Humanities and Arts eBooks
Life on the Mississippi
Humanities and Arts, by Mark Twain..Life on the Mississippi is a memoir by Mark Twain, of his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War, and also a travel book, recounting his trip along the Mississippi many years after the War. The book begins with a brief history of the river from its discovery by Hernando de Soto in 1542.[2] It continues with anecdotes of Twain's training as a steamboat...
Little Brother
Humanities and Arts, by Cory DoctorowCory Doctorow (born July 17, 1971) is a blogger, journalist and science fiction author who serves as co-editor of the blog Boing Boing. He is in favor of liberalizing copyright laws, and a proponent of the Creative Commons organisation, and uses some of their licenses for his books. Marcus, a.k.a “w1n5t0n,” is only seventeen years old, but he figures he already knows how the system...
Man, Women and Ghosts
Humanities and Arts, by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps WardElizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward, born Mary Gray Phelps, (August 31, 1844 – January 28, 1911) was an American author and an early advocate of clothing reform for women, urging them to burn their corsets.Ward wrote three Spiritualist novels, The Gates Ajar, Between the Gates and Beyond the Gates, and a novella about animal rights, Loveliness. While writing other popular stories, she was also a...
Mastering Your Emotions
Humanities and Arts, by GaoQiangI hope that my book, based on my own experiences and research including conversations with a wide range of people, will help readers to better understand some of the reasons why people may act the way they do at times.” When we learn more about our own emotions and how we can have greater control of them, we will improve the interactions we have with other people in all areas of our...
Matisse, Picasso and Getrude Stein
Humanities and Arts, by Gertrude SteinGertrude Stein…those outside the literary world may have heard of her. Those inside may have even read her. But this early 20th century writer is as elusive, as erudite, as inaccessible as Joyce or Beckett. She didn’t so much write as experiment with words. Perhaps her most enduring legacy is “A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.” Because really, a rose is really just a rose. Or is it...
Merry Men
Humanities and Arts, by Robert Louis StevensonThe narrator, Charles Darnaway, a recent graduate of Edinburgh University, travels to the remote island of Aros off the north-west coast of Scotland. Aros is the home of his uncle, Gordon Darnaway, a hard-hearted and alcoholic Presbyterian. Charles has come in search of sunken treasure, as he believes a ship of the Spanish Armada sank in the bay under his uncle's home long before. Charles hopes...
Nanna
Humanities and Arts, by Emile Zola.As the book opens, Fauchery, a drama critic, is waiting for the hottest play in Paris to open. "The Blonde Venus" has bad music and bad actresses, but a new star, Nana, who appears on stage clad only in a diaphanous wrap brings down the house anyway. Nana is an experienced concubine. She exploits the hysteria caused by her nearly nude performance to win Steiner, a wealthy banker. Steiner buys...
New Testament Greek for Beginners
Humanities and Arts, by J. Gresham MatchenIntroduction to reading the new testament in Greek
Notes from the Underground
Fiction, by Fyodor DostoevskyDostoevsky's Notes from the Underground is a psychological study of the deepest darkest skeletons in the closet of the human mind.
Notes on Life and Letters
Humanities and Arts, by Joseph. ConradTwenty-six essays in Notes on Life and Letters (1921) present a kaleidoscopic view of Joseph Conrad's literary views and interest in the events of his day, including the Titanic disaster and First World War.
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