The well-researched volume remains one of the most authoritative reference guides on the lives of great achievers of all times. Written in simple and lucid language,it offers biographical sketches of great artists, authors, scientists, scholars, spiritual masters, singers, statesmen,royalty, film stars, mystics, politicians, philosophers, thinkers, sportsmen etc. for ready reference.An ideal companion in leisure time, it also has great educational value as we learn many fascinating details about the lives of great men and women-providing us inspiration to do things differently and more confidently. At times such inspirations have more value than any other motivational factors. When we learn that Edison was a poor boy without any formal schooling, or Faraday was an apprentice at a stationery shop we feel greatly motivated and find a new confidence in ourselves.

This remains one of the more important volumes in this series of 24 books. This revised edition looks at the lives of 101 successful men & women in their respective fields:*Social Reformers: Nana Saheb Karve & Kabir *Revolutionaries: Vir Savarkar & Rasbehari Bose*Statesmen: Disraeli & Bismarck*Scientists: Madam Curie & Dr. M.S. Swaminathan*Artists & Scholars: Birju Maharaj, Allauddin Khan, Venkatesh Aiyyer, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee & Amrita Pritam*Heads of States: Charles De Gaulle & Anwar Sadat*Sport stars: Martina Navaratilova & P.K. Banerjee.Infact, these mini-biographies in all offer the life-sketches of 101 famous personalities in a nutshell.

The World famous 101 Great Lives, Vol.2 is one of the more important volumes in this series of 24 books. This revised edition looks at the lives of 101 successful men & women in their respective fields. the book covers: *Social Reformers: Nana Saheb Karve & Kabir *Revolutionaries: Vir Savarkar & Rasbehari Bose *Statesmen: Disraeli & Bismarck *Scientists: Madam Curie & Dr. M.S. Swaminathan *Artists & Scholars: Birju Maharaj, Allauddin Khan, Venkatesh Aiyyer, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee & Amrita Pritam *Heads of States:Charles De Gaulle & Anwar Sadat *Sport Stars: Martina Navaratilova & P.K. Banerjee. Infact, these mini-biographies present the life and times of 101 famous personalities in a nutshell.

