Shrine of Knowledge

The Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau was an American essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, he is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his... Lire la suite

The Complete Works of Henry Fielding
Henry Fielding was an English novelist and dramatist known for his rich, earthy humour and satirical prowess, and as the author of the comic novel Tom Jones.
This collection includes the following:
... Lire la suite

The Complete Works of Hilaire Belloc
Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc was a British-French writer and historian and one of the most prolific writers in England during the early twentieth century. Belloc was also an orator, poet, sailor,... Lire la suite

The Complete Works of Nathan Drake
English essayist and physician, son of Nathan Drake, an artist, was born in York. He is well known for a book summarizing the knowledge of Shakespeare available at the time.
This collection includes the... Lire la suite

The Complete Works of Stephen Crane
Stephen Crane was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism and... Lire la suite

The Complete Works of Richard Jefferies
John Richard Jefferies was an English nature writer, noted for his depiction of English rural life in essays, books of natural history, and novels. His childhood on a small Wiltshire farm had a great... Lire la suite

The Complete Works of Trumbull White
Trumbull White Is the author of books such as Pictorial History Of Our War With Spain For Cuba's Freedom.
This collection includes the following:
Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror
Our War... Lire la suite

Arthur Schopenhauer was a German philosopher. He is best known for his 1818 work The World as Will and Representation, wherein he characterizes the phenomenal world as the product of a blind and insatiable metaphysical will.
This collection... Lire la suite

The Complete Works of Stanley Lane Poole
Stanley Edward Lane-Poole was a British orientalist and archaeologist. Poole was from a famous orientalist family as his mother Sophia Lane Poole, brother Reginald Stuart Poole and uncle Edward William... Lire la suite

The Complete Works of Stephen Leacock
Stephen P. H. Butler Leacock FRSC was a Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humourist. Between the years 1915 and 1925, he was the best-known English-speaking humourist in the world. He is... Lire la suite

The Complete Works of James Harvey Robinson
James Harvey Robinson was an American historian, who co-founded New History, which greatly broadened the scope of historical scholarship in relation to the social sciences.
This collection includes... Lire la suite

The Complete Works of Richard Taylor
Richard "Dick" Taylor was an American planter, politician, military historian, and Confederate general. Following the outbreak of the American Civil War, Taylor joined the Confederate States Army, serving... Lire la suite

The Complete Works of William Wells Brown
William Wells Brown was a prominent African-American abolitionist lecturer, novelist, playwright, and historian in the United States. Born into slavery in Montgomery County, Kentucky, near the town of... Lire la suite

The Complete Works of C. C. MacApp
C. C. MacApp, pseudonym of Carroll Mather Capps was an American science fiction author. He was also a long-time benefactor of San Francisco chess. He was a former president of the San Francisco Bay Area Chess... Lire la suite

The Complete Works of Charles Reginald Enock
British thinker and author.
This collection includes the following:
Spanish America, Its Romance, Reality and Future, Vol. 1
Spanish America, Its Romance, Reality and Future, Vol. 2 (of 2)... Lire la suite

The Complete Works of Linus Pierpont Brockett
An American historical and miscellaneous writer; born in Canton, CT, Oct. 16, 1820; died on Jan. 13, 1893. He graduated from Yale Medical College in 1843.
This collection includes the following:... Lire la suite

The Complete Works of William Hickling Prescott
William Hickling Prescott was an American historian and Hispanist, who is widely recognized by historiographers to have been the first American scientific historian.
This collection includes... Lire la suite

The Complete Works of Harold Frederic
Harold Frederic was an American journalist and novelist.
This collection includes the following:
The Damnation of Theron Ware
The Market-Place
The Deserter, and Other Stories
The... Lire la suite

The Complete Works of Frederic Remington
Frederic Sackrider Remington was an American painter, illustrator, sculptor and writer who specialized in depictions of the American Old West.
This collection includes the following:
Pony Tracks... Lire la suite

The Complete Works of Hazard Stevens
Hazard Stevens was an American military officer, mountaineer, politician and writer. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the Union army during the American Civil War at the Battle of Fort Huger.... Lire la suite