In his seminal work, "Essay on Polygamy," Sereno Edwards Dwight delves into the multifaceted dimensions of polygamous relationships, examining their historical, moral, and social implications. Written in a reflective and analytical style, this essay is a product of its 19th-century context, marked by burgeoning debates surrounding marriage and familial structures. Dwight employs a methodical approach, intertwining empirical observations with ethical considerations, making the text both inf...

In the Breakers series, humanity faces not one apocalypse, but two: first a lethal pandemic, then a war against those who made the virus. This collection includes the first three books and is over 1000 pages (350,000 words) of post-apocalyptic survival.BREAKERS (Book 1)In New York, Walt Lawson is about to lose his girlfriend Vanessa. In Los Angeles, Raymond and Mia James are about to lose their house. Within days, none of it will matter. A plague tears acro...

In the year 2010, an alien virus nearly wiped out the human race. A thousand years later, mankind has recovered and ventured into space. There has been no sign of the aliens since. Humanity remains confined to the Solar System.All that is about to change.Mazzy Webber is a lowly janitor on a third-rate cargo ship. Deeply in debt, when his captain decides to turn pirate, he leaps at the chance.A modern Robin Hood—minus the part where he gives back to the poor—Webber l...

“A TOUR DE FORCE . . . London tracks the history of the English capital from the days of the Celts until the present time. . . . Breathtaking.”—The Orlando SentinelA master of epic historical fiction, Edward Rutherford gives us a sweeping novel of London, a glorious pageant spanning two thousand years. He brings this vibrant city's long and noble history alive through his saga of ever-shifting fortunes, fates, and intrigues of a half-dozen families, from t...

A revolutionary new approach to ADD/ADHD featuring cutting-edge research and strategies to help readers thrive, by the bestselling authors of the seminal books Driven to Distraction and Delivered from Distraction“An inspired road map for living with a distractible brain . . . If you or your child suffer from ADHD, this book should be on your shelf. It will give you courage and hope.”—Michael Thompson, Ph.D., New York Times bestsel...

Decades after this celebrated work of narrative nonfiction won the National Book Award and changed the American conversation about race, Slaves in the Family is reissued by FSG Classics, with a new preface by the author.The Ball family hails from South Carolina—Charleston and thereabouts. Their plantations were among the oldest and longest-standing plantations in the South. Between 1698 and 1865, close to four thousand black people were born into slavery u...

A new edition published on the twenty-fifth anniversary of Baldwin’s death, including a new introduction by an important contemporary writerSince its original publication in 1955, this first nonfiction collection of essays by James Baldwin remains an American classic. His impassioned essays on life in Harlem, the protest novel, movies, and African Americans abroad are as powerful today as when they were first written.“A straight-from-the-shoulder writer, wr...

The original Harvard Classics Collection contains 51 volumes of the essential works of world literature, showing the progress of man from antics to modern age. In this edition, the original collection is supplemented with the 20 volume Harvard Shelf of Fiction, a selection of the greatest works of fiction.Content:The Harvard Classics:V. 1: Franklin, Woolman & PennV. 2: Plato, Epictetus & Marcus AureliusV. 3: Bacon, Milton, BrowneV. 4: John Milton

**AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER“Heated Rivalry for the tennis set…charming, funny, and big-hearted.”—Town & Country"[A] debut romance novel that will capture your heart."—CosmopolitanLove evens the score between two tennis players in this stunning debut romance.**Recently-turned-pro tennis player Austin Hardy has been out since high school and it’s never been a big deal. That is, until he becomes the first openly gay man to compete in a Gr...

The touching tale of an unexpected friendship in the face of overwhelming oddsBlair Robertson has a powerful gift: He is a great talker. When he speaks, other kids listen. And he really loves to speak. One of his favorite subjects is his native land, the new United States of America. When Hal, a British orphan, passes by Blair and his friends, Blair yells, "Down with the British!" and compels his friends to toss poor Hal off the dock and into the water. Little to Bl...

This book-collection file includes: Adrift in the Wilds, Camp-Fire and Wigwam, The Cave in the Mountains, Cowmen and Rustlers, The Daughter of the Chieftain, Deerfoot in the Mountains, Footprints in the Forest, The Huge Hunter, The Hunters of the Ozark, In the Pecos Country, Klondyke Nuggets, The Land of Mystery, The Lost Trail, Oonomoo the Huron, The Phantom of the River, The Story of Red Feather, Through Forest and Fire, and Two Boys in Wyoming. According to Wikipedia: Edward Sylvester E...

Anson's army has driven Raina from the mainland, but the war is far from over. From the safety of Catalina Island, she launches a guerrilla campaign, meaning to weaken him cut by cut.She finds herself matched at every step by his grimly determined lieutenant, Lowell. With progress slower than expected, Raina is forced to accept the creation of a war council. But the council's will to fight is weakening by the day. Pressured by her enemies and from within, Raina soon finds her grip ...