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Extremely controversial work in its day which resulted in major backlash for its author. In the book, Strauss theorizes that early Christians invented Jesus' miracles as a way to portray him as the Messiah the Old Testament spoke of. Translated by the famous novelist...
It was a model English village, filled with flowers, Tudor cottages, and cobbled streets. Joan Brook loved working there as a companion to Lady d'Arcy, living in the huge mansion with its surrounding park. And small though the village was, it was not too small for Joan...
One man must save the human race from total destruction when a small British village is invaded by a terrifying host of archetypal creatures released from the spiritual world. In the small English town of Smetham on the outskirts of London, a wall separating two worlds...
Firmly convinced of the literal and enduring reality of the werewolf, the late Reverend Montague Summers has a wonderful time recounting the fantastic European history of "that most terrible and depraved of all the bond slaves of Satan." Illustrated. Contents:...
''The Revolution Betrayed'' explores the fate of the Russian Revolution after Lenin's death. Written in 1936 and published the following year, this brilliant and profound evaluation of Stalinism from the Marxist standpoint prophesied the collapse of the Soviet Union and...
Originally published in 1954, ''The Theory of Celestial Influence'' is an exploration of the universe and man’s place in it. Drawing extensively on the teachings of Russian mathematician and esotericist P. D. Ouspensky and Greek-Armenian Esoteric doctrine teacher George...
Oldtown is a historic place where rich people live. The sisterhood also lives there. The group, known as the ""Black Nuns"", had healing powers. But in Oldtown, the killer works, and a series of murders plunged the inhabitants into blind, reckless horror.
''The Soul of The Apostolate'' by Jean-Baptiste Chautard (1858-1935) was first published in the original French in 1912 and then in this English translation in 1941 by Rev. J. A. Moran, S. M. (1858-1940), public domain. This work is a classic within the Catholic...
First published in 1937 by W. H. D. Rouse (1863-1950), public domain. In his preface to this edition Rouse calls The Odyssey “the best story ever written . . . it has been a favourite for three thousand years.” This is a widely-used literal prose translation of the...
''In Moses and Monotheism,'' Freud speculates that Moses was not Jewish, but actually born into Ancient Egyptian nobility and was perhaps a follower of Akhenaten, an ancient Egyptian monotheist. Freud further suggests that Moses led only his close followers into freedom...
This work is the classic history of the development of modern diplomacy in Renaissance Europe. Sometime after the year 1400, the diplomatic traditions of civilized cultures - which have existed as far back as the records of human history extend - took a sharp turn that...
First published in the US in 1935 by New Republic, public domain. ''Permanence and Change: An Anatomy of Purpose'' is a philosophical and rhetorical exploration of the concepts of permanence and change in human life and society, written by American literary theorist...
Helen Wilmot, a resourceful and loyal young woman, journeys to India to live with her widower father and Adela Lauriston, her ravishing yet headstrong cousin. When Helen’s father dies, she moves in with Adela and her husband, the dashing Captain Richard Morton. Adela’s...
"The Forsyte Saga" is a renowned work by Galsworthy, consisting of three novels and two interludes, published between 1906 and 1921. It follows the lives of the Forsyte family, a wealthy and influential British family, and explores themes of love, marriage, class, and...
"Pat of Silver Bush" portrays a girl named Patricia Gardiner, who hates changes of any kind and loves her home, Silver Bush, more than anything else in the world. The book begins when Pat is 7 years old and ends when she is 18. She is very devoted to her family: her...
''How It Feels To Be Colored Me'' by Florida native Zora Neale Hurston was originally published in The World Tomorrow in May 1928. In this autobiographical piece about her own color, Hurston reflects on ...
In "Homo Ludens," the classic evaluation of play that has become a "must-read" for those in game design, Dutch philosopher Johan Huizinga defines play as the central activity in flourishing societies. Like civilization, play requires structure and participants willing...
First published in 1939, public domain. In “Eight Lectures on Yoga,” Aleister Crowley was among the first Europeans to study, practice and teach Yoga. These lectures set forth some of Crowley's conclusions after a lifelong philosophical investigation. The first series...
This book, originally published in 1939, comprises a series of letters written by American author J. Allen Boone to the late Strongheart, née Etzel von Oringer, the hugely popular German Shepherd film star of the 1920’s. A true actor, Strongheart was the hero of six...
"Mistress Pat" is the sequel to “Pat of Silver Bush” and describes Patricia Gardiner's life in her twenties and early thirties, during which she remained single and took care of her beloved home, Silver Bush. All she could ever ask of life was bound in the magic of the...
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