Poise is a power derived from the Mastery of Self.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) is remembered best for his sharp wit, his comedic plays and for his contribution to aestheticism and decadence.
A collection of US inauguration speeches from Washington to Obama.
Nothing comes amiss in the great business of preparation, if it has been thoroughly well learned.
To summon a dead religion from its forgotten grave and to make it tell its story, would require an enchanter's wand.
In this autobiography, also titled The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Mohandas K. Gandhi recounts his life from childhood up until 1921, noting that my life from this point onward has been so public.
There are particular characteristics one can have, and particular things one can do, that will make failure in life certain.
There is in every human being a sense which is not generally recognized as such, although nearly every person has had more or less experience regarding its workings.
Chrétien de Troyes' Four Arthurian Romances continued and expanded on existing Arthurian legends, but began the Arthurian Romance genre, so popular in Medieval literature.
From the author: My aim, after summarizing the sociology of the Chinese as a prerequisite to the understanding of their ideas and sentiments, and dealing as fully as possible, consistently with limitations of space.
Attack Butterfly is the second in The Rust Bucket Universe series from Boson Books.
As Captain L. J. Bohanin heads for California to enjoy his retirement from the 10th Cavalry he becomes immersed in a mystery.
Diane stabbed at the intercom switch near her and shouted, "Close hatches and launch!"
From Hitler to Trujillo is a memoir by a Holocaust survivor Alfredo Vorshirm.
In the evening they took us to the railroad station.
What do we know? Read at will. Out of many winds, each poem has some clues and hints to a story.
In The Wink of an Eye is a modern fable in the form of a novel. Or a romantic satire.
Land of Black Clay takes place largely in the rural township of Sap?
Moments of Light Foreward by Annie Dillard. These stories prove that the mythic powers of the balladeer.
Now Mourn the Space Cadet is the second in a series set in Connor Beach.