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Fabre was born on December 21, 1823, and passed away on October 11, 1915, in Saint-Léons, Aveyron, France. Although many consider him to be the father of modern entomology, he is most recognized for his research on insects. Fabre combined what he called "my quest for scientific truth" with acute observations while writing in a fun, conversational style. He had an impact on Charles Darwin's later publications. There is a season for everything, and when that time comes, the historical evolution of our planet will all be intelligently recorded for human illumination and instruction. Man will worship God in this way, perfecting his divine essence to angelic status. One day, a world in anticipation will learn of the treasures buried within the Astral Book of Karmic development. It is foolish to label as erroneous and condemn useless the laws and formulae of the past since man's entire nature is being tuned to a higher tone. Each person must make an effort to fully understand for himself, in light of any new information, and base his arguments on astrology's TRUE PRINCIPLES. He states that his premises and conclusions must be on the same level and that the Sun and Moon are the major forces influencing human destiny.

Under the pen name Andrew North, Andre Norton wrote the science fiction book Plague Ship. Gnome Press issued an edition of 5,000 copies of it in 1956. The second installment in the author's Solar Queen series is the book. Dane Thorson, a trainee cargo master on the Free Trader rocket ship Solar Queen, serves as the book's main protagonist. Free Traders engage in risky and erratic trading contracts on distant and recently discovered worlds. The Solar Queen is forging ties with the cat-like Salariki, one of the races on the planet Sargol, and has recently secured a lucrative trading agreement there. The procedure proceeds slowly until the Salariki learn that the Solar Queen is bringing plants from Terra that are uncommon on Sargol, such as catnip. The traders gather a native red-colored wood to trade at home and trade the meager flora they have for the rare and expensive Koros stones. The Solar Queen is abruptly ordered to sign a pre-paid contract promising to return in six months with additional plants by the Salariki storm priests.

Lord Illingworth wants to hire Gerald Arbuthnot, a charismatic and flirty male politician, as his secretary. The first scene of the play takes place at a party on a patio on Lady Hunstanton's estate, and the high-class visitors spend the majority of Act I exchanging small chats and social gossip. After some small conversation, they get to discuss Hester's puritanical outlook and her need for privacy.The wealthy women learn that Gerald is the illegitimate child of a scandalous single mother and an aristocracy. Her son is all she has, she begs him to leave him alone.Gerald speaks highly of his mother and wonders why she has never told him about his father as Act III starts. The drama examines a wide range of topics, including humor, tragedy, savages, and global culture. In the last scene, Gerald tries to take his mother home when she requests him to do so. Gerald arrives home alone and is upset that his mother won't acknowledge him as her son. Hester departs to avoid her judgmental mother when he brings his mother home.With the intention of seeing Mrs. Arbuthnot, Lady Hunstanton and Mrs. Allonby are seen entering. When the maid informs them that she has a headache, the two quickly leave after complimenting her taste.

Volume 7 of the first Tom Swift novel series, written and published by Grosset & Dunlap, is titled Tom Swift Among the Diamond Makers, Or, The Secret of Phantom Mountain.Diamonds are supposed to be a girl's best friend. Based on this conviction, Tom Swift is purchasing a diamond pin for Mary Nestor in a neighborhood jewelry shop. Mr. Jenks from Earthquake Island (a locale in the previous Tom Swift novel) visits the store and advises Tom not to buy a diamond there when the store owner abruptly departs the establishment to pursue someone who may be preparing a theft. Tom would receive a far better diamond from him that was created in Phantom Mountain. The next Tom Swift adventure starts at this point.In the novel Tom Swift Among the Diamond Makers, Tom Swift sets off in the airship Red Cloud in quest of Phantom Mountain and the diamond makers there with Mr. Jenks, Mr. Damon, who is always around, and Mr. Parker, the ""Debbie Downer"" of scientists. Tom Swift would be up against some group of outlaws in the early Tom Swift novels. Mother Nature was the foe on Earthquake Island. Both are there this time, posing threats to the protagonist and his companions.

The Story of the Treasure Seekers is another renowned book by E. Nesbit. The story opens with Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noel, and Horace Octavius (H. O.) Bastable and who strives to help their widowed father and restore their family's fortunes. After Mother died, Father was severely ill and his business partner travelled to Spain. The narrative is told from the viewpoint of a young child named Oswald. Because Edith Nesbit was quite observant when it came to kids, her tales consistently depict the kind of activities and disputes that take place between siblings. The story tells the struggles of young children and how they take charge of the situation. Readers will get good entertainment as the story ends on a positive node.

