Richard Connell was well-known for his masterful short stories and achieved great professional success, with his work often appearing in "The Saturday Evening Post" and "Collier's" magazines. Hi...więcej »
"The Picture of Dorian Gray" is Oscar Wilde's classic tale of the moral decline of its title character, Dorian Gray. When Dorian has his portrait painted by Basil Hallward and wishes that he would ...więcej »
The nine lyric poets were a canon of ancient Greek composers esteemed by the scholars of Hellenistic Alexandria as worthy of critical study. The most famous of which is probably Sappho, who was ...więcej »
I would like to tell everyone that we need to make the world a better place. The world is depending on us. We need to forget about the past and put our heads together to make it happen. Love, ap...więcej »
“The Prose Edda”, or “Younger Edda”, is a classic collection of Norse myths of the Icelandic people believed to have been written or compiled by Icelandic scholar and his...więcej »
One of the most legendary of the Icelandic sagas, 'The Saga of the Volsungs' is the 13th century work of unknown authorship which relates the origin and decline of the Volsung clan. The story un...więcej »
In the late 18th century, France was in the throes of the French Revolution. Of particular tumult during this conflict were the years known as the “Reign of Terror”, a time in which ...więcej »
First published in 1910, “The Science of Getting Rich” is Wallace D. Wattle’s work of the New Thought movement which describes the process by which one can focus one’s me...więcej »
Have you ever wondered who lived behind the word of God or just was there to get your money by the way of false pretense?
In this book Sam brings out the Biblical outlook of knowing a difference be...więcej »
Sophocles, along with Aeschylus and Euripides, is considered one of three important ancient Greek tragedians. Writing during the 5th century BC, Sophocles created some one hundred and twenty three ...więcej »
First published in 1851, “The Wisdom of Life and Counsels and Maxims” is a collection of essays by famed German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer. He is perhaps best known for his 1818...więcej »
Yoga is an exercise and meditation philosophy that has been taking the United States by storm over the past several decades. Yet many are unaware that there is an entire, ancient religion that p...więcej »
“Theaetetus” is a dialogue by Plato from his middle period, written sometime around 369 BC. It is widely considered to be one of his best works and remains a significant contribution...więcej »
Although one of his lesser known plays, Shakespeare’s considerable abilities as a playwright are readily apparent in “Troilus and Cressida.” This historical and tragic ‘p...więcej »
Turn the Lights On is based on fatherless urban youth trying to find their way through life. This includes being involved in the drug game and witnessing murder at an early age. The title Turn t...więcej »
The philosophy of utilitarianism can trace its origins back thousands of years to the ancient Chinese philosophy of logic attributed to the Mohist School. Today it is most famously associated wi...więcej »
Being successful doesn't mean how much money you may have or how big your house is or even the kind of car you drive. To me, life is beautiful in every way. Somehow I ran from myself for years a...więcej »
Have you ever wondered what your purpose is here on earth? How can we know what that purpose is? No matter what church denomination we go to, God has a purpose for us, for good and not for evil....więcej »
While Tolstoy may be best remembered as the talented Russian author of such monumentally great works as “War and Peace” and “Anna Karenina”, he also wrote prolifically in...więcej »