Richard Francis Burton: 60 books

Contents of the Eleventh Volume. 1. The Sleeper and the Waker Story of the Larrikin and the Cook 2. The Caliph Omar Bin Abd Al-Aziz and the Poets 3. Al-Hajjaj and the Three Young Men 4. Harun Al-Rashid and the Woman of the Barmecides 5. The Ten Wazirs; or the History of King Azadbakht and...

The "Kama Sutra" is an ancient Indian text widely considered to be the standard work on human sexual behavior. A large portion of the work consists of practical advice on sexual intercourse. "Kama" is one of the three goals of life, means sensual or sexual pleasure. The second...

The Kama Sutra is the famous historical Indian text on love-making. In prose and verse it discusses the building blocks of a good life, good marital conduct and the attainment of a lover. The largest part of the text is devoted to sexual practices, including foreplay, positions and technique.

Part of the Beacon Biographies of Eminent Americans series, the New York Times called this 1901 biography of the American Quaker poet and abolitionist "unusually well depicted."

The principle of inclusion in this book is the traditional one which assumes that criticism is only safe when it deals with authors who are dead. In proportion as we approach the living or, worse, speak of those still on earth, the proper perspective is lost and the dangers of contemporary judgment...

The Perfumed Garden of Sensual Delight by Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Nafzawi is a fifteenth-century Arabic sex manual and work of erotic literature. The book presents opinions on what qualities men and women should have to be attractive, gives advice on sexual technique, warnings about sexual health,...

London: 1876 "Quisquis amat Congi fines peragrare nigrantes, Africæ et Æthiopum cernere regna, domus

A trip through the ancient African Kingdom of Dahomey and description of the country and the king, Gelele and his customs. Annotated with Illustrations.

The notes which form the ground-work of these volumes have long been kept in the obscurity of manuscript: my studies of South America, of Syria and Palestine, of Iceland, and of Istria, left me scant time for the labour of preparation. Leisure and opportunity have now offered themselves, and I avail...

The Translator has ventured to entitle a “Lay of the Higher Law” the following composition, which aims at being in advance of its time; and he has not feared the danger of collision with such unpleasant forms as the “Higher Culture.” The principles which justify the name are as follows:—...

Contents of the Sixth Volume 133. Sindbad the Seaman and Sinbad the Landsman a. The First Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman b. The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman c. The Third Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman d. The Fourth Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman e. The Fifth Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman f....

We are about to describe one of the most important scenes in the Mohammedan's life. A pilgrimage to Mecca, followed by a visitation to Medina, are, under certain limitations, obligatory upon all true believers, and many who have led evil lives date their reformation from the first sight of the holy...

Averse to writing, as well as to reading, diffuse Prolegomena, the author finds himself compelled to relate, at some length, the circumstances which led to the subject of these pages. In May 1849, the late Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Malcolm, formerly Superintendent of the Indian Navy, in conjunction...

The history of the Jew as well as his physiological aspect are subjects which still remain to be considered and carefully to be worked out from an Aryan point of view. We have of late years seen books in plenty upon points of detail: let us particularize The Physical History of the Jewish Race, by...