Non-fiction Books

The Trampling of the Lilies

Rafael Sabatini

The Trampling of the Lilies is a non-fiction work written by Rafael Sabatini, an Italian-English writer of romance and adventure novels. He is best known for his worldwide bestsellers: The Sea Ha..

Song and Legend from the Middle Ages

William D. McClintock

The aim of this little book is to give general readers some idea of the subject and spirit of European Continental literature in the later and culminating period of the Middle Ages—the eleventh, twelf..

Sadhana - the realisation of life

Rabindranath Tagore

Sadhana is a collection of essays, most of which he gave before the Harvard University, describing Indian beliefs, philosophy and culture from different viewpoints, often making comparison with Wester..

The Story of the Innumerable Company, and Other Sketches

David Starr Jordan

The Story of the Innumerable Company, and Other Sketches is a collection of essays written by David Starr Jordan, an American ichthyologist, educator, eugenicist, and peace activist. He was president ..

The World English Bible (WEB) - Song of Solomon

Anonymous

The Song of Songs is the twenty-second book of The Bible and was authored by Solomon. In some translations, this book is entitled The Song of Solomon. It is also known as The Best Song.Replete with me..

Against Home Rule (1912)

S. Rosenbaum

This book, for which I have been asked to write a short preface, presents the case against Home Rule for Ireland. The articles are written by men who not only have a complete grasp of the subjects upo..

Apocolocyntosis

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Apocolocyntosis is a humorous short non-fiction work by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and—in one work—satirist of the Silver Age of Latin literature...

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali - The Book of the Spiritual Man

Patañjali

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are in themselves exceedingly brief, less than ten pages of large type in the original. Yet they contain the essence of practical wisdom, set forth in admirable order and ..