Literary Collections - General

The Tao Te Ching is fundamental to the Taoist school of Chinese philosophy and strongly influenced other schools, such as Legalism and Neo-Confucianism. This ancient book is also central in Chinese religion, not only for Taoism but Chinese Buddhism, which when first introduced into...

The "Inscription Epistolary" is to William Clark Russell, a British sea-story author who called Melville "the greatest genius the [United States] has produced" and "first" among the "poets of the deep".Like Timoleon, his other volume of late verse, scholars have assumed that it was...

Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque By Edgar Allan PoeAuthor: Edgar Allan PoeISBN-10: 1974396398ISBN-13: 9781974396399Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/10/2017Pages: 276Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.82lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.58d

My logical feeling for physics as poem. We can just imagine the physics by mind and not just science itself. The writing can be the physics.Author: Philip I. ShinISBN-10: 1790526639ISBN-13: 9781790526635Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/29/2018Pages: 62Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.23lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.15d

Reading Today places reading in current literary and cultural contexts in order to analyse how these contexts challenge our conceptions of who reads, what reading is, how we read, where we read, and for what purposes - and then responds to the questions this...

In Concerning the spiritual in art, Kandinsky compares the spiritual life of humanity to a large triangle similar to a pyramid; the artist has the task and the mission of leading others to the top by the exercise of his talent. The point of...

Welcome to the first issue of MJ Magazine - created by authors for authors. This issue includes interviews with Jon Land, Steve Berry and R.J. Ellory as well as book reviews, writing tips, Fran's pick of the month and much more. Authors are encouraged...

This anthology collects the ten winners of the 2012 Best American Newspaper Narrative Writing Contest at the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, which is hosted by the Frank W. Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism at the University of North Texas. The contest honors exemplary narrative...

This work is a treatise upon the fascinating and valuable art of analyzing human character. It makes no attempt to teach, as such, the technical principles upon which this art is based. It is, rather, an attempt to familiarize the reader with the most...

In this short story, a land owner named Vasili Andreevich Brekhunov takes along one of his peasants, Nikita, for a short journey to the house of the owner of a forest. He is impatient and wishes to get to the town more quickly 'for...

This is a book in two parts. The first, "The Enigma of Innocent Smith", concerns the arrival of a new tenant at Beacon House, a London boarding establishment. Like Mary Poppins, this man (who is tentatively identified by lodger Arthur Inglewood as an ex-schoolmate...

In a London of the future, the drudgery of capitalism and bureaucracy have worn the human spirit down to the point where it can barely stand. When a pint-sized clerk named Auberon Quinn is randomly selected as head of state, he decides to turn...

"...quotations when engraved upon the memory give you good thoughts." -Winston ChurchillAuthor: Ruben MartinezISBN-10: 1544171897ISBN-13: 9781544171890Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/01/2016Pages: 164Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.35d

Few fantasy lands have captured our hearts and imaginations as has the marvelous land of Oz. For over four generations, children and adults alike have reveled in the magical adventures of its beloved folk. Now, for the first time in over seventy years, the...

Not all the dragons are fire breathing monsters. Some of them have delightfully human traits. They have wonderfully different personalities, appearances and behavior.Author: Andre,Edith NesbitISBN-10: 1534900500ISBN-13: 9781534900509Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/24/2016Pages: 114Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.36lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.24dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 7.4Point...

As we increase in age - when we have spent our first half-century - less energy and activity remain, and less expenditure can be made; less power to eliminate is possible at fifty than at thirty, still less at sixty and upward. Less nutriment,...

Preface Why Have the Bolsheviki Retained Power? The Soviets The Soviets Under the Bolsheviki The Undemocratic Soviet State The Peasants and the Land The Bolsheviki and the Peasants The Red Terror Industry under Soviet Control The Nationalization of Industry Freedom of Press and Assembly...

"The Optimism of Butler's 'Analogy'" from Henry Scott Holland. English cleric, theologian, and social reformer (1847-1918).Author: The Perfect Library,Henry Scott HollandISBN-10: 1522850570ISBN-13: 9781522850571Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/20/2015Pages: 38Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.14lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.08d

"Indian Frontier Policy" from John Adye. British general and amateur artist(1819 - 1900).Author: The Perfect Library,John AdyeISBN-10: 1519395698ISBN-13: 9781519395696Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/18/2015Pages: 38Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.14lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.08d

The Future of the Colored Race in America is an African American Studies text by William Aikman, (1824-1909) an American writer and pastor. According to his work The Future of the Colored Race in America, he was pastor of the Hanover Street Presbyterian Church...

Four Special Memory Processes You have learned of the sense-perceptive and judicial processes by which your mind acquires its knowledge of the outside world. You come now to a study of the phenomenon of memory, the instrument by which your mind retains and makes...

In the preceding volume of this Course, entitled "The Trained Memory," you learned that the memory process involves four elements, Retention, Recall, Recognition and Imagination; and the scope and operation of two of these elements, Retention and Recall, were explained to you.Author: Warren HiltonISBN-10:...

"Lectures on the Tinnevelly Missions" from Robert Caldwell. Orientalist who pioneered the study of the Dravidian languages (1814-1891).Author: The Perfect Library,Robert CaldwellISBN-10: 1515044637ISBN-13: 9781515044635Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/12/2015Pages: 106Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.34lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.22d

I have been requested to write some papers on our Lord's miracles. I venture the attempt in the belief that, seeing they are one of the modes in which his unseen life found expression, we are bound through them to arrive at some knowledge...

