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Someone once said that if one wants a new idea, one should read an old book. The Lady of the mount by Frederic Stewart Isham, this book continues to be widely read despite its age. This scarce antiquarian was first got published in the early 90s. It's a well written and well known classics and literary or non-fiction, it is yet to be discovered in the world of literature. This undiscovered gem helps you understand the unspoken language of love, sacrifices and mutual understanding. Our team believes that this astonishing work is culturally important and we have decided to preserve and promote this hidden gem.

'A Columbus of Space' is a glorious story of adventure on Venus, published in 1909 and written by Garrett P. Serviss. This is first story ever reported about an atomic powered spacecraft. It is an precarious thriller written at a time when Venus was still doubted to only show one hemisphere to the Sun and Venusian life was still regard to be possible. The heroes of this, were in the middle of the cosmos, they were amazed when they saw the Earth. He is the first to take edge to the power of inter-atomic energy, which allows him to steer the Ocean of Ether and sale to the beaches of another world than ours. He builds a curious spool-shaped machine and sets sail into space, arriving with his companion on the planet Venus. Courageous travellers from each journey to the planet Venus, which always has one side facing the Sun. The night side is a frozen polar wasteland occupied by Neanderthal like humanoids, while the light side has an advanced, Greco-Roman classical type civilization. This is a tour to Venus on a craft that can travel a superb speed and is charged by something that sounds perhaps nuclear.

The Star of Gettysburg is a tale of romance, but also deals with the Civil War. The book opens with "The Guns of Bull Run" and goes to "The Guns of Shiloh". From "The Scouts of Stonewall," and "The Sword of Antietam" to the current volume, the story is about the young Southern hero, Harry Kenton, and his friends.The book is a historic fiction but Altsheler tried to keep it real. There are parts of the battle that get overlooked and you don't know the generals' objectives. But Altsheler brings out the human side and showed friendship with enemies too. The Civil War fought between United States of America and the Confederate States of America. Battle of Gettysburg is one of the best books by Altsheler and is popular among young and adult readers. It is the story of one of the biggest battle that took place in the Western Hemisphere. It is a culturally important book and shows the face of the civil war.

The book 'The Moon Metal' was a science fiction story written by famous American writer Garrett P. Serviss, published in 1900. Serviss was a passionate astronomy writer, in this entertaining novella, he has imagined a future amusing story. The theme of the story is amazing and terrific for common readers. Author narrates huge deposits of gold was found in Antarctica, it became common metal and created financial crisis in the world market. There was hue and cry in the world economic scenario because value of every currency was declined. A group of bankers came in action to save the world from this economic crisis. A new metal Artemisiumis is discovered to substitute the gold but unfortunately it was in possession of a scientist Dr. Syx. Dr. Syx wants to control the power of whole world. He asserts that metal comes from his rockies mines only he can produce this. But in reality it is not the earth's product, it comes from the moon by a matter transmitter. Two youths decide to find out the truth about this metal.

Meet the top-most hero-villain, a complete masterpiece of suspense, a Chinese criminal of endless wealth, mind, and mysterious powers whose goal is nothing less than to overpower the world; he is Dr. Fu-Manchu, a master of disguise who commands the criminal societies of Asia. His foil is Denis Nayland Smith, a plodding Englishman with unclear connections with Scotland Yard, and his physicist friend, Dr. Petrie. This novel is the first and best-seeming instalment in the series of Dr. Fu-Manchu mysteries, among which a few are film adaptations. The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu presents a cast of beautiful characters in a materialistic, climatic story with so much suspense hidden inside the story, which creates more excitement to know what is going to happen.

Walt Whiteman is one of the most famous and inspiring American poets. A poet who is widely considered as the American father of free verses. This book is a collection of his patriotic poems divided into 4 parts; Poems of War, Poems of after War, Poems of America and Poems of Democracy. These poems show pain, celebration, courage and unity. He often likes to celebrate love, friendship, democracy and nature through his work. His major concern was to introspect, explore and celebrate his own self and his personality and secondly he wanted to eulogize democracy and the American nation with its achievements and potential. His work continues to receive huge readership across generations and the fact that he mostly wrote his poems in first person makes it even more meaningful. By reading his astonishing work one learns to appreciate the things and find beauty within.

