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"April is the cruellest month." This observation, echoing Chaucer, opens the most important poem of the twentieth century. As often imitated as it has been parodied, T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land introduced a new poetry to the world. Fragmented, polyphonic, multilingual, and mythical in scope, The Waste Land is a haunting vision of postwar Britain and a powerful excavation of self.

The Art of War is an ancient Chinese book containing years of military and leadership expertise. In 13 chapters, Sun Tzu explains the tactical strategy of war and level of devotion he underwent to be considered the greatest military general of his time.

In Ion, Plato depicts his teacher, Socrates, in conversation with a public performer of Homer's epic poems. Amusing in the performer's vanity and the philosopher's even observations, their dialogue examines the nature of poetry, expression and performance and reveals the author's opinions on their best definition and value.

Born in Illinois, Polly Crocket was stolen into slavery as a young girl and taken to Missouri. Years later, she fought for freedom in the courts for her and her daughter Lucy. In From the Darkness Cometh the Light, Lucy recalls her mother's bravery, their unbreakable bond, and incidents from her own life as a free African American woman.

LARGE PRINT EDITION. A collection of both philosophical and pragmatic musings divided into 28 prose poetry fables, The Prophet, by Kahlil Gibran has become an emblem of spiritual awakening and inspiration for readers everywhere. Speaking to the multi-dimensional facets of everyday life, Gibran has managed to write a manifesto of human existence, tackling issues central to any reader.

Published during the climax of the English Civil War, Areopagitica is a passionate and persuasive argument for free speech and expression. Written by the highly celebrated 17th century author, John Milton, Areopagitica is a polemic to oppose censorship, and is considered to be among history's most influential defenses of the freedom of speech and expression.

Written with a concern for concise clarity, As a Man Thinketh by James Allen suggests that each of us make our own lives, our own worlds and our own fate, and that we can take control of each of these to an extent most of us never even imagine.

In May 1892, Ida B. Wells published an editorial in the Memphis Free Speech and Headlight reporting on the recent lynching of eight Black men across the American South. Angered by her criticism of the common "alarm about raping white women," a group of white men destroyed the newspaper's office. Southern Horrors is a pamphlet by Ida B. Wells.

A middle-aged American millionaire from San Francisco takes his wife and daughter on a long vacation. They travel around the world, eventually coming to Naples. Disheartened by inclement weather and the decrepit state of the city, they decide to travel to the beautiful island of Capri-where he dies, and a different story emerges. The Gentleman from San Francisco and Other Stories is a brilliant collection of Nobel laureate Ivan Bunin's short fiction translated by both Leonard Woolf and D.H. Lawrence, with the help of Samuil Koteliansky.

When Jonathan Rugg receives a mysterious and beautifully-etched ball of ivory from a woman wearing a silver veil, he does not suspect he has stumbled onto an ancient curse. Soon, however, he is attacked by ruthless pirates and forced to flee for his life. Howard Pyle's The Ruby of Kishmoor is a timeless story of greed and adventure, a nonstop swirl of action and intrigue no reader will want to put down.

When Henri, a young, rich man, becomes riddled with a grotesque passion for a mysterious young woman, his obsession leads to an affair filled with lust, jealousy, deceit, and chaotic emotion. The Girl with the Golden Eyes is a thrilling romantic novella within Honoré de Balzac's La Comédie Humaine series, which sought to depict a compelling and complete portrait of society.

During Napoleon's expedition in Egypt, a young soldier falls captive to Ottoman forces. Miraculously, he manages to escape, taking with him a horse and a limited assortment of supplies and weapons. On his journey through the desert, he takes refuge in a cave, where he tames and befriends a panther. A Passion in the Desert is a masterful short story by French author Honoré de Balzac.

Trapped in a loveless marriage, Victomtesse de Beauseant lives her life as a recluse, until Gaston, a young man recovering from illness, falls in love with her. Set in a small, provincial town in Normandy, France, The Deserted Woman by Honoré de Balzac depicts the touching, but tragic love story of a young man and a woman stuck in a marriage.

Sarrasine, a young sculptor, wins a competition before traveling to Rome, where he attends an opera performance starring the beautiful Zambinella. He falls in love with her immediately and becomes increasingly obsessed with courting her and idealizing her body, unaware of the secret she lives with. Sarrasine is a novel of romance and mystery by Honoré de Balzac.

Born with the appearance and intellect of an old man, Benjamin Button suffers through a childhood marked with mistreatment and misunderstanding. Despite his condition, he manages to lead an ambitious, out-of-order life, getting younger and younger as the years add up around him. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

LARGE PRINT EDITION. ¿How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.¿ Thus begins Elizabeth Barrett Browning¿s sonnet ¿XLIII,¿ the penultimate poem in her collection Sonnets from the Portuguese. Written for her husband Robert Browning, these sonnets are not only some of the most formally precise poems in the English language, but among the most astonishingly beautiful love poems ever written.

"We first saw light in Canada, the land beloved of God; / We are the pulse of Canada, its marrow and its blood." In her poetry collection Canadian Born, E. Pauline Johnson attempts to unify her mixed Mohawk and English ancestry while ensuring her readers that "White Race and Red are one if they are but Canadian born."

Offering a startlingly intense look into a how a woman's mental state is dramatically worsened by efforts taken to cure it, The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is justly acclaimed as both a gripping classic of gothic horror and a landmark of feminist fiction.

The Seagull (1895) is one of the most important dramatic works of literature ever written. With its extraordinary expression of subtext, and penetrating exploration of friendship and selfishness, this story of the conflicts, love and insecurities of four creative individuals is an essential work of dramatic literature.

