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Abstract: "Apocrypha … books which are not regarded as equal to the holy Scriptures, and yet are profitable and good to read." ~ Martin LutherThirteen examples of biblical pseudepigrapha including the rarely read Living Oracles translation of the Book of Revelation, the Apocalypse of Abraham and many other sought after texts which shed light on the evolution of our faith, our theology, and our church.The Lost Books:The Apocalypse of AbrahamThe Living Oracles version of RevelationBel and the DragonTobiasJudithThe Book of WisdomSirachBaruchEpistle of JeremiahSusannaThe Prayer of AzariahThe Prayer of ManassehLaodiceans 

Abstract: "Hidden talent counts for nothing."- Nero.Strategy Six Pack 12 presents six historical texts spanning two millennia and three continents. Ancient Rome and the Americas get two books each: Mary Platt Parmele's A Short History of Rome is paired with Jacob Abbott's biography of Emperor Nero; Thomas Paine's 1791 American political classic The Rights of Man is followed by 1831's The Confessions of Nat Turner - written by a runaway preacher-slave and social activist. For the Europhiles there is Hendrik Willem van Loon's concise account of Holland's early 19th Century continental dominance in The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom 1795-1813 and for historians of Asia there is the account of Victorian spy Alexander Burnes' adventures in uncharted parts of Iraq, Afghanistan and beyond in Travels into Bokhara: A Voyage up the Indus to Lahore and a Journey to Cabool, Tartary & Persia.Strategy Six Pack 12A Short History of Rome by Mary Platt Parmele.Nero by Jacob Abbott.The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom, 1795-1813 - A Short Account of the Early Development of the Modern Kingdom of the Netherlands by Hendrik Willem van Loon.The Rights of Man by Thomas Paine.The Confessions of Nat Turner by Nat Turner.Travels into Bokhara: A Voyage up the Indus to Lahore and a Journey to Cabool, Tartary & Persia Volume I by Alexander Burnes.Includes image galleries for A Short History of Rome, The Rights of Man, The Confessions of Nat Turner and Travels into Bokhara.

Abstract: Every version of Cinderella in one beautifully formatted e-book with stunning original art.The Cat CinderellaThe Little Glass SlipperAschenputtelThe Baba YagaThe Little Glass SlipperKatie WoodencloakTattercoatsAshey PeltThe Sharp Grey SheepRashin-CoatieCap O'RushesThe Hearth CatThe Princess and The Golden ShoesThe Twelve MonthsYeh-ShenKongji and PatzziBawang Putih And Bawang MerahThe Story of Tấm and CámFair, Brown, and TremblingAnd more ...*Illustrated with original art from renowned artists Harry Clarke, Elenore Abbott, Gustave Doré and others.*Includes the famous essay on Cinderella by W.R.S. Ralston.*Links to free, full-length audio recordings of different versions of Cinderella.*Cinderella at the Movies - Comprehensive list of movie adaptations from 1911-PRESENT.

Abstract: Nice one, mate! It's British Mystery Multipack 13, a murder, mystery and suspense lover's treat. Six of the finest mystery short stories of all time penned by undisputed masters of the suspense genre. Included in this anthology:The Aspern Papers by Henry James.The Case of Lady Sannox by Arthur Conan Doyle.An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce.The Necklace by Guy De Maupassant.The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe.The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson. First published in 1884.Includes Ambrose Bierce image gallery.

Abstract: "War is merely the continuation of politics by other means." - Clausewitz.Strategy Six Pack brings together six essential texts for military theorists:Machiavelli's The PrinceThe Art of War by Sun TzuBattle Studies by Ardant du PicqEinhard's Life of CharlemagneJulius Caesar's The Gallic WarsOn War by Carl von ClausewitzEach work has been newly revised and expertly edited with notes, images and a table of contents. Centuries of tactical wisdom distilled into one awesome e-book. Military Science has never been more thoroughly represented in one single volume."The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting." - Sun Tzu.

Abstract: Slave Narrative Six Pack 2 presents six classics of the genre:Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom by William Craft and Ellen Craft.The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois.Behind the Scenes: Or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House by Elizabeth Keckley.The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada, as Narrated by Himself by Josiah Henson.Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave by Sojourner Truth and Olive Gilbert.William Lloyd Garrison by William Still.

Abstract: "Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!"- Marcus Garvey.Slave Narrative Six Pack 4 is a mixed bag of narratives, biographies and eye-witness accounts from ex-slaves and abolitionists:The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave by Mary Prince.The Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave by William Wells Brown.White Slavery in the Barbary States by Charles Sumner.The Freedmen's Book by Lydia Maria Child.Lucretia Mott by William Still.Lynch Law by Ida B. Wells Barnett.*Includes image gallery.

