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Wallace Delois Wattles (1860-1911) was an American author. As a New Thought writer, he remains personally somewhat obscure, but his writing has been widely quoted and remains in print in the New Thought and self-help movements. Wattles often travelled to Chicago, where he gave "Sunday night lectures" among several leading New Thought authors. He studied the writings of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Ralph Waldo Emerson and recommended the study of their books to his readers who wished to understand what he characterized as "the monistic theory of the cosmos." Wattles'' best known work is a 1910 book called The Science of Getting Rich in which he explained how to become wealthy. Table of Contents: ΓÇó "The Science of" Trilogy: ΓÇó The Science of Getting Rich ΓÇó The Science of Being Well ΓÇó The Science of Being Great ΓÇó Other Works: ΓÇó Hellfire Harrison (A Novel) ΓÇó Jesus: The Man and His Work ΓÇó A New Christ ΓÇó How to Get What You Want ΓÇó Making of the Man Who Can or How to Promote Yourself ΓÇó New Science of Living and Healing or Health Through New Thought and Fasting ΓÇó The Personal Power Course: Ten Lessons in Constructive Science ΓÇó "The Science of Getting Rich" was a major inspiration for Rhonda Byrne''s bestselling book and film The Secret (2006). In The Science of Getting Rich Wattles explains how can a person overcome mental barriers, and how creation, not competition, is the hidden key to wealth attraction ΓÇó "The Science of Being Well" is not a philosophical treatise, but a practical guide and handbook for those whose main goal is health. ΓÇó "The Science of Being Great" is a personal self-help book of the author.

The Ambassadors is a novel by Henry James. This dark comedy, seen as one of the masterpieces of James's final period, follows the trip of protagonist Lewis Lambert Strether to Europe in pursuit of Chad Newsome, his widowed fiancée's supposedly wayward son; he is to bring the young man back to the family business, but he encounters unexpected complications. The third-person narrative is told exclusively from Strether's point of view. The theme of liberation from a cramped, almost starved, emotional life into a more generous and gracious existence plays throughout The Ambassadors, yet it is noteworthy that James does not naïvely make of Paris a faultless paradise for culturally stunted Americans. Strether learns about the reverse of the European coin when he sees how desperately Marie fears losing Chad, after all she has done for him. As one critic proposed, Strether does not shed his American straitjacket only to be fitted with a more elegant European model, but instead learns to evaluate every situation on its merits, without prejudices. The final lesson of Strether's European experience is to distrust preconceived notions and perceptions from anyone and anywhere, but to rely upon his own observation and judgment. Henry James (1843-1916) was an American-British writer who spent most of his writing career in Britain. He is regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism.

Der Roman Ungeduld des Herzens, der 1939 veröffentlicht wurde, ist der einzige beendete Roman des Autors Stefan Zweig. Beschreibung: Der junge Leutnant Anton Hofmiller wird in das Schloss des ungarischen Magnaten Lajos von Kékesfalva eingeladen. Er lernt dessen gelähmte Tochter Edith kennen und entwickelt Zuneigung, vor allem aber tiefes subtiles Mitleid für sie. Er macht der unheilbar Kranken, die sich in ihn verliebt, Hoffnungen auf baldige Genesung und verlobt sich schließlich sogar mit ihr. Doch da er nur aus Mitleid, nicht aus Liebe handelt, nimmt das Unheil seinen Lauf. Aus Angst vor Spott und Verachtung steht er in der Öffentlichkeit nicht zu ihrer Verbindung. Als Edith erfährt, dass er die Verlobung vor anderen verleugnet, nimmt sie sich das Leben. Von Schuldgefühlen überwältigt, stürzt er sich in einer sinnlosen Flucht in die Kämpfe des beginnenden Ersten Weltkriegs.

Die Welt von Gestern, mit dem Untertitel "Erinnerungen eines Europäers", ist ein autobiografisches Werk Stefan Zweigs. Das Buch entstand kurz vor Zweigs Tod in den letzten Jahren (von 1939 bis 1941) seines Exils und erschien postum 1942 im Bermann-Fischer Verlag AB in Stockholm. Das Buch zeichnet sich durch die persönliche Nähe aus, die der Leser durch die fein gewebte literarische Struktur zum Ich-Erzähler bekommt. Das Werk verbindet damit den objektiven Blick auf die Kultur des alten Europas mit teilweise persönlichen Innenansichten des Ich-Erzählers. Inwieweit Zweig sein persönliches Leben in diesem Buch dargestellt oder eben herausgehalten hat, ist umstritten.

