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The Legends of the Jews (Volume I: From the Creation to Jacob) By Louis Ginzberg The masterpiece of one of the preeminent Talmudic scholars of the 20th century, the multivolume Legends of the Jews gathers together stories from the Talmud, the Midrash, the Bible, and oral traditions-also known...

The Statement Of Randolph Carter by H. P. Lovecraft "The Statement of Randolph Carter" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft. Written in December 1919, it was first published in The Vagrant, May 1920.It tells of a traumatic event in the life of Randolph Carter, a student of the occult...

Georgian Folk Tales Translated by Marjory Wardrop A collection of folk tales from the nation of Georgia. "This is a short collection of folk tales from the nation of Georgia by Marjorie Wardrop. Wardrop also translated the Georgian author Rusthaveli's The Man in the Panther's Skin....

Collection Of Plato (Late Dialogues) This app contains A collection of bestseller books on Dialogues of Plato. “Late Dialogues” The later dialogues are deeper developments of the philosophy expressed in the earlier ones; these are the most difficult of Plato's works. If you want...

The Sand Reckoner of Archimedes By Thomas Heath "This short treatise of Archimedes on the amount of sand grains which could be contained in the ancient model of the universe is remarkable. It uses some extremely large numbers, given that this was antiquity and Europeans did not yet have...

The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll Volume II (Lectures) In presenting to the public these editions of the writings of Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll, it was the aim to make it as handsome, durable and complete as possible - worthy in every way of the valiant, generous, much-beloved genius who penned...

The Rig Veda in Sanskrit "The Rig Veda is an ancient Indian sacred collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns dedicated to the gods (devas) in Hinduism. It is counted among the four Hindu canonical sacred texts (sruti) known as the Vedas. Based on philological and linguistic evidence, the Rigveda...

Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts by Patrick Kennedy A huge collection of Irish folklore and legends, up through Christian times.

TABOO, MAGIC, SPIRITS: A STUDY OF PRIMITIVE ELEMENTS IN ROMAN RELIGION BY ELI EDWARD BURRISS ROMAN religion, as we meet it in historical times, is a congeries of many elements. One of the problems of the modern scholar is to separate and interpret these various elements--primitive, Latin, Etruscan,...

Studies from an Eastern Home by Sister Nivedita Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

World's War Series by Colonel James Fiske This Series contains 2 existing novels: Facing the German Foe Dick had asked the question because, like all the others, he felt something that was in the air. He was sobered by the news, although, like the rest, he did not yet fully understand...

The Mahabharata, Book 6: Bhishma Parva Kisari Mohan Ganguli, tr. Om! Having bowed down to Narayana, and Nara the foremost of male beings, and the goddess Saraswati also, must the word Jaya be uttered. It is of immense importance to the culture of the Indian subcontinent, and is a major...

The Mahabharata, Book 11: Stri Parva by tr. Kisari Mohan Ganguli Om! Having bowed down unto Narayana and Nara, the foremost of male beings, and unto the goddess Sarasvati, must the word Jaya be uttered. Janamejaya said, "After Duryodhana had fallen and after all the warriors also...

IN THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW by Bram Stoker In the Valley of the Shadow is a classic short story by Bram Stoker about a delirious man having hallucinations while being hospitalized. About The Author:- Bram Stoker was born Abraham Stoker on November 8, 1847, in Dublin, Ireland,...