A fascinating compilation of weather forecasts, recipes, jokes, and aphorisms, "Poor Richard's Almanack" debuted in 1732. This new edition presents hundreds of Franklin's maxims, along with selections from the" Letters, Autobiography, " and "Franklin's Way to Wealth. "An ideal resource for writers, [...]
These reflections on the teaching experience include selections from letters, diaries, and memoirs in addition to essays, commencement addresses, and poems. A wide range of authors and educators includes Plato, Erasmus, Rousseau, Tolstoy, and Emerson as well as Dewey, Montessori, Bertrand Russell, A[...]
This inexpensive compilation of great oratory by ancient Greeks and Romans will be useful to students of history as well as those looking to hone their public speaking skills. Contents include Pericles' oration in favor of the Peloponnesian War and Julius Caesar on the punishment of the Catiline con[...]
Compact and inexpensive, this anthology provides an overview of American literature from colonial times through the mid-19th century. The authoritative texts are supplemented with informative introductory notes and suggestions for further reading. Contributors include Jonathan Edwards, Anne Bradstre[...]
This concise anthology covers works by major American authors dating from the end of the Civil War to the rise of the Jazz Age. Introductory notes and suggestions for further reading supplement selections by Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Henry James, Edith Wharton, F. Scott Fitzgerald, T. S. Eliot, R[...]