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Beowulf
by Francis Barton GummereBeowulf is an epic poem considered as a remarkable Anglo-Saxon literature written in old English by unknown author and has been translated by Francis Barton Gummere. This poem narrates the rise and fall of Beowulf who hails from Greats, a tribal kingdom. Beowulf encounters three battles named Grendel, Grendel's mother and The dragon against supe..
An English Grammar
by William Malone BaskervillAn English Grammar is a text book of spell check for the use of high school, academy and college classes co-authored by William Malone Baskervill and James Witt Sewell. William Malone Baskervill was working at Vanderbilt University as professor of English Language at literature. James Witt Sewell was working at Hume-Fogg High School as professor of..
Orthodoxy
by G. K. ChestertonOrthodoxy is a Christian apologetics written by Gilbert Keith Chesterton, an English writer and Christian apologist. His multifaceted talents made him as a philosopher, lay theologian, journalist, poet, literary critic and orator, with his notable writings of The Everlasting Man, The Innocence of Father Brown, Eugenics and Other Evils, and Manalive..
Historic Oddities And Strage Events
by Sabine Baring GouldHistoric Oddities And Strange Events is written by Sabine Baring Gould, a British author and antiquarian whose notable works include The Lives of the Saints, Devil's Punch Bowl and The Book of Were-Wolves. This book explores those historic odds and strange events which were failed to be recorded in antique and historical works, due to many reaso..
The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy
by William JamesThe Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy is written by William James, an American author celebrated as "Father of American psychology", contributed the literary world with his notable works such as The Principles of Psychology, Essays in Radical Empiricism, and A Pluralistic Universe. This book is a collection of his ten popul..
Cicero's Tusculan Disputations
by Marcus Tullius CiceroTusculan Disputations is an attempt to popularize, stoic philosophy written by Marcus Tullius Cicero, a Roman Philosopher remembered as the one of the greatest orators of Rome. His literary contributions of speeches and Philosophy works include On the Republic, On the Laws, On Academic Skepticism, In Defense of Titus Annius Milo and On the response..
Bushido, the Soul of Japan
by Inazo NitobeBushido, the Soul of Japan is a classic text written by Inazo Nitobé, A Japanese writer and economist of the per-World War- II period. In spite of his origin, he wrote the books in English and later it was translated to Japanese. This book is a study of the way of the samurai written while Japan undergone from its traditional style to a modern n..
Old-Time Nautical Instruments
by John H. RobinsonOld Time Nautical Instruments is an exploration of nautical instruments used by Voyagers and explorers like Columbus. This book is compiled by John H. Robinson, Curator of the Marine Room, Peabody Museum, Salem. This book contains illustrative images of nautical instruments of Sixteenth Century to seventeenth century. Some of the instruments which ..