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'Twixt Land and Sea Tales is a classic collection of sea stories by Joseph Conrad. . Joseph Conrad has come into his own. The three stories contained in this volume take rank with the most mature and...

A Confession or My Confession, is a short work on the subject of melancholia, philosophy and religion by the acclaimed Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy. It was written in 1879 to 1880, when Tolstoy was...

A Double Barreled Detective Story is a short story/novelette by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), in which Sherlock Holmes finds himself in the American west.The story contains two arcs of revenges. In...

A Treatise of Human Nature (1739-40) is a book by Scottish philosopher David Hume, considered by many to be Hume's most important work and one of the most influential works in the history of...

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects (1792), written by the 18th-century British proto-feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, is one of the earliest works of...

A Wodehouse Miscellany is a hilarious and classic collection of P.G. Wodehouse stories that stands as one of the great British humorist's finest collections of works. This venerable collection...

Across Mongolian Plains-A Naturalists Account of China's "Great Northwest" is a gripping Asian travel diary by Roy Chapman Andrews. This Asian travelogue is the narrative of our work and travels. "I...

Alexander the Great died when he was quite young. He was but thirty-two years of age when he ended his career, and as he was about twenty when he commenced it, it was only for a period of twelve...

The family story, Almayer's Folly, Conrad's first novel, is the powerful adventure story of Almayer, a Dutch trader working in Borneo, his wife, his daughter, and Dain, the daughter's native lover...

The Apology of Socrates (Greek: ?p?????a S????t???, Apología Sokrátous; Latin: Apologia Socratis), written by Plato, is a Socratic dialogue of the speech of legal self-defence which Socrates (469-399...

The Apology of Socrates by Plato, is the Socratic dialogue that presents the speech of legal self-defence, which Socrates presented at his trial for impiety and corruption, in 399 BC. Specifically,...

Apology, Crito, and Phaedo of Socrates is a classic philosophy collection by the great Greek philosopher, Plato The Apology of Socrates, written by Plato, is a Socratic dialogue of the speech of...

The following Translation of Aristotle's History of Animals has been made from the text of Schneider. In a work of considerable difficulty it is hardly possible entirely to avoid errors; but it is...

"Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street" is a short story by the American writer Herman Melville, first serialized anonymously in two parts in the November and December 1853 issues of...

Napoleon has said that in war the moral element is to all others as three is to one. Moreover, as du Picq impressively demonstrates, while all other circumstances change with time, the human element...

Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts, by Frank Richard Stockton, is a fascinating pirate history volume which provides a historical account of piracy in the Americas and the exploits of the pirate...

It is no common thing to find an artist who, even if he be willing to try, is capable of expressing his aims and ideals with any clearness and moderation. Some people will say that any such capacity...

Considerations on Representative Government is a political science book by John Stuart Mill published in 1861. ??Mill argues for representative government, the ideal form of government in his opinion...

Euthyphro by Plato, is a Socratic dialogue whose events occur in the weeks before the trial of Socrates (399 BC), between Socrates and Euthyphro. The dialogue covers subjects such as the meaning of...

The story concerns the love and marriage of a young girl, Mashechka (17 years old), and the much older Sergey Mikhaylych (36), an old family friend. The story is narrated by Masha. After a courtship...

Gitanjali is a collection of poems by the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore. Tagore received the Nobel Prize for Literature, largely for the book. It is part of the UNESCO Collection of Representative...

Gorgias is a Socratic dialogue written by Plato around 380 BC. The dialogue depicts a conversation between Socrates and a small group of sophists (and other guests) at a dinner gathering. Socrates...

Gorgias is a Socratic dialogue written by Plato around 380 BC. The dialogue depicts a conversation between Socrates and a small group of sophists (and other guests) at a dinner gathering. Socrates...

Group Psychology and The Analysis of The Ego is a great psychology book by Sigmund Freud. The contrast between Individual Psychology and Social or Group Psychology, which at a first glance may seem...

The contrast between Individual Psychology and Social or Group Psychology, which at a first glance may seem to be full of significance, loses a great deal of its sharpness when it is examined more...

Life of Chopin is classical music biography that represents the definitive account of the life of the great Polish pianist/composer, Frederic Chopin. The story is told by his friend and colleague,...

May-Day is a classic collection of American nature poetry by Ralph Waldo Emerson that includes the following titles: May-day -- The Adirondacs -- Occasional and miscellaneous pieces: Brahma. Nemesis...

May-Day is a classic collection of American nature poetry by Ralph Waldo Emerson that includes the following titles: May-day -- The Adirondacs -- Occasional and miscellaneous pieces: Brahma. Nemesis...

My Discovery of England is a classic humorous England travelogue by the great Canadian humorist, Stephen Leacock. Mr. Leacock is one of those rare individuals who can see a humorous side in...

My Life and Work is a classic autobiography of the great American business mogul, Henry Ford.Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 - April 7, 1947) was an American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor...