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Mahatma Gandhi

ClassicBooks.com - August 10, 2020

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 honorific, given to him for...

Mark Twain

ClassicBooks.com - July 27, 2020

Mark Twain was born on November 30, 1835, close to the Mississippi River, as Samuel Langhorne. He spent most of his childhood years in nearby Hannibal observing aquatic life...

Mary Shelley

ClassicBooks.com - August 2, 2020

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

Mary Wollstonecraft

ClassicBooks.com - July 27, 2020

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

Napoleon Hill

ClassicBooks.com - August 9, 2019

Napoleon Hill was an American author whose focus was on self-help books. His signature book, Think and Grow Rich, sold more than a record 20 million copies, showcasing how...

Nathaniel Hawthorne

ClassicBooks.com - August 4, 2020

Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in 1804 in the Massachusetts Bay colony. His father was a sea captain and a member of the East India Marine Society. Nathaniel is famous...

Norman Angell

ClassicBooks.com - August 20, 2019

Sir Ralph Norman Angell, a winner of Nobel Prize in 1933, was one of the most revered authors, journalist, lecturer, and Member of Parliament under the Labour Party. He...

Norman Vincent Peale

ClassicBooks.com - August 11, 2019

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

P. T. Barnum

ClassicBooks.com - August 10, 2019

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 of Making Money, was a...

Ray Bradbury

ClassicBooks.com - August 5, 2019

Ray Bradbury is one of the few high-thinking and fantasy-based American authors. He turned down the title science fiction writer, asserting that every work he releases is based on...

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

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