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Based on the life of French post-impressionist artist Paul Gauguin, The Moon and Sixpence builds on a long tradition of European writing about the South Pacific as an exotic locale. It also marks the transformation of British writer W. Somerset Maughm from celebrated playwright to accomplished novelist. In The Moon and Sixpence, Charles Strickland, is a respectable London stockbroker who decides in middle age to abandon his wife and children and devote himself to his true passion: art. Strickland's destructive desire for self-expression takes him first to Paris to learn the craft of painting, and finally to Tahiti in the South Pacific. The Moon and Sixpence remains a complex and engaging novel echoing Maugham's own struggles between artistic expression and public respectability, and between his public persona and private life.

"God is dead," Friedrich Nietzsche unflinchingly declared in this famous work of philosophy. It is one of the boldest statements ever made, and garnered far-reaching, strong reactions. In addition to being the book containing the words that shook the world, The Gay Science includes Nietzsche's arguments on ethics and knowledge. It is no wonder The Gay Science is known in some circles by the title The Joyful Wisdom.

"There is an Inner Light in every man which continuously impels him toward the highest, and he must be guided by this light if he would become great."- Wallace D. Wattles Early in the twentieth century Wallace D. Wattles introduced the world to the power of positive thought. His writings were precursors to such books as The Laws of Attraction, The Science of Success, and The Power of Positive Thinking. Wattles believed that each and every human being had the power within himself to unlock his true potential by following his strategy for success.

When John Shefford sees a rainbow full of promises, he journeys toward a wild canyon full of secrets. On his way, he must enter a Mormon village, where intruders face certain death. The sequel to Riders of the Purple Sage, this western tells the story of the new generations of Mormons who will no longer condone polygamy.

Intends to construct an all-embracing theory of how war works. This title is full of sharp observation, biting irony, and memorable phrases, the most famous being, 'war is a continuation of politics by other means'.