This special edition, inspired by James Allen’s classic, As a Man Thinketh, has been thoughtfully reimagined to reflect a woman’s perspective. In these pages, you’ll embark on a transformative journey and discover how a woman’s thoughts, perceptions, and beliefs shape her life and destiny. The book examines philosophical, psychological, and women’s self-help themes, highlighting the importance of personal growth, positive thinking, and unwavering self-confidence.

More than just a self-help book, As a Woman Thinks celebrates and acknowledges women’s strength, resilience, and power to effect change in themselves and the broader world. It provides a key to self-discovery and stands as a testament to the essence of the female spirit, reminding readers that “as a woman thinks, so she becomes; as she believes, so she is!”

Immerse yourself in an inspiring exploration of human potential, viewed through the unique lens of women’s experiences. The timeless wisdom in these pages will inspire you to unlock the power of your thoughts, realize your full potential, and transform your future into all you hope it will be, and more. Unleash your potential today!

This book presents a collection of simple but easily forgotten principles of positive thinking and living in the moment that can empower you to attract success and happiness into your life. Inspired by the changing seasons, the calendar months, and nature’s timeless wonder, these daily affirmations can serve as reminders that no matter what difficulties you face, when you plant positive seeds, they will blossom into positive results.

Language has always been a powerful catalyst to inspire and motivate, even in the darkest times. A few reassuring words at the right moment can make a tremendous difference in how things turn out. Instead of falling into frustration or despair, you can use these affirmations to reimagine your path forward with confident optimism. It’s as easy as taking a few minutes every day to step back from your hectic life, center yourself in the present moment, and reinforce your positive state of mind.

I began writing this book at the height of the 2020 pandemic. Having moved from the Midwest to California only a year earlier, I was far from home and stressed about the safety of my family and loved ones. Focusing on the positives in daily life and drawing on my love of nature, I began jotting down daily affirmations that helped me to stay focused on living in the moment and maintaining a positive frame of mind.

Seasons change, your life will change, and each year can be better than the last if you take the actions necessary to remain positive and true to your goals. Never lose sight of life’s natural order: after every rain comes sunshine; after every storm, a tranquil calm; after night’s darkest hours, a new day always dawns bringing new opportunities to fill your life with prosperity and achieve your fondest dreams.

Dorian Gray is a remarkably handsome young man who views a painting of himself drawn by a friend and wishes that he could retain his youth and beauty, while the painting ages instead. His fanciful wish is granted, and he embarks on a life of pleasure-seeking and debauchery that has a predictably tragic ending.

The Picture of Dorian Gray is Oscar Wilde’s only novel, and although its daring embrace of decadence and sexuality sparked an uproar in Victorian-era England, it is regarded today as a thought-provoking masterpiece as disturbing as it is intriguing. The book is available in an Academic Edition that includes Oscar Wilde’s story as well as a comprehensive study guide and workbook, and a budget-priced Study Guide & Workbook edition that contains an Editor’s Intro, chapter summaries, discussion prompts, and chapter-based quizzes to help readers grasp and remember key details of the story.

Both versions include free access to a virtual classroom devoted to The Picture of Dorian Gray, hosted on the Virtual University Press website. Features of this e-learning environment include: interactive, multiple-choice quizzes with randomized questions, shuffled answers, and auto-scoring in real-time; a Web Resources section with a curated videos; and Web-based study materials.

This Study Guide & Workbook for The Picture of Dorian Gray is designed for classroom use by English, literature, and writing students, as well as leisure readers desiring deeper insights into Oscar Wilde’s gothic horror classic. It includes an editor’s introduction providing historical context on the book and the author’s life and times; a study guide with chapter summaries and discussion prompts; and chapter-based quizzes that readers can use to assess their understanding of key concepts, characters, and events in the story.

This edition has an interactive component and provides free access to a virtual classroom devoted to The Picture of Dorian Gray, hosted on the Virtual University Press website. Features of this e-learning environment include: interactive, multiple-choice quizzes with randomized questions, shuffled answers, and auto-scoring in real-time; a Web Resources section with a curated videos; and Web-based study materials.

This budget edition contains only the Study Guide & Workbook. If you are looking for a version that contains Oscar Wilde’s story plus the Study Guide and Workbook, please see The Picture of Dorian Gray (Academic Edition).

