Literary Collections

Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic by Henri Bergson, is a classic essay on the nature and meaning of humor in various cultures throughout the world. The book has been highly successful in France, where it is in its seventh edition. It has...

Izquierdo es un anciano y famoso pintor viviendo en un pueblo distante de la ciudad. Nos cuenta de su vida...Author: Agustin Eliab JuarezPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Nov 04, 2014Number of Pages: 58 pagesBinding:...

On a quaint vacation to the ocean, a Midwestern couple finds a drift bottle, and another, until there are dozens. Taking the mysterious messages home, they seek to break the codes, unaware of what such words will mean for them.Author: Laura Madeline...

Adventures in Blackface is a short story and one of a selection of "shorts" retrieved from the cutting room floor. The short story centers on a black college freshman, Ruth, one of six black students in an otherwise white university in the 1960's. Ruth...

Anselm of Canterbury (circa 1033-1109), also called of Aosta for his birthplace, and of Bec for his home monastery, was a Benedictine monk, a philosopher, and a prelate of the church who held the office of Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109...

Like a literary box of chocolates, this is the first edition of Small Town Anthology: Entries from the First Annual Tournament of Writers. Writers from Schoolcraft, Michigan and surrounding areas bravely allowed their works to be judged. Here presented...

Cuentos Ingenuos. FELIPE TRIGO Espa?a 1864 - 1916Author: Felipe TrigoPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Dec 03, 2014Number of Pages: 42 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1505367468ISBN-13: 9781505367461

Over the centuries, the West has become fascinated by the Vikings, one of the most mysterious and interesting European civilizations. In addition to being perceived as a remarkably unique culture among its European counterparts, what's known and not...

Russell H. Conwell was an American Baptist, lawyer, and writer best known for being the founder and first president of Temple University. Conwell also served in the Union Army during the Civil War and wrote on some of the famous figures who fought in the...

Jacob Abbott was a well-known 19th century historian who wrote biographies on various leaders and famous individuals, including this one about the English King Richard II.Author: Jacob AbbottPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing...

In Judaism, by Israel Abrahams, the writer has attempted in this Jewish history text to take up a few of the most characteristic points in Jewish doctrine and Jewish practice, and to explain some of the various phases through which they have passed,...

Arunagirinathar was a Tamil poet who lived during the 15th century in Tamil Nadu, India. He was the creator of Tiruppugazh, a book of poems in Tamil in praise of the Hindu God Murugan. The Thiruppugazh composed by him, consisted of 16,000 songs, of which...

This is a comparative look at Hinduism and Islam. From the intro: "THE system of religious belief which is generally called Hinduism is, on many accounts, Hinduism deserving of study.eminently deserving of study. If we desire to trace the history of the...

Over the course of its history, England has engaged in an uncountable number of battles, but none of her military heroes has had a greater military legacy than Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bront?. Whether traveling to...

From a contentious church board meeting to a neighborhood watch gone wrong, from a young man mailing Christmas cards on a cold December night to a middle-aged woman's contemplation of her life as she performs a summer chore, "two pairs of shorts"...

Chinnaswami Subramania Bharatiyar (11 December 1882 - 11 September 1921) was an Indian writer, poet, journalist, Indian independence activist and social reformer from Tamil Nadu, India. Popularly known as "Mahakavi Bharatiyar," he is a pioneer of modern...

Waterloo is a Napoleonic history classic by Hilaire Belloc. Judged in this true light, we may establish the following conclusions with regard to the battle of Waterloo. First, the battle of Waterloo was a decisive action, the result of which was a...

El matrimonio formado por Angie y Artie se entusiasma cuando finalmente ?l consigue publicar su primera novela. Pero Artie cae en una profunda depresi?n, al leer cu?n negativas son las cr?ticas. Angie busca una forma de animar a su marido, y as? concibe...

There is but one book in the language admitted by all to be the standard one on "Sanctification." It is the work of the Rev. Walter Marshall, published in 1692, "The Gospel Mystery of Sanctification." It has at all times received the highest praise from...

The student literary journal at St. Andrews University.Author: Olivia ThoroughmanPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Apr 05, 2015Number of Pages: 64 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1511605219ISBN-13:...

Six poems of grace and wit with a short story that is a poignant portrait of a man's struggle with identity.Author: Ted WojtasikPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Apr 01, 2015Number of Pages: 26 pagesBinding:...

The St. Andrews University Press is pleased to announce a special series of digital and print chapbooks to honor the poets and writers who have published in the St. Andrews Review or through the St. Andrews University Press since 1969.Author: William...

This chapbook is issue #3 for St. Andrews Review: Digital & Print Chapbook Series in honor of those poets and writers who have published in St. Andrews Review or through the St. Andrews University Press.Author: Ted WojtasikPublisher: Createspace...

Three Poems & Two Essays, by Fred Chappell, is the 6th issue in a special series of digital and print chapbooks to honor the poets and writers who have published in the St. Andrews Review or through the St. Andrews University Press since 1969.Author: Ted...

Joseph Bathanti conducts a brilliant interview with his Literary Godfather Ronald H. Bayes.Author: Joseph BathantiPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Aug 27, 2015Number of Pages: 30 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

The Kiltartan Poetry Book is a classic Irish poetry collection by Lady Gregory. If in my childhood I had been asked to give the name of an Irish poem, I should certainly have said "Let Erin remember the days of old," or "Rich and rare were the gems she...

Sukhan-e-Dil (Poetry of Heart) is a humble contribution to the world of Hindi and Urdu poems (Ghazals) that express a journey of emotions. These emotions describe what many people feel in day-to-day lives - from love to hatred, from peace to distress and...

Orison Swett Marden (1848-1924) was an inspirational American author who wrote on achieving successin life. Marden created SUCCESS magazine in 1897 and his ideas are still sound in modern times.Author: Orison Swett MardenPublisher: Createspace...

Most of the stories in The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents appeared originally in the Pall Mall Budget, two were published in the Pall Mall Gazette, and one in St James's Gazette. I desire to make the usual acknowledgments. The third story in the...

A collection of essays and poems by a chronic insomniac covering topics such as life, love, marriage, parenthood, pregnancy, infertility, loss, grief, and healing.Author: Amber Jerome NorrgardPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing...