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Andrew Carnegie’s The Gospel of Wealth contains interesting remarks from one of the wealthiest men in history. In the book, Carnegie asserts that poverty...

How to Attract and Hold an Audience by J. Berg Esenwein

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - August 6, 2019

How to Attract and Hold an Audience by J. Berg Esenwein is a public speaking self-help book that guides on how to keep your audience...

How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - August 3, 2019

Published in 1936, How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie is a fantastic self- improvement book that shares brilliant tips on...

The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg Esenwein and Dale Carnegie

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - August 3, 2019

The Art of Public Speaking is a classic book published over a century ago that succinctly captures tips to groom you into a proficient...

Children's Books

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

ClassicBooks.com - July 27, 2020

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is, with The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, another book from the same author, one of the...

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Little Women, Part Second by Louisa May Alcott

ClassicBooks.com - August 20, 2019

Little Women, Part Second by Louisa May Alcott seeks to give closure to the first part of a book with the same name. The...

Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - July 27, 2020

Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder, is inspired by the author’s childhood experiences living in the American Mid-West region. The author...

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - August 12, 2019

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett revolves around Mary Lennox, a nine-year-old girl who initially resides in India with her wealthy British parents....

Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - August 20, 2019

Charlotte's Web is a classic of children's literature published in 1952 by E. B. White and illustrated by Garth Williams. To capture the interest...

Heidi by Johanna Spyri

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - July 27, 2020

Heidi was written by Swiss author Johanna Spyri. The main protagonist of this children's fiction is Heidi, a little girl who becomes an orphan...

Classic Novels

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Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

ClassicBooks.com - August 1, 2020

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen captures the challenging life of young girls growing up without proper parental tutelage and financial stability. Of course,...

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The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

ClassicBooks.com - August 4, 2020

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas is one of the most famous French novels. It was first published in 1884. The book...

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - August 4, 2020

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a historical fiction published in 1850. The main character is Hester Prynne, who thinks she is a...

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - August 2, 2020

Frankenstein by Mary Shelly deals with the theme of perseverance, betrayal, revenge, isolation and alienation, ambition, and responsibility. The novel is about the destructiveness...

Lord of The Flies by William Golding

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - August 1, 2020

Lord of the Flies by William Golding shows how greed and power tussle can lead to the disintegration of a hitherto peaceful and harmonious...

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - August 1, 2020

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee propels the virtues of justice. The author, however, has a preference for moral justice rather than the...

Business Classics

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The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg Esenwein and Dale Carnegie

ClassicBooks.com - August 3, 2019

The Art of Public Speaking is a classic book published over a century ago that succinctly captures tips to groom you into a proficient...

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The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale

ClassicBooks.com - August 11, 2019

The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale teaches that your mind is the ultimate root of success and what you need to...

The Art of Money Getting by P. T. Barnum

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - August 10, 2019

The Art of Money Gettingor or Golden Rules of Making Money by P. T. Barnum outlines a set of brilliant actions that can elevate...

How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - August 3, 2019

Published in 1936, How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie is a fantastic self- improvement book that shares brilliant tips on...

Self-Help by Samuel Smiles

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - August 12, 2019

Self-Help by Samuel Smiles was written after the author abandoned his interest to become a member of parliament and decided that the best reform...

The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - August 12, 2019

The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles is the kind of book that challenges one’s mind not to be fixated on competition...

Humanities and Social Sciences

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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft

ClassicBooks.com - July 27, 2020

Considered as the weaker sex, women often have to prove that they are just as ordinary as their male counterparts. A Vindication of the...

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The Great Illusion by Norman Angell

ClassicBooks.com - August 20, 2019

The Great Illusion by Norman Angell, published in 1910, is one of the most interesting humanities and social sciences books you could ever read....

Propaganda by Edward Bernays

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - July 27, 2020

Propaganda by Edward Bernays explores the idea of convincing people to want things they didn't need. The author coins the term ‘engineering of consent’...

The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - August 20, 2019

The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt, published in 1951, is the most eye-opening book on what causes totalitarianism and the dangers posed. Easily...

The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - July 27, 2020

The fight for gender equality is an age-old struggle. The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill handles an arduous task in an attempt...

Science & Technology

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On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin

ClassicBooks.com - August 5, 2020

On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin was the book of the year 1859, if not book of the 19th century, for it...

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Relativity: The Special And The General Theory by Albert Einstein

ClassicBooks.com - August 5, 2020

Relativity: The Special And The General Theory by Albert Einstein started as a series of short write-ups, but was eventually converted it into a...