Algernon Blackwood's novella The Wendigo was initially released in The Lost Valley and Other Stories (Eveleigh Nash, 1910). Simpson, a divinity student, and his uncle Dr. Cathcart, an author of a book on collective hallucination, are two Scotsmen on a moose-hunting trip with guides Hank Davis and the nature-loving French "Canuck," Joseph Défago, in the forest north of Rat Portage in Northwestern Ontario. Simpson eventually succeeds in returning to the main camp, where he meets up with the others. Dr. Cathcart and Hank follow him back to continue the search for Défago, and as they set up camp once more in the bush, Défago or some repulsive impersonation of Défago appears before them before slipping away into the darkness once more. They return to the main camp feeling conflicted and frightened by what they have seen, only to discover that Défago-the actual Défago this time-has made his own way there while experiencing delirium, exposure, and frostbite. He passes away shortly after, leaving the three guys perplexed and unsure of what happened. Punk could have been the one to explain it to them, but as soon as he smelled the awful odor Défago was carrying, he ran away to his house.

When the boat departed, Zahm's wife and four children flew in from New York to bid him farewell. The American Museum was especially eager to acquire items from the region separating the Amazon River's southern affluents from its headwaters in Paraguay. The majority of colubrine snakes, which are the typical snakes we encounter everywhere, are completely harmless. However, certain snakes, like cobras, grow into what are generally thought to be the most dangerous snakes. On Christmas Day, we made steady progress upstream between upper Paraguay's lush and picturesque banks while fighting a strong current. The low, marshy, rich wastelands known as the Chaco were to the west across the river and were still occupied by either wild Indians or massive-scale cattle ranching. Our entire group, together with all of their baggage, boarded our fine small river boat, the Nyoac, at Corumba. The Amazon River, which flows from the Andes to the Atlantic from west to east, is the largest river in the world. A train of pack oxen left two days before our own departure with our mule train, hauling supplies, equipment, and other items. Most of them were thoroughly broken, but there was around a score that was either completely unbroken or horribly shattered.

The fourth book in the Barsoom series and a science fantasy, Thuvia, Maid of Mars is written by American author Edgar Rice Burroughs. The protagonists of the previous three novels in the series, John Carter and Dejah Thoris are no longer the main characters in this book; instead, it is their son, Carthoris. The story starts with Carthoris who is in love with Thuvia. Unfortunately, Kulan Tith, Jeddak of Kaol, has Thuvia's pledge. Now the only thing that can end a man and woman's engagement is death. Carthoris finds himself in a difficult situation as a result of this circumstance. Thuvia experiences the typical Burroughsian heroine's destiny of being abducted and in need of rescue, so Carthoris sets out to find the love of his life. The story turns out that Carthoris is blamed for Thuvia's kidnap. Read this amazing book by Edgar Rice Burroughs to find out how he handles the situation and saves his love.

In this enthralling story by the ""royal historian of Oz,"" a little girl named Trot and an elderly sailor named Cap'n Bill continue their adventures following their trip to the Sea Fairies. Trot, Cap'n Bill, and their companion, a young kid named Button-bright, were pleased to leave Sky Island, a marvelous fairyland in sky country, after experiencing some bad experiences there.The three travelers are transported to this island in the sky by a magical umbrella. There, they meet the six snub-nosed princesses, find the King's treasure chamber, run into a blue wolf, meet Tourmaline the poverty Queen, and Rosalie the Witch, and ultimately return home after a protracted voyage. This volume is a pleasant addition to Dover's popular series of Oz novels and will please both seasoned Oz readers and those unfamiliar with L. Frank Baum's fantastical worlds

Volume 3 of the original Tom Swift book series, titled Tom Swift and His Airship, or The Stirring Cruise of the Red Cloud, was released by Grosset & Dunlap.In Tom Swift and His Airship, Tom Swift describes the Red Cloud, an airship that is quick and cutting-edge. Tom is eager for a cross-country trip, but the Shopton bank is robbed right before he and his buddies leave. Tom is immediately held responsible for the heist after taking off. He finds himself suddenly a wanted fugitive, but he doesn't understand why until he has travelled halfway across the nation. Tom needs to hurry return to Shopton to clear his name before being blasted out of the sky because there is neither a safe harbor nor a buddy on the ground below.

