Category: Animals, Children, Classic Book Title: Little Black Sambo Author: Helen Bannerman Book Description: Little Black Sambo, at least in its original form, is almost impossible to find. It's absence is entirely due to what is assumed to be some kind of insult to black people, by which, in the United States, is meant those of African origin. But Sambo is not about Africans at all, but South Indians, and of those black people it is
Category: Classic, History, Philosophy Book Title: The Federalist Papers Author: Hamilton, Madison, Jay Book Description: The Constitution of the United States of America was adopted on September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Not yet ratified by the separate state conventions, the Federalist Papers were written to defend the new constitution and to encourage its ratification. The papers consist of 85 essays published between October 1787
Category: Animals, Children, Classic Book Title: Just So Stories Author: Rudyard Kipling Book Description: Just So Stories is a collection of stories by Rudyard Kipling published in various forms between 1902 and 1935. This edition includes two rare Just So Stories, "The Tabu Tale," included in only two other early collections, and "Ham and the Porcupine," the very last story Kipling ever wrote and not included in any other
Category: Classic, History Book Title: The History of Herodotus Book Description: For anyone with even the slightest interest in ancient history, Herodotus's "History" is compulsory reading - an authentic voice from the past that takes us back into the 5th and 6th centuries BCE, to let us witness the epoch-making confrontation between the Greeks and the all powerful Persian Empire.
