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Cover of The Natural History of Religion
by David Hume
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2017

In this essay, Hume pioneers a naturalist account of the causes, effects, and historical development of religious belief. Hume locates the origins of religion in emotion, particularly fear and the desire to control the future. He further argues that monotheism arises from competition between religions,...
Cover of Heptaméron
by Margaret of Valois
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2017

The Heptaméron is a collection of 72 short stories written in French by Marguerite of Navarre (1492–1549), published posthumously in 1558. It has the form of a frame narrative and was inspired by The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio. It was originally intended to contain one hundred...
Cover of Al Aaraaf
by Edgar Allan Poe
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2017

"Al Aaraaf" is an early poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1829. It is based on stories from the Qur'an, and tells of the afterlife in a place called Al Aaraaf. At 422 lines, it is Poe's longest poem. "Al Aaraaf", which Poe claimed to have written...
Cover of Jeremias
by Stefan Zweig
Language: German
Release Date: December 25, 2017

Stefan Zweig (* 28. November 1881 in Wien; † 23. Februar 1942 in Petrópolis, Bundesstaat Rio de Janeiro, Brasilien) war ein österreichischer Schriftsteller.
Cover of The Pardoner's Tale
by Geoffrey Chaucer
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017

The Pardoner's Tale is one of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. In the order of the Tales, it comes after The Physician's Tale and before The Shipman's Tale; it is prompted by the Host's desire to hear something positive after that depressing tale. The Pardoner initiates his Prologue—briefly...
Cover of Letter from an Unknown Woman
by Stefan Zweig
Language: English
Release Date: December 25, 2017

A rich and well-known writer, returning home to Vienna from one of many holidays, finds a long letter from an unknown woman. As a teenager she had lived with her poor widowed mother in the same building and had fallen totally in love with both the opulent cultured lifestyle of her neighbour and...
Cover of Schachnovelle
by Stefan Zweig
Language: English
Release Date: December 25, 2017

Die Schachnovelle ist eine Novelle von Stefan Zweig, die er zwischen 1938 und 1941 im brasilianischen Exil schrieb. Es ist sein letztes und zugleich bekanntestes Werk. Die Erstausgabe erschien am 7. Dezember 1942 in Buenos Aires in einer limitierten Auflage von 300 Exemplaren. In...
Cover of Der Amokläufer
by Stefan Zweig
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017

Der Amokläufer ist eine Novelle des österreichischen Schriftstellers Stefan Zweig. Sie wurde erstmals 1922 in der Zeitung Neue Freie Presse veröffentlicht und ist wenig später in der Novellensammlung Amok: Novellen einer Leidenschaft als Buch erschienen. Wie mehrere andere Werke...
Cover of Brûlant Secret
by Stefan Zweig
Language: French
Release Date: December 15, 2017

Comment le désir et la passion, enracinés au fond de chaque être, peuvent le révéler à lui-même et bouleverser son destin : tel est le secret que tentent de percer les quatre récits qui composent ce volume. L'éveil de la jalousie chez un garçon de douze ans, qui a innocemment rapproché...
Cover of Capital
by Karl Marx
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017

Capital. Critique of Political Economy (German: Das Kapital. Kritik der politischen Ökonomie, pronounced [das kapiˈtaːl, kʁiːtɪk deːɐ pɔliːtɪʃən øːkoːnoːmiː]; 1867–1883) by Karl Marx is a foundational theoretical text in materialist philosophy, economics and politics. Marx...
Cover of Life Without Principle
by Henry David Thoreau
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2019

Life Without Principle is an essay by Henry David Thoreau that offers his program for a righteous livelihood. It was published in 1863.
Cover of Los Papeles Póstumos del Club Pickwick
by Charles Dickens
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 8, 2017

Los papeles póstumos del Club Pickwick, también conocida como Los papeles del Club Pickwick, (en inglés: The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club) fue la primera novela publicada por el escritor británico Charles Dickens. Está considerada como una de las obras maestras de la literatura...
Cover of El Grillo del Hogar
by Charles Dickens
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 15, 2018

El grillo del hogar es una novela corta de Charles Dickens publicada por primera vez el 20 de diciembre de 1845 por Bardbury & Evans con ilustraciones de Daniel Maclise, John Leech, Richard Doyle, Clarkson Stanfield y Edwin Landseer. Dickens comenzó a escribir el libro a mediados de octubre...
Cover of La Carta Robada
by Edgar Allan Poe
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 22, 2017

La Carta Robada, es un cuento de género policial, su historia transcurre en París en los años 1800. Un prefecto o detective como se quiera llamarlo.. de la policía recurre al detective Dupin y a su amigo, el narrador, con el objetivo de resolver el caso de una carta robada en las cámaras reales,...
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