The game of life and how to play it

by Florence Scovel Shinn

Most people consider life a battle, but it is not a battle, it is a game.

Imitation of Christ

by Thomas à Kempis, Jérôme de Gonnelieu

"Whoever follows Me will not walk in darkness," says the Lord.

Bible

by Bible

Genesis appropriately stands as the first book of the OT and serves as an essential introduction to the whole Bible.

Mein Kampf

by Adolf Hitler

I dag ser jeg det som et lykketreff at skjebnen ville at jeg skulle bli født nettopp i Braunau am Inn.

Essays

by Francis Bacon

1579 February. His father dies, and (in June) he returns to England.

The science of getting rich, or, financial success through c...

by Wallace D. Wattles, Ruth L Miller

WHATEVER may be said in praise of poverty, the fact remains that it is not possible to live a really complete or success...

Meditations

by Marcus Aurelius

1. From* my grandfather Venus:* the lesson of noble character and even temper.

Works [37 plays, 6 poems, sonnets]

by William Shakespeare

THIS play, indisputably one of the earliest complete productions of Shakespeare's mind, was first printed in the folio o...

Leaves of Grass

by Walt Whitman

HEAVE the anchor short!

The Art of War

by 孙武, Stephen F. Kaufman

ACCORDING TO AN OLD STORY, a lord of ancient China once asked his physician, a member of a family of healers, which of t...

The master key system in twenty-four parts with questionnair...

by Charles F. Haanel, Ruth L. Miller

It is my privilege to enclose herewith Week One of The Master Key System.

Записки изъ подполья

by Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский

Part I bears the subtitle 'The Underground', to which is appended an explanatory note from Dostoevsky himself: Both the ...

Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

1801 - I have just returned from a visit to my landlord - the solitary neighbour that I shall be troubled with.

The Poems of Emily Dickinson Volume II

by Emily Dickinson

Success is counted sweetest By those who ne'er succeed.

Мы

by Евгений Иванович Замятин

I shall simply copy, word for word, the proclamation that appeared today in the One State Gazette: The building of the I...

The complete poetical works

by Robert Burns

MY loved, my honoured, much respected friend!

Camino de perfección [por] Santa Teresa de Jesús

by Teresa of Avila, E. Allison Peers

Of the reason which moved me to found this convent in such strict observance.

Misal diario y vesperal

by Catholic Church

Revelations of divine love, recorded by Julian, anchoress at...

by Julian of Norwich, Warrack, Grace Harriet, 1855-1932

This first chapter tells of the number of the revelations particularly.

A Woman After God's Own Heart®

by Elizabeth George