Leaves of Grass is a wonderful poetry collection written by American poet Walt Whitman. First edition of this collection was published in 1855 with twelve poems. Through out his life, he revised this composition and after four decades, it was compiled in a collection of 400 poems. In these poems he expressed philosophy of life and humanity. He has written praiseworthy poems on nature. He didn't follow rhyme and standard rules for meter and line length rather he set his own style. He emerges as a hero in epic 'Song of Myself'. His incredible writing depicts as he has seen all the world. He has written all sorts of poems like - social, political, personal and sexual in nature. His poetic journey and self exploration are most commendable, represents his philosophy of life. He has shown an impressive comparison between fallen autumn leaves and rebirth of a new life after death. His passionate writing is delightful and pleasure giving. He expresses his deep concern for people's individuality and immortality. 'Song of the Open Road' is such a marvellous composition. In his poems as a true patriotic citizen he sings for glorious America.

Vanity Fair is a superb satire of English society in 1848 by William Makespeace Thackeray, which leads the lives of Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley among their friends and families during and after the Napoleonic Wars. It is a story of the two main characters Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley, two childhood friends from the opposite ends of the virtuous and mental spectrum. Becky is ambitious, dishonest and smart, Amelia is modest, kind, simple, and not very intelligent. The story is told within a story of a puppet show at a play, highlighting the undependable nature of the events of the story. Place against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars. Vanity Fair graphs the girls' problem in love, marriage and family. Amelia marries George Osborne but George, just before he is killed at the Battle of Waterloo, is set to leave his young wife Becky, who has contest her way up through society to marriage with Rawdon Crawley, a young officer from an elegant family. Crawley, disappointed, finally leaves Becky, and in the end virtue apparently succeeds when Amelia marries her constant admirer, Captain William Dobbin, and Becky settles down to proper living and charitable works.

Walt Whiteman is one of the most famous and inspiring American poets. A poet who is widely considered as the American father of free verses. His most famous work is "Leaves of Grass", it was first published in the year 1855 by Walt Whiteman himself. This book is a collection of poems and verses by Walt Whiteman, he often celebrates love, friendship, democracy and nature through his work. His major concern was to introspect, explore and celebrate his own self and his personality and secondly he wanted to eulogize democracy and the American nation with its achievements and potential. His work continues to receive huge readership across generations and the fact that he mostly wrote his poems in first person makes it even more meaningful. By reading his astonishing work one learns to appreciate the things and find beauty within.

Frederick Stewart Isham was an American author and playwright . A Man And His Money is a fabulous book written by him. It is a story of young man living in riches. He willingly abandons his wealth to begin a new life. He realizes that his lavish life style makes him inactive and crippled. He thinks wealth had formed a handicap, so he leaves his wealth and starts doing work using his physical and mental power. Misunderstandings and coincidences abound in this story of an abducted American heiress.

The Rainbow Trail is written by Zane Grey and is a sequel to Riders of the Purple Sage. It was published in 1915 and re-edited in recent years. The story takes you ten years in the future from Riders of the Purple Sage. In this book, the wall of Surprise Valley wall is broken, and Jane Withersteen is forced to choose between Lassiter's life and Fay Larkin's marriage to a Mormon.Both novels are notable for their protagonists' mild opposition to Mormon polygamy, but the theme is treated more explicitly in The Rainbow Trail. The story revolves around the victimization of women in the Mormon culture.The story of Riders of the Purple Sage revolves around the struggle of a Mormon woman who sacrifices her wealth and social status to keep her away from becoming the junior wife of the head of the church. Whereas, The Rainbow Trail compares older Mormons with a growing generation of Mormon women who will not tolerate polygamy and Mormon men who do not want it.A movie is also made in 1931 by the same name.

The story includes an international conspiracy. The pretty American young lady is the heroine of the story. Sir Hardross Courage is the upper-class cricketer whose life gets changed after a chance encounter with a secret agent named Guest, who has revealed a secret that could decide the destiny of England. As Guest feels that his death is coming, and as Courage doesn't want to stand by casually while his nation might be in danger, he agrees to Guest telling him the secret. In this way, he involves himself in a world of international conspiracies where danger seems to lurk around every corner, and there he meets the lady of his dreams. The journey of these characters and their involvement in the controversies, including the romance, create more suspense in the story.

Gilbert K. Chesterton's fictional "The Trees of Pride" story goes around Squire Vane, who has imported three "peacock trees," which, according to the local people, spread illness and eat people. The Squire let go of these comments as simple superstitions, but while the three guests raised the point and angered the squire, he walked out to the trees to spend the night among them, to show the people that they were not risky, but the next morning he was nowhere. His guests and a local doctor went out to find out what exactly happened to him and sort out a completely twisted web. This is a brilliant composition of a human's capacity and desire to believe in supernatural activities, all wrapped up in a tale of honour and arrogance.

