First published in 1926, Bertram S. Puckle's "Funeral Customs" is a comprehensive account of traditional funerary traditions and customs throughout history ...

First published in 1916, this volume contains the second volume of Frank Harris's biography "Oscar Wilde - His Life and Confessions". An acquaintance of ...

In 1763, an 11-year-old boy named Thomas Chatterton began publishing mature works of poetry. Before long, he was fooling the literary world by passing ...

"Be Good to Yourself" is a 1910 self-help book by Orison Swett Marden. Dr. Orison Swett Marden (1848-1924) was an American author of inspirational literature. ...

"The Mysterious Key and What It Opened" is a 1867 novel written by Louisa May Alcott. The story revolves around Lillian Trevlyn who, when only a baby, ...

"The Game" is a 1905 novel by Jack London that tells the story of Joe, a twenty-year-old man who participates in boxing matches to make some extra money ...

Flora Annie Steel (1847 – 1929) was an English writer who notably lived in British India for 22 years and is best remembered for her books set or ...

Orison Swett Marden's 1917 self-help book "How to Get What You Want" aims to help the reader change their life to become more fulfilling and successful ...

Originally published in 1923, “The Prophet” is a book containing twenty-six prose fables written by Lebanese-American poet Kahlil Gibran. Al ...

Gibran Khalil Gibran (1883 – 1931) was a Lebanese-American poet, writer, and artist best known as the author of “The Prophet” (1923) ...