The Man with the Twisted LipThe Man with the Twisted Lip one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the sixth of the twelve Adventures of Sherlock Holmes''. The story was first published in the Strand Magazine in December 1891. - Arthur Conan DoyleSir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle ( May 22, 1859 July 7, 1930) is the British author most famously known for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction. He was a prolific
A Message to Garcia - Elbert HubbardElbert Green Hubbard ( June 19, 1856 May 7, 1915) was an American philosopher and writer. He is perhaps most famous for his essay A Message to Garcia''. He was born in Bloomington, Illinois and was killed in the sinking of the Lusitania by a German submar
Old Chester Tales - Margaret DelandMargaret Deland (nee Margaretta Wade Campbell ( February 23 1857 January 13 1945) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet. She also wrote an autobiography in two volumes. She was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania. In 1880 she married Lorin F.
Red Pottage - Mary CholmondeleyMary Cholmondeley born June 8, 1859 in Hodnet, Shropshire, England died July 15, 1925, was a writer. The daughter of the vicar at St. Luke's Church in the village of Hodnet, Mary Cholmondeley spent much of the first thirty years of her life taking care of
Resurrection - Leo TolstoyLeo Nikolayevitch Tolstoy ( September 9, 1828 some sources say August 28 November 20, 1910) was a Russian novelist, reformer, and moral thinker, notable for his influence on Russian literature and politics. As a count, Tolstoy was a member of the Russian
The School and Society - John DeweyJohn Dewey ( October 20, 1859 June 1, 1952) was a American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer, whose thought has been greatly influential in the United States and around the world. He is recognized as one of the founders of the philosophi