Books on Topic: 'Lectures'

First serialized in Punch magazine in 1845, and officially published in book form in 1846, Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures presents a collection of 37...

Representative Men is a collection of seven lectures by Ralph Waldo Emerson, published as a book of essays in 1850. The first essay discusses the role...

Lectures on the Philosophy of History, also translated as Lectures on the Philosophy of World History is a major work by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel...

'Pragmatism' contains a series of public lectures held by William James in Boston 1906–7. James provides a popularizing outline of his view of philoso...

Bertrand Russell gave the Lowell Lectures in March and April of 1914; these lectures produced 'Our Knowledge of the External World'. Russell attempts...

The Chemical History of a Candle was the title of a series of six lectures on the chemistry and physics of flames given by Michael Faraday at the Roya...

'The Philosophy of Logical Atomism' is a series of lectures by Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) that touches on numerous topics, including the nature of p...

These are Lenten lectures dealing with the problem of sin, its nature, the Sacrament of Penance, avoiding the occasions that lead to sin, how Jesus hi...

It contains five speeches by a very enthusiastic teacher who is blind from early childhood herself.

A series of lectures given in the USA by Freud in German, later translated into English.

Nietzsche gives a series of lectures in Bale, Germany on the subject of German educational institutions, and what the best way forward.

It is a collection of lectures that delve into the intricacies of the biological sciences. The book, written by some of the leading experts in the fie...

It is a series of lectures on the theological work of Joseph Butler, "The Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, to the Constitution and Course of...

The lectures in this book explore the relevance of ancient ideals and teachings in the modern world, and how they can provide guidance and inspiration...

Learn from the culinary pioneer who taught America how to cook with Juliet Corson's A Course of Lectures on the Principles of Domestic Economy and Coo...

Tact is a collection of essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson, an American essayist, lecturer, and poet who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th...

Set in the late 19th century, "Hall in the Grove" by Pansy (Isabella Macdonald Alden) explores the impact of the Chautauqua movement on the lives of r...

'From Pillar to Post' is a collection of humorous essays by John Kendrick Bangs, chronicling his experiences as a popular lecturer on the Lyceum circu...

This book presents a collection of Mark Twain's publicly delivered speeches spanning his career, from 1864 to shortly before his death. The speeches...

This book presents a collection of lectures delivered by Robert G. Ingersoll, a renowned orator of the 19th century. These lectures focus on the life...

In this volume of lectures, Robert Ingersoll, one of the most famous orators of his day, presents his thoughts on some of the most influential figures...

This book is a collection of lectures by Robert G. Ingersoll on famous people, including Ernest Renan. Ingersoll was one of the most famous orators of...

Helen H. Gardener's 'Men, Women, and Gods, and Other Lectures' is a collection of speeches delivered by the prominent feminist and freethought activis...

This book is a collection of nine lectures on various biological subjects delivered at The Marine Biological Laboratories of Wood's Holl during the su...