Literary Collections

It is man's nature to soar intellectually, and it seems to have been his ambition from earliest ages to soar physically. Every one in health knows, or at some period of life must have known, that upward bounding of the spirit which induces a longing for...

An Iron WillAuthor: Orison Swett MardenPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Sep 06, 2015Number of Pages: 58 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1517222249ISBN-13: 9781517222246

"[...]teeth; they can swim and ride and sing; and they are brown with a skin that shines like bronze ... There isn't a worried woman in Hawaii. The women there can't worry. They don't know how. They eat and sing and laugh, and see the sun and the moon...

"The Phantoms of the Foot Bridg" from Mary Noailles Murfree. American fiction writer of novels and short stories (1850-1922).Author: Mary Noailles MurfreePublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Sep 06, 2015Number of Pages:...

"The Young Mountaineers" from Mary Noailles Murfree. American fiction writer of novels and short stories (1850-1922).Author: Mary Noailles MurfreePublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Sep 06, 2015Number of Pages: 110...

"The Moonshiners At Hoho Hebee Falls" from Mary Noailles Murfree. American fiction writer of novels and short stories (1850-1922).Author: Mary Noailles MurfreePublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Sep 06, 2015Number of...

The Raid of The GuerillaAuthor: Mary Noailles MurfreePublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Sep 06, 2015Number of Pages: 28 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1517224543ISBN-13: 9781517224547

The Lost GuidonAuthor: Mary Noailles MurfreePublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Sep 06, 2015Number of Pages: 36 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1517224551ISBN-13: 9781517224554

His Unquiet GhostAuthor: Mary Noailles MurfreePublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Sep 06, 2015Number of Pages: 38 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 151722456XISBN-13: 9781517224561

The Crucial MomentAuthor: Mary Noailles MurfreePublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Sep 06, 2015Number of Pages: 38 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1517224578ISBN-13: 9781517224578

His Christmas MiracleAuthor: Mary Noailles MurfreePublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Sep 06, 2015Number of Pages: 36 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1517224586ISBN-13: 9781517224585

Wolf's HeadAuthor: Mary Noailles MurfreePublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Sep 06, 2015Number of Pages: 40 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1517224683ISBN-13: 9781517224684

Who Crosses Storm Mountain?Author: Mary Noailles MurfreePublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Sep 06, 2015Number of Pages: 32 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1517224691ISBN-13: 9781517224691

Una of The Hill CountryAuthor: Mary Noailles MurfreePublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Sep 06, 2015Number of Pages: 36 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1517224705ISBN-13: 9781517224707

The Soul of Man Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) "(T)he past is what man should not have been. The present is what man ought not to be. The future is what artists are." Published originally as "The Soul of Man Under Socialism," this is not so much a work of...

Probably the greatest prose work of the English Romantic movement! De Quincy shows the extreme pains and exquisite pleasures of opium and being addicted to it.Author: Will JonsonPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Nov...

The Duchess of Padua Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) The Duchess of Padua is a play by Oscar Wilde. It is a five-act melodramatic tragedy set in Padua and written in blank verse. It was written for the actress Mary Anderson in early 1883 while in Paris. After...

A timeless collection of poetry for children based on biblical stories and concepts set to capture the imagination of children. This inspiring read additionally helps to inspire excellence.Author: Geraldine TaylorPublisher: Createspace Independent...

Pygmalion is a play by George Bernard Shaw, named after a Greek mythological character. It was first presented on stage to the public in 1913. Professor of phonetics Henry Higgins makes a bet that he can train a bedraggled Cockney flower girl, Eliza...

Robert Herrick was a 17th-century English lyric poet and cleric. He is best known for his book of poems, Hesperides.Author: Robert HerrickPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Feb 22, 2016Number of Pages: 106...

These extracts are taken from two Icelandic works called Th?ttr Eireks Rauda (the piece about Eirek the Red) and Graenlendinga Th?tt (the piece about the Greenlanders). These passages were translated by J. Elliot Cabot, Esq., and were published in "The...

A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies is an account written by the Spanish Dominican friar Bartolom? de las Casas in 1542 (published in 1552) about the mistreatment of and atrocities committed against the indigenous peoples of the Americas in...

The expectations and inequalities of the British upper-class are brought to the forefront when Mrs. Arbuthnot is forced to set her impeccable reputation aside for the sake of an important opportunity presented to her son, Gerald. Oscar Wilde's plays have...

In January of 1776, Thomas Paine published Common Sense; the book inflamed its readers and ignited the American Revolution. In truth the fires of dissent were already smoldering, but Paine's impassioned writing gave focus to the many disparate voices and...

You won't be able to put down this gripping first-hand account of opium addiction that shocked England after its initial publication in 1821. Thomas De Quincy was a renowned author and intellectual who fell prey to a laudanum addiction as a young man,...

The book presents the concept of representative government, the ideal form of government. Mill suggests that representative bodies such as parliaments and senates are best suited to be places of public debate on the various opinions held by the...

The distinguished American civil rights leader, W. E. B. Du Bois first published these fiery essays, sketches, and poems individually nearly 80 years ago in the Atlantic, the Journal of Race Development, and other periodicals. Reflecting the author's...

Arms and the Man was George Bernard Shaw's first commercially successful play. It is a comedy about idealized love versus true love. A young Serbian woman idealizes her war-hero fiance and thinks the Swiss soldier who begs her to hide him a terrible...

a study in two parts: Henry James' 1878 publication that brought him international fame, "Daisy Miller" is subtitled "A Study in Two Parts." The plot centers around a Europeanized American man named Winterbourne, who meets a nouveau riche American woman...

Is a 50,000 word letter written by Oscar Wilde during his imprisonment in Reading Gaol, to Lord Alfred Douglas, his lover. Wilde wrote the letter between January and March 1897; he was not allowed to send it, but took it with him upon release. In it he...