ABÉLARD AND HÉLOÏSE Love-Letters I.--Héloïse to Abélard II. Abélard to Héloïse III.--Héloïse to Abélard IV.--Héloïse to Abelard V.--Abélard to Héloïse HENRI FRÉDÉRIC AMIEL Fragments of an Intimate Diary Thoughts on Life and Conduct Heroism and Duty The Era of Mediocrity Lessons from the Greeks The Glory of Motherhood The Secret of Perpetual Youth The Fascination of Love Man's Useless Yearning Memories of the Golden Age Goethe Under the Lash Nothing New Under the Sun The Only Art of Peace and Rest ST. AUGUSTINE Confessions I.--Regrets of a Mis-spent Youth II.--Monica's Prayers and Augustine's Paganism III.--The Influence of St. Ambrose on Augustine's Life IV.--The Birth of a New Life V.--God's Command to Augustine and the Death of Monica JAMES BOSWELL The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. I.--Parentage and Education II--Marriage and Settlement in London III.--Poverty Stricken in London IV.--Preparation of the "Dictionary" V.--"The Rambler" and New Acquaintance VI.--Lord Chesterfield and the "Dictionary" VII.--Boswell's First Meeting with Johnson VIII.--Tours in the Hebrides and in Wales IX.--Johnson's Physical Courage and Fear of Death X.--Johnson's "Seraglio" XI.--Johnson's Humanity to Children, Servants, and the Poor XII.--The Last Year SIR DAVID BREWSTER Life of Sir Isaac Newton I.--The Young Scientist II.--The Colours of Natural Bodies III--The Discovery of the Law of Gravitation IV.--Later Years of Newton's Life JOHN BUNYAN Grace Abounding I.--To the Chief of Sinners II.--Bunyan Becomes a Preacher III.--In a Prison Cell IV.--Bunyan's Story Supplemented ALEXANDER CARLYLE Autobiography I.--In the Days of Prince Charlie II.--Literary Lions of Edinburgh III.--Scottish Social Life THOMAS CARLYLE Letters and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell I.--Puritan Oliver II.--Regicide III.--Crowning Mercies IV.--Protector Oliver The Life of Friedrich Schiller Schiller's Youth (1759-1784) From His Settlement at Manheim to His Settlement at Jena (1783-1790) From His Settlement at Jena to His Death (1790-1805) Schiller's Character BENVENUTO CELLINI Autobiography I.--The Making of a Craftsman II.--A Soldier and Goldsmith III.--Intrigues at the Papal Court IV.--At the French Court V.--His Later Life in Florence CHATEAUBRIAND Memoirs From Beyond the Grave I.--Youth and Its Follies II.--In the Years of Revolution III.--Paris in the Reign of Terror IV.--The Army of Princes V.--Letters from the Dead THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD Letters to His Son I.--On Manners and Address II.--On the Art of Pleasing III.--The Secret of Good Breeding IV.--The Fruits of Observation V.--On the Arts MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO The Letters of Cicero To Atticus To Lucius Lucceius, the Historian B.C. 56 To Marcus Marius B.C. 55 To Atticus, in Rome Laodicea, B.C. 51 To Atticus, a Few Days Later Cilicia To Marcus Caelius Rufus Asia, B.C. 50 To Atticus, in Rome Athens, B.C. 50 To L. Papirius Rome, B.C. 46 To L. Minucius Basilus Rome, March, B.C. 44 To Atticus May, B.C. 44 SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Biographia Literaria I.--The Nature of Poetic Diction II.--In Praise of Southey III.--Wordsworth's Early Poems IV.--The Philosophical Critic V.--What is a Poem? VI.--A Criticism of Wordsworth WILLIAM COWPER Letters Written in the Years 1782-1790 To the Rev. John Newton To the Rev. William Unwin To the Same To the Same To Mrs. Newton To the Rev. John Newton To the Same To His Cousin, Lady Hesketh To the Same To the Same To John Johnson, Esq. Obiter Dicta THOMAS DE QUINCEY Confessions of an English Opium-Eater I.--The Descending Pathway II.--Effects of the Seductive Drug III.--A Fearful Nemesis IV.--The Horrors of Dreamland V.--The Monster-Haunted Dreamer VI.--The Agonies of Sleep ALEXANDRE DUMAS Memoirs I.--Memories of Boyhood II.--Launched in Paris III.--Under Shakespeare's Spell IV.--Dumas Arrives JOHN EVELYN Diary I.--Early Years II.--Travels Abroad III.--Evelyn in England IV.--Plague and Fire V.--Fall of the Stuarts JOHN FORSTER Life of Goldsmith I.--Misery and Ill-luck II.--Through Europe with a Flute III.--Physic, Teaching, and Authorship IV.--Social and Literary Success V.--Poet, Dramatist, and Spendthrift GEORGE FOX Journal I.--His Youth and Divine Calling II.--Preaching and Persecution III.--In Perils Oft IV.--A Willing Sufferer V.--Encounters with Cromwell BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Autobiography I.--Early Education II.--Making His Way III.--The Scheme of Virtues IV.--Public Life MRS. GASKELL The Life of Charlotte Bronte I.--The Children Who Never Played II.--Girlhood of Charlotte Bronte III.--Her Life as a Governess IV.--The Sisters' Book of Poems V.--The Coming of Success VI.--Charlotte Brontë's Closing Years EDWARD GIBBON Memoirs I.--Birth and Education II.--A Happy Exile III.--To England and Authorship IV.--Soldiering and Travel V.--History and Politics VI.--A Quiet Consummation GOETHE Letters to Zelter I.--Art Greater than the Beauty of Art II.--Music and Musicians III.--"Poetry and Truth" IV.--The Birth of "Iphigenia" Poetry and Truth from My Own Life I.--Birth and Childhood II.--A Romantic Episode III.--University Life IV.--Fascinating Friendship V.--Among the Jurists Conversations with Eckermann I.--On Poets and Poetry II.--Philosophical Discussions III.--Literary Dicta IV.--"Faust" and Victor Hugo V.--On the Bible THOMAS GRAY Letters I.--The Student's Freedom II.--Travels with Horace Walpole III.--The Birth of the "Elegy" ANTONY HAMILTON Memoirs of the Count de Grammont I.--Soldier and Gamester II.--A Complete Education III.--The Restoration Court IV.--The Chevalier's Marriage NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE Our Old Home I.--Consular Experiences II.--A Sentimental Experience III.--The English Vanity Fair

Five volumes have been written under the overall title of A Treatise on the Seven Rays, based on the fact, the nature, the quality and the interrelationship of the seven streams of energy pervading our solar system, our planet and all that lives and moves within its orbit. The first two volumes go extensively into the psychological make-up of a human being as the life, quality and appearance of an incarnating, evolving spiritual entity. They also relate the circumstance of a human psychology to world conditions and to future possibilities.

