True North: 481 books

Shrouded in the cloak of philosophy, the question of the existence of God continues to attract attention, and, I may add, to command more respect than it deserves. For it is only by a subterfuge that it assumes the rank of philosophy. "God" enters into philosophy only when it is beginning...

This classic volume from American education icon, Sherwin Cody, is among the most essential books ever written on the subject of improving general written and spoken the English language. Cody cites works from the greats of writing and diplomacy including Stephen Crane, Charles Dickens and Abraham Lincoln and employs these examples as a means of teaching the reader supreme English skill.

"There is a school of philosophy still in existence of which modern culture has lost sight." In these words Mr. A.P. Sinnett began his book, The Occult World, the first popular exposition of Theosophy, published thirty years ago. [Namely in 1881.] During the years that have passed since...

The attempt is herein made to present in an informal manner such facts of historical, topographical, and literary moment as surrounded the localities especially identified with the life and work of Charles Dickens in the city of London, with naturally a not infrequent reference to such scenes and incidents as he was wont to incorporate in the results of his literary labours;

When observing the spectrum formed by looking at a long vertical slit through a simple prism, I noticed an elongated dark spot running up and down in the blue, and following the motion of the eye as it moved up and down the spectrum, but refusing to pass out of the blue into the other colours. It was plain that the spot belonged both to the eye and to the blue part of the spectrum.

On the 8th of February, 1904, Japan crossed swords with a European people. And from the destruction of the Variag on that day until the fall of Port Arthur on the ist of January, 1905, nothing but failure has been Russia's fate, nothing but success Japan's fortune. For the first time in history has...

This daring book on the Philosophy of Atheism was penned by Joseph Lewis with the fire and enthusiasm of conviction. If you enjoy reading Voltaire, David Hume, Thomas Paine and Ingersoll, this book is for you.

This collection of poetry by Oscar Wilde includes the following selections: Charmides, , Requiescat, San Miniato, Rome Unvisited, Humanitad, Louis Napoleon and many others.

This classic collection of Bram Stoker horror short stories includes Dracula's Guest, The Judge's House and The Squaw , among others.

The house may or may have had a ghost. But there is no reason one may not appear now and only be recognized as such, afterward

A Story of the Norse Invasion of Scotland (1262-1263)

King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The titular character descends into madness after disposing of his estate between two of his three daughters based on their flattery, bringing tragic consequences for all. Based on the legend of Leir of Britain, a mythological pre-Roman Celtic...

The suppressed Gospels and Epistles of the original New Testament of Jesus the Christ.