Authors: George Jackson

In Biography and Memoir

By Stephanie McCarter

SOLEDAD BROTHER is a literary example of an unbreakable drive for knowledge and strength of the human spirit even in the lowest of places.

Authors: Chester Himes

In Suspense Thriller

By Stephanie McCarter

COTTON COMES TO HARLEM was actually quite unique for its time. Five years before the marked era of blaxploitation—a full ten before urban literary griot Donald Goines.

Authors: Niccolo Machiavelli

In Historical, Social Culture

By Stephanie McCarter

The general theme of The Prince is of accepting that the aims of princes – such as glory and survival – can justify the use of immoral means to achieve those ends. In that sense it stands alone.

Authors: Lucius Apuleius

In Historical, Philosophy

By Stephanie McCarter

THE METAMORPHOSES OF APULEIUS, which Augustine of Hippo referred to as THE GOLDEN ASS, is the only ancient Roman novel in Latin to survive in its entirety. The protagonist of the novel is Lucius. At the end of the novel, he is revealed to be from Madaurus, the hometown of Apuleius himself.

Authors: Apollonius of Rhodes

In Historical, Philosophy

By Stephanie McCarter

Apollonius of Rhodes published his first version of THE ARGONAUTICA sometime in the middle of the third century B.C. At the end of his life he was director of the famous Library of Alexandria, which was the principal storehouse of all pagan literature and learning

Authors: Emily R Wilson , Lucius Annaeus Seneca

In Historical, Philosophy

By Stephanie McCarter

For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Authors: Willie Earl Scott

In Social Culture, Philosophy

By Stephanie McCarter

THE CONSERVATIVE CHARTER IN TIMES OF CRISIS: From Reagan to Redd is Willie Earl Scott's essay documenting his personal journey to conservativism while defining the very philosophy in modern times in the era of Trumpism and MAGA politics.