Surveys main currents in Western thought through eight centuries.

The manuscript of this novel was discovered by John J. Healey in a box left by his grandfather, Professor Vincent P. Healey, after his death. This engaging work of fiction is a romantic account in which four iconic figures of American Letters play a leading role. In the summer of 1851 Herman Melvil[...]

Includes case studies, examples and background on managing business, engineering, and technology projects to add context for specialists and prepare business students for managing projects in technical industry. This book offers coverage of communication and leadership issues such as conflict resolu[...]

Herman Melville (1819-91) brought as much genius to the smaller-scale literary forms as he did to the full-blown novel: his poems and the short stories and novellas collected in this volume reveal a deftness and a delicacy of touch that is in some ways even more impressive than the massive, tectonic[...]

This famous memoir by John McCorkle, reissued for the first time, is the best published account by a scout who "rode with Quantrill." John McCorkle was a young Missouri farmer of Southern sympathies. After serving briefly in the pro-Confederate Missouri State Guard, he became a prominent member of W[...]

With Forewords by Elbert Hubbard and Russell Conwell. "Maxims of Life & Business With Selected Prayers" is a dynamic book that encapsulates the life and wisdom of John Wanamaker with brief biographical information along with many of his wise sayings and fervent prayers. You will discover the unchang[...]