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Three Books in One! The three great apologies of G.K. Chesterton in one volume: Orthodoxy, Heretics & The Everlasting Man. This collection combines three of G.K. Chesterton's most recognized works into one convenient volume. This is perfect volume for Chesterton lovers, and students. Included in this book:Orthodoxy Heretics The Everlasting Man In Orthodoxy, G.K. Chesterton gives a stirring defense of Christianity. Chesterton fought again...

Three Books in One! This collection combines three of John Stuart Mill's most recognized works into one convenient volume. Included in this book:On Liberty The Subjection of Women Utilitarianism On Liberty presented one of the most eloquent defenses of individual freedom in nineteenth-century social and political philosophy and is today perhaps the most widely-read liberal argument in support of the value of liberty. Mill's passionate ad...

Lucius Annaeus Seneca, usually known as Seneca, was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist of the Silver Age of Latin literature. He was tutor and later advisor to emperor Nero, who later forced him to commit suicide for alleged complicity in the Pisonian conspiracy to have him assassinated. As a writer, Seneca is known for his philosophical works, and for his plays, which are all tragedies. His prose works include 12 essays and...

Neville Goddard (1905-1972) was among the last century's most articulate, profoundly influential teacher, new thought author and mystic who wrote on the Bible, esotericism and is considered to be one of the pioneers of the "law of assumption". Possessed of a self-educated and uncommonly sharp intellect, Neville captured the sheer logic of creative-mind principles as perhaps no other figure of his era. This collection combines 14 of Neville'...

In Beyond Good and Evil, Nietzsche accuses past philosophers of lacking critical sense and blindly accepting dogmatic premises in their consideration of morality. Specifically, he accuses them of founding grand metaphysical systems upon the faith that the good man is the opposite of the evil man, rather than just a different expression of the same basic impulses that find more direct expression in the evil man. The work moves into the realm "b...

Six classic works of Stoic philosophy Rediscover six enormously enduring, influential, and important works of stoic mindfulness and philosophy. The classic works from Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, and Seneca - works that even thousands of years after their original publication, continue to inspire readers to greater self-mastery and self-improvement. Meditations of Marcus Aurelius offer a remarkable series of challenging spiritual reflection...

Moral Letters to Lucilius also known as the Moral Epistles and Letters from a Stoic, is a collection of 124 letters that Seneca the Younger wrote at the end of his life, during his retirement, after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for more than ten years. They are addressed to Lucilius Junior, the then procurator of Sicily, who is known only through Seneca's writings. Regardless of how Seneca and Lucilius actually corresponded, it is clear ...

Epictetus was a Greek Stoic philosopher. He was born into slavery at Hierapolis, Phrygia (present-day Pamukkale, Turkey) and lived in Rome until his banishment, when he went to Nicopolis in northwestern Greece for the rest of his life. His teachings were noted down and published by his pupil Arrian in his Discourses. The Discourses are a series of informal lectures by the Stoic philosopher Epictetus written down by his pupil Arrian around 10...

Epictetus was a Greek Stoic philosopher. He was born into slavery at Hierapolis, Phrygia (present-day Pamukkale, Turkey) and lived in Rome until his banishment, when he went to Nicopolis in northwestern Greece for the rest of his life. His teachings were noted down and published by his pupil Arrian in his Discourses. The Discourses are a series of informal lectures by the Stoic philosopher Epictetus written down by his pupil Arrian around 10...

Moral Letters to Lucilius also known as the Moral Epistles and Letters from a Stoic, is a collection of 124 letters that Seneca the Younger wrote at the end of his life, during his retirement, after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for more than ten years. They are addressed to Lucilius Junior, the then procurator of Sicily, who is known only through Seneca's writings. Regardless of how Seneca and Lucilius actually corresponded, it is clear ...

Five Books in One! This collection combines five of Bertrand Russell's most recognized works into one convenient volume. Included in this book:The Problems of Philosophy The Analysis of Mind Why Men Fight Free Thought and Official Propaganda Political Ideals In The Problems of Philosophy, Bertrand Russell attempts to create a brief and accessible guide to the problems of philosophy. He introduces philosophy as a repeating series of (failed) ...

Arrowsmith tells the story of bright and scientifically minded Martin Arrowsmith of Elk Mills, Winnemac, as he makes his way from a small town in the Midwest to the upper echelons of the scientific community at a prestigious foundation in New York City. Along the way he begins medical school. He becomes engaged to one woman, cheats on her with another woman, becomes engaged to the second woman and then finally invites both women to a lunch to ...

Eager to leave his job as a tour guide in Zimbabwe, international vagabond Anthony Cade meets by chance an old acquaintance who offers him a small sum to dispatch a few errands in England. Ensuing events find Cade at a weekend party at Chimneys, the historic home of Lord Caterham, when a murder occurs. As much a murder mystery as it is a treasure hunt, the tale is chockfull of impersonators, inspectors, riddles, and intrigue. The Secret of Chi...

When the Duke of Avon encounters a mistreated young boy on the streets of Paris, he employs the lad as his page. As the duke's closest friends ponder his actions, the precocious Léon soon becomes the talk of the aristocracy. Léon cannot believe his good fortune after being saved from a brutal beating by his older brother. He follows the duke around like a loyal puppy, a constant source of amusement for the duke, who is seen by himself-and by s...

The Yellow Snake" is an entertaining and breathtaking 1926 thriller by the master of mystery Edgar Wallace. Fing-Su is a graduate of Oxford and head of the dread Society of the Joyful Hands, which he leads in his quest to dominate the world. The name "Yellow Snake" was bestowed on him by his opponent, Clifford Lynne. A bit more practical than Fu Manchu, Fing-Su employs terrestrial strategies like blackmail, bribery, and kidnapping to further h...

The first of Sinclair Lewis's great successes, Main Street shattered the sentimental American myth of happy small-town life with its satire of narrow-minded provincialism. Reflecting his own unhappy childhood in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, Lewis's sixth novel attacked the conformity and dullness he saw in midwestern village life. Young college graduate Carol Milford moves from the city to tiny Gopher Prairie after marrying the local doctor, and tr...

Unravelled Knots, created by Baroness Orczy, author of the famous Scarlet Pimpernel series, contains thirteen short stories about Bill Owen, aka The Old Man in the Corner, Orzy's armchair detective who solves crimes for his own entertainment. It has been twenty years since Polly Burton last saw the Teahouse Detective, but one foggy afternoon she stumbles into a Fleet Street café and chances upon the cantankerous sleuth again. The years have n...

Two most empowering books by Neville in one volume: Feeling Is the Secret The Power of Awareness Your thoughts shape your life, create your reality, and ultimately limit or expand your true potential. Everything from relationships and love, to health and well-being, to wealth and prosperity are directly connected to how you think and what you think about most of the time. For better or for worse. A quick and easy read, Feeling is the Secr...

A group of soldiers travel by train across the United States in the aftermath of the First World War. One of them is horribly scarred, blind and almost entirely mute. Moved by his condition, a few civilian fellow travellers decided to see him home to Georgia, to a family who believed him dead, and a fiancée who grew tired of waiting. Faulkner's first novel deals powerfully with lives blighted by war.

Two books by Neville in one volume Your Faith Is Your Fortune This book reveals the important spiritual messages that can be found in the major stories of the Bible. According to Neville, these Bible stories are not historical. If understood correctly, they are meant as tools for the inner transformation of the reader. Neville expresses God as our awareness of being and we should look within and utilize the power we have to overcome every ...