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Creative Unity by Rabindranath Tagore consists of ten lectures that the author gave in 1922. The lectures included are: The Poets Religion; The Creative Ideal; The Religion of the Forest; An Indian Folk Religion; East and West; The Modern Age; The Spirit of Freedom; The Nation; Woman and Home; and, An Eastern University.
Steps in Human Progress by Christian D. Larson is offered here in a clean English digital edition prepared for fluent ebook reading. The work stands within classics and gives modern readers direct access to a public-domain classic with navigable structure and a restrained typographic presentation. The opening pages establish the book's atmosphere with this first movement: In the presence of modern thought and aspiration what may we consider the greatest, the worthiest, the most important and the most inspiring thing that man can do. This is one of the leading questions of today, and we are face to face with a new answer, an answer that has never been given before. In This edition is suited to readers who want a reliable, uncluttered version of the text for study, rediscovery, and sustained reading.Show book
At the turn of the century, the short story form gained enormous popularity. As readers looked for diversion and entertainment, they found the attraction of a good tale irresistible—especially when the action was packed into a few pages instead of a hundred. Here are three timeless stories that will whisk you into exotic lands and unforgettable adventures. Against the frozen Alaskan landscape of To Build a Fire, a miner struggles to survive the splintering whiteness of sub-zero temperatures. Isle of Voices captures the Hawaii of old, where magic transports a young man to an island of powerful spirits. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi pits a mongoose against a cobra in the steamy beauty of an Indian garden.Show book
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.Show book
Welcome to Moby Dick: Glimpses into the Narrative’s Key Themes. In this audiobook, we delve into the complex layers of Herman Melville’s monumental work, Moby Dick. More than just a tale of obsession and revenge, Melville’s masterpiece explores themes of fate, free will, the power of nature, and the limits of human knowledge. Through a close examination of key moments in the narrative, we will explore how Captain Ahab’s relentless pursuit of the great white whale symbolizes humanity’s struggle against forces beyond its control. Join us on this journey across the high seas to discover the deep philosophical questions and moral dilemmas that make Moby Dick one of the greatest literary works in the Western canon.Show book
A convent girl in fifteenth-century Sorrento, an outlawed young nobleman, and Savonarola preaching in Florence while the Borgias hold Rome. Stowe wrote it after traveling in Italy, ten years after Uncle Tom's Cabin, as the Civil War began at home, and used the same instrument on a different subject: what a church is for when the men running it have stopped believing. Sixty plates of Venetian canals and cloisters by Canaletto and Guardi carry the story's church-and-sea atmosphere across four centuries of painting.Show book
Travel across time, space, and the boundaries of human imagination in this classic collection by H. G. Wells. Tales of Space and Time brings together a selection of H. G. Wells's imaginative stories exploring extraordinary possibilities, strange futures, scientific ideas, and the mysteries of existence. Wells combines speculative concepts with adventure, social observation, humor, and philosophical questions. His stories demonstrate the creativity that helped establish science fiction as a major literary genre. From journeys beyond familiar reality to visions of humanity's possible future, the collection offers a varied introduction to Wells's distinctive imagination and storytelling. Explore the worlds beyond ordinary experience in this fascinating collection of classic science fiction from H. G. Wells.Show book
