Author: Jean Webster
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Keywords: reprint, classic, enemy
Number of Pages: 356
Published: 2010-04-02
List price: $10.27
ISBN-10: 1440052115
ISBN-13: 9781440052118

DEAR ENEMY STONE GATE, WORCESTER, ! MASSACHUSETTS, December 27. Your letter is here. I have read it twice, and with amazement. Do I understand that Jervis has given you, for a Christmas present, the making over of the John Grier Home into a model institution, and that you have chosen me to disburse the money? Me - I, Sallie McBride, the head of an orphan-asylum! My poor people, have you lost your senses, or have you become addicted to the use of opium, and is this the raving of two fevered imaginations? I am exactly as well fitted to take care of one hundred children I as to become the curator

Author: Francis Rabelais
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Keywords: books, forgotten, pantagruel, gargantua
Number of Pages: 688
Published: 2008-10-15
List price: $14.24
ISBN-10: 160620968X
ISBN-13: 9781606209684

"The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel (in French, La vie de Gargantua et de Pantagruel) is a connected series of five novels written in the 16th century by Francois Rabelais. It is the story of two giants, a father (Gargantua) and his son (Pantagruel) and their adventures, written in an amusing, extravagant, satirical vein. There is much crudity and scatological humor as well as a large amount of violence. Long lists of vulgar insults fill several chapters.Rabelais was one of the first Frenchmen to learn Ancient Greek, from which he brought some 500 words into the French language. His quibb

Author: Sir Philip Sidney
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Keywords: reprint, classic, arcadia, pembroke, countess
Number of Pages: 788
Published: 2010-04-17
List price: $15.44
ISBN-10: 1440049777
ISBN-13: 9781440049774

PREFACE.T Wilton, the seat of his brother-in-law, the Earl of Pembroke, in rural seclusion, Sir Philip Sidney conceived the plan of writing his "Arcadia." It is contrary to his wish that we now possess his work; he did not intend it for the world at large, having only designed it to express his tender affection for his sister, Mary, Countess of Pembroke. How modestly Sir Philip Sidney thought of his work is plainly shown in the dedicatory epistle to his sister: " Now it is done onelie for you, onely to you : if you keepe it to your selfe, or to such friends, who will weigh errors in the ballau

Author: Maulana Muhammad Ali
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Keywords: books, forgotten, hadith, manual
Number of Pages: 302
Published: 2008-02-04
List price: $9.61
ISBN-10: 1605066761
ISBN-13: 9781605066769

Book Description: "Hadith are oral traditions relating to the words and deeds of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Hadith collections are regarded as important tools for determining the Sunnah, or Muslim way of life, by all traditional schools of jurisprudence. The Arabic plural is ahÌ£adith. In English academic usage, hadith is often both singular and plural." (Quote from wikipedia.org)Table of Contents: Publisher’s Preface; Preface; Abbreviations; How Divine Revelation Came To The Holy Prophet; ĪmĀn (faith) And IslĀm (submission); Knowledge; Purification; The Mosque; AdhĀn And IqĀma

Author: Friedrich Engels
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Keywords: reprint, classic, scientific, utopian, socialism
Number of Pages: 142
Published: 2010-04-16
List price: $7.70
ISBN-10: 144006587X
ISBN-13: 9781440065873

PUBLISHER’S NOTE Socialism, Utopian and Scientific needs no preface. It ranks with the Communist Manifesto as one of the indispensable books for any one desiring to understand the modern socialist move-ment. It has been translated into every language where capitalism prevails, and its circulation is more rapid than ever before. In 1900, when our publishing house had just oegun the circulation of socialist books, we brought out the first American reprint of the authorized translation of this work. The many editions required by the growing demand have worn out the plates, and we are now re

Author: Ernest Shurtleff Holmes
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Keywords: books, forgotten, mind, science
Number of Pages: 372
Published: 2008-05-07
List price: $10.45
ISBN-10: 1605069167
ISBN-13: 9781605069166

Religious Science, also known as Science of Mind, was founded in 1927 by Ernest Holmes (1887-1960) and is a religious movement within the New Thought movement. (In general, the term "Science of Mind" applies to the teachings, while the term "Religious Science" applies to the organizations. However, adherents often tend to use the terms interchangeably.) (Quote from wikipedia.org)About the AuthorErnest Shurtleff Holmes (1887 - 1960)Ernest Shurtleff Holmes (1887-1960) was the founder of a movement known as Religious Science, also known as "Science of Mind," a part of the New Thought movement. He

Author: Padraic Colum
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Keywords: books, forgotten, odin, children
Number of Pages: 216
Published: 2008-01-30
List price: $8.58
ISBN-10: 1605067253
ISBN-13: 9781605067254

Book Description: "This is Padraic Colum’s retelling of the Eddas and the Volsung Saga for young adults. Colum and Pogany also collaborated on The Adventures of Odysseus, and The King of Ireland’s Son." (Quote from sacred-texts.com)Table of Contents: Publisher’s Preface; The Dwellers In Asgard; Far Away And Long Ago; The Building Of The Wall; Iduna And Her Apples: How Loki Put The Gods In Danger; Sif’s Golden Hair: How Loki Wrought Mischief In Asgard; How Brock Brought Judgment On Loki; How Freya Gained Her Necklace And How Her Loved One Was Lost To Her; How Frey Won Ge