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The Works of John C. Calhoun Volume 3
The Works of John C. Calhoun Volume 3 -John C. Calhoun John C. Calhoun was the seventh Vice President of the United States from 1825 to 1832. He was a strong defendant of slavery and of Southern values versus Northern threats. His beliefs and warnings heavily influenced the South’s secession from the Union in 1860–1861. […]
The Iliad Of Homer
The Iliad Of Homer – Andrew Lang Andrew Lang, assisted by Walter Leaf and Ernest Myers, has put the old Greek epos into contemporary English prose. The subject of the Iliad, as the first line proclaims, is the “anger of Achilles.” The manner in which this subject is worked out will appear from the following […]
White-Jacket: Or The World In A Man-Of-War
White-Jacket: Or The World In A Man-Of-War – Herman Melville White-Jacket is a novel that perfectly reflects on the American naval life of the 19th century and is widely based on his own experiences when he sailed on the USS United States as a seaman. White-Jacket: Or The World In A Man-Of-WarFormat: Paperback White-Jacket: Or […]
Walden
Walden – Henry David Thoreau In 1854, Thoreau published the book by which he will always be best known, Walden, or Life in the Woods. It is by far the deepest, richest, and most closely jointed of his books. It shows Thoreau at his best, and contains all that he had to say to the […]
A Textbook Of Theosophy
A Textbook Of Theosophy – C. W. Leadbeater Theosophy is not only a basis of religion; it is also a philosophy of life. As such, its main teachings are reincarnation and the law of Karma. Karma is the outcome of the collective life, a law of ethical causation. In the past incarnation the ego had […]
The Little White Bird
The Little White Bird – James M. Barrie Where did Peter Pan come from? There is a very general conception that he stepped from Mr. Barrie’s day-dreams straight upon the boards. But those who remember that delicate piece of sentiment, „The Little White Bird, or Adventures in Kensington Gardens“ will find him already grown to […]
The Art And Science Of Personal Magnetism
The Art And Science Of Personal Magnetism – Theron Q. Dumont It is a strange and almost amusing fact that there should be at the same time, on the part of the general public, such a general acceptance of the existence of personal magnetism, on the one hand, and such an ignorance of the nature […]
The Truth About The Titanic
The Truth About The Titanic – Archibald Gracie The Truth About the Titanic‘, by Colonel Archibald Gracie, is a striking recital of the monumental shipwreck, by the sole survivor of all the men passengers, „stationed during the loading of six or more life-boats with women and children on the port side of the ship.“ The […]
The Mystery Of Edwin Drood
The Mystery Of Edwin Drood – Charles Dickens The Mystery of Edwin Drood was Charles Dickens‘ last novel and remained – unfortunately – unfinished. There was a lot of discussion about what Dickens could have had in his mind as solution for the plot. Was Mr. Jasper really a murderer? What was the real mystery […]
The Sacred Writings of St. Anselm
The Sacred Writings of St. Anselm „The Sacred Writings Of …“ provides you with the essential works among the Christian writings. The volumes cover the beginning of Christianity until medieval times. The present volume of St. Anselm’s most important philosophical and theological writings contains: (1) The Proslogium (2) the Monologium, (3) the Cur Deus Homo, […]