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Sarah Orne Jewett (September 3, 1849 - June 24, 1909) was an American novelist and short story writer whose works were set in or near South Berwick, Maine, a declining New England seaport town near...

Henry Adams was born in 1838. He was an American novelist, journalist and academic. Adams was born into one of America's most prominent political families with both his grandfather and great...

In the 1700's David Hume was a leading Scottish philosopher, historian and economist. This discussion between three fictional characters centers around arguments on the existence of God. All three...

This epic poem was written between 1308 and 1321. It is divided into three sections; the inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradise. The Roman poet Virgil leads Dante through the first two sections. Beatrice,...

This epic poem was written between 1308 and 1321. It is divided into three sections; the inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradise. The Roman poet Virgil leads Dante through the first two sections. Beatrice,...

Elizabeth Lea wrote this book for the young housewife of her time. She said in her introduction that there were many books for the fancy and eloquent gatherins but nothing written for the ordinary...

The Legend of Don Juan has been told throughout the centuries. This romantic/adventure tale will delight the reader. Lord Byron was born in 1788 in England. He was a leading Romantic poet. Don Juan...

Sax Rohmer was the pseudonym used by Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward. Ward was a British novelist born in 1883. He is most remembered for his series of novels featuring the master criminal Dr Fu Manchu...

Sigmund Freud, born Sigismund Schlomo Freud (May 6, 1856 - September 23, 1939), was a Jewish-Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist who co-founded the psychoanalytic school of psychology. Freud is...

Sigmund Freud, born Sigismund Schlomo Freud (May 6, 1856 - September 23, 1939), was a Jewish-Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist who co-founded the psychoanalytic school of psychology. Freud is...

Turgenev was a major 19th century Russian novelist. His novel Fathers and Sons is his best-known work. Turgenev wrote a famous obituary to his hero Gogol which caused him to be exiled for two years...

Early Kings of NorwayAuthor: Carlyle ThomasPublisher: Book JunglePublication Date: Dec 24, 2007Number of Pages: 112 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1604247754ISBN-13: 9781604247756

The beautiful Lady Carlyle leaves her lawyer husband and children to elope with an aristocrat. When she has born him an illegitimate child and he deserts her, she disguises herself as a governess...

Christopher Marlowe was a 16th century English playwright. He was the leading Elizabethan tragedian before Shakespeare. His works are known for their overreaching protagonists and his use of blank...

Egyptian Hieroglyphic DictionaryAuthor: Budge E. a. Wallis BudgePublisher: Book JunglePublication Date: Feb 08, 2007Number of Pages: 536 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1594625115ISBN-13:...

Elizabeth and Her German Garden (New Edition)Author: Elizabeth Von ArminPublisher: Book JunglePublication Date: May 11, 2007Number of Pages: 260 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

Elizabeth and Her German GardenAuthor: Elizabeth Von ArnimPublisher: Book JunglePublication Date: Jul 13, 2006Number of Pages: 264 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1594621829ISBN-13:...

Elizabeth and Her German GardenAuthor: Elizabeth Von ArnimPublisher: Book JunglePublication Date: Jul 13, 2006Number of Pages: 264 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 159462240XISBN-13:...

Martha Finley was a 19th century American author of children's stories. Her characters were good children rewarded for their high moral character. She wrote Elsie Dinsmore in 1867, which was her...

Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a French philosopher, novelist and essayist whose ideas in the areas of science, art, nature, morality, among many others, greatly influenced the late eighteenth century's...

Pope's life as a writer falls into three periods, answering fairly enough to the three reigns in which he worked. Under Queen Anne he was an original poet, but made little money by his verses; under...

EstherAuthor: Henry AdamsPublisher: Book JunglePublication Date: Sep 06, 2007Number of Pages: 152 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1604241012ISBN-13: 9781604241013

Many who scoff at a book of etiquette would be shocked to hear the least expression of levity touching the Ten Commandments. But the Commandments do not always prevent such virtuous scoffers from...

Plato studied under Socrates and was Aristotle's teacher. Together these three Greeks developed the basis of philosophical thinking for the entire Western world. Plato was also a writer,...

Mark Twain is best known for his novels and short stories. Twain uses his incredible whit to depict life in America. Supposedly pages from Eve's (Garden of Eden) Diary Translated from the Original...

Every Man a KingAuthor: Orison Swett MardenPublisher: Book JunglePublication Date: Oct 19, 2006Number of Pages: 268 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1594624615ISBN-13: 9781594624612

Evolution is as controversial a topic now as it was in the 19th century when Darwin first proposed his theories. Evolution, Old & New Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck, as...

Famous Modern Ghost StoriesAuthor: VariousPublisher: Book JunglePublication Date: Jul 20, 2007Number of Pages: 348 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1594629722ISBN-13: 9781594629723

William Henry Hudson lived form 1841 to 1922. He was an author, naturalist and ornithologist. Hudson's parents settled in Argentina where Hudson spent his youth studying the flora and fauna of the...

Good wine needs no bush, but a collection of mixed vintages does. And this book is just such a collection. Some of the stories I do not want to remain buried for ever in the museum fdes of dead...