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Cover of Tales and Maxims from the Midrash
by Samuel Rapaport
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017

"JUST as the Written Law given by Moses emanates from God, whilst He Himself only proclaimed the first two commandments of the Decalogue, owing to the Israelites being too terrified to hear God's voice (Deut. 20. 19), and the whole of the Torah was then conveyed to Israel by Moses, so he likewise...
Cover of The Origin and Deeds of the Goths
by Jordanes
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2017

This English version first published in 1908. "For the first time the story of the Goths recorded in the Getica of Jordanes, a Christian Goth who wrote his account in the year 551, probably in Constantinople, is now put in English form, as part of an edition of the Getica prepared by Mr. Mierow....
Cover of Le Speronare, in the original French
by Alexandre Dumas
Language: French
Release Date: February 23, 2017

Classic novel in the original French. According to Wikipedia: "Alexandre Dumas, pere (French for "father", akin to 'Senior' in English), born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (July 24, 1802 - December 5, 1870) was a French writer, best known for his numerous historical novels of high adventure which have...
Cover of Le Comte de Monte-Cristo (en francais) and The Count of Monte-Cristo (in English)
by Alexandre Dumas
Language: French
Release Date: November 15, 2017

The complete four-volume novel in both French and English, and links from the tables of contents to every chapter. According to Wikipedia: "The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. It is often considered to be, along with The Three...
Cover of The Dharma Sutras: The Sacred Laws of the Aryas, Part I Apastamba and Gautama
by anonymous
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017

According to Wikipedia: "The Dharmasutras are Sanskrit texts dealing with custom, rituals and law. They include the four surviving written works of the ancient Indian tradition on the subject of dharma, or the rules of behavior recognized by a community. Unlike the later Dharmashastra, the dharmasutras...
Cover of Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions
by Charles Mackay
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2017

First published in 1841. All three volumes in a single file. This work covers such topics as the Crusades, the witch mania, haunted houses, alchemy, and fortune telling. According to Wikipedia: "Charles Mackay (27 March 1814 24 December 1889) was a Scottish poet, journalist, and song writer."
Cover of The Witch Mania
by Charles Mackay
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2017

Excerpt from Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions. The essay begins: "The belief that disembodied spirits may be permitted to revisit this world, has its foundation upon that sublime hope of immortality, which is at once the chief solace and greatest triumph of our reason. Even if revelation...
Cover of The Business of Being a Woman (1921)
by Ida M. Tarbell
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2017

First published in 1921. "The object of this little volume is to call attention to a certain distrust, which the author feels in the modern woman, of the significance and dignity of the work laid upon her by Nature and by society. Its ideas are the result of a long, if somewhat desultory, observation...
Cover of The Great American Canals, The Erie Canal
by Archer Butler Hulbert
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Volume 14 of the series "Historic Highways of America". According to Wikipedia: "Archer Butler Hulbert (26 Jan 1873 24 Dec 1933), historical geographer, writer, and professor of American history... He was Vice-Principal of the Putnam Military Academy, Zanesville, Ohio, until 1897. Hulbert...
Cover of Seven Hindu Classics
by anonymous
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2017

This file includes: Bhagavad-Gita, The Laws of Manu, The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry, The Mahabharata, The Ramayan of Valmiki, The Upanishads, and The Vedanta-Sutras.
Cover of The Kingdom in History and Prophecy
by Lewis Sperry Chafer
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2017

According to Wikipedia: "Lewis Sperry Chafer (February 27, 1871 August 22, 1952) was the founder and first president of Dallas Theological Seminary, and an influential founding member of modern Christian Dispensationalism.
Cover of Red Pepper Patients, with an account of Anne Linton's case in particular
by Grace Richmond
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2017

According to Wikipedia: "Grace S. Richmond (died 1959) was an American writer. She wrote the "Red Pepper Burns" series of popular novels."
Cover of Romeo et Juliette (Romeo and Juliet in French)
by William Shakespeare
Language: French
Release Date: February 23, 2017

Translated by Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot (1787 - 1874), French historian, and statesman. Published in 1864. According to Wikipedia: Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their...
Cover of La Vie et la Mort du Roi Richard II (Richard II in French)
by William Shakespeare
Language: French
Release Date: February 23, 2017

Shakespeare history play, translated to French by Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot (1787 - 1874), French historian, and statesman. Published in 1862. According to Wikipedia: "King Richard the Second is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to be written in approximately 1595. It is based...
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