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Judas: Romance lirico em quatro jornadas
Augusto de Lacerda
Judas: Romance lírico em quatro jornadas apresenta‑se como um drama bíblico em forma de peça, ambientado na…
ReadHandbook to the Mennonite Hymnary
Lester Hostetler
Lester Hostetler’s Handbook to the Mennonite Hymnary is a scholarly reference that catalogues the hymns used…
ReadThe Phantom World; or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c.
Augustin Calmet
The work is a scholarly compilation on demonology, apparitions and the philosophy of spirits, assembled by…
The Chinese Classics — Volume 1: Confucian Analects
James Legge
The Chinese Classics, Volume 1 presents James Legge’s nineteenth‑century English rendering of the Analects,…
ReadA Study of the Bhâgavata Purâna; or, Esoteric Hinduism
A Study of the Bhâgavata Purâna is a scholarly examination of the most revered of the Hindu Puranas,…
ReadThe provincial letters of Blaise Pascal: A new translation, with historical introduction and notes, by the Rev. Thomas M'Crie
Blaise Pascal
The work is a fresh English rendering of Blaise Pascal’s Provincial Letters, accompanied by a scholarly…
ReadChuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer
Zhuangzi
The book presents a scholarly edition of the writings traditionally attributed to Zhuangzi, the sixth‑century…
ReadSelections from the Writings of Kierkegaard
Søren Kierkegaard
This volume gathers excerpts from the most representative works of Søren Kierkegaard, the Danish thinker…
ReadThe Medicine-Men of the Apache. (1892 N 09 / 1887-1888 (pages 443-604))
John Gregory Bourke
ReadUnwritten Literature of Hawaii: The Sacred Songs of the Hula
Nathaniel Bright Emerson
The work is a scholarly compilation of Hawaiian hula songs and poetry, presented as the inaugural bulletin of…
ReadAlcuin of York: Lectures delivered in the cathedral church of Bristol in 1907 and 1908
G. F. Browne
The work is a scholarly compilation of George Forrest Browne’s lectures on the life and writings of Alcuin of…
ReadThe Dance of Life
Havelock Ellis
The work is a reflective essay on philosophy, ethics and the conduct of life, presented as a series of “arts”…
ReadA Biblia Sagrada, Contendo o Velho e o Novo Testamento
Against Apion
Flavius Josephus
Flavius Josephus’ Against Apion is a polemical apologetic work in which the Jewish historian sets out to…
Hebrew Literature
This volume presents a sweeping survey of Hebrew literature beyond the biblical canon, beginning with a bold…
ReadArchæology and the Bible
George A. Barton
This work is a scholarly survey that gathers the archaeological discoveries of Egypt, Babylonia, Assyria, the…
ReadScience and the modern world
Alfred North Whitehead
The work is a philosophical survey of how scientific ideas have reshaped Western culture over the past three…
ReadScripture texts illustrated by general literature
Francis Jacox
This work is a theological essay that weaves together biblical narratives, historic sermons, and literary…
A Short Method of Prayer
Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon
A Short Method of Prayer presents itself as a practical guide to Christian prayer, framed by the author’s own…
ReadThe Kashf al-mahjúb: The oldest Persian treatise on Súfiism
‘Ali ibn ‘Usman Hujviri
The Kashf al‑maḥjúb is a scholarly translation of the oldest surviving Persian manual on Sufism, rendered…
ReadFolklore of Scottish Lochs and Springs
James M. Mackinlay
The work is a scholarly survey of Scottish water‑worship, assembled by James Murray Mackinlay in the late…
Leaves of Life, for Daily Inspiration
Margaret Bird Steinmetz
Leaves of Life, for Daily Inspiration is a devotional calendar that presents a year‑long sequence of brief…
ReadSumma Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province
Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
The work is the second half of the second part of Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologica, a systematic theological…
ReadPoems
Mary Baker Eddy
This volume gathers the poetry of Mary Baker Eddy, a 19th‑century writer whose work first appeared in…