Personal Development

Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, published in 1937, is the best self-improvement and personal development book you could ever read. Hill interviewed...

Self-Help by Samuel Smiles

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...

Children's Books

Heidi by Johanna Spyri

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...

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

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

Classic Novels

The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

Published in 1951, The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger is a novel that recounts the life of a 16-year-old Holden Caulfield...

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte is a novel about the destructive love story between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff's, and how the former sought for...

Business Classics

The Gospel of Wealth by Andrew Carnegie

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...

The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale

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

Self-Help by Samuel Smiles

The Art of War by Sun Tzu

Humanities and Social Sciences

The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill

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...

The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt

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...

Science & Technology

The Mysterious Universe by James Jeans

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

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

Biography

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

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

The truth about Henry Ford by Sarah Terrill Bushnell

The title of this biography is enough to captivate one’s attention. Already the name Ford easily associates with the Ford Car that has become...

Spirituality

The alchemy of happiness by Al Ghazzali

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

St. Francis of Assisi by G. K. Chesterton

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...

Classic Authors

Norman Vincent Peale

Norman Vincent Peale was a Methodist minister and writer who grew in popularity due to his insistence on the power of positive thinking. Besides...

George Gamow

George Gamow was a theoretical physicist and cosmologist who played a central role in shaping the world of physics with his theories and discoveries....

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Laura Ingalls Wilder was born on February 7th, 1867, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ingalls. Wilder was born in a log cabin outside of...

Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumas, Père, was born on July 24th, 1802, in Villers-Cotterêts, Aisne, France. His father, Thomas-Alexander Davy De La Paileteririe, born in wedlock to...

Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi is well-known for his ideology of non-violent resistance in the campaign against British rule. Born as Mohandas, the name Mahatma was more...

James Jeans

Sir James Hopwood Jeans is one of the most highly acclaimed astronomers, mathematicians, and physicists, for he was the first to propose the notion...

Featured Book Reviews

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

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

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

Featured Classic Authors

G. K. Chesterton

G. K. Chesterton

G. K. Chesterton stands to be counted as one of the most prolific English authors and critics. His works are diversified, involving biographies, novels,...
Ray Bradburry

Ray Bradbury

Lewis Caroll

Lewis Carroll

Andrew Carnegie

Andrew Carnegie

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein