Collection: 107 books

What is the origin of the rights of property and how it evolved? Why Rights of Property? “In the joint enterprise of making a living, human beings not only potentiate but they also stimulate one another. The power and the stimulus are often combined, just as some foods furnish at the same time nutrition...

This book presents the effects of tobacco upon smokers; its Physical, Mental and Social Influences. Effects on the Digestive Circulatory and Respiratory Organs; On the Muscular System, On the Senses, On the Voice, On the mind... On the Circulatory Organs. The circulation of the blood...

For centuries the blind were regarded as objects of pity and as unfortunate beings. No interest had been manifested in the education of the blind. This book presents how evolved the situation of the Blinds and the development of their education. Who were the pioneers of this evolution? How was developed the Braille System used by people who are blind or visually impaired?

The Natchez are a tribe of American Indians who lived in the area of the present town of Natchez in Mississippi. The Natchez were people inhabiting that part of America called Florida by the first discoverers. They came originally from Mexico, and closely resembled the Aztecs, both in appearance and...

“There are about forty species of grapes in the world, more than half of which are found in North America. A statement of the difference between European and American grapes shows why American viticulturists are so eager to grow either purebreds from the foreign grape or hybrids with it... The methods...

What is love? It is that powerful attraction towards all that we conceive, or fear, or hope beyond ourselves, when we find within our own thoughts the chasm of an insufficient void, and seek to awaken in all things that are, a community with what we experience within ourselves. If we reason, we would...

Michael Faraday was one of the greatest British discoverers all over the world. Faraday is known for many scientific discoveries that are very useful in the world, such as : Faraday cage - Faraday constant - Faraday cup - Faraday's law of induction - Faraday's laws of electrolysis - Faraday rotator...

Claude Bernard is one of the greatest of all men of science" said a historian of Harvard University. His career is a most interesting and instructive chapter in the history of the progress of physiology and experimental medicine. It is difficult for one who has not followed closely the progress...

Katherine Mansfield’s life was short but her poetry and story deep. All those who saw her say she was beautiful woman. She seems very slender, with a round face, large deep eyes. Like a child — like her stories. All her life (and in her work) she had divided everything into "the loveliness...

Victor Hugo was a great poet, dramatist and romance-writer. The precocious eloquence and ardor of his early works made him famous before his time. That Victor Hugo was one of the greatest poets and writers ever born into the world, anyone of his works would amply suffice to prove. This book presents the story of the life of Victor Hugo and his interesting poems.

This book presents the History of New Zealand : the "Land of the Long White Cloud". New Zealand is an Island country of the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The date of man's arrival in New Zealand is uncertain. All that can be safely asserted is that by the 14th century A.D. Polynesian canoe-men...

This book deals with the antiquities of Mexico (with illustrations). “The Mexican Republic extends from the fifteenth to the thirtieth degree of north latitude, and embraces an area of about 750,000 square miles. It is traversed by the continuation of the Cordillera of South America, here called...

This book is one of the many Islamic publications distributed by Ahlulbayt Organization throughout the world in different languages with the aim of conveying the message of Islam to the people of the world. Ahlulbayt Organization is a registered Organisation that operates and is sustained through...

This book deals with the history of Centenarians and Lessons from their Habits. "... as has been well said, "the harmonious development of the many-sided aspects of man is conducive to health and the prolongation of life," and that there need be no fear of entering heartily and actively,...