Collected Poetry - John Keats

Title:

Collected Poetry

Author:

John Keats

Year:

1795-1821

Country:

England

Themes:

The inescapability of death

The layers of beauty

The senses in nature

Synopsis:

The collected poetry and letters of John Keats, one of the great Romantic poets

Collected Poetry - Percy Shelley

Title:

Collected Poetry

Author:

Percy Shelley

Year:

1792-1822

Country:

England

Themes:

The poet as a hero

The beauty of nature

The potential of the mind

Synopsis:

The collected poetry of Percy Shelley, one of the great Romantic poets

Collected Poetry - Lord Byron

Title:

Collected Poetry

Author:

Lord Byron

Year:

1788-1824

Country:

England

Themes:

The loss of young love

The beauty of nature

The value of the past

Synopsis:

The collected poetry of Lord Byron, one of the great Romantic poets.

Demian - Hermann Hesse

Title:

Demian

Author:

Hermann Hesse

Year:

1919

Country:

Germany

Themes:

The duality that exists within human nature

The journey to finding yourself and understanding your purpose

The difficulty in moving past one’s faults and failures

Synopsis:

The story of a young man trying to find himself and understand the world around him through intense spiritual contemplation.

Uncle Tom's Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe

Title:

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Author:

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Year:

1852

Country:

America

Themes:

The horrific nature of slavery and its effects on both slaves and masters

The difference between loving the idea of a man and the man himself

The different moral codes that we all choose to live by

Synopsis:

The abolitionist story of a collection of slaves and the impact that slavery had upon their lives.

Unintended Consequences - Edward Conard

Title:

Unintended Consequences: Why Everything You’ve Been Told About the Economy Is Wrong

Author:

Edward Conard

Year:

2012

Country:

America

Themes:

The causes of the 21^st Century recession

The things we can do to improve our economy

The natural laws of economics and what happens when you disobey them

Synopsis:

The story of how certain decisions had inadvertent effects on the United States economy, and how we can reverse those negative impacts.

Beloved - Toni Morrison

Title:

Beloved

Author:

Toni Morrison

Year:

1987

Country:

America

Themes:

The effects of isolation

The power that memories can have over us

The measures that people will take to protect those that they love

Synopsis:

The story of a mother and daughter haunted by the ghosts of their tragic past—some physical, some not.

The Turn of the Screw - Henry James

Title:

The Turn of the Screw

Author:

Henry James

Year:

1898

Country:

America

Themes:

The effects of ambiguity on a reader

The ghosts that haunt us all—whether real or not

The danger in loving something too much

Synopsis:

The story of a young governess who tries to protect two strange children from the ghosts that she believes are haunting the house.