An expedition to the Antarctic meets with a gruesome fate, and survivors of a horrific attack on their camp discover the ancient ruins of an alien city concealed by a mountain range. While exploring the ruins, Prof. Dyer and a graduate student unexpectedly encounter a monstrous creature still alive, and they flee the mountain in terror. As their plane lifts off to safety, Dyer’s companion catches a glimpse of something so horrifying, he is driven over the edge into madness. Now, Dyer must retell the story to prevent a new expedition from returning to the deadly ice world lost in time.

At the Mountains of Madness is one of the most popular stories by H.P. Lovecraft, an early 20th-century writer who never achieved publishing success and died young at 46, broke and unknown; but today, he is widely recognized as one of history’s greatest horror writers. Iconic author Steven King observed: “Now that time has given us some perspective on his work, I think it is beyond doubt that H.P. Lovecraft has yet to be surpassed as the twentieth century’s greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale.”

This Academic Edition is designed for classroom use by English, literature, and writing students as well as casual readers looking for a great story. It contains the full text of Lovecraft’s novella, as well as an Editor’s Foreword offering historical context on the book, a bio on H.P. Lovecraft, a Study Guide, and a full set of chapter-based quizzes. It also features an interactive component, providing readers free access to a virtual classroom! devoted to this literature classic on the Virtual University Press website.

An unspeakable horror lurks in the secluded hills of rural Vermont. After the historic floods of 1927, mixed in with news stories of human loss and suffering are multiple reports of weird, sponge-like life-forms floating in a local river. Albert Wilmarth, a literature professor and folklore expert, responds to the claims with a healthy dose of skepticism and chalks up the sightings to naive locals mistaking storm-battered human remains for imagined aliens washing down from the hills. But he agrees to take a closer look after he receives a letter from Henry Akeley, a reclusive academic in Vermont who claims to have proof of the aliens’ existence. As the two men correspond, the tone becomes ominous when Akeley’s letters are mysteriously intercepted, and unseen forces attack his farmhouse at night. After gunfire erupts and Akeley’s guard dogs are killed, he begins making plans to flee from his home.

Wilmarth is baffled by Akeley’s next letter, praising the aliens and calling them benevolent. He urges Wilmarth to take a train to his Vermont farm for a meeting and asks that he bring with him the letters, photos, and other evidence Akeley had sent to prove that aliens lurked in the hills. Within hours of his arrival, Wilmarth becomes a terrified believer and flees the farmhouse in fear for his life. When he returns with the local sheriff, Akeley has vanished and so has the proof of the alien’s existence.

This Academic Edition is designed for classroom use by English, literature, and writing students, as well as casual readers in search of a great story. It contains the full text of Lovecraft’s novel, The Whisperer in Darkness, as well as an Editor’s Foreword offering historical context on the book, a bio on H.P. Lovecraft, a Study Guide, and a full set of chapter-based quizzes. It also has an interactive component, providing readers free access to a virtual classroom! devoted to this literature classic on the Virtual University Press website.

The village of Dunwich holds a terrible secret. Rumors of unholy bonfires, black magic rituals on a nearby hilltop, and the unearthly screeching of whippoorwills on certain nights of the year hang over the town like a dark shroud. But it was during the harvest season in 1928 that a series of horrific events changed the town forever.

Born in 1913, Wilbur Whateley was raised by his mother and grandfather, who was said to be involved in sorcery. The boy grew abnormally fast and reached the physical stature of an adult when he was ten. Few visitors stopped by Old Whateley’s farmhouse, and those who did visit came away gossiping about bizarre renovations and fears of some enormous beast imprisoned upstairs. When Wilbur’s grandfather died and his mother disappeared mysteriously, the young man is left on his own. Upon discovering that his family copy of the dreaded Necronomicon has a damaged page he needs to complete a ritual, he sets out to borrow an intact copy from Miskatonic University library, but the librarian denies his request. Under the cover of nightfall, Wilbur breaks in to the library to steal the book, but he is viciously attacked by a guard dog and dies on the floor.

Meanwhile, the horror locked away upstairs in the Whateley farmhouse grows stronger. Soon, the farmhouse explodes, unleashing the horror inside. Three Miskatonic professors come to battle the horror and dispel the evil tormenting the village, bringing this Lovecraft story to a thrilling conclusion.

This Academic Edition is designed for classroom use by English, literature, and writing students, as well as casual readers in search of a great story. It contains the full text of Lovecraft’s novel as well as an Editor’s Foreword offering historical context on the book, a detailed bio on H.P. Lovecraft, a Study Guide, and a full set of chapter-based quizzes. It also has an interactive component, providing readers free access to a virtual classroom devoted to this literature classic on the Virtual University Press website.