When Tocqueville visited America in the 1830s he found a thriving democracy of a kind he had not seen anywhere else. Many of his insightful observatio...
François Guizot's "Popular History of France" provides an engaging and accessible account of French history from its earliest origins to the mid-19th...
The Education of Henry Adams, published posthumously in 1918, is a deeply personal and intellectually stimulating memoir by Henry Adams. It chronicles...
This book, "Promulgation of Universal Peace," contains a collection of talks and discourses delivered by 'Abdu'l-Bahá, the son of Baháʼu'lláh, during...
Hind Swaraj is a seminal work by Mahatma Gandhi, written in 1909, that outlines his philosophy of non-violent resistance and his vision for an indepen...
A. Taylor Innes's biography of John Knox delves into the life and work of the influential Scottish reformer. It explores his pivotal role in the Scott...
Alfred George Gardiner's 'Prophets, Priests, and Kings' is a collection of biographical essays focusing on prominent British figures from the late Vic...
This volume in the 'Beacon Lights of History' series focuses on prominent European statesmen of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. John Lord delv...
This biography delves into the life and work of John Locke, a pivotal figure in Western philosophy and a major contributor to the development of liber...
