James Fenimore Cooper was a 19th century writer known for his historical romances and stories of the sea. His Leatherstocking tales including the novel ...

My readers have opportunities of judging for themselves whether the influences and tendencies which I distrust in America, have any existence not in my ...

John Dewey was a 20th century philosopher, psychologist and education reformer. Dewey was one of the founders of the philosophical school of Pragmatism. ...

I cannot banish the scenes and characters of this book from my memory. To me it can never appear like an amusing fable, or lose its interest and importance. ...

Jules Verne (February 8, 1828-March 24, 1905) was a French writer. He is best know for his science-fiction novels such as Twenty Thousand Leagues Under ...

It is a great pleasure to tell how I served my apprenticeship as a business man. But there seems to be a question preceding this: Why did I become a business ...

Andrew White was a diplomat, scholar and author. He is best known for founding Cornell University. This work begins by discussion France in 1789 when ...

What a wonderful funny book about a little boy growing up in Tennessee. Frances Calhoun wrote in the conversational southern language of the early 20th ...

Bertrand Russell, a Welsh atheist, wore many hats including philosopher, historical, logician, mathematician, and social reformist. In 1950 he won a Nobel ...