William J. Bennett reacquaints America with its heritage in two volumes of America: The Last Best Hope. While national test scores reveal that American students know startlingly little about their history, former U.S. Education Secretary William J. Bennett offers one of the most gripping and memorable versions of the American story in print. The two volumes of Bennett's New York Times bestselling epic, America: The Last Best Hope, cover Columbus's discovery of the New World in the fifteenth century to the fall of world communism in the twentieth. Now both volumes are available in a convenient and attractive slip case-complete with a bonus audio CD, "Remembering Ronald Reagan," featuring recollections and commentary by Jeane Kirkpatrick, Edwin Meese, and others. Bill Bennett brings American history to life with stories such as: the coup d'etat quelled by a pair of reading glasses the U.S. senator nearly caned to death on the Senate floor the presidential pardon for hundreds of Sioux warriors one ex-president's race to finish his memoirs and the famous humorist who helped him when Time magazine named Hitler man of the year Eisenhower's bold actions documenting the horrors of the Holocaust Nixon's comic opera uniforms for White House guards Reagan's most famous example of just saying "No" From heroism of the Revolution to the dire hours of the Civil War, from the progressive reforms of the early 1900s to the civil rights reforms of the 1960s, from the high drama of the Space Race to the gut-wrenching tension of the Cold War, Bennett slices through the cobwebs of time, memory, and prevailing cynicism to reinvigorate America with an informed patriotism. Praise for America: The Last Best Hope "This is the American history that Abraham Lincoln has long awaited." -Harry V. Jaffa, Crisis of the House Divided "Bennett has a gift for choosing the pithy, revealing anecdote and for providing fresh character sketches and critical analyses of the leading figures. This is an American history that adults will find refreshing and enlightening and that younger readers will find a darn good read." -Michael Barone, US News & World Report "A worthy and necessary book for our time." -Michael J. Lewis, Commentary "Bennett ... has a strong sense of narrative, a flair for anecdote and a lively style. And the American story really is a remarkable one, filled with its share of brilliant leaders and tragic mistakes. Bennett brings that story to life." -Alan Wolfe, The Washington Post "The role of history is to inform, inspire, and sometimes provoke us, which is why Bill Bennett's wonderfully readable book is so important. He puts our nation's triumphs, along with its lapses, into the context of a narrative about the progress of freedom. Every now and then it's useful to be reminded that we are a fortunate people, blessed with generations of leaders who repeatedly renewed the meaning of America." -Walter Isaacson, Benjamin Franklin: An American Life "The importance of America: The Last Best Hope probably exceeds anything Dr. Bennett has ever written, and it is more elegantly crafted and eminently readable than any comprehensive work of history I've read in a very long time. It's silly to compare great works of history to great novels, but this book truly is a page-turner." -Brad Miner, American Compass "This lively book acknowledges mistakes and shortcomings, yet patriotically asserts that the American experiment in democracy is still a success story." -School Library Journal

Reprint of the original, first published in 1843.

Originally published in 1953, What Shall I Read Next? lists nearly 2000 works published after 1900, with the compiler's own appreciatory comments on selected items. It was a companion volume to Mr Seymour Smith's English Library. Both books are published on behalf of the National Book League. In his introduction, explaining the scope and purpose of the book, Mr Seymour Smith wrote: 'Some will find it useful merely as a shopping list, reminding them of books they know something about already, and serving as a remembrancer. To others, and particularly to younger readers, it may introduce books which have so far escaped their notice. It is hoped, too, that for booksellers and librarians it will have a practical use as a desk-book, for answering enquiries, for serving as a check list for stock, and for use as a reference book when memory fails'.