Abstract: "Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally."― Abraham Lincoln.Recollections of life on a plantation, a thrilling slave escape story, Fifty Years in Chains by Charles Ball, a famous essay on Slavery and Abolitionism, a survey of 'Christian slavery' and The Marrow of Tradition by Charles W. Chestnut – it's all here and more in Slave Narrative Six Pack 5.Fifty Years in Chains; or, the Life of an American Slave by Charles Ball.Cordelia Loney's Escape by William Still.An Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism by Catharine Esther Beecher.The Marrow of Tradition by Charles W. Chesnutt.Old Plantation Days: Being Recollections of Southern Life Before the Civil War by N. B. De Saussure.American Scenes, and Christian Slavery - A Recent Tour of Four Thousand Miles in the United States by Ebenezer Davies.Includes image gallery.

Abstract: "No blessing, no good, can follow in the path trodden by slavery."- Dorothea Dix.Slave Narrative Six Pack 6 presents six more essential texts:Is Slavery Sanctioned by the Bible? by Isaac Allen.Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, An American Slave, Written by Himself by Henry Bibb.Portuguese Slavery in the 20th Century by Evelyn Baring.The Iron Furnace; or, Slavery and Secession by John H. Aughey.The Slave Preacher by Charles Thompson.Roman Slavery by William Warde Fowler.Includes image gallery.

Abstract: Viking longships and magic amulets. Shape-shifting elves, warrior princes and fire-breathing dragons. Welcome to the epic poetry of the North Atlantic. Welcome to THE SAGAS!Saga Six Pack brings together six classic sagas:BeowulfThe Prose EddaThe Story Of Gunnlaug The Worm-Tongue and Raven The SkaldEric The RedThe Sea FightSigurd The VolsungEach text has been newly revised and optimized for digital reading. In addition to these six master works, there is also a Saga image gallery, an essay ('What The Sagas Were' by Jennie Hall) and a link to a free audio recording of Beowulf.

Abstract: Magic swords and mighty longships. Treacherous maidens and invisible elves. A powerful gold ring.Saga Six Pack 2 presents another awesome collection of classic adventures from the North Atlantic:The Poetic EddaThe NibelungenliedSaga of ThorsteinFridthjof the BoldKing Harald's SagaIngolf's SagaEach text has been newly revised and optimized for digital reading. In addition to these six classic works, there is also: two Saga Image galleries, a link to a free unabridged audio recording of The Nibelungenlied and a Saga Glossary.

Abstract: Ice duels. Twin gods. Slayers and Saviors. An unbreakable sword.Saga Six Pack 3 presents another scintillating sextet of Scandinavian superhero stories:The Story of Burnt NjálThe Saga of Magnus the GoodThe Song of AtliThe Hell-Ride of BrynhildThe Saga of Olaf KyrreThe Lay of HamdirAlso included is a Burnt Njál image gallery and an essay by Allen Mawer, 'The Vikings in England.'

Abstract: Saga Six Pack 4 presents a sizzling sextet of Scandinavian super-sagas:In the Days of Giants - A Book of Norse Tales by Abbie Farwell BrownSaga of Halfdan the Black by Snorri SturlusonTrue and Untrue by George Webbe DasentSaga of Sigurd the Crusader and his Brothers Eystein and Olaf by Snorri SturlusonKing Alfred's Viking - A Story of the First English Fleet by Charles W. WhistlerLittle Annie the Goose-girl by Peter Christen AsbjørnsenIncluded is a curated image gallery featuring original illustrations by Louis Huard and Elmer Boyd Smith.

Abstract: "A tale is but half told when only one person tells it."- The Saga of Grettir the Strong.Saga Six Pack 5 is a Viking-sized selection of Scandinavian super-stories:Erling the Bold by R. M. BallantyneBig Peter and Little Peter by George Webbe DasentThe Saga of Harald Hardrade by Snorri SturlusonThe Master Thief by Peter Christen AsbjørnsenA Sea Queen's Sailing by Charles W. WhistlerBruin and Reynard by Jørgen EngebretsenImage gallery includes:Surt, The Giant with the Flaming Sword by John Charles Dollman.16th-century depiction of Norse gods by Olaus Magnus.Wotan takes leave of Brunhild by Konrad Dielitz.Thor and the Midgard Serpent by Emil Doepler.Loki breaks free at the onset of Ragnarök by Ernst H. Walther.A scene from the last phase of Ragnarök, after Surtr has engulfed the world with fire by Emil Doepler.The new world that rises after Ragnarök by Emil Doepler.Then the Awful Fight Began by George Wright, 1908.

