Mr. Edward Arnold's New and Popular Books showcases a diverse collection of literary works that cater to a wide range of readers. The selection includes both fiction and non-fiction, featuring renowned authors and emerging voices. Each book is carefully curated to ensure quality and relevance, making it an essential resource for bibliophiles and casual readers alike. The catalog reflects the literary trends of its time, offering insights into the cultural and intellectual currents that sha...

The Gita is talk between prince Arjuna and his and charioteer Krishna. At the start of the Dharma Yudhha (righteous war) between the Pandavas and Kauravas, Arjuna is filled with great moral dilemma and despair about the violence and death the war will cause in the battle against his own kin. He wonders if he should renounce and seeks Krishna's counsel, whose answers constitute the Bhagavad Gita.Krishna counsels Arjuna to "fulfill his Kshatriya (warrior) duty to uphold the Dharma" t...

A classic study of how Stoicism developed and was practiced during the height of Roman power. Written by Edward Vernon Arnold, this work traces Stoic thought as it moved from Greek origins into the political, social, and moral realities of Roman life.Rather than presenting Stoicism as a purely theoretical system, Arnold shows how it functioned as a lived philosophy, one shaped by public service, imperial authority, exile, suffering, and personal discipline. The ide...

The world-religions -- Heraclitus and Socrates -- The Academy and the Porch -- The preaching of Stoicism -- The Stoic sect in Rome -- Of reason and speech -- The foundations of physics -- The universe -- The supreme problems -- Religion -- The kingdom of the soul -- The law for humanity -- Daily duties -- Sin and weakness -- Counsels of perfection -- Stoicism in Roman history and literature -- The Stoic strain in Christianity -- Bibliography.

Mastering Systems Thinking Bundle, 2 in 1 Bundle: Learn To Think in Systems and Systems Thinking Made SimpleElevate your problem-solving skills with the Mastering Systems Thinking Bundle, featuring two transformative audiobooks: Learn To Think in Systems and Systems Thinking Made Simple.Learn To Think in Systems: Mastering the Art of Dynamic Thinking for Complex Challenges takes you on a journey into the intricacies of systems thinking, equipping you with the tools needed t...

An author’s talents may seem obvious and indisputable as they move words and ideas into gathered phrases and stories.But where do these ideas and stories come from? A lonely thought that suddenly gathers form? An inspiration from a Muse? A suggestion from an everyday event?Perhaps in the case of their darker, more malevolent stories, other forces are at work. They help to nourish single words into sentences and paragraphs that ease themselves from the shadows and are sudden...

Collections of sermons by noted preachers of different periods are not an altogether uncommon contribution to literature. Italy, Germany, Holland, France, Great Britain and the United States have in this way furnished copious illustrations of the gifts of their illustrious preachers. Such treasures are found in the Latin and even in the Greek Church. Protestant communions especially, in line with the supreme significance which they attach to the work of the pulpit, have thus sought to magn...

The eleventh month of the Gregorian year brings the change from Autumn into Winter. Landscapes are scrubbed of colour and all their frills, the statued forms of trees are the grammar, the structure of her ways. Days shorten, nights lengthen and for our classic poets there is work to be done.Across fifty poems our classic poets including Matthew Arnold, Thomas Hardy, Herman Melville, Anna Laetitia Barbauld and Alice Guerin Crist illuminate the month, the natural world and the human ...

This book contains70 short storiesfrom 10 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. The stories were carefully selected by the criticAugust Nemo, in a collection that will please theliterature lovers. For more exciting titles, be sure to check out our 7 Best Short Stories and Essential Novelists collections. This book contains: Sheridan Le Fanu: - Carmilla - Green Tea - Mr. Justice Harbottle - The Familiar - The Room in the Dragon Volant - Jim Sulivan's Adventures in the Great Snow - ...

In the Dawn of Science Fiction: 22 Groundbreaking Novels charts the formative centuries of speculative narrative, gathering Gothic experiment, satirical voyage, technological romance, dystopian prophecy, lost-world adventure, and cosmic fantasy. Its works trace science fiction's emergence from Enlightenment irony and nineteenth-century industrial wonder into a modern literature attentive to invention, empire, social organization, and humanity's place in an expanding universe. Tales of arti...

This book contains 350 short stories from 50 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. Wisely chosen by the literary critic August Nemo for the book series 7 Best Short Stories, this omnibus contains the stories of the following writers: - Sheridan Le Fanu - H. and E. Heron - Charlotte Riddell - Flora Annie Steel - Amelia B. Edwards - Margaret Oliphant - Edward Bellamy - Arnold Bennett - S. Baring-Gould - Daniil Kharms - E.F. Benson - John Buchan - Ella D'Arcy - Jacques Futrelle - Fra...

Searching for connection, a young man embarks on a series of relationships. He experiences the highs of falling in love and the lows of heartbreak, including an unexpected twist in his marriage. Determined to move forward, he builds a new life and a career, only to find himself drawn to a younger generation. This exploration of love, loss, and self-discovery unfolds against the backdrop of a college setting.