The Mysterious Universe by James Jeans

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - August 6, 2020

Life and its origin, the story of the creation of the earth we now live in, remains an enigma. As such, any attempt to...

The Birth and Death of the Sun by George Gamow

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - August 6, 2020

The Birth and Death of the Sun by George Gamow provides answers to some of the most difficult questions humanity has ever had. What...

What Is Life? by Erwin Schrödinger

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - August 6, 2020

What is Life? by Erwin Schrödinger is a very short book in which the author discusses vital biological concepts such as the idea of...

Biography

An Autobiography Or The Story Of My Experiments With Truth by Mahatma Gandhi

ClassicBooks.com - August 10, 2020

An Autobiography Or The Story Of My Experiments With Truth by Mahatma Gandhi is an introduction to India’s nationalist and most complex historical figures. The...

Biography

The life story of J. Pierpont Morgan: a biography by Carl Hovey

ClassicBooks.com - August 7, 2020

From financing the railroad industry to organizing the United States Steel, General Electric, while trying his hand in many other sectors, J.P. Morgan rose...

Commodore Vanderbilt: An Epic of American Achievement by Arthur D. Howden Smith

Biography ClassicBooks.com - August 7, 2020

Commodore Vanderbilt: An Epic of American Achievement by Arthur D. Howden Smith is a biography that tells the story of poor Vanderbilt, from his...

John D. Rockefeller and his career by Silas Hubbard

Biography ClassicBooks.com - August 7, 2020

The biography John D. Rockefeller and his career by Silas Hubbard is a detailed research on an industrialist and philanthropist, who was admired by...

St. Francis of Assisi by G. K. Chesterton

Biography ClassicBooks.com - August 10, 2020

St. Francis of Assisi by G. K. Chesterton nears perfection in appreciating Francis’s multifaceted life. Francis of Assisi is one of the greatest saints...

Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie

Biography ClassicBooks.com - August 7, 2020

Andrew Carnegie's physical feature could have deceived any. He was less than five feet tall. But that wasn’t the most intriguing part of this...

Spirituality

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The confessions of Saint Augustine

ClassicBooks.com - August 9, 2020

The confessions of Saint Augustine is an autobiography and one of the most innovative and influential spirituality books. It was written when Saint Augustine...

Biography

An Autobiography Or The Story Of My Experiments With Truth by Mahatma Gandhi

ClassicBooks.com - August 10, 2020

An Autobiography Or The Story Of My Experiments With Truth by Mahatma Gandhi is an introduction to India’s nationalist and most complex historical figures. The...

St. Francis of Assisi by G. K. Chesterton

Biography ClassicBooks.com - August 10, 2020

St. Francis of Assisi by G. K. Chesterton nears perfection in appreciating Francis’s multifaceted life. Francis of Assisi is one of the greatest saints...

Cosmic Consciousness: A Study in the Evolution of the Human Mind by Richard Maurice Bucke

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - August 10, 2020

Cosmic Consciousness: A Study in the Evolution of the Human Mind by Richard Maurice Bucke is the magnum of the author's career. In the...

The alchemy of happiness by Al Ghazzali

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - August 10, 2020

The Alchemy of Happiness by Al Ghazzali was written a thousand years ago. Al Ghazzali asserts his fundamental belief that a connection to God...

Classic Authors

E. B. White

Classic Authors ClassicBooks.com - August 20, 2019

E. B. White, the author of Charlotte’s Web, was catapulted to fame due to his contributions to The New Yorker magazine for over fifty...

L. Frank Baum

Classic Authors ClassicBooks.com - August 20, 2019

Lyman Frank Baum rose to fame due to his brilliant publication of children’s books, especially The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Having become such a...

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Classic Authors ClassicBooks.com - August 4, 2020

Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in 1804 in the Massachusetts Bay colony. His father was a sea captain and a member of the East India...

J. D. Salinger

Classic Authors ClassicBooks.com - August 1, 2020

Popularly known as J. D. Salinger, Jerome David Salinger was an American writer who came to fame thanks to his literary works, particularly The Catcher...

John Steinbeck

Classic Authors ClassicBooks.com - August 4, 2020

John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. enrolled at Stanford University in 1919; however, it was a decision to please his parents. He felt having a career...

L. M. Montgomery

Classic Authors ClassicBooks.com - August 20, 2019

L. M. Montgomery is well-known for her best-selling book, Anne of Green Gables. In the novel, the Canadian author provides a detailed description of...