"Heart of Darkness" remains one of the most provocative English novels of the twentieth century, exploring timeless themes such as: human depravity, racism, and madness. This edition is based on the one published in Conrad's collection of novellas i…
Jack London's merciless take on the survival of the fittest as set in the Alaskan wilderness during the Klondike Gold Rush was enthusiastically received in a time when Western society was eagerly interpreting the world through Darwinian eyes. The st…
Madison Grant is largely forgotten today, but in the early 20th century, he was a leading environmentalist. He spearheaded the effort to save America's buffalo and majestic redwood trees. He might be considered a lion of progressivism if not for the…
You may not know Edward Bernays, but Edward Bernays knows YOU. As the era of mass media unfolded after the first World War, many people became interested in the new opportunities for mass manipulation. Bernays made a study of the different ways to u…
"Peter Pan" is a classic tale enjoyed by children for more than 100 years, although these days, it is better known through various movie adaptions that have been made from it. And yet, as they say, the 'book is better than the movie.' Why? Because m…
FrEdEric Bastiat is well known for his 'broken window' parable. While other economists were looking at how maintaining a standing army, launching public works projects, and even destroying things, as a way to spur the economy, Bastiat showed in this…
Wilfred Trotter's book on the 'herd instinct' was published on the heels of World War I. The war confirmed Trotter's thesis, that that man, like any other animal (as proved by Darwin), was guided largely by instincts. As such, the man who knew how t…
Walter Lippmann wrote his "Public Opinion" at a time when something like the 'mass media' was coming into existence. Prior to the age of electronic communication, the only mechanism for reaching large numbers of individuals was the newspapers. In Wo…
George MacDonald, one of the most influential Christian authors of the 19th century, returns with "Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood," a tale of adventurous boys and their growing pains. While George MacDonald is most celebrated for his children's fantasie…
Bright, witty, and full of amusement, Ukridge is a collection of ten short stories by English author P. G. Wodehouse. Featuring the title character, Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge, these short stories, narrated by Ukridge's school boy friend "Cor…
William Paley's classic defense of Christianity, "Evidences of Christianity", was sometimes required reading at universities throughout the 1800s. Even those who disputed Christianity were expected to interact with Paley's arguments. Ironically, whi…
After World War II, investigations were made and trials were held. Today, the most well known of these were the Nuremberg "Doctor's Trial", which probed the various euthanasia programs carried out by the defeated Germans. However, there were other t…
Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book" is a childhood classic that has seen many adaptations since it was first published. This is the original 1894 edition that started it all. It includes the original illustrations which introduced the imagination of…
It was Hans Christian Andersen who brought us the story of "The Little Mermaid," "The Ugly Duckling," "The Emperor's New Clothes," and other classic folk and fairy tales, legends and myths, such as the "The Princess and the Pea" and "Thumbelina." Si…
Do you like going outside? Come and follow four little children on their outdoor rhyming adventures. A sneaky turtle, a silly hedgehog, and three walking ants are just a few of the sights to see along the way.
Blaise Pascal set out to produce a monumental work of Christian apologetics but his untimely death meant that only his fragmentary notes--his thoughts--would be passed on to future generations. The 'random' notes of most people would not be worth pr…
"The Cask of Amontillado" is one of Edgar Allan Poe's most enduring works. This is a collection of his greatest tales of grime and darkness, with his poem, "The Raven", included as a bonus.
Witty and honest about belief in the Christian Faith, Heretics is a collection of essays from the 20th century by the "prince of paradox," G.K. Chesterton. While recognized as a philosopher as well as a social critic, Chesterton is also considered a…
Sir James George Frazer's monumental study of 'magic and religion' is here presented in its 1922 edition, containing all three volumes. From Rome to Egypt to Polynesia, Frazer covered it all. Corn gods, dying gods, to fertility gods; Frazer explored…
Lewis Carroll (the pen name of Charles Dodgson) was inspired to write down the now classic tale of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" after regaling several young children with it while on an outing. Not long after, the book was published with 42 il…
"The Raven" is one of Edgar Allen Poe's most famous poems, but it is harder to choose his greatest short story. Is it, "The Tell-Tale Heart"? Or, "The Cask of Amontillado"? Or perhaps "The Fall of the House of Usher"? In this collection, you can rea…
Thomas Malthus was a mild-mannered economist who set the world afire in 1798 with this essay on the 'principle of population.' Prompted to put his thoughts down on paper in response to a work by William Godwin ("Avarice and Profusion") and other wri…
Written by classic English author Rudyard Kipling, Just So Stories is considered not only a quintessential children's book, but one of Kipling's best works. Just So Stories is a collection of origin stories, fictional tales that explain why animals…
About a hundred years ago, it was generally agreed that evolution and Darwinism logically entailed eliminating weak humans from the gene pool, either outright by killing them, or by sterilization or segregation. This view was so common, it was in th…
John Cotton penned his primer and catechesism in the 1600s, but the Puritans brought it with them when they came to America, where it it flourished. Indeed, one of our earliest copies available is this facsimile version from 1777, which was sub-titl…
From the author who told us about Baron Trump, comes another tale, this one lamenting the Democrat Party's "socialist" platform of 1896, and warning that the election of "Bryan" would be the last election for president, as the country would dissolve…
The "father of American literature," Mark Twain, was one of the most brilliant humorists of the 19th century, famous for his classic works even to this day. Twain is most known for his jarring criticism and harsh, but genuine writing. Growing up in…
C. S. Lewis reports that this book by George MacDonald 'baptized his imagination.' It would take years, but eventually this baptism would contribute to Lewis' conversion to Christianity. Lewis also writes that there isn't anything that he had writte…
In this 'no frills' edition of Sun Tzu's classic text, you will be able to quickly understand why his work was so monumental and so enduring. Many editions offer helpful commentary and background, but Tzu's own writing, with its simplicity and direc…
The Scopes Monkey Trial was a watershed moment in American history, pitting 'old time religion' against the growing acceptance of Darwinism. Strictly speaking, the Darwinists lost: Scopes was declared guilty. However, Clarence Darrow won in the cour…
Agatha Christie, one of the most well-known English authors of the 20th century, strikes again with her classic crime novel, The Murder on the Links. Featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot and his companion Captain Hastings, The Murder on th…
