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...

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 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...

Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery

Orphans' stories are sometimes very pathetic. However, L. M. Montgomery in her 1908 Anne of Green Gables instead succeeds in capturing the admiration of...

Classic Novels

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald captures a world where most conflicts center around love, materialism, and position. Jay Gatsby is a poor...

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Dracula by Bram Stoker, published on May 26th, 1897 is the first horror novel in history and ranks among the best of all time....

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 Art of Money Getting by P. T. Barnum

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

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 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....

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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,...

Erwin Schrödinger

Erwin Schrödinger was a respected Austrian physicist who made significant contributions to quantum mechanics and wave theory of matter. Thanks to his works, he...

C. S. Lewis

Clive Staples Lewis was born on November 29th, 1898, and lived in two centuries. He was an essayist, an author, and a Christian apologist....

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....

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Antoine De Saint-Exupery was a French pilot and a writer, born on the 29th of June 1900 into a noble family in Lyon, France....

Featured Book Reviews

Self-Help by Samuel Smiles

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...

Featured Classic Authors

Johanna Spyri

Johanna Spyri

Johanna Heusser Spyri was born on June 12th, 1827, in Hirzel, Switzerland to Dr. Johann a doctor and Mera Scherzer Heusser a poet. She...
Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumas

J. D. Salinger

J. D. Salinger

J. M. Barrie

J. M. Barrie

John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck