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"R.A. Nicholson's Mystics of Islam was the first book in the West to offer a lucid and sympathetic picture of Islamic mysticism, and I believe that many scholars and lay people have received their first introduction to the spiritual aspects of Islam as a result of having read this modest, yet...

First published in 1866, 'Little Foxes' is a form of self-help book by renowned author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Organised into seven different sections including 'Irritability', 'Self-Will' and 'Intolerance', a wealth of advice is given as to how to oppose and avoid negative and self-destructive...

The Rockspur Eleven: A Fine Football Story for Boys by Burt L. Standish

SEVERAL years ago circumstances thrust me into a position in which it became possible for the friend who figures in these pages as Godfrey Loring to do me a favor. He, being both wise and kindly, never misses a good chance to put another under obligations. He did me the favor. I gratefully, if...

A look back at prominent women of history, their power, their elegance, their beauty, and role in history.

The understanding of how Jesus Christ, who was conceived by a virgin, impregnated by the Holy Ghost become the seed of Abraham will surely open us up to the reality of how we who are not Israelites at all become the Seed of Abraham.This book is designed to bring a perfect understanding on how...

William's natural desire to do the right thing leads him into serious trouble, as usual, and when blackmail and kidnapping are involved, it's no surprise. Even when he turns over a new leaf, the consequences are dire. But it's his new neighbour, Violet Elizabeth Bott, who really causes chaos –...

The Sun Also Rises is a 1926 novel by American writer Ernest Hemingway that portrays American and British expatriates who travel from Paris to the Festival of San Fermín in Pamplona to watch the running of the bulls and the bullfights.

A. D. 10,000. An old man, more than six hundred years of age, was walking with a boy through a great museum. The people who were moving around them had beautiful forms, and faces which were indescribably refined and spiritual. “Father,” said the boy, “you promised to tell me to-day about the...

Elisabeth Sanxay Holding (1889–1955) was an American novelist and short story writer. She primarily authored fiction in the hardboiled subgenre of detective novels.