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The great series The Story of Civilization by Will and Ariel Durant is one of the most monumental achievements in historical writing. In its eleven massive volumes, it tells the story of Western civilization from its origins to the age of Napoleon. This volume, The Climax of Christianity, is taken from The Age of Faith, the fourth in the series. It covers the years between 1095—the launching of the First Crusade—and 1300: the age of Dante Alighieri, whose epic poem Divine Comedy is one of the greatest treasures of our civilization.

Dr. Joseph Murphy covers many of the deepest issues of life and death that perplex the mind. Murphy’s lucid, matter-of-fact writing style should be very helpful with the Truth student's understanding of many of the seemingly abstract concepts put forward by Thomas Toward in his lectures on mental science. Murphy believes that the whole truth is that life begins and ends in one’s self. When the dominion of the individual is understood, then he finds the universe his playground, life an eternal day, and every man a delight to meet.

The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason remains the time-tested guide to moneymaking that teaches you—whatever your income or financial state—how to maximize your finances to prosper and break free of debt, limitation, and fear. This new edition features an introduction by popular voice of esoteric ideas Mitch Horowitz along with Mitch’s notes and appendices that update this classic guide to encompass current issues of health insurance, revolving debt, and the “13 Rules of Good Luck” in boosting your career and money.

The early modern era in Europe set the mold for the Western world today. It was a complex, tragic, yet pivotal time. It marked the transition between the dominance of the Catholic church throughout Western Europe and the present age of science, reason, and skepticism. The path through this transition was an exciting yet bloody and sorrowful one. The wars between Catholics and Protestants in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries rivaled those of the present in cruelty and atrocity. Durant takes us through the religious wars between Catholics and Protestants in France.

“Formless intelligence” stands ready to carry out your wishes. With this key principle, success pioneer Wallace D. Wattles (1860-1911) introduced the world to The Science of Getting Rich. This edition of Wattles’ classic faithfully reproduces the author’s complete text as originally published in 1910. A new introduction by popular voice of esoteric ideas Mitch Horowitz contextualizes the historical background of the author and his pioneering publisher Elizabeth Towne.

In her classic book, The Game of Life and How to Play It, author Florence Scovel Shinn shows how we receive back what we put into the world through our actions, energy, and attitudes. In The Secret Door to Success, Shinn combines her usual practical wisdom with spiritual truths, offering listeners a roadmap to overcome challenges, manifest their desires, and embrace a life of purpose.

In her classic book, The Game of Life and How to Play It, author Florence Scovel Shinn shows how we receive back what we put into the world through our actions, energy, and attitudes. In author James Allen’s most famous title, As a Man Thinketh, he explains how, in his own thought world, each man holds the key to every condition, good or bad, that enters into his life, and that, by working patiently and intelligently upon his thoughts, he may remake his life, and transform his circumstances.

This semiautobiographical tale features an American ambulance driver, Lieutenant Frederic Henry, stationed on the Italian front, who falls in love with Catherine Barkley, a beautiful English nurse. Set against the horrors of war on the battlefield, with tired, demoralized men facing the German attack on Caporetto, Hemingway unforgettably captures their despair as well as the pain of lovers caught in the harsh realities of war, which threaten to pull them apart.

In Quiet Moments with God, Dr. Murphy offers his interpretation of a series of affirmations which were taken from the Bible. It includes chapters on money, health, faith, doubt, fear friendship, truth, wealth, anxiety, prosperity and treatment. In How to Use the Power of Prayer, Murphy says that you can have whatever you desire, all you have to do is ask. He claims that no matter how big an obstacle seems, or how hopeless things appear to be, all can be solved through the mysterious power of prayer.

Experience a complete understanding of mystical teacher Neville Goddard’s method for using the true nature of your imaginative powers of creativity as he succinctly lays out his ideas in this, his first full-length book, written in 1939. It is idealist philosophy taken to its razor-edge, argued with Neville’s typically jewel-like precision.

Regarded as one of the most important works in American literature and among the greatest American novels of the twentieth century, The Great Gatsby is the quintessential portrait of Jazz Age America, depicting not only the wild parties, romance, love, and the intense and often unfulfilled desire for wealth and status, but also the immorality, loneliness, disappointment and corruption of The Roaring Twenties.

In his inspiring book, Believe in Yourself, Dr. Joseph Murphy shows you can make your life more rewarding and productive simply by embracing the power of believing. As you repeat the word success to yourself and do it with faith and conviction, your subconscious mind will accept it and you will find the success you seek. Includes bonus book: Riches Are Your Right, powerful affirmations for health, wealth, relationships, and self-expression.

Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) was a former slave who became a social reformer, orator, writer, and statesman. One of the most prominent figures in the anti-slavery movement, Douglass emerged as a national leader of the abolitionist movement, speaking and writing widely on behalf of the cause. In this classic work, Douglass gives a firsthand account of his life from birth through his time spent in slavery, his escape to freedom in 1838, and his transition from bondage to liberty.

These four deluxe audio adaptations of the original Hollywood classic movies enable the listener to enjoy their essence conveniently and enjoyably in every setting and have been reinterpreted as audio dramas that allow you to hear the action and paint the picture in your mind as it happens.

The Science of Being Great, Wallace D. Wattles' final word in self-mastery and his finest work, will be of value to every person who seeks true fulfillment and the awakening of his or her highest potential. With its powerful message, this book is for everyone, at any age, who wants to make the most of themselves. It is a companion work to his other classic, The Science of Getting Rich.

The Magic Story is one of the most intriguing and powerful works of inspiration ever written. Did you ever feel that you were two selves, divided between ordinary life and peak possibility? Now you can discover the mysterious “you” who cannot fail in this special edition which includes a new introduction by PEN Award-winning historian, Mitch Horowitz.

At its heart, The Art of War is a Taoist work. Its core principle is to blend with the natural order of things. That is the book’s approach to conflict and friction as it is to restoration and maintenance of peace.

In this newly introduced and annotated edition of Machiavelli’s most enduring work, scholar of esotericism Mitch Horowitz elucidates the greater spectrum of the pragmatic philosopher’s ideas to reveal a figure concerned not just with amoral cunning but possessed of standards and ideals rarely appreciated in modern assessments.

You can attain the life you want! Joseph Murphy’s most powerful guide to using your visualizing faculties of thought will show you how. Includes bonus book of Joseph Murphy’s classic Believe in Yourself with wonderful stories of how others have reached the top and how you can, too. It is your right to be rich. In this all-in-one guide, Joseph Murphy teaches you how to use your mind and visualizing powers to attain a life of abundance. He boils down the essentials to achieving a prosperous life.

Mein Spy gives a firsthand documentation of German espionage and sabotage in the U.S. in the lead-ups to both World War I and World War II. These activities, some only plotted, some carried out, defeated their own purpose. Instead of keeping America from intervening on behalf of the Allies, German disinformation and sabotage inflamed an American public opinion that up to that point had mostly been neutral.