Leo: 1933 books

In Sevastopol (or Sebastopol) Sketches Tolstoy examines the senselessness and vanity of war, the many aspects of the psychology of war, heroism, and the misleading presence of humanism in truces. The name originates from Sevastopol, a city in Crimea. Many of the episodes in Tolstoy's War and Peace are linked to the events described in these sketches.

A kind and humble shoemaker called Simon goes out one day to purchase sheep-skins in order to sew a winter coat for his wife and himself to share. Usually the little money, which Simon earned would be spent to feed his wife and children. Simon decided that in order to afford the skins he must go on...

A magnificent story that amalgamates classical sensuality and rebelliousness against the prevailing customs is presented here. This novel is a unique example of social realism that portrays the inevitable tragedy of a wilful woman Anna Karenina who transgresses the conventions of society and follows her own lead.

Ripped is the hilarious and scorchingly hot tale of what it's like balancing family and career when you're the hottest surfer in the world. Adam has had his heart ripped out before. But there's nothing he and Lindsay haven't been able to overcome. Nothing that could tear them apart... until...

This gritty spin-off of the New York Times bestselling Shattered Hearts Series follows mysterious and sexy Tristan as he attempts to abandon his demons in the name of love. A steady stream of meaningless sex is all Tristan has left when he discovers the grandmother who raised him is dying and...

My brother’s best friend. The bad boy next door. My sworn enemy… Now he’s back to claim what’s his. For most of my life, Ben Hayes was the gorgeous bad boy musician next door. My brother’s heart throb best friend. Then, he was my boyfriend for six of the happiest years of my...

While living in Russia, Tolstoy operated a tiny school for the peasant children, where they could learn to read, write, and draw. He found that there were a lack of folktales and fables to read to the children so he created his own, which are now brought together in this beautifully illustrated collection....

Jack Wheatcroft (1925-2016) had a transformative impact on five decades of Bucknell students (1952-1996). He served the institution with great generosity of a kind that was rare for a teacher so immersed in his writing. He founded the Bucknell Seminar for Undergraduate Poets, the Philip Roth Visiting...

One of Tolstoy’s last published works of fiction, The Devil revolves around the young landowner Yevgeny’s irrepressible lust for Stepanida, a sensual peasant woman. Even when he gets married to a respectable upper-class lady, he finds himself unable to put an end to his encounters with Stepanida,...

Unravel Italy’s idiosyncrasies and experience its essence in a book that topples communication barriers and provides an idiom-inspired road map to life in the Bel Paese.   Drawn from her column in The Florentine, Linda Falcone’s If They Are Roses is the sequel to the best-selling Italians Dance...

Anna Karenina is a pearl of Russian classic literature and one of the most popular book in the world. You will meet aristocratic and peasant life in Russian Empire of 19th century. There are a deep psychological and philosophy tragedy about passionate love of the married woman to the handsome officer,...

This vintage book contains a fascinating and insightful analysis of socio-economic conditions written more than a hundred years ago. In it, Tolstoy explores the flaws of the division of labour, progress, greed, economic theories, wage slavery, and more in astonishing detail. This volume is highly...

Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales.

“The Death of Ivan Ilyich” tells a tale of a man in his 40s who has spent his entire life climbing the social ladder in Russia. Barely tolerant of his wife and generally indifferent to the other people around him, Ivan has a minor accident hanging curtains in a new apartment that proves to be...