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Book LoversAs the name suggests, our site is meant to be a meeting place and favorite destination for anyone who loves books. If you are a book worm we are sure that you
will enjoy this site. We will be adding an eclectic selection of online books, from classic literature to obscure treatises about esoteric subjects.
As Mortimer J. Adler once said: “In the case of good books, the point is not how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to
you.”
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Books are the gateway to many worlds of thought and deeds. As Channing once wrote in his Essay on Self Culture:
“God be thanked for books! They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. Books are the true levellers. They give to all who will faithfully use them the society, the spiritual presence, of the best and greatest of our race. No matter how poor I am; no matter though the prosperous of my own time will not enter my obscure dwelling; if the sacred writers will enter and take up their abode under my roof,—if Milton will cross my threshold to sing to me of Paradise; and Shakespeare to open to me the worlds of imagination and the workings of the human heart; and Franklin to enrich me with his practical wisdom,—I shall not pine for want of intellectual companionship, and I may become a cultivated man, though excluded from what is called the best society in the place where I live.” More
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We are proud to present an online collection featuring nearly all of the major works by the
great fantasy writer Lord Dunsany. Lord Dunsany had great influence on the works of H.P. Lovecraft and many other writers. For those who are unfamiliar with his works, here is an
excerpt from The Hoard of the Gibbelins:
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This book offers a concise collection of Jewish folklore and legends. Very
interesting and entertaining as well.
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As Europe recovered from the Dark Ages, the university libraries of Paris,
Milan, and Oxford were beacons of learning and research. Explore the great medieval libraries of Europe.
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Before he was killed in World War One, at the Battle of Ypres, William Hope
Hodgson succeeded in creating one of the greatest works of macabre fantasy - the Nightland. Set in the distant future after our sun has died, the Earth is a desolate evil place. The age
of man has passed and world has passed on to demonic creatures of the night that surround the Last Redoubt of mankind, where the last few million humans endure.
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This is the first in our collection of 'Books about Books.' It describes the now forgotten art of English embroidered books. The bindings of these
books were truly works of art.
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This illustrated book presents a collection of 15th and 16th century paintings illustrating
the loves of the god Krishna. View the Gallery.
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We have added an online collection of useful phrases and word combinations that you can use
in your own writings or everyday speech to add impact to what your say.
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Holbein's Dance of Death is a collection of 49 medieval illustrations depicting Death in all its forms: from the unexpected to the welcome. The drawings were engraved on wood and the woodcuts were then used to transfer the ink to the page. The copies given in the present issue are impressions from the blocks engraved in 1833 for Douce's Holbein's Dance of Death.
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We have assembled one of the most comprehensive online archives of the works of the
great Scottish fantasy writer, George MacDonald. Although now best known for his landmark books of fantasy such as Lilith and Phantastes, George MacDonald wrote many books including
historical romances, poetry and essays. His works influenced writers such as C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Now you can discover the works of George MacDonald presented in a readable
online format.
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Munchausen has become synonymous with telling improbable tales of adventure. Read about his exploits here.
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Actually a collection of funerary texts and prayers meant to guide the
soul of the dead through the afterlife. We have an online edition of the book of the dead here.
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Memoirs of CasanovaThe greatest lover in history was also a highly literate diarist and observer of human behaviour. His memoirs comprise a huge opus, spanning his
enire career as a ladies man. But Casanova's memoirs are much more than a tell-all book; they are rich with minute observations of social mores and customs of the time. The memoirs will
be added online soon.
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All of the short stories and poems of Edgar Allan Poe are presented online.
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This beautifully illustrated book opens a window on the Yorkshire countryside
as it was around 1900. Many of the idyllic scenes and quaint villages are portrayed in this book are now unrecognizable and forever lost to urban sprawl and road construction. Luckily
this book preserves some of the beauty of old Yorkshire.
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All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour and the books of all time. - John Ruskin.
Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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