We do not pretend that a man will be metamorphosed into a gentleman by reading this book.

If I were asked what, in my opinion, distinguishes the thought of the present day.

Today's leaders are reinventing everything but themselves.

The Last of the Mohicans is the second book in Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales pentalogy.

Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, wrote the apocalyptic novel The Last Man in 1826.

The Land That Time Forgot is an Edgar Rice Burroughs science fiction novel that starts out as a nerve-wracking wartime naval adventure but develops into the story of a unique and mysterious prehistoric lost world.

The Lady and the Pirate is a romance adventure novel from the well-known American author.

Initially banned in his home country The Kingdom of God Is Within You is Leo Tolstoy's great non-fiction.

Upton Sinclair's The Jungle is a novel portraying the corruption of the American meat industry in the early part of the twentieth century.

This is a guide-book to joy. It is for the use of the sad, the bored, the tired, anxious, disheartened and disappointed.

Another visionary novel from the great science fiction writer H. G. Wells, The Island of Doctor Moreau tackles the thorny issues thrown up when humankind plays God and explores notions of society and identity, bringing the mythical chimera.

The Iron Heel is a dystopian novel by American writer Jack London, first published in 1908.

H.G. Wells' 1897 science fiction novella The Invisible Man tells the story of a scientist named Griffin who theory is this.

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, written in 1789.

This first novel in Sax Rohmer's series, The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu combined together previously written short stories into a single story about the dealings of this criminal mastermind.

The star of these stories is Father Brown, a character created by writer G. K. Chesterton.

The Inkling by Fred Chappell is, says the New York Times, "A work of genuine talent…

You, my love, will be poor, so as to be more like all other women. In order for us to live together I shall work all day and so be your servant.

The Importance of Being Earnest is the last play Oscar Wilde ever wrote, and remains his most enduringly popular.

The Imaginary Invalid is a three-part comedy about a miser who imagines illnesses for himself.