Balthasar Gracián y Morales (1601-1658) assumed his final vows of the Jesuits in 1635, having been raised by his uncle, a priest, and studying theology in Zaragoza, Spain. Gracián became quite famous as a preacher, and wrote a number of literary works concerning politics, practical advice for life, and philosophy. Today he is known as the most representative writer of the Spanish baroque style called Conceptismo (Conceptism), a literary style characterized...

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) is a novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It tells the story of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit-hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar and anthropomorphic creatures. The tale is filled with allusions to Dodgson's friends (and enemies), and to the lessons that British schoolchildren were expected to memorize. The tale plays...

After being transported by a cyclone to the land of Oz, Dorothy and her dog are befriended by a scarecrow, a tin man, and a cowardly lion, who accompany her to the Emerald City to look for a wizard who can help Dorothy return home to Kansas.

A young girl feels a pea through twenty mattresses and twenty featherbeds and proves she is a real princess. A story of the supersensitive princess, given a new look.

Widower Andy Taylor is sheriff of Mayberry, N.C., and lives with his son, Opie, and Aunt Bee. Nervous Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife provides lots of comedy and laughter.

Sgt. Joe Friday and his partner Frank Smith are detectives who work in the Los Angeles Police Dept. Each of the 4 episodes follows them as they interview people who help them solve the crime.