Aus dem Buch: "Bei seinem großen Interesse für die englische Nation hatte Goethe mich ersucht, die hier anwesenden jungen Engländer ihm nach und nach vorzustellen. Heute um fünf Uhr erwartete er mich mit dem englischen Ingenieuroffizier Herrn H., von welchem ich ihm vorläufig viel Gutes hatte sagen können. Wir gingen also zur bestimmten Stunde hin und wurden durch den Bedienten in ein angenehm erwärmtes Zimmer geführt, wo Goethe in der Regel nachmittags und abends zu sein pflegt. Drei Lichter brannten auf dem Tisch; aber Goethe war nicht darin, wir hörten ihn in dem anstoßenden Saale sprechen. Herr H. sah sich derweile um und bemerkte außer den Gemälden und einer großen Gebirgskarte an den Wänden ein Repositorium mit vielen Mappen, von welchen ich ihm sagte, daß sie viele Handzeichnungen berühmter Meister und Kupferstiche nach den besten Gemälden aller Schulen enthielten, die Goethe im Leben nach und nach gesammelt habe und deren wiederholte Betrachtung ihm Unterhaltung gewähre." Johann Peter Eckermann (1792-1854) war ein deutscher Dichter und enger Vertrauter Goethes. Weniger die Gedichte, die in einem Bande im Jahre 1838 erschienen, als vielmehr die Niederschrift seiner Gespräche mit Goethe in den letzten Jahren seines Lebens haben Johann Peter Eckermann weithin bekannt gemacht und ihm hohe Anerkennung eingebracht.

In June 1889, Mrs Humphry Ward''s open letter "An Appeal Against Female Suffrage" was published with over a hundred other female signatories against the extension of Parliamentary suffrage to women. Inflamed by this "most despicable piece of treachery ever perpetrated towards women by women", Corbett wrote and published New Amazonia.In her novel, Corbett envisions a successful suffragette movement eventually giving rise to a breed of highly evolved "Amazonians" who turn Ireland into a utopian society. The book''s female narrator wakes up in the year 2472, much like Julian West awakens in the year 2000 in Edward Bellamy''s Looking Backward. Corbett''s heroine, however, is accompanied by a man of her own time, who has similarly awakened from a hashish dream to find himself in New Amazonia.The narrator reacts very positively to what she sees and learns; but her male companion reacts precisely oppositely and adjusts badly. Read on to know more! Excerpt: "The next event I can chronicle was opening my eyes on a scene at once so beautiful and strange that I started to my feet in amaze. This was not my study, and I beheld nothing of the magazine which was the last thing I remembered seeing before I went to sleep. ... I was recalled to the necessity of behaving more decorously by hearing someone near me exclaim in mystified accents, "By Jove! But isn''t this extraordinary? I say, do you live here, or have you been taking hasheesh too?"...

Laddie is told by "Little Sister", the youngest child of a "Stanton" family of 12 children, and centers around her experiences as the older ones grow up, fall in love and marry. Little Sister loves being outside more than anything - except her big brother Laddie, her hero and favorite sibling. Laddie''s and Little Sister''s mother and father love each other and their children with all their hearts and who love God most of all. Their main Christian precept is that God is Love and they show their love to their family, their friends, their neighbors, and even the strangers who come to live and resist becoming part of the community. Laddie is considered Stratton-Porter''s autobiographical novel. The title character is modeled after author''s deceased older brother, Leander, whom Stratton-Porter nicknamed Laddie. As in Stratton-Porter''s own family, Laddie is connected with the land and identifies with their father''s vocation of farming.

During his prolific career, Oscar Wilde also wrote several stories for children and fairy tales. In these stories Wilde really expressed his affection for aesthetic writing. His children''s tales are assembled in his two short story collections: The Happy Prince and Other Tales: The Happy Prince The Nightingale and the Rose The Devoted Friend The Selfish Giant The Remarkable Rocket A House of Pomegranates: The Young King The Birthday of the Infanta The Fisherman and His Soul The Star-Child

