Cosimo Classics

Charles Darwin called him "the greatest traveling scientist who ever lived." Thomas Jefferson considered him "the most important scientist whom I have met." He was German naturalist and explorer...

Charles Darwin called him "the greatest traveling scientist who ever lived." Thomas Jefferson considered him "the most important scientist whom I have met." He was German naturalist and explorer...

BCC: The Life of Columbus has been called the cornerstone of the history of the American continent. The first issue of this edition, which appeared in 1910, vividly recreates the moral and...

In this sweeping 1920 biography of Horatio Herbert Kitchener, better known as Lord Kitchener, Sir George Arthur shines a bright light on the British military leader and statesman who, during World...

In this sweeping 1920 three-volume biography of Horatio Herbert Kitchener, better known as Lord Kitchener, SIR GEORGE ARTHUR (1860-1946)shines a bright light on the British military leader and...

In this sweeping 1920 three-volume biography of Horatio Herbert Kitchener, better known as Lord Kitchener, SIR GEORGE ARTHUR (1860-1946)shines a bright light on the British military leader and...

In this sweeping 1920 three-volume biography of Horatio Herbert Kitchener, better known as Lord Kitchener, SIR GEORGE ARTHUR (1860-1946)shines a bright light on the British military leader and...

BCC: There are various orders of greatness among which a great man may be classed. This first, because the highest, is moral greatness, where the soul binds itself to virtue, and passes its life in...

This rare 1826 work, published within living memory of Napoleon's reign, offers an astonishing firsthand look at the emperor as a leader and as a man. Compiled from numerous sources, include the...

"First published in 1894, with the first English-language edition appearing in 1906, this was the first modern biography of Saint Francis of Assisi, the 13th-century Roman Catholic monk and founder...

"First published in 1894, with the first English-language edition appearing in 1906, this was the first modern biography of Saint Francis of Assisi, the 13th-century Roman Catholic monk and founder...

This renowned biography of the great Catholic saint, famous for converting Ireland to Christianity, is also a stunningly vivid portrait of life in the British Isles in the fifth century. Born in...

This renowned biography of the great Catholic saint, famous for converting Ireland to Christianity, is also a stunningly vivid portrait of life in the British Isles in the fifth century. Born in...

He published an article on "The Question of Ireland" in The Freeman's Journal, September 9th, 1848, blaming the insurgents for their lack of organization, recommending Catholics to give them no more...

"But the basin of the Mississippi is the Body of the Nation... Latitude, elevation, and rainfallall combine to render every part of the Mississippi Valley capable of supporting a dense population. As...

Though he made his fortune pioneering practical uses for electricity, Frederick Lawson was also an active and vocal adherent of New Thought philosophies, early "New Age" thinking that promoted the...

"Thus men will lie on their backs, talking about the fall of man, and never make an effort to get up." - Henry David Thoreau, Life Without Principle (1863)Life Without Principle (1863) is an essay...

"Politics is the gizzard of society, full of grit and gravel, and the two political parties are its opposite halves-sometimes split into quarters-which grind on each other." -Henry David Thoreau,...

James Allen was one of the most popular writers in the fields of inspiration and spirituality at the turn of the 20th century, and here, in this 1912 work, he tackles the myriad problems facing the...

Scottish spiritualist DANIEL DUNGLAS HOME (1833-1886) may well have been the most famous celebrity medium of the Victorian world, his hundreds of s?ances attended by some of the biggest names of his...

"I can sympathize with people's pains, but not with their pleasures. There is something curiously boring about somebody else's happiness."-Aldous Huxley, Limbo (1920)Limbo (1920) by Aldous Huxley is...

"I can sympathize with people's pains, but not with their pleasures. There is something curiously boring about somebody else's happiness."-Aldous Huxley, Limbo (1920)Limbo (1920) by Aldous Huxley is...

This classic in the field of abstract algebra has been called "the first systematic treatment of finite fields in the mathematical literature." Divided into two sections-"Introduction to the Galois...

Translator names not noted above: John Florio and Thomas Kingsmill Abbott. Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name "Harvard Classics," this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of...

Translator names not noted above: John Florio and Thomas Kingsmill Abbott. Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name "Harvard Classics," this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of...

Little Flowers of St. Francis of AssisiAuthor: Francis of Assi Saint Francis of AssisiPublisher: Cosimo ClassicsPublication Date: Jun 01, 2007Number of Pages: 292 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

Little Flowers of St. Francis of AssisiAuthor: Francis of Assi Saint Francis of AssisiPublisher: Cosimo ClassicsPublication Date: Jun 01, 2007Number of Pages: 292 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased...

Keep my little tongue to-day, Keep it gentle while I play; Keep my hands from doing wrong, Keep my feet the whole day long; Keep me all, O Jesus mild, Keep me ever Thy dear child. Amen. -from Little...

Millionaires as a rule are woefully ignorant. Up to a certain sum, they grow with their acquisitions. Then they begin to wither at the heart. The care of a fortune is a penalty. I advise the gentle...

Little Men, by Louisa May Alcott, is the second book in the Little Women trilogy. Also titled Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys, the book follows Jo Bhaer and her husband Professor Bhaer as they run...