This book contains the following works arranged alphabetically by authors last names - Little Women [Louisa May Alcott] - Sense and Sensibility [Jane Austen] - Peter Pan (Peter and Wendy) [J.M. Barrie] - Cabin Fever [ B. M. Bower] - The Secret Garden [Frances Hodgson Burnett] - A Little Princess [Frances Hodgson Burnett] - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [Lewis Carroll] - The King in Yellow [Robert William Chambers] - The Man Who Knew Too Much [Gilbert Keith Chesterton] - The Woman in Whi...

Originally curated by Harvard President Charles W. Eliot as a complete liberal education in fifty volumes, the Harvard Classics gathers philosophy, science, literature, and history into a single indispensable library. Plato's dialogues and Marcus Aurelius's meditations sit alongside Dante's Divine Comedy, Francis Bacon's essays, Charles Darwin's scientific writing, and Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, tracing the foundations of Western thought from ancient Greece to the modern age. Homer...

This edition of Darwin's life story restores previously censored passages on religion and the scientist's opinions of his contemporaries.Darwin wrote his autobiography in 1876, at the age of sixty-seven, hoping it would prove interesting to his children and grandchildren. Preparing the book for a wider audience, his family initially sought to protect his legacy by removing passages they found too personal or controversial.This restored edition, which appeare...

Compiled and Edited by Charles W. Eliot LL D in 1909, the Harvard Classics is a 51-volume Anthology of classic literature from throughout the history of western civilization. The set is sometimes called "Eliot's Five-Foot Shelf." This e-book is all 51 volumes, the equivalent of over 20,000 printed pages in one e-book. It is fully searchable with a completely linked table of contents.

It took Charles Darwin more than twenty years to publish this book, in part because he realized that it would ignite a firestorm of controversy. On the Origin of Species first appeared in 1859, and it remains a continuing source of conflict to this day. Even among those who reject its ideas, however, the work's impact is undeniable. In science, philosophy, and theology, this is a book that changed the world.In addition to its status as the focus of a dramatic turning point in scien...

"On the Origin of Species," Charles Darwin presents his theory of evolution, which revolutionized the way we understand the diversity of life on Earth. The main ideas of the book can be summarized as follows:Common Descent: Darwin proposed that all species of living organisms are related by a common ancestry, meaning that they share a history of descent from a common ancestor.Descent with Modification: Darwin introduced the concept that species change over time through a process called "de...

On the Origin of Species (1859) is legendary naturalist Charles Darwin's groundbreaking and foundational study that birthed the theory of evolutionary biology.Sparking controversy from the time of its publication to the present day, Darwin’s theory of natural selection, where upon individuals of the same species have a more robust chance of survival thanks to their unique combination of physical characteristics, completely changed how the world viewed huma...

Celebrity trainer Jillian Michaels shares her simple, three-phase plan to lose weight—and keep it off—by hacking your hormones.Is your scale stuck no matter how much you diet or exercise? Have you lost and gained the same five, ten, or twenty pounds over and over? Millions of people are in this frustrating position, and health expert Jillian Michales has been there, too. After years of exercise and painstaking dieting, she figured there has to be an easier and more...

Darwin's revolutionary offering of the theory of evolution is captured here, in one of the most important (and, to some, controversial) biological texts of all time. His theory can be distilled to two simple points: that diverse groups of animals evolve from one or a few common ancestors, and the mechanism by which this evolution takes place is natural selection. From the Galapagos Islands to Ancient Egypt to one's own back yard, Darwin points to case after case of evolutionary theory in a...

These three major works by the father of evolutionary theory encompass his life, journey through the Galapagos, and landmark work on natural selection.On the Origin of Species: In one of the most important contributions to scientific knowledge, Charles Darwin puts forth the theory that species evolve over time through the process of natural selection. Drawn from extensive research performed on various creatures living in the Galápagos Islands, his research...

Published in 1859, Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species became known as ''The Book that Shook the World''. Its first edition sold out on the first day, and the same happened with six subsequent versions. To this day, the naturalist's theory of evolution is controversial. According to Darwin, species compete for survival, and those that survive give rise to the next generation, which in turn incorporates favorable natural variations and passes them on hereditarily. Until his death, Darwin...

"The Voyage of the Beagle" shows the English naturalist Charles Darwin’s brilliant mind already at work on the problems that led to his seminal theory of evolution. The work’s title is somewhat misleading, for the author actually has little to say about the voyage. The original full title—"Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the Various Countries Visited by H.M.S. Beagle, Under the Command of Captain FitzRoy, R.N., from 1832 to 1836"—is a better reflectio...