In ancient Egypt, the immensely wealthy Roman Publius Sabinus Lucius embarks on a journey through Egypt, traveling up the Nile from Alexandria to Memphis, past the Sphinx and the pyramids of Giza, and eventually beyond the cataracts to Ethiopia. His large entourage includes, among others, his uncle Catullus, who lives off his nephew's fortune; his slave and tutor Thrasyllus; the young African slave Tarra; and the Greek slave Cora. Cora is secretly in love with Lucius, but he does not retur...

It takes a hardy people to survive farming the harsh lands of the French Canadian wilderness, and Maria Chapdelaine must choose either to remain Québécois in this unforgiving land that has broken her heart, or to pursue a softer urban life in foreign New England.French writer Louis Hémon wrote Maria Chapdelaine during the two years he lived in Quebec, and it's based on his experiences working on a farm in the Lac Saint-Jean region where the novel is set. It was his only wo...

Louis Sullivan was one of the most important architects working at the turn of the 20th century. His most well-known work was done in Chicago as part of the firm of Adler and Sullivan, but he also designed well-regarded buildings in cities like Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Buffalo. He has been called both the "father of the skyscraper" and the "father of modernism," as well as being the progenitor of the famous maxim "form follows function."Building in the seething crucible of prog...

A guided descent through the Gothic tradition, beginning with haunted places and psychological unease, moving through vampires and uncanny doubles, and culminating in the genre's most enduring monsters. Included works: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving) — The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe) — The Haunted House (Charles Dickens) — The Canterville Ghost, The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde) — The Turn of the Screw (Henry James) — Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (M...

This incendiary political pamphlet turns the Peace of Paris into a battlefield of reputation, diplomacy, and national loyalty. It opens with the Devonshire instructions, where freeholders claim the right to direct their representatives and demand inquiry into grave public grievances, then follows Dr. Musgrave of Plymouth as he urges an impartial investigation into a hidden national injury. Musgrave says he brought secret intelligence and documents from Paris to Lord Halifax in 1765, only t...

Robert Louis Stevenson emerges here as a writer of uncommon warmth, vitality, and moral force, moving with ease from lyrical celebration to searching reflection. These essays and poems explore memory, beauty, fame, nature, and the hidden life of the mind, while tracing a larger philosophy of joy grounded in simplicity, observation, and courage. Stevenson contrasts the cramped habits of city routine with the liberating pleasures of open air, walking, travel, and the disciplined imagination ...

The Four Corners of Power is a guide to the relationships that shape your life and your leadership. Drawing from an ancient account in the Gospels where four people carried their paralyzed friend and lowered him through a crowded rooftop so he could get help, Louis L. Reed uses that moment as a practical model for how support works in real life. From that scene comes a framework for the four kinds of people every future needs: the Believer who sees your potential, the Reliever who steadies...

Are you tired of feeling overwhelmed by life's unpredictable challenges? Do you want to build an unshakeable foundation that allows you to thrive under pressure, rather than survive?True resilience isn't about avoiding adversity—it's about mastering your internal landscape so you can handle whatever comes your way. This book offers a transformative blueprint for breaking free from stress, cultivating fierce self-discipline, and unlocking your true potential.This is a highly...

Authentic Voice and Speech by Louis Colaianni and Peter Marciano offers a ground breaking, student-centered approach to voice and speech training that celebrates individuality and diversity.This book moves beyond traditional, prescriptive methods to empower readers to embrace their unique voices as reflections of their identity, culture, and personal journey. Drawing inspiration from Kristin Linklater’s transformative teachings, Rosina Lippi-Green’s sociolinguistic insight...

The second volume in this essential library gathers James Joyce's modernist vision, Mark Twain's American wit, Jules Verne's boundless imagination, Robert Louis Stevenson's adventure and suspense, Oscar Wilde's epigrammatic brilliance, and Bram Stoker's gothic terror alongside voices from Tolstoy to Tagore, Stendhal to Sienkiewicz. Ranging from French Enlightenment fiction to Victorian sensation novels, Russian realism to early global literature, this collection widens the canon begun in V...

From Edgar Wallace's relentless pacing to John Buchan's espionage classic The Thirty-Nine Steps, this sweeping collection gathers thirty stories of danger, pursuit, and hidden agendas. Erskine Childers's proto-spy intrigue, Louis Joseph Vance's gentleman-crook capers, Mary Roberts Rinehart's had-I-but-known suspense, and William Le Queux's invasion thrillers sit alongside contributions from Henry Rider Haggard, G. K. Chesterton, and Edgar Rice Burroughs, tracing the suspense and thriller s...

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FAT LOSSThe Science, Psychology, Nutrition, Exercise and Practical Strategies Behind Sustainable Fat LossWhat if successful fat loss was not about finding the perfect diet—but about finally understanding how the whole system works?The Encyclopedia of Fat Loss is a comprehensive guide for anyone who wants to lose body fat, improve their health, become more active, and build results that can actually last.A...