Positivism was developed by Auguste Comte (widely regarded as the first sociologist) in the middle of the 19th century. According to Auguste Comte, society undergoes three different phases in its quest for the truth: the theological, the metaphysical and the positive phases.

PLATO (428/427 bc - 348/347 bc), was a Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the western world.

THE SECRET ADVERSARY is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie. The book introduces the characters of Tommy and Tuppence who feature in three other Christie books and one collection of short stories written throughout her writing career.

Karl Marx was a 19th-century philosopher, political economist, sociologist, humanist, political theorist and revolutionary.

Large print edition, with easy-to-read text, of Dickens's classic Christmas short stories.

Elizabeth Gaskell's two short novels in one volume!

Includes stories by Edgar Allan Poe, Guy de Maupassant and Leonid Andreyev.

Large print edition, with easy-to-read text, of Edgeworth's classic work.

Special Large Print edition, with easy to read text, of E. M. Forster's classic work.

Large print edition, with easy-to-read text, of Harte's classic work.