John Munro wrote the tale of electricity. Readers of biographical novels are presented with a fictional account of a real-life or historical figure. Such biographies add fictional details or enhance the genuine lives of historical or contemporary figures. Romantic relationships between two or more people are the main subject of books in the romance novel genre. Other genres, like fantasy or historical romance, may also have characteristics present in this one. Northanger Abbey, Two on a Tower, Flatland, The Boundary of Blades: an Anglo-Indian romance, A Rose of a Hundred Leaves, An experiment in marriage, and Betty: A Last Century Love Story are a few titles that fall under this category. This small book's goal is to convey the fundamentals of electrical science in a clear and engaging manner, in keeping with the overall design of the series to which it belongs. The first man witnessed one of the most stunning and magnificent electrical phenomena, the thunderstorm, but the electrical utilities we now take for granted are exclusively the result of scientific advancement in the nineteenth century. The majority of the discussion that follows is devoted to these services.

Only seven years had passed since the Wright brothers' illustrious maiden flight, providing a fascinating view into the early aviation frenzy. Astonishingly, a teenage girl should be in it. There are various places in the novel when the author makes overt statements about how unfairly girls and women are treated, but these statements are subtly refuted.The author relies on ""feminine"" stereotypes by portraying Peggy as overly sentimental, ""naturally"" adept at nursing skills, and too quick to let her brother take credit for the things she'd done. This is even though Peggy is depicted as a budding suffragette who protests that women and girls should be given the same opportunities and prize money as men and boys in the air races. Despite the author's efforts to portray Peggy as the genuine ""new"" girl, Jess, Peggy's companion, exhibits a more persistent sense of independence.

Scottish author David Lindsay's book A Voyage to Arcturus was initially released in 1920. An interstellar adventure serves as the backdrop for a story about travel through fascinating realms. The action takes place in Tormance, a fictional planet that orbits Arcturus, a double star system made up of the stars Branchspell and Alppain in the book but not in reality. As the main character, Maskull looks for the purpose of existence, and the lands the characters pass through reflect philosophical systems or mental states. The book explores the nature of good and evil and their interactions with existence by fusing fantasy, philosophy, and science fiction. The "best work of the twentieth century," as described by critic, author, and philosopher Colin Wilson, was a major inspiration for C. S. Lewis's Space Trilogy and, through him, for J. R. R. Tolkien, who claimed to have read it "with avidity." It was dubbed "a masterpiece" and "an outstanding effort" by Clive Barker. Despite having dismal sales during Lindsay's lifetime, the book was reissued in 1946 and numerous times after that. At least six different languages have been translated into it.

The decent people of our country are gravely oppressed by the combination, and as the King of England, in his own Right, supports the Parliament in what he calls Theirs, they have an undeniable right to enquire into both parties' claims and to reject either one's usurpation. Some authors have blurred the lines between society and government, making it difficult to tell the two apart. Government is created by our wickedness, whereas society is created by our desires. The former positively promotes happiness by combining our emotions, while the latter adversely restricts our vices. The first one was a patron, the latter one a judge. Our strength comes from our unity, not from our size, yet even so, the might of the entire planet may be repelled by our current numbers. It is interesting to consider how a race of men became so elevated above all others and distinct like a brand-new species. Our land force is already adequate, and we can't pretend to be oblivious to the fact that Britain would never let the construction of an American man of war as long as the continent was under her control in terms of naval affairs. Denial of the British parliament's authority "to bind the colonies in all instances whatsoever" was one of the finest expressions of romantic unity that America has ever known.

The Russian anarcho-communist author Peter Kropotkin published The Conquest of Bread, also known as The Bread Book, in 1892.Kropotkin contends that since all intellectual and useful property was produced via social labor, it should be considered common property. Since every person depends on the intellectual and physical labor of those who came before them as well as those who created the environment around them, every individual product is fundamentally the work of everyone.Kropotkin creates an illustration of what he imagines an anarcho-communist society may be. He cites the enormous levels of productivity attained by current industrial civilization as proof that such a society is feasible. He contends that sufficient amounts of the necessities are generated to meet everyone's wants; if only they were correctly distributed, no one would have any unfulfilled demands.According to Kropotkin, if given the opportunity to labor independently and the assurance of material security, people will work freely in cooperative factories that produce clothing or in communal gardens. He warns against the concentration of industry by the state, advises against more authoritarian socialism, and asserts that any revolution must ensure that workers and revolutionaries have access to food and freedom.

