Star Lamp: 152 books

History of the Wars, Books I and II by the prominent late antique scholar from Palaestina Prima, Procopius.Accompanying the Roman general Belisarius in the wars of the Emperor Justinian, he became the principal historian of the 6th century, writing the Wars (or Histories), the Buildings of Justinian and the celebrated (and infamous) Secret History.

History of the Wars, Books III and IV by the prominent late antique scholar from Palaestina Prima, Procopius.Accompanying the Roman general Belisarius in the wars of the Emperor Justinian, he became the principal historian of the 6th century, writing the Wars (or Histories), the Buildings of Justinian and the celebrated (and infamous) Secret History.

Prolegomena To The History Of Israel by the German biblical scholar and orientalist, Julius Wellhausen.In the course of his career, he moved from Old Testament research through Islamic studies to New Testament scholarship. Wellhausen contributed to the composition history of the Pentateuch/Torah and...

The Beautiful and Damned novel by F.Scott Fitzgerald.This book will tell you about portrayal and exploration of many place in this novel.

The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Jacob S. Raisin(Jacob Salmon Raisin).This book will tell you about an intellectual movement among the Jews of Central and Eastern Europe, with certain influence on those at the West and Muslim lands. It arose as a defined ideological worldview during the 1770's, and its last stage ended around 1881, with the rise of Jewish nationalism.

Jewish Immigration to the United States from 1881 to 1910 by Samuel Joseph.This brief review of the economic and social conditions in Russia, Roumania and Austria-Hungary has shown that, broadly speaking, these countries present points of similarity in their situation and their recent movement. In...

A Short History of Italy by the  American lawyer and author, Henry Dwight Sedgwick.Sedgwick graduated from Harvard University in 1882, and studied law in Boston until 1884 when he was admitted to the bar. He practiced law in New York City from 1885 to 1898. He was elected to the National Institute...

Villani's Chronicle by the  Italian banker, official, diplomat and chronicler from Florence,Giovanni Villani.In regard to his own time, Villani provides modern historians with valuable details on Florentine social and living habits, such as the growing trend and craze of wealthy Florentines in...

The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by the Italian scholar and poet in Renaissance Italy, and one of the earliest humanists, Francesco Petrarca.Francesco Petrarca, commonly anglicized as Petrarch.Petrarch's rediscovery of Cicero's letters is often credited for initiating the 14th-century Renaissance. Petrarch is often considered the founder of Humanism. 

The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology is an anthropological book by Margaret Alice Murray.In 1962,The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology was reprinted by Oxford University Press.The story is about suggestion that the things told about witches in Europe were in fact based on a real existing pagan religion that worshiped a hrned god.

The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry written by W. G. Archer.This book includes many poetry by W. G. Archer that will mak you fascinated.

Tea Leaves by the American historian, Francis S. Drake.This book was a collection of letters and documents relating to the shipment of Tea to the American Colonies in the year 1773,by the East India Tea Company.

An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog by the Irish novelist,playwright and poet,Oliver Goldsmith.

The Vicomte de Bragelonne is a historical novel by Alexandre Dumas.In the story,the main heroes of the novel are the musketeers.It was the epic adventure of the musketeers to resolves to aid the exiled Charles II to retake the throne of England.