Luís de Camões
Selected Sonnets: A Bilingual Edition
The most important writer in Portuguese history and one of the preeminent European poets of the early modern era, Luís de Camões (1524–80) has been ranked as a sonneteer on par with Petrarch, Dante, and Shakespeare.
The Chinese Myths: A Guide to the Gods and Legends
This is a concise and entertaining guide to the complex tradition of Chinese mythology. The Chinese Myths not only retells the ancient stories but also considers their place within the patterns of Chinese religions, culture and history.
A local resident leaves her apartment building damaged during a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
Ukrainian serviceman launches a kamikaze FPV drone at a front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the city of Bakhmut in Donetsk region, Ukraine. REUTERS/Inna Varenytsia
The astonishing story of immigrants lured to the United States from India and trapped in forced labor—told by the visionary labor leader who engineered their escape and set them on a path to citizenship.
The United States, the richest country on earth, has more poverty than any other advanced democracy. Why? Why does this land of plenty allow one in every eight of its children to go without basic necessities, permit scores of its citizens to live and die on the streets, and authorize its corporations to pay poverty wages?
Palestinians collect books from the rubble of a cultural centre following an Israeli strike in Rafah in southern Gaza on November 18, 2023 [Mohammed Abed/AFP]
Drying field, Shandong province, China
Kelp is an important marine vegetable and has long been cultivated in coastal areas as a part of human diets. This photo in June 2023 shows a clearing in the forest which is used for drying kelp
A pair of pūteketekes, or Australasian crested grebes, on Lake Alexandrina in New Zealand, where they were this week crowned the country’s bird of the century. Voters were won over by its bizarre mating dance, its beautiful plumage and its engaging habit of frequent vomiting.
Although mammals and birds are widely regarded as the smartest creatures on earth, it has lately become clear that a very distant branch of the tree of life has also sprouted higher intelligence: the cephalopods, consisting of the squid, the cuttlefish, and above all the octopus.