The Woman in White is a mysterious sensational novel, written by Wilkie Collins, published in 1860. A young art teacher Walter Hartright, meets an entirely white dressed mysterious woman, while he was returning, after meeting his mother and sister. Later, he came to know that she has escaped from an asylum. Walter joins a job in Limmeridge House to teach art to Laura Fairlie and Marian Halcombe Laura's step sister. Walter surprises that there is resemblance between Laura and the woman in white known as Anne Catherick. In spite of her love to Walter Laura marries to Sir Percival Glyde as she promised to her dying father. After six months of her marriage Clyde with Fosco conspirates against Laura to steal her inheritance. Story takes sensational turn Laura and Anne's places were exchanged. After persisting efforts of Walter and Marian the truth revealed, Laura's identity proved and Glyde and Fosco are killed and in the end Walter marries to Laura.

In this book author says that humans always keen to know about the hidden facts of surrounding world. The secrets of the universe are the most inquisitive part of the scientific study. Author brings in light some recent discoveries about the other planets of the solar system. The existence of the life is the most fascinating question. Author explains the similarities and differences between life on earth and some other planets of the solar system. In an interesting manner, he illustrates possibilities of experiences that we would share while our visit. He clears the vision that to observe the planets only large telescope is not needed but clear and calm air is essential. In South America atmospheric condition is very good to observe these planets and predicts the possibilities of life over there. It opens the wings of imagination and shows the prospects of interplanetary communication. It also gives the view that inhabitants of other planets behave with us.

Typhoon, a classic novella, evokes the seafaring life at the turn of the century. Typhoon is a metaphorical work inspired by events in Joseph Conrad's ocean life that investigates the consequences of pursuing choices disregarding realities or opposing points of view, while celebrating the importance of resistance and collaboration.With ironic characters and thrilling settings, Typhoon is both interesting and daring. First distributed in 1902, Joseph Conrad has been republished in numerous distributions, including abstract magazines and artistic assortments. Typhoon portrays an account of high stakes and experience with a particularly perceptive story style, bearing Conrad's elaborate tradition of breathtaking writing. This novel contains a mystery, a thriller, an adventure, and a life lesson for all readers.

One of the great classics, The Great Gatsby, was the third novel by an American writer, F. Scott Fitzgerald. This masterpiece was first published in the year 1925, set in New York City. It shares with us the tragic story of Jay Gatsby and a wealthy young woman whom he loved in his youth. This classic novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by generations of readers. This novel revolves around the theme of wealth, class, love, and idealism and raises various questions about American ideology and society. This novel has been translated into various languages and still receives huge readership from all generations. Let's read this masterpiece to find out more about Jay's life's journey.

Running Water is an adventure novel by the British writer A.E.W.Mason in 1907. The story could be noticeable as mountaineering crime fiction with a romantic turn. A story of danger, romance, and adventure as mountain-climbers fight to save a climber who has slipped on a huge glacier. The novel combines a love story with a story of adventures under the banner of philosophical views. The heroine of this romance is Sylvia Thesiger, a beautiful young woman with an envious mother and love of the Alps. The novel begins with her first climb, up the icy black rocks of Col. Silent to the top of Aiguille d'Argentiere, in the company of Captain Hilary Chayne. After their first meeting on the Mont Blanc mountain, Sylvia goes back to England to live with her father (whom she has never link up). Skinner shows to be a dangerous man with a puzzling past and Sylvia tries, with Chayne's help, to protect the appointed victim. The final encounter takes place on the lethal Brenva route, one of the most adventurous ways to reach the top of Mont Blanc.

H.G Wells, The war in the Air, describe the disasters of Bert Smallways, a cycle engineer from Bun Hill, England who luckily becomes the eye-witness to the German air attack against the United States, which created world war. Smallways incidentally trades places with Mr. Alfred Butteridge, who has different plans for a secret flying machine, by falling into Butteridge's balloon. The balloon floats to Germany, and during the journey, Smallways finds the complete drawings for Butteridge's flying machine. Smallways figures out how to land on the ground for the German air fleet, driven by Prince Karl Albert. The author's essential focus is an analysis of the immorality of man and the delicacy of modern society. He encourages a one-world government and sponsors education vs War, simultaneously he has an unbelievable insight into the future and air warfare.

