Essays: First Series is a collection of essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson, first published in 1841. It includes his most celebrated essays: History, Self-Reliance, Compensation, Spirit...

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave is an autobiography by Frederick Douglass, first published in 1845. It is one of the most influential slave narrative...

Self-Help; with Illustrations of Character and Conduct is a self-improvement book by Samuel Smiles, first published in 1859. It argues that personal responsibility, industry, and p...

Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not is a classic book by Florence Nightingale, first published in 1859. It offers timeless guidance on ventilation, warmth, light, clea...

Leaves of Grass is a poetry collection by Walt Whitman, first published in 1855. The poems celebrate the self, nature, democracy, and the human body in free verse. It is one of the...

Talks to Teachers on Psychology is a classic work by William James, first published in 1899. It applies psychological principles — habit, attention, memory, and interest — to the a...

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a children's novel by L. Frank Baum, first published in 1900. It tells the story of Dorothy, who is swept by a cyclone to the magical Land of Oz, and ...

Peter Pan (Peter and Wendy) is a novel by J. M. Barrie, first published in 1911. It tells the story of Peter Pan, the boy who never grows up, and his adventures with Wendy and her ...

The Call of the Wild is an adventure novel by Jack London, first published in 1903. It tells the story of Buck, a domesticated dog stolen and sold as a sled dog in the brutal Yukon...

The Secret Garden is a children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, first published in 1911. It tells the story of Mary Lennox, who discovers a hidden walled garden at her uncle's ...