickly become a listener favorite. Now, in this defining performance of Charles Dickens' classic David Copperfield, Armitage lends his unique voice and interpretation, truly inhabiting each character and bringing real energy to the life of one of Dickens' most famous characters.

A dark tale of hubris, lust, and self-destruction… as told by a man who famously fell prey to those same impulses in his own life. Oscar Wilde wrote his original interpretation of the Biblical story of Salomé in French, and the play was so controversial that no theatre in England would produce it for nearly four decades. Includes a conversation with director Michael Hackett and Wilde scholar David Rodes. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast production.

At the age of 12, Joel Knox is summoned to meet the father who abandoned him at birth. But when Joel arrives at the decaying mansion in Skully's Landing, his father is nowhere in sight. What he finds instead is a sullen stepmother who delights in killing birds; an uncle with the face - and heart - of a debauched child; and a fearsome little girl named Idabel who may offer him the closest thing he has ever known to love.

日露戦争の最中に温泉地を訪れた青年画家を通して、 芸術のあり方を模索した初期の代表作 『草枕』は明治39年（1906年）に発表された熊本県玉名市小天（ルビ：おあま）温泉を舞台にした中編小説であり、『吾輩は猫である』『坊っちゃん』と並ぶ初期の代表作。 「智に働けば角（かど）が立つ。情に棹（さお）させば流される。意地を通せば窮屈だ。兎角（とかく）に人の世は住みにくい。」という書き出しで有名だが、劇的な物語の展開があるわけではない。 美とは何か、憐れとは何か―― 主人公である青年画家が東京からの旅の途中、滞在した温泉宿で出会った謎めいた女性・那美に出会い、謎めいた彼女の魅力や、戦争によって揺れていく人の暮しを描写していく。 世塵から離れた風光明媚な温泉地を舞台に、西欧文明への批判を込めて、漱石自身の芸術論を主人公の長い独白として織り交ぜていると言われる。豊かな語彙と文章で、絵画的に詩情あふれる世界を落ち着いた朗読で収録している。

数多い仏教書の中でも「いづれの行も及びがたき身なれば，とても地獄は一定すみかぞかし」といった『歎異抄』の文言ほどわれわれに耳近いものはあるまい．

生活や仕事上の逆境に立ったとき、自分が揺るがないように心の置き場所がつくられている。二千五百年の知恵という宝刀が手に入ることは心強い。

Logic is often perceived as having little to do with the rest of philosophy, and even less to do with real life. In this lively and accessible introduction, Graham Priest shows how wrong this conception is. He explores the philosophical roots of the subject, explaining how modern formal logic deals with issues ranging from the existence of God and the reality of time to paradoxes of probability and decision theory. Along the way, the basics of formal logic are explained in simple, non-technical terms, showing that logic is a powerful and exciting part of modern philosophy.

It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.