Mvp: 66 books

Learn the real secrets to living a successful life in Wallace D. Wattles' precursor to "The Science of Getting Rich" series. This practical guide is short and to-the-point and lays out the basic concepts of self-improvement, in a simple, easy-to-understand format that anyone can follow.

The Pit and the Pendulum" is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1842. The story is about the torments endured by a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition, though Poe skews historical facts. The narrator of the story is deemed guilty for an unnamed crime and put into...

Reasoning is defined as: The act, process or art of exercising the faculty of reason ;the act or factdty of employing reason in argument; argumentation, ratiocination; reasoning power; disputation, discussion, argumentation. Stewart says: The word reason itself is far from being precise in its meaning....

"Ambition is the spur that makes man struggle with destiny: it is heaven's own incentive to make purpose great, and achievement greater." IN a factory where mariners' compasses are made, the needles, before they are magnetized, will lie in any position, wherever they are placed, but from...

Le troisième et dernier tome de l'épopée de Dante. Béatrice fait passer Dante au Paradis, qui est construit à l'inverse de l'Enfer (neuf cercles concentriques dirigés vers le haut). Ici on croise de nombreux saints. Chaque cercle correspond en fait à un ciel (ciel de la Lune, de Mercure, de...

400 ans après sa parution, ce livre mythique a été élu meilleur livre de l'histoire de la littérature par un jury composé de cent auteurs de renom, de 54 nationalités différentes. Il est difficile de parler de ce livre, tant il est riche et foisonnant : il faut le lire!... Certains qualifient...

This book will be welcomed by those who are square, ambitious and patient. It is not theory. It is not preaching. These chapters will be old friends to you, and you may read a few minutes or a few hours. You may read and re-read as often as you wish, for you will always find some new truth impressed...

La Bhagavad-Gītā est la partie centrale du poème épique Mahābhārata. Ce texte est un des écrits fondamentaux de l'Hindouisme souvent considéré comme un " abrégé de toute la doctrine védique ".

L'action se déroule en Grèce et réunit pour mieux les désunir deux couples de jeunes amants, Lysandre, Démétrius, Hélène et Hermia. Hermia veut épouser Lysandre, mais son père, Égée, la destine à Démétrius, dont est amoureuse Hélèna. Lysandre et Hermia s'enfuient dans la forêt, poursuivis...

Although best known for War and Peace and Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy did not confine his literary talents to voluminous works. He was also a master of the short story and the long story--the particularly Russian form known as povest'. Each of the tales in this collection exhibits the rich detail,...

This tale appeared in the New York Sun in 1844 and claimed a group of men successfully crossed the Atlantic Ocean in a new type of balloon. Although the story looked real, it was completely fiction and created entirely from Poe's imagination.

Orison Swett Marden (1848-1924) was an inspirational American author who wrote on achieving successin life. Marden created SUCCESS magazine in 1897 and his ideas are still sound in modern times

Included: The Motor Maid The Girl Who Had Nothing The Second Latchkey The Castle of Shadows The House by the Lock The Guests of Hercules The Port of Adventure The Brightener The Lion's Mouse The Powers and Maxine

Russell Herman Conwell (February 15, 1843 – December 6, 1925) was an American Baptist minister, orator, philanthropist, lawyer, and writer. He is best remembered as the founder and first president of Temple University in Philadelphia, as the Pastor of The Baptist Temple, and for his inspirational lecture, Acres of Diamonds. He was born in South Worthington, Massachusetts.