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Welcome to the Essays collection. A special selection of the nonfiction prose from influential and noteworthy authors. This book brings some of best essays of Jack London, across a wide range of subjects, including literature, society, politics and many more topics.Jack London was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity . He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction. Many of his most relevant works were published by Tacet Books.The book contains the following texts:– Introduction by Edmund Gosse- Revolution- The Somnambulists- Those On The Edge- Suicide- The Children- The Dignity of Dollars- These Bones Shall Rise Again- The Other Animals- What Life Means to Me

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Welcome to the Essays collection. A special selection of the nonfiction prose from influential and noteworthy authors. This book brings some of best essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson, across a wide range of subjects, including individuality, freedom, society and many more topics. Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American philosopher and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, and he disseminated his thoughts through dozens of published essays and more than 1,500 public lectures.Many of his most relevant works were published by Tacet Books. The book contains the following texts: – Introduction by Edmund Gosse – Self-Reliance- The Over-Soul- Circles- Prudence- The Poet- Experience- Society and Solitude- Nature