Poor Richard’s Almanack
By Benjamin Franklin · 1732-1758
An annual collection of practical information, observations and maxims on thrift, work, self-discipline, conduct and everyday life.
Literature Sources
An annual collection of practical information, observations and maxims on thrift, work, self-discipline, conduct and everyday life.
Franklin’s account of his early life, career, self-education, civic activity, moral improvement, and rise from apprentice printer to public figure.
A group of expatriates travel from Paris to Spain, confronting love, disillusionment, masculinity and the aftermath of the First World War.
An American ambulance driver and a British nurse pursue a relationship amid the violence and upheaval of the First World War.
An American volunteer joins Republican guerrillas during the Spanish Civil War and confronts love, duty, violence and sacrifice.
An ageing Cuban fisherman struggles with a giant marlin, testing his endurance, pride, skill and relationship with the natural world.
A British intelligence officer is sent to bankrupt a Soviet-linked financier at the gambling tables of a French casino.
James Bond is drawn into a Soviet intelligence plot involving defection, deception, assassination, and Cold War rivalry between Britain and the USSR.
An account of simple living at Walden Pond that examines self-reliance, nature, material needs, society, work, and deliberate living.
A collection of autobiographical stories about Feynman’s scientific career, travels, experiments, practical jokes, and persistent curiosity about how things work.
A dystopian novel about surveillance, propaganda and authoritarian power in a society where truth, language and individual thought are tightly controlled.
A personal account of Grove’s youth in Hungary, shaped by Nazi persecution, Communist rule, the 1956 uprising, and emigration.
James Bond investigates a powerful criminal network linking organised crime, smuggling, espionage, and Soviet intelligence across the United States and Caribbean.
James Bond investigates industrialist Hugo Drax and uncovers a conspiracy involving Britain’s Moonraker missile programme, espionage, deception, and nuclear attack.
James Bond infiltrates an international diamond-smuggling operation linking African mines, organised crime, gambling, and the American underworld.
James Bond investigates a disappearance in Jamaica and uncovers Dr No’s secret operation on the isolated island of Crab Key.
James Bond investigates gold magnate Auric Goldfinger, uncovering an international smuggling operation and an audacious plan to raid Fort Knox.
Five James Bond stories exploring espionage, revenge, smuggling, personal relationships, and moral judgement across varied international settings.
James Bond investigates the theft of two nuclear weapons by SPECTRE and a ransom plot centred on the Bahamas.
Vivienne Michel becomes trapped with two armed criminals at an isolated Adirondack motel before a travelling James Bond unexpectedly intervenes.
James Bond pursues SPECTRE leader Ernst Stavro Blofeld in Switzerland while forming a serious relationship with Teresa di Vicenzo.
James Bond travels to Japan on an intelligence mission and confronts Blofeld while struggling with grief, revenge, and personal identity.
The Pott family restores an extraordinary old motor car whose magical abilities lead them into adventure and conflict with dangerous criminals.
James Bond returns from Soviet captivity and is sent to Jamaica to eliminate Francisco Scaramanga, a highly skilled professional assassin.
Four James Bond stories exploring espionage, assassination, betrayal, intelligence work, and the consequences of past actions across varied international settings.
An examination of reading and literary judgement, arguing for selective attention to enduring books, independent thought and active engagement with authors.
A collection of autobiographical accounts covering Feynman’s personal life, scientific outlook, and investigation of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
Helen Keller recounts her childhood, education and development as a deafblind person, focusing on communication, learning and intellectual independence.
An account of climbing in the Scottish Highlands during the 1930s, describing summer and winter ascents and the landscape, weather, and experience of the mountains.
An account of a 1950 expedition to the Kumaon Himalaya, describing the exploration and climbing of several peaks by a small team of Scottish mountaineers.
An architect resists professional and social pressures while pursuing an uncompromising vision of individual creativity, independence, and artistic integrity.
Industrialists and innovators withdraw from a deteriorating society as the novel examines individualism, economic freedom, government power, and moral responsibility.
A memoir of Hemingway’s years in 1920s Paris, recalling his writing life, marriage, friendships and encounters with other expatriate writers.
A domesticated dog is forced into the harsh Klondike, where survival gradually draws him towards a more instinctive life.
A wolf-dog moves from wilderness to human society, learning survival, violence, trust and attachment through changing relationships.
A wide-ranging anthology of Jack London’s fiction, journalism and autobiographical writing centred on adventure, travel, conflict and survival.