United Holdings Group: 47 books

The Symposium is a philosophical dialogue written by Plato sometime after 385 BC. It is a discussion on the nature of love, taking the form of a group of speeches, both satirical and serious, given by a group of men at a symposium or a wine drinking gathering at the house of the tragedian Agathon at Athens.

2 B R 0 2 B was written by Kurt Vonnegut and first published in 1962. 2 B R 0 2 B is a science fiction short story by Kurt Vonnegut, originally published in the pulp digest magazine Worlds of If Science Fiction, January 1962. The title is pronounced "2 B R naught 2 B" and refers to the telephone number...

Bel Ami was written by Guy De Maupassant and first published in 1885. This classic story of a ruthlessly ambitious young man (Georges Duroy, christened "Bel-Ami" by his female admirers) making it to the top in fin-de-sihcle Paris. It is a novel about money, sex, and power, set against the background...

Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays was written by Bertrand Russell and first published in 1918. The book is focused on essays on philosophy, religion, science, and mathematics.

Anthem was written by Ayn Rand and first published in 1938. In Anthem, Rand examines a frightening future in which individuals have no name, no independence, and no values. Equality 7-2521 lives in the dark ages of the future where all decisions are made by committee, all people live in collectives,...

A Journey to the Center of the Earth is a classic novel written by Jules Venre and published in 1871. As irascible scholar Professor Lidenbrock pores over a rare Icelandic tome, he discovers a scrap of parchment with cryptic writing tucked away between the ancient pages. And when his nephew, Axel, finally...

Main Street was written by Sinclair Lewis and first published in 1920. In this classic Sinclair Lewis shattered the sentimental American myth of happy small-town life with its satire. Main Street attacks the conformity and dullness of early 20th Century mid western village life in the story of Carol...

Back to the Stone Age was written by Edgar Rice Burroughs and first published in 1937. The fifth installment of Edgar Rice Burroughss Pellucidar series, Back to the Stone Age recounts the strange adventures of Lieutenant von Horst, a member of the original crew that sailed to Pellucidar with Jason Gridley...

Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow is a classic satire written by Jerome K. Jerome and first published in 1886. This book is different that most fiction written and offers readers a great change in mind, mode, and attitude.

Business Hints for Men and Women is an American classic written by Alfred Rochefort Calhoun. Business Hints For Everyone is a set of laws for success in enterprise undertakings. The book lays out the laws of business and work as previously unknown to many people. The book was written for very level of...

Before Adam is a classic story written by Jack London and first publushed in 1907. A young man in modern America is terrorized by visions of an earlier, primitive life. Across the enormous chasm of thousands of centuries, his consciousness has become entwined with that of Big-Tooth, an ancestor living...

(The) Apology (of Socrates) is Plato's version of the speech given by Socrates as he defends himself against the charges of being a man "who corrupted the young, did not believe in the gods, and created new deities". "Apology" here has its earlier meaning (now usually expressed by the word "apologia")...

Eugenics and Other Evils was written by G. K. Chesterton and first published in 1917. G. K. Chesterton was an early critic of the philosophy of eugenics, expressing this opinion in his book, Eugenics and Other Evils. Its advocates regarded eugenics as a social philosophy for the improvement of human...

Mr. Icky is a classic story written by Francis Scott Fitzgerald and first published in 1922. This has the distinction of being the only magazine piece ever written in a New York hotel. Download and capture the New York energy in this riveting classic.