Personal Development

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

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

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum is a fantastical children’s book which tackles the theme of home as well as compares...

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...

Classic Novels

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

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 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...

1984 by George Orwell

Business Classics

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...

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

The Great Illusion by Norman Angell

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

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft

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

Science & Technology

On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin

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

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 confessions of Saint Augustine

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

John D. Rockefeller and his career by Silas Hubbard

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

Spirituality

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...

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...

Classic Authors

P. T. Barnum

Described as one of the greatest showmen in the world’s history, P. T. Barnum, author of The Art of Money Getting or Golden Rules...

William Shakespeare

Willian Shakespeare is the son of John Shakespeare. He was born in Stratford-Upon-Avon and was baptized on April 26th, 1564. His actual date of...

Mary Shelley

Mary Shelley was a prolific writer, and her birth name was Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin. She was born on August 30th, 1797, in London, England....

Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin is famous for his book On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in...

George Orwell

George Orwell’s popularity as a writer is based on two main books, namely: 1984 and Animal Farm. Even though both books were published towards...

Saint Augustine

Saint Augustine, the Bishop of Hippo, is known for his openness and willingness to share his struggles with selfish pleasures as a youth. When...

Featured Book Reviews

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

It can be very intriguing to get the story of a little girl whose father dies when she is still tender with no one...

Featured Classic Authors

Sun Tzu

Sun Tzu

Sun Tzu was a Chinese general popularly known for the book The Art of War. This is one of the most influential military writings...
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne

John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein

Hannah Arendt

Hannah Arendt