Personal Development

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...

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

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

The Hobbit or There and Back Again by J. R. R. Tolkien

The Hobbit is a 20th-century novel which is also known as There and Back Again. It was first published in 1937 and is a...

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...

Heidi by Johanna Spyri

Classic Novels

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is a novel that perfectly depicts real-life scenarios that can greatly educate and develop children. The main character is...

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is a futuristic literary work that tells the story of a protagonist Guy Montag. He starts as a competent...

Business Classics

The Art of War by Sun Tzu

The Art of War by Sun Tzu gives you an opportunity to learn about the different facets of warfare without necessarily going to the...

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...

Humanities and Social Sciences

Propaganda by Edward Bernays

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 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...

Science & Technology

What Is Life? by Erwin Schrödinger

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

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...

Biography

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

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...

Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie

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

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...

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

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...

Classic Authors

Lewis Carroll

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson is best known by his pen name, Lewis Carroll. He was an English writer, born in the small village of Daresbury...

Frances Hodgson Burnett

Frances Hodgson Burnett is a well-known author of children literature comprising of short stories and novels. Among her notable works A Little Princess (1905),...

Mary Wollstonecraft

Having had an opportunity to be educated, something that was uncommon for women of her time, Mary Wollstonecraft worked hard to become a writer,...

Arthur D. Howden Smith

Arthur D. Howden Smith was one of the most talented writers of his time. His works covered mainly Adventures, where he often created series....

Bram Stoker

Bram Stoker was born on November 8th, 1847 in Clontarf, County Dublin, Ireland. His birth name was Abraham Stoker, and in his early years,...

John Steinbeck

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

Featured Book Reviews

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain stands out as another of the author’s most noticeable works, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. It...
Heidi by Johanna Spyri

Heidi by Johanna Spyri

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,...
John Stuart Mill

John Stuart Mill

Norman Vincent Peale

Norman Vincent Peale

George Orwell

George Orwell

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens