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"The Science of Getting Rich" was written by a proponent of the New Thought Movement, Wallace D. Wattles. In his book, Wattles stresses the power of the human mind-claiming that one's way of thinking...

Several years after the mysterious disappearance of her father, Mary Morstan discovers an advertisement in a local paper requesting her own address. Her employer advises her to reveal it, and when...

This is Cather's coming-of-age classic---the story of a young artist who leaves the mediocrity of her home town to seek fame and success in the big city. A bittersweet reflection on severing oneself...

First published in 1899, "The Story of Little Black Sambo" is a popular tale about a little boy using his wits to overcome danger.Author: Helen BannermanPublisher: Empire BooksPublication Date: Dec...

In The Story of My Life, Helen Keller tells the extraordinary tale of her childhood and her mentor, teacher, and companion Anne Sullivan. Before she was two years old, the otherwise healthy Helen...

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is one of the best known works of the renowned 19th century author Robert Louis Stevenson. This early foray into science fiction delves into the battle...

In his treatise on Roman architecture, Vitruvius Pollio declares that the qualities of a good building are "firmness, commodity, and delight." "The Ten Books on Architecture" outlines building...

Man's moral nature is influenced by sentiment and sympathy. The human ability to sympathize forms the psychological basis of man's desire to adhere to natural moral laws. Adam Smith explores ideas...

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson receive a coded message warning them that a murder will soon be committed. Following the clues, Holmes concludes that their new case has something to do with Professor...

The first of its kind, Wister's The Virginian is a prototypical western novel that has inspired readers and authors for over a century. Detailing the exploits of a gunslinger known solely as the...

In 1831, Darwin embarked on the HMS Beagle for his second expedition surveying the world's remarkable biological diversity. Not only would the expedition last five years and take the biologist to the...

Gillette's original 1887 White House Cookbook has something for cooks and students of history alike. This recipe book features menus and preparation instructions for dishes served in the White House...

Kenneth Grahame's classic children's tale, The Wind in the Willows, tells of the adventures of the good-natured but rather shallow and conceited Mr. Toad. Set in a fictionalized version of England...

In 1910 - hoping that the study of penguin eggs would provide an evolutionary link between birds and reptiles - a group of explorers left Cardiff by boat on an expedition to Antarctica. Not all of...

J., Carl, George, and the dog Montmorency take a boat trip on the Thames in order to forestall the ill effects of overwork. As they navigate the stretch of river between Kingston upon Thames to...

This volume collects four of Freud's most stimulating essays: "The Horror of Incest", "Taboo and Emotional Ambivalence", "Animism, Magic and the Omnipotence of Thoughts", and "The Return of Totemism...

The Wing Chun wooden training dummy is a training device designed to correct technique and structure as well as increase power, speed, accuracy, and conditioning. Learn the true Original Ip Man's...

Decrying the habit of American biographers to mythologize their subjects, Sydney George Fisher sets out to write a book about the "True Benjamin Franklin[.]" Of Franklin, he says that the "human in...

"True Vine: Meditations on a Month of John 15:1-16" is a collection of thirty-one devotionals. The devotional for each day offers a meditation on Christ's parable about the vine and the branches...

Another powerful novel from Charlotte Bront?, Villette tells the story of Lucy Snowe, a teacher at an all-girls school who finds herself in the thralls of romance and adventure. A novel known less...

Written after he built and lived in a cabin off the shore of Walden Pond, Walden and Civil Disobedience chronicles Thoreau's experiences living a self-reliant life void of modern civilization's, and...

A book of essays by G. K. Chesterton, this selection contains sardonically-titled pieces such as "The Romance of Thrift" and "The Empire of the Insect." Of it, Chesterton writes (in the dedication),...

Jack London continues his exploration of the savagery inherent in men and beasts alike in this companion novel to his earlier The Call of the Wild. White Fang provides a complementary narrative of a...

Through conversations with many historical Wing Chun figures such as the Grandmaster Yip Man's sons; Yip Ching and Yip Chun, and other top disciples of his like Wong Shun Leung, Willian Cheung,...

The Wing Chun wooden training dummy is a training device designed to correct technique and structure as well as increase power, speed, accuracy, and conditioning. Learn the true Original Ip Man's...

This introduction to sport competition teaches you in detail how to use your potential and your technical skills to defeat your opponents in Karate competition. Master Miyake shows hundred of basic,...

Widower Mr. Gibson decides to remarry for the sake of his daughter, Molly-but his new wife proves to be insincere and selfish. Molly often stays with the Hamleys of Hamley Hall, spending time with...

Sisters Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen are sisters. Rupert and Gerald are the men with whom they pursue two very different romantic relationships. "Women in Love" is Lawrence's 1920 sequel to "The...