Our thoughts create our actions, and our actions create our lives. By changing the way we think, we can find greater happiness and success. This little book explains how.
Uncluttered by the complexities of plot and character that daunt so many readers of the longer Russian masterpieces, Tolstoy's tales illumine eternal truths with forceful brevity. While inspired by the sense of spiritual certainty, their narrative quality, subtle humor, and visionary power lift them far above the common run of "religious" literature. Moralists purport to tell us what our lives should mean, and how we should live them. Tolstoy,...
On Duties was written in October-November of 44 B.C. during Cicero's last year at age sixty-two in an attempt to define the ideals of public behavior. Active in politics, the practical philosopher tried to prevent revolutionary forces from taking control of the Roman Republic. Despite his efforts, the republican system failed to revive even upon the assassination of Caesar, and Cicero was himself assassinated shortly thereafter. Fortunately, h...
When the famous hunter Sanger Rainsford is stranded on an island in the Caribbean, he soon learns to his horror which prey is the most dangerous game. "The Most Dangerous Game" been often collected in anthologies, often referenced in writing manuals, and adapted for the big screen more than a dozen times. This collection also includes Hemingway's "The Killers, " Saki's "Sredni Vashtar, " London's "To Build a Fire, " "The Occurrence at Owl Cree...
This volume brings together two of T. S. Eliot's powerful collections into one. It includes such classic poems as "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, " "Portrait of a Lady, " "Preludes, " "Gerontion, " and "Sweeney Among the Nightingales.
Followers of the New Thought movement of the early 20th century vehemently believed in the concept of "mind over matter, " and one of the most influential thinkers of this early "New Age" philosophy promises here, in this 1906 book, to show you how to harness the extraordinary mental powers you already possess.
The passionate confessions of a suffering soul, the brutal self-loathing of a tormented man, the scathing scorn of an alienated antihero who has become one of the greatest figures in all literature. Notes from Underground, published in 1864, introduces the moral, political, and social ideas Dostoevsky later explores in such masterpieces as Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, and The Brothers Karamazov.
The first-rate collection includes "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, " "Bobok, " "The Christmas Tree and the Wedding, " and five other short masterpieces.
This book contains a series of entertaining and true stories about the intelligence and instincts of animals. Included are stories about horses, beavers, ants, elephants, sheep and goats, cats, lions and tigers, swallows, pigeons, salmon, baboons, and monkeys. The narrator also tells stories of one species of animal caring for helpless members of an entirely different species.
In this novel of the further adventures of David Balfour, our hero continues his friendship with Alan Breck Stewart, supports the cause of the Scottish highlanders, travels abroad to complete his education, and finds romance.
Adam Smith has rightly been called the father of free-market economics. The great statesman Edmund Burke said that The Wealth of Nations may have been the most important book ever written. The philosopher David Hume was also lavish in his praise for the work. Modern economist Todd G. Buchholz has added this assessment: "But is it a good book? Not only is it a good book, it is a great one. With the hubris that goaded Gods into striking down Gre...
This book is a must-have for all students of American history and its political system. The first volume of this exceptional set was originally published in 1835, with the second volume being published in 1840, and it has remained in print ever since. President Woodrow Wilson wrote that Tocqueville's work was "possibly without rival." Lord Bryce wrote with high praise of "the elegance and refinement of Tocqueville's reasoning." And historian...
The wisdom, poetic outlook, and deep humanity for which Gibran's best-known work, The Prophet, is famous are also amply present in The Forerunner, published just three years earlier. Heartfelt and compassionate, it is a memorable, internationally acclaimed collection of 24 morality tales dealing with universal human concerns.
This novella, first published in 1846, deals with the internal struggle of its main character, "our hero" Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin (which means "naked" or "insignificant.") The narrator depicts a man whose life and reputation are threatened by the appearance of a double of himself, who tries to claim his position in the Russian bureaucracy and social circle.
The facts and circumstances relating to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, including those relating to intelligence agencies, law enforcement agencies, diplomacy, immigration issues and border control, the flow of assets to terrorist organizations, commercial aviation, the role of congressional oversight and resource allocation, and other areas determined relevant by the Commission.
Executive summary of the facts and circumstances relating to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, including those relating to intelligence agencies, law enforcement agencies, diplomacy, immigration issues and border control, the flow of assets to terrorist organizations, commercial aviation, the role of congressional oversight and resource allocation, and other areas determined relevant by the Commission.
