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The Discovery of the Future
by H. G. WellsH. G. Wells' philosophical lecture explores the human mind through his speech The Discovery of the Future, which characterizes the human brains driving principles to deal with what has happened and what would happen. While humans are comfortable and slightly biased towards the past, ability to discover the unknown future is consistently driven by t..
God, the Invisible King
by H. G. WellsGod, the Invisible King is a religion work by science-fictionist H.G. Wells which out as forcibly and exactly as possible the religious belief of the writer. That belief is not orthodox Christianity; it is not, indeed, Christianity at all; its core nevertheless is a profound belief in a personal and intimate God. There is nothing in its statements ..
An Inland Voyage
by Robert Louis StevensonStevenson narrates his travel through Belgium, France in his travel literature An Inland Voyage. Sir Walter Grindlay Simpson, a friend of Stevenson was a companion in the travel and both of them had to face many hurdles including getting a jail term. Along-with An Inland Voyage, he wrote many such works like Travels with a Donkey in the Céven..
The Exploration of the World
by Jules VerneJules Verne's non-fiction work The Exploration of the World is part of his Celebrated Travels and Travellers, with precise information covering the period in the World's history of exploration from B.C. 505 to the close of the 17th century...
The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century
by Jules VerneThe Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century is second volume of Jules Verne non-fiction series Celebrated Travels and Travellers. Written in two parts, Part I details Astronomers and Cartographers, Voyages of 18th century, Captain Cook's Predecessors and three Voyages of Captain Cook. Part II details French,African, American and Asian explorers...
The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century
by Jules VerneThe Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century is the third volume of Jules Verne non-fiction series Celebrated Travels and Travellers. Written in two parts with chapters titled as The Dawn of a Century of Discovery, The Exploration And Colonization Of Africa, The Oriental Scientific Movement And American Discoveries...
Paradise Lost
by John MiltonConsidered by many literary critics as the first epic of English literature, John Milton’s Paradise lost became one of the most influential poetry ever written in English language. It is interesting to note that John has dictated this work to her daughters and eventually transcribed all parts of the poetry. This great work put John Milton to the li..
The Decameron
by Giovanni BoccaccioThe Decameron is novella written by Giovanni Boccaccio, an Italian poet narrated through a group of people in fear of black death. These stories guide the way to live life encountering with romance, love, death, grief and fear. It would be noteworthy that Decameron has been referred in the works of Shakespeare and Saucer. ..