An interpretation of the Bible, including an explanation of its sources and their contents, the literary background and characteristics of the constituent books, and a history of English translations.Author: Josiah H. PennimanISBN-10: 1512821063ISBN-13: 9781512821062Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press AnniversaryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/29/1931Pages: 456Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.27lbsSize:...

A Mexican literary and political figure of the early nineteenth century whose writings present the best existing portrayal of Spanish colonial society.Author: Jefferson Rea SpellISBN-10: 1512820431ISBN-13: 9781512820430Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press AnniversaryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/29/1931Pages: 141Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.84lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.38d

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire...

Contributors: William G. Carr, William E. Rappard, Arthur C. Cole, Louis Wirth, Carl Kelsey, Alvin S. Johnson, Philip E. Mosely, and William Haber.Author: Hu Shih,Newton Edwards,Mark A. MayISBN-10: 1512813664ISBN-13: 9781512813661Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press AnniversaryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/29/1941Pages: 194Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.01lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x...

A practical plan to balance supply and demand in farm products in order to restore the agricultural income of 1930.Author: Edward S. Mead,Bernhard OstrolenkISBN-10: 1512813249ISBN-13: 9781512813241Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press AnniversaryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/29/1933Pages: 152Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.88lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.44d

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire...

Outwitting Our Nerves: A Primer of Psychotherapy is a classic psychology text by Josephine A. Jackson and Helen M. Salisbury. Psychotherapy, which is treatment by the mental measures of psycho-analysis and re-education, is an established procedure in the scientific world to-day. Nervous disorders are...

The Abominations of Modern Society is a Christian education classic by Rev. T. De Witt Talmage that serves as a guide to proper Christian etiqutte and conduct of life. The book is not more for young men than old. The Calabria was wrecked "the...

A Manual of the Antiquity of Man is a classic anthropology text by J.P. MacLean. In lecturing upon the Antiquity of Man I have found the minds of the people prepared to receive the evidences, and ready to believe the conclusions of the geologists....

The Progressive Barber: A Book For The Apprentice and For The Barber, Describing the Anatomy and Physiology of The Skin, Diseases of the Skin That Are of Special Interest to the Barber, And The Use of Antiseptics And Their ValueAuthor: Arnold DrexelISBN-10: 1508916004ISBN-13: 9781508916000Publisher:...

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1858 Edition.Author: William E. GladstoneISBN-10: 1498113214ISBN-13: 9781498113212Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/30/2014Pages: 550Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.60lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 1.11d

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1894 Edition.Author: Charles Lutwidge DodgsonISBN-10: 1498182283ISBN-13: 9781498182287Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/07/2014Pages: 128Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.27d

Dellon's Account of the Inquisition at Goa is a historical book that was written by Charles Dellon in 1812. The book is a first-hand account of Dellon's experience as a prisoner of the Inquisition in Goa, India. Dellon was a French Huguenot physician who...

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1850 Edition.Author: James L. MerrickISBN-10: 1498100937ISBN-13: 9781498100939Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/30/2014Pages: 500Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.46lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 1.01d

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1874 Edition.Author: John T. NaakeISBN-10: 1498013880ISBN-13: 9781498013888Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/30/2014Pages: 288Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.60d

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1916 Edition.Author: KheiISBN-10: 1497942985ISBN-13: 9781497942981Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/30/2014Pages: 80Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.26lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.17d

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1908 Edition.Author: A. C. BradleyISBN-10: 1498103472ISBN-13: 9781498103473Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/30/2014Pages: 510Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.49lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 1.03d

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1863 Edition.Author: Walter K. KellyISBN-10: 1498028845ISBN-13: 9781498028844Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/30/2014Pages: 320Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.95lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.67d

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1922 Edition.Author: Lothrop StoddardISBN-10: 149801061XISBN-13: 9781498010610Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/30/2014Pages: 282Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.84lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.59d

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1900 Edition.Author: NibloISBN-10: 149799425XISBN-13: 9781497994256Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/30/2014Pages: 240Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.25lbsSize: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.51d

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1886 Edition.Author: Sheik Nefzawi,Richard F. BurtonISBN-10: 1497957796ISBN-13: 9781497957794Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/30/2014Pages: 130Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.53lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.01w x 0.28d

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1919 Edition.Author: Arthur GouldISBN-10: 149794919XISBN-13: 9781497949195Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/30/2014Pages: 100Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.32lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.21d

About the Author- Rev. Dr. Charles William Gordon, or Ralph Connor, (September 13, 1860 - October 31, 1937) was a Canadian novelist, using the Connor pen name while maintaining his status as a Church leader, first in the Presbyterian and later the United churches...

This is a new release of the original 1933 edition.Author: Mary Lee DavisISBN-10: 1494099942ISBN-13: 9781494099947Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2013Pages: 382Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.12lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.79d

This is a new release of the original 1936 edition.Author: F. W. BorehamISBN-10: 1494008912ISBN-13: 9781494008918Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2013Pages: 116Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.36lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.24d

Myrtle Reed (September 27, 1874 - August 17, 1911) was an American author, poet, journalist, and philanthropist, the daughter of author Elizabeth Armstrong Reed and the preacher Hiram von Reed. She wrote a number of bestsellers and even published a series of cookbooks under...