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The Egyptian Book of the Dead is a full sequence of prayers, songs, and incantations that are employed at funerals, and by the individual in his journey beyond…
French Short Stories is a collection of twenty-three classic stories from many of the great French authors including Alexandre Dumas, Victor Hugo, Emile Zola, Honore de Balzac, and…
Edgar Allan Poe was an American author who specialized in tales of macabre and mystery. His frighteningly bizarre short stories include murders and madmen, premature burials, and mysterious…
Poor Richard’s Almanack was a yearly almanac that was published by Benjamin Franklin under the pseudonym Richard Saunders. A popular pamphlet in colonial America, Poor Richard’s Almanack was…
Niccolò Machiavelli was an Italian historian, diplomat, and philosopher who is often credited with being the founder of modern political science. He also served as Secretary to the…
The Inferno is part of Dante Alighieri’s epic poem The Divine Comedy. It follows a journey undertaken by Dante and Roman poet Virgil as they explore the nine…
Meditations are a series of thoughts by Roman Emperor and Stoic thinker, Marcus Aurelius. The thoughts in Meditations aim to be a source of guidance on how to…
Ghost Stories is a classic collection of tales by M. R. James that focuses of ghostly happenings. The setting for most of the stories is an eerily quiet…
The Island of Dr. Moreau by H. G. Wells is a science fiction novel that follows the story of Edward Prendick, a shipwrecked man that find his way…
Self-Reliance and Other Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson is collection of essential writings that explain the moral idealism of transcendentalist thought. “Self-Reliance,” “Nature,” “Friendship,” and many other essays…
While little is known about the life of Epictetus and his exact date of birth (believed to be around 55 AD) is unidentified, it is acknowledged that he…
The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine is a critique of institutionalized religion and challenges the legitimacy of the Bible. Paine advocates reason in place of revelation.