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Cover of The Meaning of Life: four classic books of philosophy and one essay
by Boethius, Michel de Montaigne, Friedrich Nietzsche
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

This file includes: The Consolation of Philosophy and Theological Tractates by Boethius (in both English and Latin), Essays of Montaigne (all 10 volumes), Thus Spake Zarathustra by Nietzsche, Rudolph Eucken A Philosophy of Life by Abel J. Jones, and The Philosophy of Despair by David Starr Jordan.
Cover of Expositions of Holy Scripture: Ephesians and Epistles of Peter and John
by Alexander MacLaren
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Christian Classics Ethereal Library: "Alexander MacLaren - 1826-1910), Baptist preacher and expositor Maclaren was born in Glasgow on February 11, 1826, and died in Manchester on May 5, 1910. He had been for almost sixty-five years a minister, entirely devoted to his calling. He lived...
Cover of The Christian Home, as it is in the Sphere of Nature and the Church (1865)
by S. Philips
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

"It is a fact conceded by all, that the constitution of the Christian family, and its social and spiritual relations, are not as fully developed as they should be. In this age of extreme individualism, we have almost left out of view the mission of home as the first form of society, and the important...
Cover of The Modern Regime, volume 1, Napoleon, book 1, in English translation
by Hipppolyte A. Taine
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 5 May 1821) later known as Emperor Napoleon I, was a military and political leader of France whose actions shaped European politics in the early 19th century. Born in Corsica and trained as an artillery officer in mainland France, Bonaparte...
Cover of The Modern Regime, volume 1, Napoleon, book 4, in English translation
by Hipppolyte A. Taine
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 5 May 1821) later known as Emperor Napoleon I, was a military and political leader of France whose actions shaped European politics in the early 19th century. Born in Corsica and trained as an artillery officer in mainland France, Bonaparte...
Cover of Exploration and Travel: five books by Richard Burton
by Richard Burton
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

This file includes: First Footsteps in East Africa or an Exploration of Harar; The Land of Midian (Revisited); Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah; To the Gold Coast for Gold, a Personal Narrative; and Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo. According to Wikipedia:...
Cover of Romische Elegien, poetry in the original German
by Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Very short, classic poetry in the original German. According to Wikipedia: "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 - 22 March 1832) was a German writer. George Eliot called him "Germany's greatest man of letters... and the last true polymath to walk the earth." Goethe's works span the fields of...
Cover of Penthesilea, a play in German
by Heinrich von Kleist
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist (18 October 1777 21 November 1811) was a German poet, dramatist, novelist and short story writer. The Kleist Prize, a prestigious prize for German literature, is named after him."
Cover of Wallensteins Lager, a play about Wallenstein, in original German
by Frederick Schiller
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Classic Schiller drama about the Thirty Years' War, in the original German. . According to Wikipedia: "Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759 1805) was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and dramatist. During the last few years of his life (17881805), Schiller struck up a productive, if...
Cover of Turandot, Prinzessin von China, Ein tragikomisches Märchen nach Gozzi (in the original German)
by Frederick Schiller
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Classic Schiller drama, in the original German. . According to Wikipedia: "Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759 1805) was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and dramatist. During the last few years of his life (17881805), Schiller struck up a productive, if complicated, friendship with...
Cover of Selected Essays
by Karl Marx
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

This book includes: A Criticism of Hegelian Philosophy of the Right, On the Jewish Question, On the King of Prussia and Social Reform, Moralising Criticism and Critical Morality, Proudhon, French Materialism, and The English Revolution. According to Wikipedia: "Karl Heinrich Marx (May 5, 1818 March...
Cover of Cape Cod
by Henry David Thoreau
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Observations and reminiscences of Thoreau in Cape Cod, Massaschusetts, first published in 1865. According to Wikipedia: "Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 May 6, 1862) was an American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, and leading...
Cover of Down Under With the Prince
by Sara Jeannette Duncan
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Australian travelogue by Canadian novelist, first published in 1921. ccording to Wikipedia: "Sara Jeannette Duncan, (22 December 1861 22 July 1922), was a Canadian author and journalist… Sara Jeannette Duncan published 22 books, including two volumes of personal sketches and a collection of short...
Cover of The Story of Grenfell of the Labrador: A Boy's Life of Wilfred T. Grenfell
by Wallace, Dillon
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2015

Biography for children, first published in 1922.
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