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Winter Notes on Summer Impressions

Winter Notes on Summer Impressions

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Winter Notes on Summer ImpressionsWinter Notes on Summer Impressions is an early book-length essay by Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky which he composed while...

tags: nonfiction, history, cultural, classics, literature, essays, writing, 19th century, travel, russia, russian literature

A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful

A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful

by Edmund Burke

An eloquent and sometimes even erotic book, the Philosophical EnquiryPhilosophical Enquiry was long dismissed as a piece of mere juvenilia. However, Burke's...

tags: 18th century, theory, writing, politics, gothic, philosophy, essays, classics, nonfiction, literature, art, criticism, literary criticism

The Present Age

The Present Age

by Soren Kierkegaard

"Those who would know Kierkegaard, the intesely religious humorist, the irrepressibly witty critic of his age and ours, can do no better than to begin with...

tags: theology, danish, spirituality, writing, philosophy, european literature, essays, classics, religion, nonfiction, scandinavian literature, psychology

The World I Live In

The World I Live In

by Helen Keller

Out of print for nearly a century, The World I Live InThe World I Live In is Helen Keller's most personal and intellectually adventurous work—one that...

tags: nonfiction, autobiography, biography, disability, 20th century, classics, literature, essays, writing, philosophy, biography memoir, memoir

Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories

Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories

Available from HarperOne, now the exclusive publisher of all of C. S. Lewis's adult religious books, a repackaged edition of the revered author’s treasury of...

tags: writing, philosophy, essays, language, classics, christianity, religion, short stories, nonfiction, literature, literary criticism, criticism, christian

I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World

I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World

by Martin Luther King, Jr.

On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. stood in front of the Lincoln Memorial looking out over thousands of troubled Americans who had gathered in the name...

tags: reference, writing, social movements, politics, essays, classics, social justice, biography, african american, race, nonfiction, history, cultural

On Heroes, Hero Worship and the Heroic in History

On Heroes, Hero Worship and the Heroic in History

by Thomas Carlyle

tags: philosophy, fantasy, religion, essays, mythology, history, literature, politics, writing, 19th century, classics, nonfiction

Present Concerns: Journalistic Essays

Present Concerns: Journalistic Essays

A repackaged edition of the revered author’s essays in which he deliberates on contemporary issues, from the moral to the spiritual to the practical.C. S....

tags: theology, writing, christian living, philosophy, essays, christianity, classics, religion, nonfiction, cultural, christian

All Things Considered

All Things Considered

by G.K. Chesterton

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) was an English writer, philosopher, lay theologian, and literary and art critic. As an author he created the fictional...

tags: writing, politics, philosophy, essays, christianity, classics, religion, nonfiction, cultural, history, christian

Zen and the Birds of Appetite

Zen and the Birds of Appetite

by Thomas Merton

"Zen enriches no one," Thomas Merton provocatively writes in his opening statement to Zen and the Birds of AppetiteZen and the Birds of Appetite—one of the...

tags: philosophy, buddhism, religion, spirituality, essays, christianity, theology, christian, writing, zen, nonfiction

In Defense of Sanity: The Best Essays of G.K. Chesterton

In Defense of Sanity: The Best Essays of G.K. Chesterton

by G.K. Chesterton

G.K. Chesterton was a master essayist. But reading his essays is not just an exercise in studying a literary form at its finest, it is an encounter with...

tags: theology, catholic, writing, faith, philosophy, essays, christianity, religion, nonfiction, literature, cultural

Fart Proudly: Writings of Benjamin Franklin You Never Read in School

Fart Proudly: Writings of Benjamin Franklin You Never Read in School

by Benjamin Franklin

A mention of flatulence might conjure up images of bratty high school boys or lowbrow comics. But one of the most eloquent—and least expected—commentators on...

tags: humor, american history, writing, historical, comedy, politics, philosophy, essays, north american hi..., biography, nonfiction, history

A Crazy, Holy Grace: The Healing Power of Pain and Memory

A Crazy, Holy Grace: The Healing Power of Pain and Memory

by Frederick Buechner

When pain is real, why is God silent?Frederick Buechner has grappled with the nature of pain, grief, and grace ever since his father committed suicide when...

tags: theology, spirituality, writing, faith, memoir, essays, christianity, religion, biography, nonfiction, autobiography, christian

Charles Dickens: A Critical Study

Charles Dickens: A Critical Study

by G.K. Chesterton

tags: english literature, british literature, writing, european literature, essays, classics, biography, nonfiction, literature, history, criticism, literary criticism

The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose

The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose

This Modern Library edition contains all of John Donne's great metaphysical love poetry. Here are such well-known songs and sonnets as "A Valediction:...

tags: theology, writing, anthologies, poetry, philosophy, european literature, essays, classics, religion, nonfiction, literature, british literature

Christian Reflections

Christian Reflections

Shortly after his conversion in 1929, C. S. Lewis wrote to a friend, When all is said (and truly said) about the divisions of Christendom, there remains, by...

tags: theology, spirituality, writing, faith, philosophy, christianity, essays, religion, nonfiction, cultural, christian

Unspoken Sermons: Series I, II, III

Unspoken Sermons: Series I, II, III

by George MacDonald

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...

tags: theology, spirituality, 19th century, writing, faith, christianity, essays, classics, religion, nonfiction, literature, christian

Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander

Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander

by Thomas Merton

In this series of notes, opinions, experiences, and reflections, Thomas Merton examines some of the most urgent questions of our age. With his characteristic...

tags: philosophy, essays, religion, spirituality, christianity, theology, politics, christian, writing, nonfiction, catholic

The Defendant

by G.K. Chesterton

G.K. Chesterton's collected essays on subjects ranging from detective stories and penny dreadfuls to heraldry and patriotism. The essays originally appeared in...

tags: 20th century, humor, writing, philosophy, european literature, essays, christianity, language, religion, nonfiction, literature, british literature, christian

Screwtape Proposes A Toast, And Other Pieces

Screwtape Proposes A Toast, And Other Pieces

Screwtape Proposes a Toast and other Pieces

tags: theology, spirituality, writing, essays, christianity, classics, religion, fantasy, fiction, christian fiction, christian

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