Together with Glinda and the Wizard, Dorothy and her pals attempt to free Button-Bright from Ugu's fortress. Ugu adjusts the enchantment so that he keeps his human stature and violent personality when Dorothy uses the Magic Belt to transform him into a dove. Ozma returns to the Emerald City after being released from the jail Ugu had placed her in. Days later, Ugu requests Dorothy's forgiveness for what he did as he flies in to see her, but subsequently decides he prefers his new life as a dove.The narrative depicts the voyage to the Land of Oz taken by Dorothy, Toto, the Shaggy Man, Button-Bright, and other anthropomorphic foxes. The sands of the desert will convert the tourists to dust, as Dorothy does in Ozma of Oz (1907).Arriving in Oz are characters such as Dorothy, Shaggy Man, Button-Bright, Polychrome, Jack Pumpkinhead, Tik-Tok, Billina, Jellia Jamb, Woggle-Bug, Hungry Tiger, the Good Witch of the North, and Ozma. The Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger drag Dorothy's chariot in, where she meets Ozma. The Wizard of Oz shows how to send everyone home by utilizing bubbles. When Polychrome's rainbow family finally locates her, she is miraculously carried into the air.

An influential French sociologist and criminologist, Gabriel de Tarde. The novel Underground Man, which was released in 1905, was created to illustrate de Tarde's belief that a person is a product of his or her social surroundings. In the novel, the sun's extinction drives humanity below, and as the migrants tunnel ever-deeper, views drastically shift.There are three parts to the book. In the first, de Tarde cynically describes how man struggles to create a utopia; in the second, the sun becomes red, the water turns to ice, and airborne nitrogen and oxygen flakes start to fall. The survivors begin creating massive crypts after becoming convinced that heat and electricity may be extracted from the earth's core. They establish a friendly, artistic society here beneath the ground, complete with incredible labor-saving devices that allow them to concentrate on producing works of art. The conclusion of de Tarde's story is that man may transcend his own fundamental character under the right circumstances.

Science fiction author H. G. Wells wrote a book titled The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth.In Book I, two new characters are introduced: Professor Redwood, who becomes interested in ""Growth"" after analysing response times, and Mr. Bensington, a research chemist with a focus on ""the More Toxic Alkaloids."" After a year of investigation and experimentation, he discovers how to produce what he initially refers to as ""the Food of the Gods"" but eventually refers to as Herakleophorbia IV. The material is given to kids, who then balloon to huge sizes.Albert Edward Caddles, Mrs. Skinner's grandson, is described in Book II as becoming into a symbol of ""the arrival of Bigness in the world."" Wells uses the opportunity to parody the Church of England clergy and the conservative rural nobility while illustrating life in a poor tiny community.Caddles, the protagonist, decides to see the world rather than spend his life working in a chalk pit. The relationship between the nameless princess and the young giant Redwood is sensitively depicted in Book III's epilogue. Just as Caterham undertakes a campaign to subdue the giants, their romance begins to flourish. The planet is on the edge of a protracted conflict between the ""small people"" and the Children of the Food as the book comes to an end.

In ''The Necessity of Atheism,'' the author provides a historical account of religious skepticism in the 1930s as well as a look at current arguments and skepticism. A reader can view this work as primarily offering a range of viewpoints on religious beliefs, systems, and practices and not necessarily seeking to dissuade the reader from religious thought in any way, despite the obvious conflict of its central topic and the thorough deconstruction of all major religious figures and practices throughout time. The target audience for this work is undoubtedly those who are already agnostic, atheist or have a strong propensity to reject supernaturalism. Dr. D.M. Brooks wrote an essay titled "The Necessity of Atheism" about atheism. Any debate about religion needs to be straightforward because if the freethinker attacks the religious dogmas reluctantly, the orthodox believer will presume that the freethinker is regretting removing the support the orthodox has. And all religious convictions are "crutches," impeding humanity's efforts to advance free of them. No theology can currently solve any issues relating to human advancement and enjoyment, and the teachings of freethought cannot do better and without the assistance of constraints.

