Benjamin Franklin: 152 books

EXTRAIT: Ami Lecteur, J’ai ouï dire que rien ne fait autant de plaisir à un auteur, que de voir ses ouvrages cités avec vénération par d’autres savans écrivains. Il m’est rarement arrivé de jouir de ce plaisir ; car, quoique je puisse dire, sans vanité, que, depuis un quart...

EXTRAIT: La première chose qui a fait reconnoître l'Électricité, est la vertu d'attirer que l'on a remarquée en certains corps, après qu'ils ont été frottés. Le premier de tous, dans lequel ont ait observé cette vertu, c'est l'ambre jaune connu des anciens sous le nom d'Electrum;...

Ben Franklin’s writings have inspired millions throughout the years, and his advice on how to earn and save money is timeless. The Way to Wealth is a collection of Franklin’s essays and personal letters on how to make money, start a business, and save for the future. Essays include “Advice to...

Spirito indipendente e rivoluzionario, incarnazione della cultura settecentesca e della morale protestante, Franklin fu un uomo pratico, ma anche un illuminato innovatore, un genio universale di vasta cultura ed equilibrata saggezza. Con la sua Autobiografia ci consegna un documento dalla narrazione...

Franklin’s Autobiography is one of the most famous works in American literature. He started it as a private collection of anecdotes for his son, but soon it was transformed into a work of history, both personal and national, revealing Franklin as the man who, as Herman Melville said, possessed “deep...

A fascinating compilation of weather forecasts, recipes, jokes, and aphorisms, Poor Richard's Almanack debuted in 1732. This new edition presents hundreds of Franklin's maxims, along with selections from the Letters, Autobiography, and Franklin's Way to Wealth. An ideal resource for writers, public...

Décret concernant les Contrefacteurs, rendu le 19 Juillet 1793, l'An 2 de la République. La Convention nationale, après avoir entendu le rapport de son Comité d'instruction publique, décrète ce qui suit: Art. 1. Les Auteurs d'écrits en tout genre, les Compositeurs de Musique, les Peintres et Dessinateurs...

Dr. Franklin, wishing to collect into one piece all the sayings upon the following subjects, which he had dropped in the course of publishing the Almanacks called "Poor Richard," introduces Father Abraham for this purpose. Hence it is, that Poor Richard is so often quoted, and that, in the...

THE customary antithesis between "American" literature and "English" literature is unfortunate and misleading in that it seems to exclude American authors from the noble roll of those who have contributed to the literature of our mother-tongue. Of course, when we consider it carefully we cannot fail...

Compiled and Edited by Charles W. Eliot LL D in 1909, the Harvard Classics is a 51-volume Anthology of classic literature from throughout the history of western civilization. The set is sometimes called "Eliot's Five-Foot Shelf." This e-book is all 51 volumes, the equivalent of over 20,000 printed pages in one e-book. It is fully searchable with a completely linked table of contents.

Collected here in one affordable volume are the most important documents of the United States of America: The Constitution of the United States of America, with the Bill of Rights and all of the Amendments; The Declaration of Independence; and the Articles of Confederation. These three documents are the basis for our entire way of life. Every citizen should have a copy.

“No one bore witness better than Don Whitehead . . . this volume, deftly combining his diary and a previously unpublished memoir, brings Whitehead and his reporting back to life, and 21st-century readers are the richer for it.”—from the Foreword, by Rick Atkinson Winner of two Pulitzer...

For California—Pernambuco—Straits of Magellan—Trading with Patagonians—Their treachery—Four men made prisoners by them—Three escape; the author detained, with promises of release on paying ransom—Indian village—The chief and his household—Eating, sleeping, and adventure in a Patagonian...

From the days of farmer's bartering for bushels of corn to establishing the concept of credit, this practical guide gets at the root of the subject of money: why it exists and, more importantly, what money really is. THE ABC OF MONEY is an undiscovered gem offering a wealth of knowledge and Carnegie's...