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Chapter 1 The Will to Power At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since. -Salvador Dalí How, first of all, was it possible for a poor Corsican boy, born with limited horizons, to scale such heights? By the time he had ... more »

Although the following Chronicle bears the name of the venerable Fray Antonio Agapida, it is rather a superstructure reared upon the fragments which remain of his work. It may be asked, Who is this same Agapida, who is cited with such deference, yet whose name is not to be found in any of the catalogues ... more »

When an ordinary Englishman, in the course of his reading, sees mention made of Moravians, he thinks forthwith of a foreign land, a foreign people and a foreign Church. He wonders who these Moravians may be, and wonders, as a rule, in vain. We have all heard of the Protestant Reformation; we know its ... more »

A real-life Amadeus : Set against the backdrop of the Counter-Reformation, this is the story of the stormy collaboration between two revolutionary astronomers, Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler. That collaboration would mark the dawn of modern science . . . and end in murder. Johannes Kepler changed forever ... more »

A surprising, charming, and ever-fascinating history of the seemingly simple game that has had a profound effect on societies the world over. Why has one game, alone among the thousands of games invented and played throughout human history, not only survived but thrived within every culture it has touched ... more »

Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) has puzzled scholars and commentators. Some have claimed that it was a purely political maneuver, while others have explained it as a ruse conjured up by presidential advisers to weaken Soviet resolve. These assumptions, however, fail to acknowledge ... more »

Here is a sweeping and evenhanded history of the Vietnam War as it was lived by U.S. presidents, Communist leaders, American Marines, Vietcong guerrillas, and South Vietnamese troops. With keen insight, the kaleidoscopic events and personalities of the war are woven into one engrossing, unforgettable ... more »

Schoolboys have been taught from their earliest years that Columbus discovered America. Few events in prehistoric times seem more probable now than that Columbus was not the first to discover it. The importance of his achievement over that of others lay in his own faith in his success, in his definiteness ... more »

These speeches touch the pulse of a nation like no other documents in history. Compiled herein are the stepping stones of Liberty as delivered by each President of the United States of America. In this volume: Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Ulysses ... more »

The brutal lynching of two young black men in Marion, Indiana, on August 7, 1930, cast a shadow over the town that still lingers. It is only one event in the long and complicated history of race relations in Marion, a history much ignored and considered by many to be best forgotten. But the lynching ... more »

Includes 34 classics: THE PROTEVANGELIUM OF JAMES, THE GOSPEL OF PSEUDO-MATTHEW, THE GOSPEL OF THE NATIVITY OF MARY, THE HISTORY OF JOSEPH THE CARPENTER, THE GOSPEL OF THOMAS, THE ARABIC GOSPEL OF THE INFANCY OF THE SAVIOR, THE GOSPEL OF NICODEMUS - GREEK, THE GOSPEL OF NICODEMUS - LATIN, THE LETTER ... more »