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Samuel Taylor Coleridge's 1817 work Biographia Literaria is an autobiography in discourse; loosely structured and non-linear, the work is meditative and contains numerous philosophical essays. Initially criticized as the product of Coleridge's opiate-driven descent into illness, more recent critics have...

The debate over the existence of God is one of the questions that has animated Western philosophy for thousands of years. In this engaging volume, Catholic theologian Francois Fenelon provides an overview of some of the most compelling arguments for and against the existence of God. A must-read for believers and skeptics alike.

Swedish writer August Strindberg was a creative force of nature who produced significant works in a staggering array of fields, though he is best remembered around the world as an important innovator in the field of twentieth-century drama. Zones of the Spirit is an eclectic selection of Strindberg's thoughts, observations, and aphorisms that is sure to inspire.

Though Baptist preacher Frank W. Boreham was born and educated in England and first rose to prominence as a religious thinker there, he spent many of his later years working as a missionary in New Zealand, Tasmania, and Australia. The essays in the collection Faces in the Fire are largely autobiographical in nature, drawing on lessons Boreham learned during his travels.

Just as Jesus Christ and other spiritual leaders emphasized the transformative power of the word, men and women can begin instantly to change their circumstances and perceptions with language. In Your Word is Your Wand, renowned self-help expert Florence Scovel Shinn introduces readers to the concepts...

Is this world all that exists, or are there one or more invisible dimensions in the universe that also harbor sentient beings? In The Astral Plane: Its Scenery, Inhabitants and Phenomena, esoterica expert C.W. Leadbeater brings together centuries of information about one much-hypothesized-about realm,...

The chief focus of The Last Call by Irish novelist Richard Dowling is the budding romance between protagonists Dominique Lavirotte and Eugene McDonell, but their love story is only one element of a rich tapestry of subplots, including mysterious deaths, duels, and mistaken identity.

Despite being born to a working-class family, Dyce Lashmar -- the 'charlatan' of the book's title -- has been lucky enough to wrangle a top-shelf college education. But his high hopes and ambitions crash to earth with a resounding thud when he suddenly finds himself penniless and without any prospects. Can Lashmar put his scant talents to work to get his life back on track?

In the West, it is often assumed that influence is a quality that is synonymous with overt and aggressive powers of persuasion. In this volume, a different take on the matter is presented in the story of Yoritomo-Tashi, a famed Japanese statesman and founder of the Shogun order. According to Yoritomo-Tashi,...

William Walker Atkinson was a prolific writer on spiritual topics who played an important role in spreading the doctrines of the New Thought movement, which decades later gave rise to The Secret and other bestselling texts in that vein. In the eclectic volume Nuggets of the New Thought, Atkinson presents...

James Owen Hannay, the Irish clergyman who wrote under the pseudonym "George A. Birmingham," began his literary career with a novel that addressed sensitive political matters in a serious manner. After that approach landed him in hot water in his native Ireland, Hannay adopted a new approach: he continued...

The thrill, allure and fatal attraction of gambling are brought to life in Max Brand's classic Western, The Garden of Eden. Boxing matches, card games, horse races, and more -- there's nothing that the thrill-seeking hero won't place a bet on. Is his luck about to run out?

A Sicilian Romance is an early novel by one of the masters of Gothic fiction, Ann Radcliffe. Two young women live in an isolated mansion near the Straits of Messina. Mysterious sights and sounds begin haunting a neglected wing of the house, and their quest to discover the truth behind these mysteries...

Today, as the gulf between the moneyed aristocracy and the working class grows ever larger, the debate over the morality of interest-earning investments is still a topic of heated debate. In this classic economic text, French scholar Frederic Bastiat sets forth a convincing argument as to why interest-earning investments represent a valid and ethically defensible method of wealth generation.