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"He" is a short story by American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written August 1925. The story tells of an unnamed narrator, who has moved from New England to New York City and greatly regretted it. One night, while wandering an older part of Greenwich Village, he happens upon a...

The Call Of The Blood by Robert Hichens This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts...

The Dhammapada Translated from the Pâli by F. Max Müller The Dhammapada (Pāli; Prakrit: Dhamapada; Sanskrit Dharmapada) is a versified Buddhist scripture traditionally ascribed to the Buddha himself. It is one of the best-known texts from the Theravada canon. The Dhammapada consists...

Economy In The Kitchen Useful Substitutes by Kanchan Kabra Many times in the kitchen we feel puzzled and confused on certain situations and feel guilty if things turn stale and you find no option other than throwing. This book is an answer to such situations. I have tried to include day to day experiences which we all face.

Tales of Yukaghir, Lamut, and Russianized Natives of Eastern Siberia by Waldemar Bogoras A collection of folklore from Eastern Siberia. I have excluded a large number of those tales which treat of kings, young heroes on horseback, etc., and which, on the whole, clearly show their Russian...

Dreams by Jerome K Jerome The most extraordinary dream I ever had was one in which I fancied that, as I was going into a theater, the cloak-room attendant stopped me in the lobby and insisted on my leaving my legs behind me. I was not surprised; indeed, my acquaintanceship with theater harpies...

The Story of Utopias by Lewis Mumford This early work is the first book written by the American historian, philosopher, literary critic and humanist, Lewis Mumford. In The Story of Utopias, Mumford deals with The New Age, socialism, social sciences, mysticism and utopia. Many of the earliest...

Apollonius of Tyana by G.R.S. Mead Apollonius of Tyana had the myth and ambiance about him equal to and perhaps even approaching the level the other Jewish sage - Jesus of Nazareth. The reason Apollonius is important is because he is not as much talked about and discussed. He remained...

Fruit Gathering by Rabindranath Tagore "Rabindranath Tagore (7 May 1861 - 7 August 1941), also known by the sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali poet, Brahmo Samaj philosopher, visual artist, playwright, novelist, and composer whose works reshaped Bengali literature and music in the late 19th...

The Path of Light Tr. by L.D. Barnett This is a translation of an important treatise of Mahayana Buddhism, the Bodhicharyavatara of Santideva, part of the Wisdom of the East Series. It includes a long introduction by the translator, Barnett, who discusses the rise of Mahayana Buddhism, going...

The Mahabharata, Book 10: Sauptika 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...

Ancient Jewish Proverbs by Abraham Cohen A treasury of Jewish proverbs from the Mishna and Talmud. The importance of a people's proverbs has long been recognised. Aristotle went to the trouble of making a collection of the popular sayings current in Greece at his time, and often quotes...

The Wisdom of the Egyptians By Brian Brown The story of the Egyptians, the religion of the ancient Egyptians, the Ptah-Hotep and the Ke'gemini (the oldest books in the world), the Book of the Dead, the Wisdom of Hermes Trismegistus, Egyptian magic and the Book of Truth. Also contains the vision...

The Comte de Gabalis By Abbe N. de Montfaucon de Villars Discourses on the Secret Sciences and Mysteries in Accordance with the Principles of the Ancient Magi and the Wisdom of the Kabalistic Philosophers. "Warning. This book is for the student who seeks to illuminate his intelligence...