Thoreau's account of his 1839 boat trip is a finely crafted tapestry of travel writing, essays, and lyrical poetry. Thoreau interweaves descriptions of natural phenomena, the ...more

With their call for "simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!”, for self-honesty, and for harmony with nature, the writings of Henry David Thoreau are perhaps the most...more

This essay is one the Thoreau's strongest judgements of America's constituted society. This goes along with the public address of "Slavery in Massachusetts" and his defense ...more

The title says it all; this is a book about walking; it's a wonderful book that you can read for motivation and inspiration. It a very thought provoking book of one man ...more

Written with the motto "that government is best that governs least", when men are ready for it, that will be the kind of government we will have. This book tries to tell us ...more

Walden...more

Walden and Civil disobedience...more

In 1845 Henry David Thoreau left his pencil-manufacturing business and began building a cabin on the shore of Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts. This lyrical yet ...more

"What a wilderness walk for a man to take alone!...Here was traveling of the old heroic kind over the unaltered face of nature." Henry David Thoreau Over a period of three ...more

"I wonder if Judy Blume really knows how many girls' lives she affected. I wonder if she knows that at least one of her books made a grown woman finally feel like she'd been a...more

Fifteen of emerson's most significant writings provide important information on the society in which emerson lived during his formative years...more

What happens to recalled meat?
What's the difference between a serial killer and a spree killer?
How do you stop a lava flow?
Does ...more

Walden and Civil disobedience...more

In the four and a half centuries since Machiavelli's death, no single and unanimously accepted interpretation of his ideas has succeeded in imposing itself upon the lively ...more

The works of Friedrich Nietzsche have fascinated readers around the world ever since the publication of his first book more than a hundred years ago. As Walter Kaufmann, one ...more

Published in conjunction with the PeN American Center, Burn This Book is a powerful collection of essays that explore the meaning of censorship and the power ...more

Six Memos for the Next Millennium...more

In 1845 Henry David Thoreau left his pencil-manufacturing business and began building a cabin on the shore of Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts. This lyrical yet ...more