War and Peace is a novel by Leo Tolstoy, first published from 1865 to 1869, which tells the story of Russian society during the Napoleonic Era. It is usually described as one of Tolstoy's two major masterpieces (the other being Anna Karenina) as well as one of the world's greatest novels.

War and Peace offered a new kind of fiction, with a great many characters caught up in a plot that covered nothing less than the grand subjects indicated by the title, combined with the equally large topics of youth, marriage, age, and death.

The Brothers Grimm are the most notorious fairy tale writers in history. This collection features over 60 of their most celebrated stories, translated directly from the original versions as opposed to the watered-down versions brought to us by Disney. The originals found in this book feature the intriguing, witty and dark-humored style that made them famous long before their stories were turned into shallow cartoons.

Included in this book are some of the most recognized classics such as Rapunzel, along with other lesser known tales like The Twelve Dancing Princesses.

Benjamin Franklin is one man that continues to be looked up to throughout history. Virtually self-taught, he excelled as an athlete, a man of letters, a printer, a scientist, a wit, an inventor, an editor, and a writer, and he was probably the most successful diplomat in American history. David Hume hailed him as the first great philosopher and great man of letters in the New World.

Franklin's autobiography was initially written to guide his son through the lively tales and spellbinding account of his unique and eventful life.

Uncle Tom's Cabin is one of those books that everybody has heard of, but few people have actually read. It deserves to be read - not just because it is one of the bestselling books of all time, nor the case that its vivid dramatization of slavery’s cruelties so aroused readers, that Abraham Lincoln told Stowe her work had been a catalyst for the Civil War. This is a book that changed history.