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Reflections on the origin of Freemasonry

by Nicola Bizzi

It might seem unbelievable or unlikely, and in some way even paradoxical, that an initiatory institution such as Freemasonry – which has several centuries of glorious history and a widespread diffusion all...

Memoirs of Fanny Hill

by John Cleland

Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, better known as Fanny Hill, is one of the most notorious texts in English literature. As recently as 1963 an unexpurgated edition was the subject of a trial, yet in the eighteenth...

Two Treatises of Government

by Unknown & John Locke

In this influential book, John Locke outlines his theory of government. In the first part, he refutes the idea that there is any such thing as the divine right of kings. In the second, he argues that nature...

The Innocence of Father Brown

by G. K. Chesterton

This is the first volume of Chesterton's brilliant, ingenious Father Brown stories, all five of the original Father Brown books have been republished with charming and collectible Penguin covers. With his round...

Tess of the d’Urbervilles

by Thomas Hardy

Set in Hardy's Wessex, Tess is a moving novel of hypocrisy and double standards. Its challenging sub-title, A Pure Woman, infuriated critics when the book was first published in 1891, and it was condemned as...

The Blood is on the Wall

by Felicia Fredlund

The vampires needs humans for only one thing: blood. Any human they capture either becomes their cattle or vampires themselves. Food or killer. The vampires, stronger and faster than humans, decided to stop...

Nichts. Was im Leben wichtig ist. Textanalyse und Interpretation. Königs Erläuterungen Spezial

by Janne Teller & Möbius

Königs Erläuterung Spezial zu Janne Teller: Nichts. Was im Leben wichtig ist - ist eine verlässliche und bewährte Textanalyse und Interpretationshilfe für Schüler und weiterführende Informationsquelle...

Darkwater

by W.E.B. Dubois

This is a beautiful book, a mixture of essay, biography and poem. It is about Du Bois’ life, but also how men and women of different sorts must learn to live together.

Jerry of the Islands

by Jack London

This is a novel about the fortunes and misfortunes of a dog in the Pacific. Jack London was a passionate defender of animal rights, and this is one of the last defenses he ever made.

Personal Spy

by Blair Erotica

Tara's private investigation business is failing. Bobby, an ex-cop she worked with when she was a cop, seems to be successful. He wants her, both as a woman, and to work for him  become his personal spy in...

Captured Omega

by Arian Wulf

Captured Omega is a love story between a strong Alpha werewolf and an innocent young woman who has no idea how to deal with all the attention she's getting. There are also two manipulative evil men who take...

The Interpretation of Dreams

by Sigmund Freud

The Interpretation of Dreams (German: Die Traumdeutung) is an 1899 book by psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, in which Freud introduces his theory of the unconscious with respect to dream interpretation, and discusses...

Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley & Steppenwolf Press

Brave New World is a novel written in 1931 by Aldous Huxley and published in 1932. Set in London in the year AD 2540 (632 A.F.—"After Ford"—in the book), the novel anticipates developments in reproductive...

Rising Wolf, the White Blackfoot

by James Willard Schultz

"One of the greatest pleasures of my long life on the plains was my intimate friendship with Hugh Monroe, or Rising Wolf, whose tale of his first experiences upon the Saskatchewan-Missouri River plains is set...

Thomas Jefferson

by John T. Morse

Originally published in 1898, Thomas Jefferson is a classic biography of the man who so deeply ingrained the republican ideals of the Founding Fathers into American society.

As such, it is the kind of work that...

The Importance of a Disciplined Mind

by Fausto Petrone

There are many misconceptions regarding discipline. A lot of people confuse it with other personal traits. There are many levels to discipline. Discipline involves action. It really boils down to what you do...

Burn After Reading

by Ladislas Farago

Espionage has played a conspicuous and often memorable part in every war of history, but it was not until the Second World War that it became a kind of Fourth Estate of war. The nature and scope of this bitter...

History of the Great War, 1914-1918

by Carlton J. H. Hayes

"Self-interest was the dominant note of the years immediately preceding the outbreak of the Great War. In economics and in politics, among individuals, social classes, and nations, flourished a self-interest...

Performing Turtle Island

by Jesse Rae Archibald-Barber, Kathleen Irwin & Moira J. Day

“A valuable and timely collection.” —Alan D. Filewod, author of Committing Theatre Following the Final Report on Truth and Reconciliation, Performing Turtle Island investigates theatre as a tool for community...

A Brave Black Regiment

by Captain Luis F. Emilio

In January 1863 the Union War Department authorized the creation of "a special corps" composed of "persons of African descent"—the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, commanded by Col. Robert Gould Shaw....