The Lycosa, or Spider, is thought to be venomous, which is both her transgression and the main source of our inspiration for abhorrence. These homes are pits that are about a foot deep, first perpendicular, and subsequently bent elbow-wise. A curb made of straw, various pieces and scraps, and even tiny stones the size of hazelnuts is present on the side of the pit. Michelet (number 23) has described to us how he made friends with a Spider while working as a printer's apprentice in a cellar. As March draws to a close, the young people's exodus from the community starts.One of the gourd family plants, sometimes known as the squirting cucumber, thrives amidst the roadside trash. When fully mature, the seeds float in a liquid that was formerly the meaty core. One of man's clever nefarious inventions is the fowling-snare. To the right and left of a barren area, two sizable earthen coloured nets are spread out on the ground. They are pushed together like a pair of shutters by a long string that the fowler pulls at precisely the appropriate time.The Epeira's skill is unaffected by age in any fundamental way; as the young worked, so do the elderly, wealthier with an additional year of experience. An Epeira is sitting still on her suspension rope after weaving her web.

A gentlemanly clerk in Her Majesty's Civil Service, Philip Christy. He had traveled to Brackenhurst, Surrey, in the early morning on a fast train to meet his sister Frida and her husband Robert Monteith. While waiting for the churchgoers to go, Bertram Ingledew was thinking in the drawing room about certain practices that were comparable to those he had encountered or read about during his research in other places. Bertram Ingledew, a landowner who owned more dilapidated houses and maintained more pheasants than anybody else (save the duke) near Brackenhurst, captured the hearts of Philip Christy and Frida Monteith. The lowest and most animalistic of all the horrible emotions that man still inherited from apes and tigers drove Robert Monteith insane. He thus bent over the body with curiously hungry eyes after exacting his full measure of burning vengeance on the guy who had never hurt him, hoping to see some gory mark of his guilt on it. His pride actively struggled against itself in this situation. That is how savages behave. He was even more willing to patch up a temporary nominal reunion after learning that the guy who had abducted his wife was not a real live man of flesh and blood at all, but rather an evanescent phantom of the twenty-fifth century.

The book Hunger, also known as Sult in Norwegian, was written by George Egerton and published in 1890 by P.G. Philipsens Forlag.The first-person protagonist of the book, an anonymous wanderer with intellectual tendencies who is presumably in his late 20s, travels the streets of Kristiania (Oslo), the country's capital, in search of food. Throughout four episodes, he encounters a variety of more or less strange people, with Ylajali, a young woman with whom he shares a little amount of physical contact, standing out.He demonstrates a self-made code of chivalry by offering money and clothing to homeless people and children in need, refusing to consume food that is offered to him, and confessing to stealing. He sets up traps for himself because he is fundamentally destructive, and without access to basic comforts like food and warmth, his body eventually degrades. He does not, however, feel hostile against "society" per se; rather, he attributes his misfortune to "God" or the divine order of things.When he sells a piece to a newspaper, he achieves both creative and financial success, but he finds writing to be getting harder. He finally joins the crew of a ship departing the city as the book reaches its climax.

Henry James acquaints his readers to his bi-national world of love and nostalgia in An International Episode. The book's principal concern, as in most of his novels, is the cultural distinctions and interactions between the New and Old Worlds. Two British gentlemen travel to the United States and meet two stunning American women, who later return the favour in London. Aside from the romantic aspect of the story, the narrative centers around cultural and social misunderstandings, faux pas, and false friends, making the work resemble a comedy of manners. In this book, James is clearly seen highlighting the contrast between the hospitality of Americans towards Europeans and the unfriendly nature with which upper class English men treat Americans. The inclusion of characters such as Willy Woodley, Mr. Westgate, and even Captain Littledale, who are introduced into the narrative as people of significance - only to vanish, having made very little contribution to the story, exemplifies the constructional uncertainties. They act as cyphers whose sole purpose is to transport the story from one point to another. Thus, the story does not hold as cohesively and does not have much sense of thematic density.

Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery is the author of the children's book ''Anne of Ingleside''. Toronto's McClelland and Stewart and the Frederick A. Stokes Company released it for the first time in July 1939. (New York). It is also Montgomery's last book to be published. Anne Shirley appears in 10 of these volumes. In terms of publication order, Anne of Ingleside came before Rainbow Valley. The Anne stories are also included in the short story collection of The Blythes Are Quoted, which was written in 1941/42 but wasn't released until 2009. The book's copyright in the US was extended in 1967. Anne travels to Avonlea to see Diana Wright and Anne Cordelia. She returns to the old Morgan house, now named 'Ingleside'. The book spans a period of about six years and includes adventures for each of Anne's five children as well as their aunt Mary Maria Blythe. In many of the stories, the Ingleside children are taken in by children who tell lies to seem more interesting. Gilbert has become distant from Anne, and she fears that he may no longer love her. Shirley, the third son of the Blythes, appears in the book but strangely does not receive a solo "spotlight" story of his own.

