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Along with Colonel Leonard Wood, Theodore Roosevelt instigated the founding of the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry in 1898 at the beginning of the Spanish-American War. Nicknamed the "Rough Riders" by journalists, the Cavalry engaged in several battles. This is Roosevelt's best-selling account of one of the most fascinating regiments in American military history.

Mark Ablett's house party goes well until his brother Robert returns from Australia and joins the festivities. Shortly after his arrival, Robert is found dead, and Mark disappears. Tony Gillingham is the stranger who decides to investigate, and what follows is a witty whodunit, the only murder mystery A. A. Milne ever wrote.

A homely little bird is scolded and mocked because he does not resemble his duckling brothers and sisters, only to discover as he matures that he is not a duckling at all, but a beautiful swan. A young mermaid agrees to surrender her family, her home, and even her voice, for the love of a human prince and the desire for a human soul. "The Ugly Duckling" and "The Little Mermaid" are two of the popular tales by Hans Christian Andersen collected in this volume.

Sisters Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen are sisters. Rupert and Gerald are the men with whom they pursue two very different romantic relationships. "Women in Love" is Lawrence's 1920 sequel to "The Rainbow", and the novel follows the Brangwen sisters as they navigate difficult times and difficult loves.

The young orphan David Balfour is sent to live with his Uncle Ebenezer. When he discovers that he may be the rightful heir to his uncle's estate, he finds himself kidnapped and cast away on a desert isle. A historical adventure novel originally intended for a young-adult audience, "Kidnapped" deals with true historical events relating to the Jacobite Rising, and has won the admiration of an adult audience.

Wilfred of Ivanhoe returns from the Crusades to face the disapproval of his father, who disinherits him for his political allegiances and his love for the Lady Rowena. He gets caught up in the power-struggle between King Richard and Prince John. Set in 12th-century England,

In a collection of over 100 poems, Rabindranath Tagore explores a variety of topics, from the pastoral to the divine. The verses are considered songs of devotion. Originally translated into English by W. B. Yeats in 1912, the pieces collected in "Gitanjali" earned Tagore the first Nobel Prize for Literature ever awarded to a non-European.

In his treatise on Roman architecture, Vitruvius Pollio declares that the qualities of a good building are "firmness, commodity, and delight." "The Ten Books on Architecture" outlines building methods for everything from aqueducts and temples, to decorative plasterwork. Written in the first century BC, and dedicated to emperor Caesar Augustus, it is the only complete document of its kind.

Mary Smith and her friends live in Cranford, a town predominantly inhabited by women. The return of a long-lost brother named Peter is the most dramatic event to occur over the course of the sixteen tales that comprise the novel. Elizabeth Gaskell's "Cranford" is an ironic portrayal of female life in a secluded English village.

The "Boy Scout Handbook" is a manual providing information about camping, signs and signaling, Scouting games, and more. The original edition of the guide owes much to Baden-Powell's "Scouting for Boys." The official handbook of the Boy Scouts of America, this volume contains everything the young Scout must learn to become a "well-developed, well-informed boy."

This collection of stories includes tales about illness, despair, exile, and human brutality. The author himself compiled the selection. Held to be among the greatest writers of short-fiction, Horacio Quiroga has been compared to Kipling and Poe.

A Cornish knight and an Irish princess meet, fall in love, and pursue their doomed romance. There are many versions of the story, but J. C. Bedier believed they all originated from one poem. A reconstruction of this original poem as he imagined it, "The Romance of Tristan and Iseult" successfully distils the pathos of the tragic romance that has enthralled readers for centuries.

On the day of Conrad's wedding to princess Isabella, a horrible accident befalls the bridegroom. Fearing that this is the realization of a terrible ancient prophecy, Conrad's father Manfred believes that the fate foretold by the prophecy can only be averted if he marries Isabella himself. "The Castle of Otranto" - a 1764 novel by Horace Walpole - is credited with creating the genre of the gothic novel.

Set in the future, "The Iron Heel" describes a world in which the division between the classes has deepened, creating a powerful Oligarchy that retains control through terror. A manuscript by rebel Avis Everhard is recovered in an even more distant future, and analyzed by scholar Anthony Meredith. Published in 1908, Jack London's multi-layered narrative is an early example of the dystopian novel, and its vision of the future proved to be eerily prescient of the violence and fascism that marked the initial half of the 20th century.

The spiritual life of human-kind follows the shape of a pyramid, occasionally rising to an apex of spiritual perception when an artist of genius comes forward to lead the way, and sinking to the bottom of the pyramid when culture produces nothing but decadence. The colors a painter smears onto a canvas can delight the eye, but they can also cause the viewer to receive vibrations that resonate within the soul. Born in Russia in 1866, Kandinsky was a pioneer of the abstract, who used "Concerning the Spiritual in Art" to argue for the transcendental importance of his vocation.

