Contents: Compiled and Edited by Charles W. Eliot LL D in 1909, the Harvard Classics is a 51-volume Anthology of classic literature from throughout the history of western civilization. The set is sometimes called "Eliot's Five-Foot Shelf." This e-book is all 51 volumes, the equivalent of over 20,000 printed pages in one e-book. It is fully searchable with a completely linked table of contents. + - All 20 volumes of the 'Harvard Classics Shelf Of Fiction' Each volume is also available separ...

This book, newly updated, contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure! The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of that specific work. Contents: Compiled and Edited by Charles W. Eliot LL D in 1909, the Harvard C...

A practical guide to Chinese jade and antiques for people who want a method rather than instinct. The book starts with telling real jade apart: the difference between jadeite and nephrite, the checks you can make without instruments — heft, sound, coolness, hardness — and the ones that genuinely need a laboratory. It explains why colour alone says very little, and what actually drives value: translucency, evenness, absence of fractures, quality of the carving. It covers the treatments the ...

A practical guide to collecting antique firearms with a method rather than on instinct. The book starts with how to read a piece: maker's marks and proof marks, serial numbers and what they actually tell you, proof testing, and how a barrel and a stock are dated. It explains the difference between ignition systems — matchlock, wheellock, flintlock, percussion — because that is the first thing that places a gun in time and in price. It teaches how to spot reassembled pieces, replaced barrel...

Fifteen-year-old Alice Lee is losing her mind. There’s no other way to explain the hallucinations that have haunted her since her sister, Evie, died: all of them are of Meer, a fantasy world as enchanting as Evie’s watercolor art. This world once served as Evie’s only refuge…until it corrupted into something more sinister.When Alice learns that Meer may explain the strange circumstances of Evie’s death, her quest for the truth will take her to places where secrets are bought and ba...

Originally curated by Harvard President Charles W. Eliot as a complete liberal education in fifty volumes, the Harvard Classics gathers philosophy, science, literature, and history into a single indispensable library. Plato's dialogues and Marcus Aurelius's meditations sit alongside Dante's Divine Comedy, Francis Bacon's essays, Charles Darwin's scientific writing, and Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, tracing the foundations of Western thought from ancient Greece to the modern age. Homer...

A practical guide to collecting whisky and fine spirits with a method rather than on instinct. The book starts with how to read a bottle: what the label actually claims, bottling codes, fill level, the state of the capsule and cork, and why an original box changes the value. It explains what separates a single malt from a blend, what an age statement and its absence really mean, and how cask type, peating and cask strength affect both taste and price. It teaches how to spot fakes — reprint...

A practical guide to recognising, valuing and caring for art glass with a method. The book starts from technique — filigrana, lattimo, murrine, sommerso, incalmo, aventurine — because the working of the glass is what reveals the hand of a furnace and the period of a piece. It explains how to examine an object: the pontil mark on the base, the bubbles, the wall thickness, the behaviour of colour and what the metal oxides say, from cobalt blue to iron greens. It teaches how to separate a Ven...

A practical guide for anyone entering the world of antique cartography and period prints with a method. The book explains how to read a sheet: the printing technique, the watermark, the quality of the paper, the plate mark, original colouring as opposed to colour added later. It teaches how to tell a first edition from a late restrike and from a modern reproduction, how to grade condition, and how much folds, restoration and trimmed margins really weigh on value. It covers rarity and how p...

Joshua has a problem: His imagination works a little too well—and he's got it bad for tall, powerful ladies. Wanting to feel less weird, he visits Clara, a hypnotherapist. But Clara is all about accepting yourself and your quirks—and under her spell, he soon sees his seductive therapist (and the cute girl-next-door) grow bigger, stronger, and curvier before his very eyes.Can Clara's hypnosis really make her outgrow her office? Will Joshua learn to control his chains of thought befo...

The Harvard's Classics Collection: Complete 71 Volumes is an expansive anthology that masterfully encapsulates the enduring themes of human thought, creativity, and inquiry. From the philosophical musings of Plato and Descartes to the emotive literature of Shakespeare and Goethe, this collection offers a panoramic view of the intellectual landscape from antiquity to the modern era. The selection spans diverse literary styles, including epic poetry, philosophical treaties, dramatic masterpi...

Harvard's Classics Collection: Complete 71 Volumes encompasses an extensive array of literary works, stretching across centuries and diverse cultures. From the foundational philosophies of ancient Greeks like Plato and Euripides to Renaissance masterpieces by Dante and Shakespeare, and the Enlightenment's transformative ideas from thinkers like Immanuel Kant and Voltaire, this anthology captures the evolution of human thought and expression. The collection offers a thematic tapestry that i...