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Orestes was produced in 1750 an experiment which intensely interested the literary world and the public. In his Dedicatory Letters to the Duchess of Maine Voltaire has the following passage on the...

The Origin of Species is the landmark book that for better of worse put science and religion at odds. Very few people who have read this book and come away not believing in evolution. The detail of...

In Orthodoxy Gilbert K. Chesterton explains how and why he came to believe in Christianity. In the book Chesterton takes the spiritually curious reader on an intellectual quest. While looking for the...

In Orthodoxy Gilbert K. Chesterton explains how and why he came to believe in Christianity and more specifically the Catholic Church's brand of orthodoxy. In the book Chesterton takes the spiritually...

In Orthodoxy Gilbert K. Chesterton explains how and why he came to believe in Christianity and more specifically the Catholic Church's brand of orthodoxy. In the book Chesterton takes the spiritually...

The Importance of Being Earnest is both Oscar Wilde's most important and funniest play. As the subtitle suggests there is more to this play than its farcical nature suggests. Wilde calls into...

Harry Thorne had lost everything: his business the love of his life even his own self respect. As he's contemplating suicide he's made an incredible offer. He can go back in time and switch places...

As the heart so is the life. The within is ceaselessly becoming the without. Nothing remains unrevealed. That which is hidden is but for a time; it ripens and comes forth at last. Seed tree blossom...

In a crystalline death lay the only release for those prisoners of that Ionian hell-outpost. Yet MacVickers and the men had to escape-for to remain meant the conquering of the Solar System by the...

Dorothy Gale the heroine of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is on a sea journey when a great storm destroys the ship she is sailing home to her uncle on. Dorothy manages to cling to a chicken coup and she...

Dorothy Gale the heroine of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is on a sea journey when a great storm destroys the ship she is sailing home to her uncle on. Dorothy manages to cling to a chicken coup and she...

Fate would make us wretched here But hope shall dry up every tear; In sorrow he shall give us rest And make us even in anguish blest: Love shall preserve us from the paths of vice And strew his...

Fate would make us wretched here But hope shall dry up every tear; In sorrow he shall give us rest And make us even in anguish blest: Love shall preserve us from the paths of vice And strew his...

In Paradise Lost Milton tells the story of the fall of man which encompasses a battle that rages across Heaven between God and Satan. Here are passion and innocence victory and defeat hope and...

In Paradise Lost Milton tells the story of the fall of man which encompasses a battle that rages across Heaven between God and Satan. Here are passion and innocence victory and defeat hope and...

Paradise Regained is often thought of as the companion to Milton's Epic Paradise Lost. Here Milton tells the full story of Christ's forty days' temptation in the desert with Satan. The detail and...

Paradiso is a first person narration of Dante's travels through Hell but at a deeper level it represents allegorically the soul's journey towards God. At this deeper level Dante draws on medieval...

Parents and Children consists of a collection of 26 articles from the original Parent's Review magazines to encourage and instruct parents. Topics include The Family; Parents as Rulers; Parents as...

Pascal's Pens?es is a masterpiece and a landmark in French literature. This is Pascal's most influential theological work in it he surveys several philosophical paradoxes: infinity and nothing faith...

Nella Larsen was an important writer associated with the Harlem Renaissance. While she was not prolific her work was powerful and critically acclaimed.Passing confronts the reality of racial passing...

All Flicker wanted was a chance to make the aliens understand. All the aliens wanted was a chance to kill him while they could. But there were things about Flicker that they hadn't counted on&Author:...

Lovely Brenda Carson scholarly Jerome pompous Livingston ... everyone aboard the Seven Stars scoffed at the idea of a Phantom Pirate. But I.P. agent Jim Fanning didn't laugh. He knew the...

Thig of Ortha was the vanguard of the conquering "HORDE." He had blasted across trackless space to subdue a defenseless world--only to meet on Earth emotions that were more deadly than weapons.Basil...

The aliens were friendly. There was no doubt about that communication via radio and video made that clear. The decision was made to direct the aliens to a landing spot on Earth. During the landing...

Here is one of the most influential Christian allegorical stories ever written. In it we follow Christian on his journey to the Celestial City. The journey is fraught with peril and Christian must...

A man under sentence of marriage would be lucky to have a girl like Julia assigned to him--or would he?Robert F. Young was a Hugo nominated author known for his lyrical and sentimental prose. His...

The Solar Queen and her crew have the trading rights to the wealthy planet Sargol But to take advantage of them and see a any return on their investment they must fight the Reptilian Gorp negotiate...

In a far distant future mankind must cope with huge insects and titanic fungus growths. Life has been greatly altered and Man is now in the process of becoming acclimated to the change. Burl our hero...

Brion Brandd was chosen for the mission because he was the very best of the best. It is up to him to avert a nuclear war but even all his training and intelligence might not be enough to save a world...

Thomas Wills is a claims adjuster. That doesn't sound like much but the insurance company he works for rules the world with an Iron fist. Thomas Wills believes he is working for the greatest company...