One of the major political figures of his time, Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626) served in the court of elizabeth I and ultimately became Lord Chancellor under James I in 1617. A...more

Bacon wrote this book at the age of forty-eight, four years after the publication of his Two Books of the Advancement of Learning the first important work of the series that ...more

Francis Bacon is very informative and descriptive. His points are quite bold and judicious. This is one of the great books that made Francis Bacon a great author. Please ...more

Francis Bacon offers his opinion on many different topics in these essays, ranging from life and death to love and anger. Full of wit and wisdom, the essays are the perfect ...more

An exceptional work about the use of science as a means to improve the human condition, using the power of reasoning to find the truth. Showing how theories should be based ...more

Bacon's account of an ideal state reveals both practical methods and unique fantasy; a utopia, described with philosophical and rosicrucian undertones. An excellent story of ...more

When the New Organon appeared in 1620, part of a six-part programme of scientific inquiry entitled 'The Great Renewal of Learning', Francis Bacon was at the high point of his ...more

William Golding's compelling story about a group of very ordinary small boys marooned on a coral island has become a modern classic. At first it seems as though it is all ...more

Hailed as the first great play to lay bare the emptiness of America's relentless drive for material success, Death of a Salesman is Miller's classic portrait of an ordinary ...more

The book that shook the world
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This is the book that revolutionized the natural sciences and every literary, philosophical and ...more

The last novel ernest Hemingway saw published, The Old Man and the Sea has proved itself to be one of the enduring works of American fiction. It is the story of an old Cuban ...more

THIS COLLeCTION OF SHORT STORIeS AND VIGNeTTeS MARKeD eRNeST HeMINGWAY'S AMeRICAN DeBUT AND MADe HIM FAMOUS When In Our Time was published in 1925, it was praised by Ford ...more

One of the most popular of all the Sherlock Holmes novels...more

Shakespeare's great tragicomic romance, "The Winter's Tale", includes the newly updated features of the Signet Classic Shakespeare series, dramatic criticism and a special ...more

Veda Rux, a beautiful blonde, known professionally as a stripper, steals a priceless Cellini dagger from the safe in millionaire Lindsay Brett's home. Her agent, Cornelius ...more