-Titulo Original : The Crucible: A Play In Four Acts-Fabricante : Penguin Classics-Descripcion Original: Based on historical people and real events, Arthur Miller's play uses the destructive power of socially sanctioned violence unleashed by the rumors of witchcraft as a powerful parable about McCarthyism...

-Titulo Original : The Centurions-Fabricante : Penguin Classics-Descripcion Original: When The Centurions was first published in 1960, readers were riveted by the thrilling account of soldiers fighting for survival in hostile environments. They were equally transfixed by the chilling moral question the novel posed: how to fight when the “age of heroics is over.” As relevant today as it was half a century ago, The Centurions is a gripping military adventure, an extended symposium on waging war in a new global order, and an essential investigation of the ethics of counterinsurgency. Featuring a foreword by renowned military expert Robert D. Kaplan, this important wartime novel will again spark debate about controversial tactics in hot spots around the world. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators...

-Titulo Original : Picnic At Hanging Rock (Penguin Classics)-Fabricante : Penguin Classic...

-Titulo Original : The Turn Of The Screw And Other Ghost Stories (Penguin Classics)-Fabricante : Penguin Classics-Descripcion Original:   In "The Turn of the Screw," one of the most famous ghost stories of all time, a governess becomes obsessed with the belief that malevolent forces are stalking the children in her care. It is accompanied here by several more of the very best of Henry James's short stories, all exploring ghosts and the uncanny.   For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,800 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators...

-Titulo Original : The Communist Manifesto: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)-Fabricante : Penguin Classics-Descripcion Original: Una de las teorías políticas más importantes e influyentes jamás formuladas, El Manifiesto Comunista es una convocatoria revolucionaria a la clase trabajadora, un relato incisivo de una nueva teoría del comunismo que sería provocada por una revolución proletaria. Con el argumento de que la creciente explotación de los trabajadores industriales conducirá eventualmente a una rebelión en la que el capitalismo será derrocado, Marx y Engels proponen una visión de una sociedad sin clases, propiedad privada o un estado. La base teórica de los sistemas políticos en Rusia, China, Cuba y Europa del Este, El Manifiesto Comunista continúa influyendo y provocando el debate sobre el capitalismo y las clases...

-Titulo Original : The Song Of The Cid (Penguin Classics) A Dual-Language Edition With Parallel Text-Fabricante : Penguin Classics-Descripcion Original: From a legendary translator: a magnificent new rendering of Spains national epic Venture into the heart of Islamic Spain in this vibrant, rollicking new translation of The Song of the Cid, the only surviving epic from medieval Spain. Banished from the court of King Alfonso, the noble warrior Rodrigo Diaz, know as the Cid, sets out from Castile to restore his name. In a series of battles, he earns wealth and honor for his men and his king, as well as fame and admiration for himself. But it is in rescuing his daughters from their ill-suited marriages that the Cid faces the ultimate challenge to the medieval heroic ideal. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. From Booklist Spain’s national epic relates the exploits of the warrior Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (c. 1040-99) after Alfonso VI, king of Leon and Castile, banishes him for reasons unknown. In exile, he gathers an irresistible raiding party that conquers or exacts tribute from cities in its line of march. Because he sends a whopping portion of the proceeds to Alfonso, he gradually mollifies the monarch. Rodrigo’s campaigns are commonly represented as part of the Reconquista of Muslim-occupied Spain by Christian forces. But a Muslim lord is among Rodrigo’s most ardent supporters; only Muslims who resist are scorned; and Rodrigo’s honorific, el Cid, is a Hispanization of the Arabic sayyid-leader. The poem’s real mission, Maria Rosa Menocal’s invaluable introduction explains, is to portray the ideal Spanish hero: courageous, honest, generous, and unshakably loyal to the king. Raffel, a venerable translator of Western Europe’s earliest literary masterpieces, offers a sturdy, engaging version of a work far more fascinating than the Christian triumphalist propaganda piece it commonly has been assumed to be. --Ray Olson Review A powerful epic of loyalty and betrayal-and victory in battle. Burton Raffel . . . renders The Song of the Cid in a lively, dramatic yet informal style that conveys the heroic yet humorous tone of the original [and] memorably conveys the qualities that enliven the poem: a combination of heroic grandeur, humor and the careful observation of human failings. -The Wall Street Journal With a wonderfully informative introduction by Maria Rosa Menocal, this welcome translation by Burton Raffel gives us a Song of the Cid-the foundational medieval epic poem of the Iberian peninsula-that retains the excitement and fast pace of the original. -Edith Grossman In the spirit of Robert Fagles renditions of Homer, Burton Raffel makes a rich oral tradition immediate to us again. His Song of the Cid is a lesson in translation: in a way that seems effortless, it transports the reader to a past that at first sight appears closed. Along with his warhorse, Babieca, Mio Cid once more tests his knightly limits while showcasing the religious tensions of medieval Spain. The original text made available alongside the English turns this edition into a feast. -Ilan Stavans, author of Spanglish: The Making of a New American Language A brisk and instantly captivating new English version . . . Raffels rendition serves to remind readers of the straightaway power of oral narratives . . . and captures much of the genius of the poem. -Maria Rosa Menocal, Yale University (from the Introduction) An accurate, energetic, and much needed translation of The Song of the Cid. The rhyming and flow are elegant and measured. They beautifully reflect the dashing lines and excitement of the poem. A re...