Pandora S Box: 139 books

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, musician and travel writer. His most famous works are "Treasure Island" (1883), "Kidnapped" (1886) and "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1886). Stevenson also wrote several fascinating...

"The Prophet" is a book of 26 poetic essays written in English by the Lebanese artist, philosopher and writer Khalil Gibran. It was originally published in 1923 and it is Gibran's best known work. "The Prophet" has been translated into every major language. The prophet Al-Mustafa...

"A Message to Garcia" is one of the most widely read inspirational stories of all time. Since it's publication it has sold more than 40 million copies. This is the touching story of an American soldier who must get a message through enemy lines to General Garcia. The lessons contained within...

Edith Nesbit (1858-1924) was an English author and poet. Most famous as a children’s book writer who influenced J. K. Rowling, C. S. Lewis, and P. L. Travers, Edith Nesbit has a second, darker reputation as the writer of some of the English language’s most powerful supernatural horror. Nesbit’s...

Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951) was an English short story writer and novelist, one of the most prolific writers of ghost stories in the history of the genre. He was also a journalist and a broadcasting narrator. S. T. Joshi has stated that “his work is more consistently meritorious than any weird...

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world’s best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the 20th century critics...

A landmark anthology of the masterpieces of Greek drama, featuring all-new, highly accessible translations of some of the world’s most beloved plays, including Agamemnon, Prometheus Bound, Bacchae, Electra, Medea, Antigone, and Oedipus the King. The great plays of Ancient Greece are among the most...

Francis Marion Crawford (1854-1909) was an American writer and historian noted for his many novels, especially those set in Italy, and for his classic weird and fantastic stories. H. Russell Wakefield, in an essay on ghost stories, called Crawford’s “The Upper Berth” (1886) the “very best...

"The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" is a Christmas Classic written in 1816, by E. T. A. Hoffmann on which the famous ballet "The Nutcracker" is based. In the story young Marie Stahlbaum's favorite Christmas toy, the Nutcracker, comes alive and, after defeating the evil Mouse King...

Timeless tales of inspiration and enlightenment In ancient Greece, a storyteller named Aesop captivated his listeners with tales both beautiful and instructive. Thousands of years later, his fables—from “The Ant and the Grasshopper” to “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” to “The Goose That Laid the...

In Agatha Christie’s short story, “The Cornish Mystery,” Poirot is asked to help a Cornwall woman who believes she is being poisoned by her husband. When Poirot and Hastings visit her home, they are shocked to find she has died. But is it really her husband who did the poisoning?

In The Canterbury Tales Chaucer created one of the great touchstones of English literature, a masterly collection of chivalric romances, moral allegories and low farce. A story-telling competition between a group of pilgrims from all walks of life is the occasion for a series of tales that range from...

William Walker Atkinson's "Thought Vibration or The Law of Attraction in the Thought World" is a classic treatise of new age philosophy. Atkinson examines the nature of mental thought and its power to affect ones life in a thought-provoking discourse that elucidates the power of positive...

Benjamin 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" was an essay written by Benjamin Franklin in 1758. He was on a journey to England and resented the time wasted waiting for the ship to...