Vittorio De Sica has been one of the greatest directors of the Italian cinema. He was the author of real masterpieces like Sciuscià, Ladri di biciclette and Umberto D. He...

George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, FRS (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), commonly known as Lord Byron, was an English poet, peer, politician, and a leading figure in the...

Your outlook on life is so different from mine that I can hardly imagine you being built of the same stuff as myself. Yet I venture to put my difficulty before you. It is, of...

Nathaniel Bowditch was an early American mathematician remembered for his work on ocean navigation. He is often credited as the founder of modern maritime navigation; his book The...

This is a translation of a text from 1861, unreleased outside Spain, written by an alleged eyewitness to the events of the Risorgimento, as they happen. After an introduction on...

This book was writing by R.Kipling in 1892. In Colorado, on days when the railway was the most important road, two cities are competing for the construction of a train station....

"The Meditations" is a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 AD, recording his private notes to himself and ideas on Stoic...

Autobiography reveals a man of deep integrity, constantly searching for truth.John Stuart Mill (20 May 1806 – 8 May 1873) was a British philosopher, political economist, and...

- Louise Ideas and BelievesAs great fans of the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novels, we wanted to know more about the author of these great novels.In order to get to know Louise...

Fierce Convictions weaves together world and personal history into a stirring story of life that intersected with Wesley and Whitefield’s Great Awakening, the rise and...