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The Upanishads
by Swami ParamanandaThe Upanishads represent the loftiest heights of ancient Indo-Aryan thought and culture.
The Varieties of Religious Experience
by William JamesHarvard philosopher William James's compiled lectures on religion, considered to be among the most brilliant studies of mankind's relation to the divine <P><P> William James's Varieties of Religious Experience brings together twenty lectures on the nature of religion, delivered at the University of Edinburgh between 1901 and 1902. Renowned at the time for their practical and even-handed approach to the human experience of religion, the lectures form a sympathetic and analytical portrait not of the church, but of the personalized experiences of religious life. James examines the words of writers and philosophers from Immanuel Kant to Plato to Ralph Waldo Emerson to Marcus Aurelius in his investigations of faith, the soul, and systems of belief. Praised by philosopher Charles Pierce for its "penetration into the hearts of people" and by the New York Times for its ability to stir the sympathies of readers, The Varieties of Religious Experience is a lucid and thought-provoking examination of man's encounters with God.<P> Chosen for Mark Zuckerberg's "A Year of Books"
The Story of the Mormons: From the Date of their Origin to the Year 1901
by William Alexander LinnThe object is to present a consecutive history of the Mormons, from the day of their origin to 1901, as a secular, rather than religious, narrative.
She
by H. Rider HaggardA Victorian thriller, set in Africa, about an explorer in search of an immortal woman.
The First Book of Adam and Eve
by Rutherford PlattThis book is a written history of what happened in the days of Adam and Eve after they were cast out of the garden. Although considered to be pseudepigraphic by some, it carries significant meaning and insight into events of that time.
Colloquies on Society
by Robert SoutheyA 19th-Century author examines the questions of society in the form of discussions with the ghost of Sir Thomas More.