There is nothing more disenchanting to man than to be shown the springs and mechanism of any art.

The Country of the Blind and Other Stories brings together thirty-three of H. G. Wells' science fiction and fantasy short stories which were previously published separately in a variety of periodicals.

The following book consists of brief biographical commentaries about Beethoven, each followed by sections of quotations attributed to the muse.

William Morris was an English writer, architect, and artist and was integral to the birth of socialism in Great Britain.

Buddhism is a religion which must be viewed from many angles.

The industrialist, businessman, and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie (1835 - 1919) established a gospel of wealth that can be neither ignored nor forgotten, and set a pace in distribution that succeeding millionaires have followed as a precedent.

Bob Brown, after living thirty years in as many foreign lands and enjoying countless national cheeses at the source, returned to New York and summed them all up in this book.

Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) is remembered best for his sharp wit, his comedic plays and for his contribution to aestheticism and decadence.

The demand for this book has come from the students in the class room who have listened to these lectures on the Great Doctrines of the Bible.

A collection of US inauguration speeches from Washington to Obama.

The pleasure which all derive from the expositions of Faraday.

The historical importance of Zen can hardly be exaggerated.

This volume is full of the most fascinating romances of achievement under difficulties.

Architects of Fate, or, Steps to Success and Power, by Orison Swett Marden, is a book.

A recognized Latin American history masterpiece The History of the Conquest of Peru.

Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America is a classic text detailing the United States of the 1830s.

The birth of the Internet has created a global community of buying, sharing, and selling goods texts.

When "Lucky" Luke Ray, a cocky young American pilot volunteers to fly for the French in World War I.

British writer John Buchan's The Thirty-Nine Steps is the first of five adventure novels to star Richard Hannay, a man with a remarkable knack for getting out of sticky situations, and indeed getting into them in the first place.

Taoism, Confucianism and Buddhism have been major influences on Chinese folklore tales.