Joris-Karl Huysmans' book Against the Grain was first published in French as rebours in 1884.The piece embodies the decadence of late 19th-century French upper culture in both style and content. Des Esseintes, the main character, displays the crippling symptoms of neurasthenia, a broad psychosomatic condition that was popular at the time.Because of his health, he must temporarily leave Paris and move to his country estate in Fontenay, where he plots his route "against the grain" of everyday life. Des Esseintes creates a routine of exquisite sensualism while sequestered in luxury.He creates a "mouth organ" that he uses to drink "harmonic" liquor mixtures. He grows exotic plants and arranges to have a live tortoise's shell set with gems. Perfumes, monastery music, visionary art, and Stéphane Mallarmé's poetry are among his too polished interests. However, unchecked excess only makes his illness worse, leading his doctor to instruct him to return to Paris. Des Esseintes' request for mercy from a God he only loosely believes in brings the narrative to a close. Although the author wrote the book with a specific audience in mind, it has since become a reference on fin-de-siècle aestheticism.

Paddy Flynn, a little, youthful elderly guy, told me many of the stories in this book. He resided in Ballisodare, County Sligo, in a leaky, one-room hut.No matter what one questions, one never doubts the faeries because "they stand to reason," as a man with an Indian mohawk tattoo on his bicep puts it. Even in the rural areas of the west, there are some sceptics.Minorities do not exist in the tiny towns and villages. Every man is a class unto himself, and every hour presents a fresh obstacle. The illiterate masses don't care about us any more than the elderly horse staring through the local pound's fence does. They claim, "These are ghosts."A "strong farmer," or a "knight of the sheep," as they would have called him in Gaelic times, resides in Cope's mountain. He is a man of might in both words and acts, proud of his lineage from one of the Middle Ages' fiercest clans. According to legend, the Faery People live in a cave beneath damp sea sand, surrounded by black rocks. The girl observed a strong light coming from the cave and several little figures dancing to music while wearing mostly red costumes of various colors.

London was wracked by the plague. Daily thousands of people were washed away; grass sprang in the streets; and the survivors hardly ever had enough time to bury the dead. The plague pits and pest-houses were both crowded; nobody knew who awoke healthy in the morning or who may be lying bare and dead in a few hours. All of the walls and the corniced ceiling were carved, gilded, and fretted with gold network. The chamber was mirrored in a large mirror, and a toilet-table covered in diamonds, lace, perfume bottles, and a variety of pricey small feminine trinkets that ladies used to own stood underneath it. Although it was a very dark and gloomy night when Sir Norman Kingsley found Ormiston's body in Leoline's home, to him everything was as light as the lovely hills of Beulah. It was clear that the angry face, which was facing the moonlight, belonged to a dead guy. Not even the plague could claim a victim this swiftly. If George hadn't detained him with a loud yell, Sir Norman in his panicked flight would have likely gone past him unobserved.

This story, a classic piece of science fiction, was among the first to examine the atomic universe. In the novel The Girl in the Golden Atom, a teenage scientist discovers a secret atomic universe inside his mother's wedding band. He uses a microscope to reveal a stunning young woman seated in front of a cave inside the ring. She has him spellbound, and he shrinks to fit into her world. Ray Cummings (1887-1957), who worked for Thomas Alva Edison, was fascinated by the potential of science and started writing science fiction. When The Girl in the Golden Atom was published in 1923, it was a huge success, and Cummings went on to create the equally popular follow-up novel The People of the Golden Atom. This Bison Books version includes both books as well as a fresh introduction written by Jack Williamson.

One of the best English translations of this ancient Indian treatise on politics, social mores, love, and intimacy are the Kama Sutra, which Mallanaga Vatsyayana wrote in the second century CE. Its clean presentation raised the bar for Sanskrit translation. The Kama Sutra is a unique combination of sexology, society, psychology. It has been hailed as a great work of Indian literature for more than 1,700 years and has served as a window for the West into the mysticism and culture of the East. The Kama Sutra, a prehistoric Indian literature, is regarded as the most important Sanskrit study of human sexuality. The Kama Sutra remains one of the most accessible and entertaining of all the ancient classics, having been written with frankness and unassuming simplicity. The Kama Sutra is so significant as a work of philosophy, psychology, sociology, theology, science, and sexology that it simultaneously had an impact on Indian civilization and remained a crucial component in understanding it.