Decrying the habit of American biographers to mythologize their subjects, Sydney George Fisher sets out to write a book about the "True Benjamin Franklin[.]" Of Franklin, he says that the "human in him was so interlaced with the divine that the one dragged the other into light[.]" Fisher's book is a unique biography of Benjamin Franklin, written by an opinionated man who grew up directly in the wake of Franklin's influence on American culture.

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson receive a coded message warning them that a murder will soon be committed. Following the clues, Holmes concludes that their new case has something to do with Professor Moriarty. Arthur Conan Doyle

Herodotus tells of a slave named Aesop who wrote fables in 5th century BCE Greece. Socrates is said to have spent some of his time in jail versifying Aesop's fables. From "The Tortoise and the Hare" to "The Boy Who Cried Wolf", Aesop's fables are a highly entertaining medium for moral instruction, known throughout the world.

To the dismay of their family and friends, Orgon and his mother develop a great reverence for the insufferable pieties of a con-artist named Tartuffe. Tartuffe's flagrant hypocrisy is obvious to everyone else, and when Orgon declares his intention to give Tartuffe his daughter's hand in marriage, his family decides that they have had enough. One of Moliere's most celebrated plays, "Tartuffe" is witty satire.

Stranded in Ethan Frome's house during a snow storm, the narrator of Edith Wharton's novel pieces together the story of his host's broken dreams. A love-triangle between Ethan, his wife Zeena, and her cousin Mattie reached a tragic crisis years before, and Ethan has been living with the consequences ever since. Set in the bleak New England town of Starkfield, Wharton's tale of disappointment and endurance is a compelling study.

While traveling to Australia on a steamship with her Uncle Henry, a violent storm flings Dorothy overboard. Along with a hen named Billina, Dorothy washes up on the shores of the Land of Ev. The third book in L. Frank Baum's Oz series, "Ozma of Oz" tells the story of Dorothy's quest to rescue the royal family of Ev from the evil Nome King.

Having sustained an injury to his shoulder, Dr. John Watson has just returned from the Anglo-Afghan War. He needs a place to live, and Sherlock Holmes is looking for a flat-mate. Thus begins the partnership between Holmes and Watson, Arthur Conan Doyle

Princess Irene lives in a castle with her elusive great-great grandmother and her nanny. When she and her friend Curdie discover that a local race of Goblins is planning an attack on humans, they search for a way to stop it. Adapted for film in 1992, George MacDonald's fantasy novel is a strange tale in which things are rarely as simple as they seem.

Elnora Comstock grows up on the banks of Limberlost Swamp in Indiana with her bitter mother, Katharine. Unable to afford an education, Elnora develops a plan to sell artifacts and moths from the swamp. "A Girl of the Limberlost" has been considered a classic since its publication in 1909, inspiring several film adaptations.

Fascinated by the leading military figures of his day, Prussian General Carl von Clausewitz spent over ten years writing a book - "On War" - that he would never finish. The book examines the tactics of Napoleon, Frederick II of Prussia, and others. In this insightful, well-informed work of military analysis, Von Clausewitz theorizes that war is an instrument of political commerce.

A middle-class social climber named Chichikov embarks upon a journey to collect 'dead souls.' These 'dead souls' are in fact serfs who have died since the last census was taken-though dead, they have not yet been removed from official records, and are therefore subject to taxation. In an entertaining story about Chichikov's bizarre plan to take out a loan against all the 'dead souls' he acquires, Gogol presents his shady protagonist against a grimly humorous backdrop of supporting characters.

Several years after the mysterious disappearance of her father, Mary Morstan discovers an advertisement in a local paper requesting her own address. Her employer advises her to reveal it, and when she does she receives a valuable pearl by post. Presented with these facts and little else, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson must unravel a mystery involving stolen treasure, political rebellion, India, and a pact made by four convicts, in Arthur Conan Doyle's second Sherlock Holmes novel.

Bazarov is a nihilist who scorns the purposelessness of everything but science-until he falls in love. His friend, Arkady Kirsanov, tries to embrace nihilism, but finally submits to the comforts of a traditional life. A depiction of the ideological divide between two generations, "Fathers and Sons" is one of the first modern Russian novels.

Autobiography of a Yogi is an eloquently written story of an extraordinary life and an inspiring meditation on the art of yoga. Written decades ago, this poignant autobiography still has ample vigor and relevance in today's world.

Hermia refuses to marry Demetrius because she loves Lysander, and her friend Helena loves Demetrius. The romantic confusion thickens when Puck - a troublesome sprite - interferes. Shakespeare's beloved comedy ends happily after a string of mishaps and mistaken identities have been resolved.