From Dorothy L. Sayers, one of the Queens of Crime, comes the third addition to the Lord Peter Wimsey series, Unnatural Death. "The death was certainly sudden, unexpected, and to me mysterious," is what the letter from Dr. Paterson read. Lord Peter Wimsey and his friend, Chief Inspector Charles Parker, go on to discuss the associated case over dinner, unaware that they are being overheard by another. The bystander, Dr. Carr apologetically intrudes and asks to share a story with the two. Three years ago, an elderly patient he had been treating for cancer, Miss Agatha Dawson, dies suddenly. There was no evidence of foul play nor an obvious motive for murder, leaving the doctor suspicious but ultimately unable to find a sufficient cause. Immediately convinced that things are not all as they appear Lord Peter Wimsey takes the case. But with little clues and so much time passed, can the amateur slueth solve the mystery of an old woman's unnatural death?A fantastic addition to a beloved series, Dorothy L. Sayers' Unnatural Death (1927) is both a captivating mystery and compelling meditation on gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey himself. Since our inception in 2020, Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book.With thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.

First published in 1913, Eleanor H. Porter's Pollyanna is a classic of children's literature that has charmed readers for over a century.While Pollyana may be recently-orphaned, sent to live in a new town, and left in the care of her emotionally distant aunt, her smile never wavers. Subscribing to her father's philosophy of unyielding optimism via "the Glad game," there seems to be no obstacle that she cannot overcome and no heart she cannot melt. Bringing light and love to her new caretaker, Aunt Polly Harrington, and the town of Beldingsville at large, Pollyanna's kindness and sincerity transforms the community from a dreary, downcast place to one beaming with appreciation and happiness. All seems to have changed for the better until Pollyanna becomes the victim of a serious accident that leaves her paralyzed and tests the limits of her faith in silver linings. On the verge of losing their ray of sunshine, the townsfolk must band together to save the spirit of the young girl who has inspired them all.Since our inception in 2020, Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book. With thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.

Rediscover George S. Schuyler with a brand new collection of pulp fiction stories never before published in book form.George S. Schuyler was an African American journalist, social commentator and author with a very complicated legacy. Despite making history as the first Black American to publish a full-length work of satire and pioneering what is now known today as Afrofuturism, Schuyler's controversial political stance on race relations lead to his ostracization from the Black community and his near-erasure from African American literary history at large, with many of his works facing limited publication or no publication at all.The Beast of Bradhurst Avenue and Other Stories collects four novellas previously serialized in the Pittsburgh Courier that have never been published in book form. Including Sugar Hill (1933), Devil Town (1933), Golden Gods (1933-1934), and the titular The Beast of Bradhurst Avenue (1934), this volume is both a celebration of Black pulp fiction and a reintroduction of George S. Schuyler to the modern reader. Since our inception in 2020, Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book. With thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.

Ten Documents That Created America is a collection of essays, speeches, legislation, and political theory that helped to form the United States of America as it is known today.Journey on a literary history of the United States with ten of the most powerful and influential documents ever written in this country’s history including The Declaration of Independence, the founding document of America; Common Sense, a political pamphlet by activist and Founding Father Thomas Paine advocating for a socially equitable government; The Articles of Confederation, which laid the framework for the United States government; The United States Constitution, the supreme law of the United States; The Bill of Rights, which comprises the first ten Amendments to the United States Constitution; The Indian Removal Act of 1830, the first systematic effort on behalf of the United States government to remove Native peoples from their land; The Indian Appropriations Acts of 1851 and 1871, which created the reservation system and removed Native sovereignty; “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July,” a speech given by Frederick Douglass–a formerly enslaved African-American–to the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society; the Emancipation Proclamation, an executive order by President Abraham Lincoln that granted enslaved Africans their freedom from chattel slavery; and General Order No. 3, a legal decree by Union General Gordon Granger enforcing the Emancipation Proclamation in Galveston, Texas.Since our inception in 2020, Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book. With thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.

Showcasing Sayers' continued growth as an author, Clouds of Witness (1926) is an exciting second entry in the popular Lord Peter Wimsey detective series. One morning at three am, Captain Denis Cathart is found dead and Lady Mary, sister of Lord Peter Wimsey (and fiance of the deceased), comes upon her brother, the Duke of Denver, at the scene. Coming to the aid of his siblings, Wimsey arrives with his companion, Inspector Charles Parker, to investigate the crime but quickly finds himself unraveling the tangled webs of his siblings' love affairs. Thrown into the heart of an international mystery, Wimsey must unturn every stone to discover the true culprit and clear his brother's name. With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Clouds of Witness is a classic mystery novel reimagined for modern readers. Since our inception in 2020, Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book.With thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.

Showcasing Sayers' continued growth as an author, Clouds of Witness (1926) is an exciting second entry in the popular Lord Peter Wimsey detective series. One morning at three am, Captain Denis Cathart is found dead and Lady Mary, sister of Lord Peter Wimsey (and fiance of the deceased), comes upon her brother, the Duke of Denver, at the scene. Coming to the aid of his siblings, Wimsey arrives with his companion, Inspector Charles Parker, to investigate the crime but quickly finds himself unraveling the tangled webs of his siblings' love affairs. Thrown into the heart of an international mystery, Wimsey must unturn every stone to discover the true culprit and clear his brother's name. With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Clouds of Witness is a classic mystery novel reimagined for modern readers. Since our inception in 2020, Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book.With thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.