Personal Development

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...

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

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...

Self-Help by Samuel Smiles

Children's Books

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

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

Little Women, Part Second by Louisa May Alcott

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

Classic Novels

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens captures a scenario in which two categories of people living in one city. The residential areas...

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

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...

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...

The Art of War by Sun Tzu

Humanities and Social Sciences

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...

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

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 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 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...

Spirituality

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...

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

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...

Richard Maurice Bucke

A prominent Canadian psychiatrist, physician, and ardent student of the human mind, Richard Maurice Bucke maintained a strong friendship and devotion to Walt Whitman....

Emily Bronte

Emily Bronte was born on July 30, 1818, in Thornton, Yorkshire, England, and became very popular thanks to her novel Wuthering Heights. Emily Bronte...

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens was a British novelist, journalist, editor, illustrator, and social commentator who wrote such beloved classic novels as Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol,...

Al Ghazzali

Al Ghazzali (1058 – 1111) was one of the most prominent and influential philosophers, theologians, jurists, and mystics of Islam. He was of Persian...

Jane Austen

Jane Austen was born to the family of George and Cassandra Austen on December 16, 1775. She was the seventh child amongst the eight...

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...
1984 by George Orwell

1984 by George Orwell

Featured Classic Authors

J. Berg Esenwein

J. Berg Esenwein

J. Berg Esenwein was a distinguished American writer, editor, and lecturer. He is the author of self-improvement books like How to Attract and Hold...
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Samuel Smiles

Samuel Smiles

Frances Hodgson Burnett

Frances Hodgson Burnett

L. M. Montgomery

L. M. Montgomery