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Born in Calcutta in 1811, William Makepeace Thackeray's earliest works were sharp satirical barbs written under a variety of pen names. After struggling through a rocky start as an author, Thackeray would go on to write several well-loved novels, including Vanity Fair, The Luck of Barry Lyndon, and Catherine....

Mary Elizabeth Braddon's Run to Earth is a murder mystery that relentlessly ratchets up the suspense, leaving readers guessing until the very last page. Maritime trader Valentine Jernham finds himself at the center of a nefarious plot with ripples that fan out to touch dozens of people spanning all strata of society.

Though acclaimed romance novelist Charlotte M. Brame penned hundreds of short stories and book-length tales over the course of her illustrious literary career, fans and critics alike regard Dora Thorne as her most popular creation. This epic tale centers around romance that blooms among partners of different...

Take a trip back in time with acclaimed action-adventure master H. Rider Haggard. In Red Eve, Haggard sets a suspenseful love story against some of the most dramatic events in history, including the devastation wrought by the Black Plague. Will dashing protagonist Hugh de Cressi survive long enough to live happily ever after with his true love?

Irish-born philosopher George Berkeley developed a radical theory of human knowledge that he called "immaterialism." Put simply, it was Berkeley's belief that most objects that the human mind perceives as real do not actually exist. Following the back-and-forth conversational style of Socrates, Berkeley sets forth his innovative ideas in dialogue form in this text.

Acclaimed Irish master of gothic horror Sheridan Le Fanu adds a little something to appeal to every reader in this atmospheric, suspenseful novel that is an expanded version of one of his earlier short stories, a tale that some critics regard as having been an influence Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre....

A debutante hailing from an aristocratic family in the Northeastern United States, Beatrice Lansell fills her days with coquetry, leisure and meaningless flirtations, but she has never found true love. Her family is pressing her to accept the marriage offer of a wealthy Englishman, but the staunchly...

Maud Florence Nellie Whittaker is a defiantly spirited little girl who tends to wreak havoc wherever she goes. When Maud is sent to spend some time with her aunt, Mrs. Warren, in the quiet countryside, the peace and solitude turn out to be exactly what she needs.

Many historical treatments of witchcraft tend to be somewhat sensationalistic and cartoonish. Not so with Wallace Notestein's measured, intellectual take on the subject in A History of Witchcraft in England, which offers not only a thorough historical narrative, but also puts the practice into social and political context.

What Do You Want Most? Is It Money, Fame, Power, Contentment, Personality, Peace of Mind, Happiness? The Thirteen Steps to Riches described in this book offer the shortest dependable philosophy of individual achievement ever presented for the benefit of the man or woman who is searching for a definite...

The Science of Getting Rich is the best known work from pioneering self-help and success writer, Wallace D. Wattles. With these principles and methods, which he developed from his own study and experimentation, Wattles shows others how they too can become wealthy. His daughter Florence wrote of Wattles...

The poetry of Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931), a Lebanese-American writer, is the third best-selling in the world, after Shakespeare and Laozi. Much of his work deals with Christianity and spiritual love, and is popularly read at important events such as marriages. His work is considered a source of wisdom.

The work of James Weldon Johnson (1871 - 1938) inspired and encouraged the artists of the Harlem Renaissance,a movement in which he himself was an important figure. Johnson was active in almost every aspect of American civil life and became one of the first African-American professors at New York University....

The West's first encounters with the folk tales and myths of the East proved to be a heady experience, as they were based on an entirely different value system and worldview than those that are reflected in the Greek myths and most subsequent Western folk tales. In Myths and Legends of China, author...