Great American astronomy writer Garrett P. Serviss has written this book Pleasure of Telescope, first published in 1901. When this book was published there was an outrage, as on it's cover page picture of a nude goddess shown later it was changed into plain blue cover. It's a classical astronomy book and illustrated guide for amateur astronomers who studies for pleasure and curiosity. Seeing the importance of this book efforts are made to protect, preserve and promote it. In his views telescope is a valuable instrument of knowledge through which things can be observed and discoveries became possible. Since, childhood telescope was his most precious possession. He says it's an instrument generally kept by intelligent and curious people. In an introductory series, he has shown stars and maps more vividly, naked eye visible and visible through telescopes stars are shown differently. Constellation are pointed out by usual symbols and nebulae by a little white circle. The smaller stars are shown by dots and larger by star- shaped figures.

The story takes you to the Civil War when a Union regiment rested and camped along a riverbank for weeks for a war. Henry Fleming who is a teenager joins the army because of his love for the army but finds himself in the middle of the battle against the Confederate soldiers. In the battle, Confederate soldiers charge but are repelled by the Union. But soon Confederate soldiers charge again. Henry is terrified and leaves his comrades. He goes to a jungle where he finds a body decaying, while escaping from the place he finds a group of injured soldiers returning from the war. They ask Henry to show his wound. He tries to run from that place but things come in disarray. A soldier hit him with his rifle on his head. Exhausted, hungry, thirsty, and now wounded he decides to go back to his regiment. He faces shame and hatred from another soldier. He has to prove himself to get back his respect and pride.It is the story of a person who leaves the battleground out of fear. The story revolves around maturation, heroism, cowardice, and the indifference of nature.

This novel by Alexander Dumas pere, published in French as Les Trois Mousquetaires in 1844. It is a historical romance and it describes the experiences of four heroes who lived under the French kings Louis XIII and Louis XIV, who ruled during the 17th and early 18th centuries. At the beginning of the story, D'Artagnan enters in Paris from Gascony and becomes involved in three fights with the three musketeers Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. It is in the daredevil category, which has heroic, gallant swordsmen who fight for justice. It depicts various injustices, abuses and ridiculousness of the Ancient Regime, showing the novel an additional political importance at the time of its publication, a time when the discussion in France between Republicans and monarchists was still ferocious. Writer analyses the coming-of-age story of young d'Artagnañ who allows to leave his country life behind and change into a member of the king's elite guard. Three skilled musketeers, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis mentor d'Artagnañ as he jumps into political interest and daring adventure. In the world of The Three Musketeers, heroes triumph through loyalty, bravery, and friendship. Thus, 'The Three Musketeers' is a consolidation of Romance, Action and History.

Captain Mayne Reid's this novel is one that has roots in a different countries and cultures. This novel is an overlooked gem and a classic piece of literature. It was first published in 1866 and is full of mystery and suspense.This novel is Set in nineteenth-century Texas, The Headless Horseman recounts the narrative of Louise Poindexter, who is a newbie to town. Sought by Cassius Calhoun and Maurice Gerald, Louise finds that her life takes a turn when her sibling, Henry Poindexter, is seen dead. Set in nineteenth-century Texas, The Headless Horseman recounts the narrative of Louise Poindexter, who is a newbie to town. Sought by Cassius Calhoun and Maurice Gerald, Louise finds that her life takes a turn when her sibling, Henry Poindexter, is seen dead. Let's read more to find out how this mystery will be solved and who the killer is.

Wylder's Hand is one of the most popular novel written by Irish author J. Sheridan Le Fanu, published in three volumes in 1864. It's full of mystery and suspense, depicting Victorian era. Story is all about two ancient family groups the Brandons and the Wylders engaged in their family conflicts, over titles, incomes and ownership of the Brandon hall. Charles De Cresseron a lawyer friend of Mark Welder narrates the story, Mark has invited him to seek his advice on the legal prospects of the marriage. As old matron Lady Chelford plans to end this rivalry by settling a marriage between beautiful young lady Dorcas Brandon and young handsome Mark Wylder. There is no love bonds, it's a negotiation only. As the marriage approaches near suddenly Mark disappears mysteriously. Dorcas feels decieted, tension and agitation prevails. Evidences suspect Mark's run off, meanwhile the tension Mark sends letters from Europe to Brandon Hall. Evil Stanley Lake, member of the third branch of the family, gets opportunity and seeks Dorcas hand.

Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888, a book by Frances Marie Antoinette Mack Roe was originally printed in 1909. This is a collection of letters written by a woman in the 1870s who proceeded to 'The Far West' (Colorado Territory). The stories included in the letters gave a good knowledge of how people lived in the west at the time as well and what military life was like. Frances Roe notes the problems of camp and garrison life with servants, sand, and shortages, and the enjoyments of parties and new friends, of hunting, fishing, and camping trips, and of long play with her dog Hal. She is courageous and brilliant, but she's also just a woman in the middle of out there try to stay alive and make a nice home for herself, her husband, and her new dog. Some interesting illustrations of army life in the west and her experiences with various Indian tribes and her pleasure of army post living when she correlated it to living in the eastern cities also.

Lord Jim, a book by Joseph Conrad, published in 1900. Jim, a young British sailor, becomes first fellow on the Patna, a ship full of devotees travelling to Mecca for the hazz. When the ship starts speedily taking on water and disaster seems approaching, Jim follows his captain and other crew members in leaving the ship and its passengers. A few days later, they are lifted by a British ship. However, the Patna and its passengers are later also rescued, and the disgraceful actions of the crew are revealed. The other contributors avoid the judicial court of enquiry, leaving Jim to the court alone. He is publicly criticised for this action and the novel follows his later efforts at coming to terms with his past. At trial, Jim meets Marlow and Marlow fixes Jim a position as a post manager at a remote colonial territory known as Patusan. Jim establishes a new identity at Patusan, and soon becomes a leader of great fame. The residents respect him as a spiritual and political force, a kind of father/protector of the people.

The Return of the Native became one of Hardy's most famous and recognised novels. It was published in 1878. The story is set on Egdon Heath, a fictitious sterile couple in Wessex in southwestern England. The local of the title is Clym Yeobright, who has come back to the area to become a schoolmaster after a successful career as a jeweller in Paris. He and his cousin Thomasin illustrate the conventional way of life, while Thomasin's husband, Damon Wildeve, and Clym's wife, Eustacia Vye, long for the adventure of city life. After a chain of co-occurances, Eustacia approaches to admit that she is liable for the death of Clym's mother. Assured that destiny has fated her to cause others pain, Eustacia runs and is sunk. Damon engulfs trying to save her. It describes the tragic prospects of romantic delusion and how its supporters fall to accept their opportunities to control their own fates. It is a novel that conveys a modern picture of a passing way of life although expressing a tale of the weaknesses of human struggle, but also finds space for the short happiness to be taken along the way. 'The Return of the Native' focuses on two young lovers confined in an unhappy marriage because they wed for the wrong reasons. The book features the difficulty with romantic dignity, and how we often end up in jails of our own making.

'Curiosities of the Sky' is a fascinating book written by Garrett P. Serviss, an American astronomer, published first time in 1909. His writings popularize astronomy and generates curiosity among the people to know the unrevealed facts of science specially universe. His writing is unbelievable, 100 years earlier he has given such a firm and factual information about the stars to us. When he has written all these description only telescope was the means through which all universe can be observed. In a very interesting writing style he amused his readers and covered topics like - strange surroundings of sun, unfixedness of the fixed stars, comets and meteors, transformation of comets and their tails, northern lights, black holes, solar storm, novae and many more. He has given amazing facts about Mars still these facts are centre of attraction, searching the possibility of life there.

The Tavern Knight by Rafael Sabatini is a well-paced historical adventure novel. The dialogue writing and the beauty of well-weaved English phrases make it even more unforgettable for readers. The Tavern Knight is a story filled with revenge, love, and unlimited action and sword fighting. This work of Rafael Sabatini is an adventure-y yet dramatic story paired with war scenes and historical romance. Even though the clues given by Sabatini are easily caught, they still leave the person in shock. In 1920, this book was turned into a movie named "The Tavern Knight," directed by Maurice Elvey. The plot of the novel is set in England at the time of Cromwell. The main protagonist of the novel is on a mission of vengeance against his life's destroyers. Let's go on this enjoyable journey with a manly soldier to witness his life struggles and his mission.

The Story Of Mankind is a story written by Dutch-American historian, journalist, and book author Hendrik Van Loon. This book has received Newbery Medal for children's contribution.It is the story of mankind's development from nothingness to the creation of planets to modern science and technology. In this book, Loon explained to kids how mankind came into existence. The book starts with the creation of the world and takes you to the late 1920s. This book has been re-edited and the new versions can take you even further (up to modern times).It is a light, easy-to-read and humorous book and readers find the journey joyful and enlightening. Loon then takes you to the creation of the planet and then to prehistoric times. He then briefly describes Egypt and Middle Ages and throws light on scientific knowledge. In this book, he has also discussed the major battles that have impacted the world. He has also discussed religion, the revolution of Europe, and about World War I. Later, John Merriman, a professor of history, re-edited the book to a later version.