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Margaret Oliphant (1828-1897) was a prolific Scottish writer who wrote romance novels with strong female characters. She was quite prolific and also published works in other genres such as historical fiction and stories dealing with the supernatural.   In He That Will Not When He May Oliphant...

In 1707 the three kingdoms of England, Ireland, and Scotland united to form Great Britain. "One of the most astonishing transformations in European history," in the words of historian Simon Schama. In A Short History of England, Ireland, and Scotland Mary Platt Parmele traces the origins and...

"The soldier is unknown often to his closest companions. He loses them in the disorienting smoke and confusion of a battle which he is fighting, so to speak, on his own." Although not much is known of his life, Colonel Ardant du Picq (1821 – 1870) 's small corpus of writings has earned him...

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."  Genesis is the first book of the Old Testament. In Hebrew it is called ‘Bereshith,’ “in the beginning,” from the initial words of the text. The first eleven chapters deal with the creation of the world, the Fall of Man and the...

The concept of Germany as a distinct region in central Europe can be traced to Julius Caesar, who referred to the unconquered area east of the Rhine as Germania, thus distinguishing it from Gaul (France), which he had conquered. The victory of the Germanic tribes in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest...

“It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld my man completed ..." The summer of 1816 was by all accounts a cold and wet one. After the April 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora on the island of Sumbawa, part of what is now Indonesia, global temperatures dropped and a rainy, monsoon-like...

“Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labour the body.” - Seneca. Peace of Mind (De Tranquillitate Animi) is a dialogue written by Seneca the Younger during the years 49 to 62 A.D. It concerns the state of mind of Seneca's friend Annaeus Serenus, and how to cure Serenus of anxiety,...

Alexander Burnes was a British adventurer and employee of the East India Company during the Great Game era of the 19th Century. He spoke Hindi and Persian and was nicknamed 'Bokhara Burnes' for his role in establishing contact with and exploring Bokhara, which made him famous. He was rumored to be...

“True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.” - Socrates. Two centuries before the Stoics lived The Sophists, star philosophers who roamed Athens during the fifth century B.C. commanding large fees for speaking and private lessons. They offered practical education, speculation...

First published in 1914, Jean Lang’s A Book of Myths is a foundational work of modern anthropology covering in breathless style a pantheon of Western mythological figures, ranging from ancient Greece to medieval Scandinavia. In a relaxed, easily readable style, Lang re-tells the big familiar stories...

“And I saw the wild beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to wage war against the one seated on the horse and against his army..." (Revelation 19: 19-20.)  Five more versions of the apocalyptic classic and a dazzling chapter and verse analysis from Joseph Benson....

The Consolation of Philosophy has been described as the single most important and influential work in the West on Medieval and early Renaissance Christianity, and is also the last great Western work of the Classical Period. Written while Boethius was in prison awaiting execution, The Consolation...

“A man’s way of doing things is the direct result of the way he thinks about things.” - Wallace D. Wattles. First published in 1910, The Science of Getting Rich has never been out of print.  In his classic study, American New Thought pioneer Wallace Wattles outlines a simple...