Abstract: "Braver are many in word than in deed…"Saga Six Pack 6 is a Norse Myth megamix of original sagas, literary retellings and academic perspectives:A Thane of Wessex by Charles W. Whistler.Harald Harfager's Saga by Snorri Sturluson.Eric Brighteyes by Henry Rider Haggard.The Valkyrs by Hélène Adeline Guerber.Saga of Hakon Herdebreid ("Hakon the Broad-Shouldered") by Snorri Sturluson.The Elves by Hélène Adeline Guerber.Includes image gallery featuring original illustrations for the Laxdaela saga and the essay 'Canute the Great' by Laurence Marcellus Larson.

Abstract: "Give me liberty or give me death!"- Patrick Henry.Strategy Six Pack 13 includes Thomas De Quincey's classic study of Rome's first leaders, The Caesars, two essays by Elbert Hubbard (on Patrick Henry and Anne Hutchinson), Memoirs of an Arabian Princess from Zanzibar by Emily Ruete and two American history classics, My Sixty Years on the Plains - Trapping, Trading, and Indian Fighting by William Thomas Hamilton and Journal of a Trapper: Nine Years in the Rocky Mountains, 1834-1843 by Osborne Russell.  Strategy Six Pack 13The Caesars by Thomas De Quincey.Patrick Henry by Elbert Hubbard.My Sixty Years on the Plains - Trapping, Trading, and Indian Fighting by William Thomas Hamilton.Anne Hutchinson by Elbert Hubbard.Memoirs of an Arabian Princess from Zanzibar by Emily Ruete.     Journal of a Trapper: Nine Years in the Rocky Mountains, 1834-1843 by Osborne Russell.  Image gallery.

Abstract: Slave Narrative Six Pack 7 presents six more essential texts:My Life in the South by Jacob Stroyer. The Narrative of Lunsford Lane, Formerly of Raleigh, N.C. by Lunsford Lane.  Army Life in a Black Regiment by Thomas Wentworth Higginson. A Plea for Captain John Brown by Henry David Thoreau.   An Anti-Slavery Crusade: A Chronicle of the Gathering Storm by Jesse Macy.  Henry Ward Beecher by Elbert Hubbard.Includes image gallery.

Abstract: This new digital edition of the complete King James Bible includes a Table of Contents for easy navigation.

Abstract: Military buffs and penologists are in for a treat with this awesome anthology of famous skirmishes and prison escapes from the American Civil War, which includes a look at the events surrounding Morgan's Raid and the notorious Libby Prison Escape (which saw over 100 Union POW's break out of a Confederate Army camp). There is also War Diary of a Union Woman in the South, The Locomotive Chase in Georgia by William Pittenger, Mosby's 'Partizan Rangers' by A. E. Richards, The Escape by Thomas H. Hines, A Hard Road to Travel out of Dixie by W. H. Shelton and Escape of General Breckinridge by John Taylor Wood.

Abstract: "It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself."- Epicurus.Founded in the fourth century BC, Epicureanism was the main alternative philosophy to Stoicism. Based upon the teachings of Greek philosopher Epicurus, the philosophy propounded an ethic of individual pleasure as the sole or chief good in life. Epicurus advocated living in such a way as to derive the greatest amount of pleasure possible during one's lifetime, yet doing so moderately in order to avoid the suffering incurred by overindulgence in such pleasure. It is not the same as hedonism which advocates the partaking in fleeting pleasures such as constant partying, sexual excess and decadent food. Epicurus considered prudence an important virtue and perceived excess and overindulgence to be contrary to the attainment of true happiness. The emphasis was placed on pleasures of the mind rather than on physical pleasures. For Epicurus, who you dine with is more important than what you eat.Epicurus lived a celibate life but did not impose this restriction on his followers. He ran a school from his home called The Garden, a small but prestigious gathering that emphasized friendship as an important ingredient of happiness. It was a sophisticated place by Athenian standards, counting women and slaves among its members and it was the first recorded organization to make vegetarianism a way of life.The school's popularity grew and it became, along with Stoicism and Skepticism, one of the three dominant schools of Hellenistic Philosophy. Epicureanism flourished for seven centuries.Stoic Six Pack 3: The Epicureans brings together six Epicurean master works:The Letters of EpicurusPrincipal Doctrines of EpicurusDe Finibus Bonorum et Malorum by CiceroOn the Nature of Things by LucretiusUpon the Gardens of Epicurus by William TempleStoics vs Epicureans by Robert Drew HicksThese six texts provide a full introduction to Epicureanism. *Includes hand-curated original images.