A great collection of the most important documents from the creation of the United States of America.
This book contains the following documents: The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution of the United States of America, The 1789 Joint Resolution of Congress Proposing 12 Amendments, The Preamble to The Bill of Rights, The Bill of Rights: Amendments 1-10 and Amendments 11-27.
A great collection of the most important documents from the creation of the United States of America.
On the Duty of Civil Disobedience is an essay by American author Henry David Thoreau and was first published in 1849 with the title of Resistance to Civil Government. Thoreau sets for an argument that permit governments to rule or degrade their consciences, otherwise the government forces one to become an agent of injustice. Thoreau was motivated by his opposition to slavery and with the Mexican–American War (1846–1848).
On the Duty of Civil Disobedience is an essay by American author Henry David Thoreau and was first published in 1849 with the title of Resistance t...
The Mis-Education of the Negro is a book originally published in 1933 by Dr. Carter G. Woodson. The thesis of Dr. Woodson's book is that blacks of his day were being culturally indoctrinated, rather than taught, in American schools. This conditioning, he claims, causes blacks to become dependent and to seek out inferior places in the greater society of which they are a part. He challenges his readers to become autodidacts and to do for themselves, regardless of what they were taught:
History shows that it does not matter who is in power... those who have not learned to do for...
The Mis-Education of the Negro is a book originally published in 1933 by Dr. Carter G. Woodson. The thesis of Dr. Woodson's book is that blacks...
The Yellow Wallpaper (original title: The Yellow Wall-paper. A Story) is a 6,000-word short story by the American writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman, first published in January 1892 in The New England Magazine. It is regarded as an important early work of American feminist literature, illustrating attitudes in the 19th century toward women's health, both physical and mental.
Presented in the first person, the story is a collection of journal entries written by a woman whose physician husband (John) has rented an old mansion for the summer. Forgoing other rooms in the house,...
The Yellow Wallpaper (original title: The Yellow Wall-paper. A Story) is a 6,000-word short story by the American writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman, ...
The Metamorphosis (German: Die Verwandlung) is a novella written by Franz Kafka which was first published in 1915.
One day, Gregor Samsa, a traveling salesman, wakes up to find himself transformed into a giant insect (the most common translation of the German description ungeheuer Ungeziefer, literally monstrous vermin). He reflects on how dreary life as a traveling salesman is.
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The Metamorphosis (German: Die Verwandlung) is a novella written by Franz Kafka which was first published in 1915.
