This collection of Cossack fairy tales and folktales was compiled by Robert Nisbet Bain. Fairy tales are unique because most children haven't heard them a hundred times, but they transport the listener to another part of the fairy tale world. Cossacks are a group of people who mainly live in what...

Shakespeare's passion for the history of Rome is evident in plays such as Titus Andronicus, Julius Caesar and Antony, and Cleopatra. His tragedy, Coriolanus, probably written around 1605-07, dramatizes the rise and fall of a great Roman general, Caius Martius (later known as Coriolanus because of...

This popular science book was written at the end of the 17th century. It is a series of conversations between an intrepid philosopher and a countess as they walk in a garden and gaze at the stars. The philosopher explains the heliocentric (centered on the sun) model of the solar system and ponders...

A compilation of 33 folktales and legends from France collected by Jacques Albin Simon Collin de Plancy (1793-1881) under the pseudonym JSC de Saint-Albin. Demons, demons, magicians, werewolves, ghosts, and many other wondrous inhabitants await you, thus proclaiming through the series' explanatory...

Volunteers brought Christina Rossetti's 14-disc "Consider the Lilies of the Field." Rossetti began writing and dating her poems in 1842, most of which were imitations of her favorite poets. In 1847, she began experimenting with poetic forms such as sonnets, hymns, and ballads, while...

In this work, Kropotkin identifies what he sees as the shortcomings of feudal and capitalist economic systems and how he believes they thrive and perpetuate based on poverty and scarcity as symbols of wealth despite technology. An abundance of time is brought while privileges are elevated. He...

This lighthearted and slightly awkward comedy centers on artist Bernard Longueville, scientist Gordon Wright and sometimes elusive heroine Angela Vivian. The plot teeters on romantic entanglements before reaching a simple but believable happy ending. (Wikipedia)...

Confessions (Latin: Confessiones) is the name of an autobiographical work, consisting of 13 books, by St. Augustine of Hippo, written between AD 397 and AD 398. Modern English translations of it are sometimes published under the title The Confessions of St. Augustine in order to distinguish the...

Spiritual and practical lessons are drawn from each verse of Matthew, along with detailed explanations of the text. Matthew's Gospel is part of the New Testament of the Bible and is one of the four Gospels. The other three Gospels are Mark, Luke and John. Matthew was a tax collector before becoming...

The book, written in 1903, sixty years after the term "hypnosis" was coined, examines contemporary understandings of the technology's nature, uses, and dangers. Hypnotism has been used for centuries, but in the mid, to late 19th century, it became a prevalent method of exploring the human...