"Betty Zane" is a historical novel about Elizabeth "Betty" Zane McLaughlin Clark (1765-1823), a heroine of the Revolutionary War on the American frontier. The author Zane Grey is her great-grandnephew. "Spirit of the Border" is a historical novel based on events occurring in the Ohio River Valley in the late eighteenth century. It features the exploits of Lewis Wetzel, a historical personage who had dedicated his life to the destruction of Native Americans and to the protection of nascent white settlements in that region. The story deals with the attempt by Moravian Church missionaries to Christianize Indians and how two brothers'' lives take different paths upon their arrival on the border. A highly romanticized account, the novel is the second in a trilogy, the first of which is Betty Zane, Grey''s first published work, and "The Last Trail", which focuses on the life of Jonathan Zane, Grey''s ancestor. Zane Grey (1872-1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that were a basis for the Western genre in literature and the arts. With his veracity and emotional intensity, he connected with millions of readers worldwide, during peacetime and war, and inspired many Western writers who followed him. Grey was a major force in shaping the myths of the Old West; his books and stories were adapted into other media, such as film and TV productions. He was the author of more than 90 books, some published posthumously and/or based on serials originally published in magazines. Table of Contents: ΓÇó Betty Zane ΓÇó The Spirit of the Border ΓÇó The Last Trail

Through the examples of successful people in history who all battled their demons and failures, Orison Swett Marden inspires readers to overcome their difficulties too by cultivating positive attitude. Spread over eighteen chapters and a conversational way of writing, this book would surely interest those who are looking to achieve self-confidence, power and success. Excerpt: "Believe in yourself; feel that you are to dominate your surroundings. Resolve that you will be the master and not the slave of circumstances. This very assertion of superiority; this assumption of power; this affirmation of your ability to succeed,-the attitude that claims success as an inalienable birthright,-will strengthen the whole man and give great added power to the combination of faculties which doubt, fear and lack of confidence undermine. Self-confidence marshals all one''s faculties and twists their united strength into one mighty achievement cable. It carries conviction. It makes other people believe in us. What has not been accomplished through its miraculous power!" Dr. Orison Swett Marden (1848-1924) was an American inspirational author who wrote about achieving success in life. In his books he discussed the common-sense principles and virtues that make for a well-rounded, successful life. Contents: ΓÇó He Can Who Thinks He Can ΓÇó Getting Aroused ΓÇó Education By Absorption ΓÇó Freedom At Any Cost ΓÇó What The World Owes To Dreamers ΓÇó The Spirit In Which You Work ΓÇó Responsibility Develops Power ΓÇó An Overmastering Purpose ΓÇó Has Your Vocation Your Unqualified Approval? ΓÇó Stand For Something ΓÇó Happy, If Not, Why Not? ΓÇó Originality ΓÇó Had Money, But Lost It ΓÇó Sizing Up People ΓÇó Does The World Owe You A Living? ΓÇó What Has Luck Done For You? ΓÇó Success With A Flaw ΓÇó Getting Away From Poverty

Orison emphasizes in this edition the concept that we are responsible for and can establish our own inner states of health and happiness, as well as our outer circumstances. Contents: ΓÇó Steering Thought Prevents Life Wrecks ΓÇó How Mind Rules The Body ΓÇó Thought Causes Health And Disease ΓÇó Our Worst Enemy Is Fear ΓÇó Overcoming Fear ΓÇó Killing Emotions ΓÇó Mastering Our Moods ΓÇó Unprofitable Pessimism ΓÇó The Power Of Cheerful Thinking ΓÇó Negative Creeds Paralyze ΓÇó Affirmation Creates Power ΓÇó Thoughts Radiate As Influence ΓÇó How Thinking Brings Success ΓÇó Power Of Self-Faith Over Others ΓÇó Building Character ΓÇó Strengthening Deficient Faculties ΓÇó Gain Beauty By Holding The Beauty Thought ΓÇó The Power Of Imagination ΓÇó Don''t Let The Years Count ΓÇó How To Control Thought ΓÇó The Coming Man Will Realize His Divinity ΓÇó Dr. Orison Swett Marden (1848-1924) was an American inspirational author who wrote about achieving success in life and founded SUCCESS magazine in 1897. He is often considered as the father of the modern-day inspirational talks and writings and his words make sense even to this day. In his books he discussed the common-sense principles and virtues that make for a well-rounded, successful life.

The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith is series of messages Dr. Torrey preached to his congregation which are basically a classic defense for the fundamental doctrines of the Christian faith. These sermons have already helped many through their delivery. Now the author hopes they will reach and help far more in the printed form. Inspiration or To What Extent is the Bible Inspired of God? The Christian Conception of God, or the God of the Bible as Distinguished from the God of Christian Science and the God of Modern Philosophy The Christian Conception of God-The Infinite Perfection and Unity of God The Deity of Jesus Christ Jesus Christ a Real Man The Personality of the Holy Spirit The Deity of the Holy Spirit and the Distinction Between the Father, Son and Holy Spirit The Atonement: God''s Doctrine of the Atonement vs. Unitarian and Christian Science Doctrines of the Atonement The Distinctive Doctrine of Protestantism: Justification by Faith The New Birth Sanctification The Resurrection of the Body of Jesus and of Our Bodies The Devil Is There a Literal Hell? Is Future Punishment Everlasting?

With Fire and Sword is a historical novel, set in the 17th century in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Khmelnytsky Uprising. It gained enormous popularity in Poland, and by the turn of the 20th century had become one of the most popular Polish books ever. Despite some deviations, this book''s historical framework is genuine and the fictional story is woven into real events. Many characters are historical figures. The author, Henryk Sienkiewicz, researched memoirs and chronicles of the Polish nobility for details on life in 17th-century Poland. The author''s writing style intertwines epic plots and heroic scenes with historical accuracy. His vivid language makes this book one of the most popular books about that particular place and era of the Polish history.

This carefully crafted ebook: "e;The Religious Affections"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections is a famous publication written in 1746 by Jonathan Edwards describing his philosophy about the process of Christian conversion in Northampton, Massachusetts, during the First Great Awakening, which emanated from Edwards' congregation starting in 1734. Edwards wrote the Treatise to explain how true religious conversion to Christianity occurs. Edwards describes how emotion and intellect both play a role, but "e;converting grace"e; is what causes Christians to "e;awaken"e; to see that forgiveness is available to all who have faith that Jesus' sacrifice atones for all sins.

The Making of Americans is a modernist novel that traces the genealogy, history, and psychological development of members of the fictional Hersland and Dehning families. Being ostensibly a history of three generations of and everyone they knew or knew them, the novel is a philosophical and poetic meditation on identity, on what it means to be human living an everyday, mundane life. Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) was an American novelist, poet, playwright and art collector, best known for Three Lives, The Making of Americans and Tender Buttons. Stein moved to Paris in 1903, and made France her home for the remainder of her life. Picasso and Cubism were an important influence on Stein''s writing. Her works are compared to James Joyce''s Ulysses and to Marcel Proust''s In Search of Lost Time.

Kate Croy and Merton Densher are two betrothed Londoners who desperately want to marry but have very little money. Into their world comes Milly Theale, an enormously rich young American woman who had previously met and fallen in love with Densher, although she has never revealed her feelings. Kate welcomes Milly to London, and the American heiress enjoys great social success. However, after a visit to an eminent doctor, Milly discovers that she suffers from an incurable disiese.

John Keats (1795 - 1821) was an English Romantic poet. The poetry of Keats is characterized by sensual imagery, most notably in the series of odes. Today his poems and letters are some of the most popular and most analyzed in English literature. Table of Contents: - Introduction: Life of John Keats by Sidney Colvin - Poems: - Ode - Ode on a Grecian Urn - Ode to Apollo - Ode to Fanny - Ode on Indolence - Ode on Melancholy - Ode to Psyche - Ode to a Nightingale

The Master of Ballantrae is a book by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, focusing upon the conflict between two brothers, Scottish noblemen whose family is torn apart by the Jacobite rising of 1745. The novel is presented as the memoir of one Ephraim Mackellar, steward of the Durrisdeer estate in Scotland. The novel opens in 1745, the year of the Jacobite Rising. When Bonnie Prince Charlie raises the banner of the Stuarts, the Durie family-the Laird of Durrisdeer, his older son James Durie (the Master of Ballantrae) and his younger son Henry Durie-decide on a common strategy: one son will join the uprising while the other will join the loyalists. That way, whichever side wins, the family's noble status and estate will be preserved. Logically, the younger son should join the rebels, but the Master insists on being the rebel (a more exciting choice) and contemptuously accuses Henry of trying to usurp his place, comparing him to Jacob. The two sons agree to toss a coin to determine who goes... Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. A literary celebrity during his lifetime, Stevenson now ranks among the 26 most translated authors in the world.

"The Secret Garden" - Mary Lennox, a sickly and spoiled little girl, is orphaned to dim prospects in a gloomy English manor. Her only friend is a bed-ridden boy named Colin whose prospects may be dimmer than hers. But when Mary finds the key to a Secret Garden, the magical powers of transformation fall within her reach. The Secret Garden is an inspirational tale of transformation and empowerment. "A Little Princess" - Captain Ralph Crewe, a wealthy English widower, enrolls his young daughter Sara at Miss Minchin''s boarding school for girls in London, to prepare her for a life in high society. Sara enjoys a special treatment and exceptional luxuries, and Miss Minchin openly fawns over Sara for her wealth. But all that changes when Captain Ralph suddenly dies after losing all his fortune, leaving Sara in poverty and in disfavor with Miss Minchin.