The arts: general topics

Since it is the UNDERSTANDING that sets man above the rest of sensible beings, and gives him all the advantage and dominion which he has over them; it is certainly a subject, even for its nobleness, worth our labour to inquire into.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 novel written by English mathematician Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll.

The life of Alexander Hamilton is an essential chapter in the story of the formation of the American Union.

The orator was not eloquent; but he had told a human story and all listened with respect.

At age 19 Anne Bronte left home and worked as a governess for a few years before becoming a writer.

War Is a Racket is a speech and a 1935 short book, by Smedley D.

My Bondage and My Freedom is an autobiographical slave narrative written by Frederick Douglass and published in 1855.

By the author of Little Women, Louisa May Alcott.

Gandhi was a major figure in the Independence movement in India in the first half of the 20th century.

Catriona (also known as David Balfour) is a novel written in 1893 by Robert Louis Stevenson as a sequel to his earlier novel Kidnapped.

Appallingly, the Earth and the Moon had been kidnapped from the Solar System - but who were the kidnappers and what ransom did they want?

Emile Gaboriau (1833-1873) is an important figure in the history of detective fiction.

Temple faced leaving Earth - and the girl he loved - if his country drafted him.

It seemed Earth was a rich, and undefended planet in a warring, hating galaxy.

Twenty - nine tales of mystery, fantasy and the macabre, from the master himself, HP Lovecraft.

Eddore and Arisia fought desperately to control the Universe.

Like every farmer on every planet, Duncan had to hunt down anything that damaged his crops - even though he was aware this was - THE WORLD THAT COULDN'T BE!

Anyone mad enough (1) to land on that crazy world (2) in order to rescue that screwball explorer should (3) have his head examined!

Kings were the original Magistrates of Rome: Lucius Brutus founded Liberty and the Consulship: Dictators were chosen occasionally, and used only in pressing exigencies.

A novel of social realism, The Odd Women reflects the major sexual and cultural issues of the late nineteenth century.

When Archibald Hunter comes to Cruden Bay, Aberdeenshire for his annual holiday he is looking forward to a tranquil few days by the sea, but he is disturbed by strange visions and portents of doom.

When you sell a man a book, says Roger Mifflin, protagonist of these classic bookselling novels, "e;you don't sell him just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue you sell him a whole new life.

WHEN confronted with a problem involving the use of the reasoning faculties, individuals of strong intellect keep their poise, and seek to reach a solution by obtaining facts bearing upon the question.

Bran Mak Morn is a hero of five pulp fiction short stories by Robert E.

Mosses from an Old Manse is Nathaniel Hawthorne's second story collection, first published in 1846 in two volumes and featuring sketches and tales written over a span of more than twenty years.

Idiotic pets rate idiotic masters.

Rejuvenation for the millions - or rejuvenation for the five hundred lucky ones, the select ones, that can be treated each year?

The socialism that inspires hopes and fears to-day is of the school of Marx.

"e;Well, by the Great Catamaran!

At nine o'clock in the evening the body of the house at the Theatres des Varietes was still all but empty.

The creatures were huge, hairy, surly - and the males were always chasing the females.

With the great, one's thoughts and manners easily become great; .

Although Blackwood wrote a number of horror stories, his most typical work seeks less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe.

Agent Nine and the Jewel Mystery is a great story for all ages, a fun and quick read of suspense and action.

Cleek is a master of disguise, an able assistant to the head of Scotland Yard, and a former criminal.

Philosophy, from the earliest times, has made greater claims, and achieved fewer results, than any other branch of learning.

Maugham's first published novel - a vividly realistic portrayal of slum life.

As the girl drew back from the window, the soft silk curtains fell from her hand.

Charles Strickland is a staid banker, a man of wealth and privilege.

Derring-do on a world of primitive monsters!

Howard Phillips Lovecraft forever changed the face of horror, fantasy, and science fiction with a remarkable series of stories as influential as the works of Poe, Tolkien, and Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Despoilers of the Golden Empire is a science fiction novelette by Randall Garrett, originally published in Astounding Science Fiction in March 1959 under the pseudonym David Gordon.

Here is one of the tightest, tautest stories of interplanetary adventure in a long while.

When George Randolph first caught sight of Orena, he was astounded by its gleaming perfection.

When the Romans first emerged from the mist of fable, they were already a race of land-owners who held their property in severalty, and, as the right of alienation was established, the formation of relatively large estates had begun.

Recovering from a gas that caused him to sleep for five hundred years, Anthony "e;Buck"e; Rogers helped an enslaved America strike its first blow for freedom against the alien Han.

The true gods of Earth existed long before our ancestors crawled mindless upon the shore: Yog-Sothoth, Shub-Niggurath, Nyarlathotep.

What's in a name?

They fought with whatever was handy, not bothering to figure the odds - An excellent classic science fiction novel by the great Alan Nourse, guaranteed to keep you enthralled page after page, futuristic idea after futuristic idea!

There are strange gaps in our records of the past.