The Social Contract, originally published as On the Social Contract; or, Principles of Political Right by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, is a 1762 book in whi...
Venture beyond the boundaries of reality and into the realm of boundless imagination with William Cavendish's "To The Duchesse of Newcastle, On Her Ne...
The historical works of Tacitus are a history of the period from A.D. 14 to 96 in thirty volumes. Although many of the works were lost (only books 1-5...
The Little Duke by Charlotte M. Yonge is historical fiction based on the the life of Richard, Duke of Normandy. He assumes the title of Duke at only 8...
A life of King Alfred of England originally composed in Latin, possibly sometime around 888 A.D. by the Monk and Bishop Asser, although some scholars...
This collection comprises recordings of 17 historic speeches given to the UK House of Commons between 1628 and 1956. Readings are of speeches orignina...
John Stuart Mill's 'Considerations on Representative Government' explores the concept of representative government, its advantages, and its limitation...
“Tabai al-Istibdad wa-Masari al-Isti’bad” (The Nature of Tyranny and the Paths of Enslavement) by Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi is a profound treatise on...
A treatise on the art of acquiring and maintaining political power, 'The Prince' is considered a foundational work in the field of political thought....
This essay, originally published in the Edinburgh Review in 1841, is a critical examination of Warren Hastings, the first Governor-General of Bengal....
This volume compiles the State of the Union addresses delivered by Presidents James Monroe and John Quincy Adams between 1817 and 1828. The addresses...
William Henry Smyth's "Technocracy" explores the concept of a government run by technical experts. The book examines the potential benefits and drawba...
Niccolò Machiavelli's *Discourses on Livy* is a profound examination of the Roman Republic, particularly the first decade of Livy's *Ab urbe condita*....
The *Cyropaedia* is a work of historical fiction written by Xenophon, a Greek historian and soldier, that purports to tell the story of Cyrus the Grea...
This album contains recordings of State of the Union addresses delivered by Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, during his pr...
The *Works of Mencius*, a foundational text in Chinese philosophy, presents the teachings of Mencius (372-289 BC), a prominent figure in the Confucian...
