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Dictionary of philosophy and psychology, including many of the principal conceptions of ethics, logic, aesthetics, philosophy of religion, mental pathology, anthropology, biology, neurology, physiology, economics, political and social philosophy, philology, physical science, and education, and giving a terminology in English, French, German, and Italian James Mark Baldwin · 1901 · 576p · ≈ 19h · Challenging Shares: Dictionary, Dictionaries, Bibliography

Twentieth-century short story explication Warren S. Walker · 1961 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares: Indexes, Bibliography Shares: Indexes, Bibliography

Brewer's dictionary of phrase and fable Ebenezer Cobham Brewer · 1870 · 1175p · ≈ 39h · Demanding Encompasses real, fictitious, and mythical names from history, romance, the arts, science, and fable, and phrases, superstitions, and customs ancient and contemporary. Shares: Dictionary, Dictionaries, Bibliography

Universal pronouncing dictionary of biography and mythology Joseph Thomas · 1870 · 2550p · ≈ 85h · Demanding Shares: Dictionary, Dictionaries, Biography & Memoir

Chevalier de la charrette Chrétien de Troyes · 1962 · 191p · ≈ 6h · Moderate À la cour du roi Arthur, alors que la fête bat son plein, Méléagant le maudit, sème encore une fois la peur et la désolation : la reine Guenièvre est enlevée.Sera-t-elle condamnée à passer le reste de ses jours au « pays dont on ne revient jamais », comme tant d'autres sujets de Logres, enlevés avant elle ?C'est compter sans le courage de Lancelot qui se lance dans une quête éperdue.… Shares: Indexes, Dictionaries

The New Arthurian encyclopedia Norris J. Lacy · 1991 · 654p · ≈ 21h · Moderate "Like its predecessor, it deals with Arthuriana of all periods, from the earliest legends and texts to the present. Similarly, alongside literature, we have included history and chronicle, archaeology, art, film, and other media ... We have expnded the Encyclopedia from 700 entries to more than 1,200, with contributions from some 130 scholars rather than 94"--Preface. Shares: Dictionaries, Bibliography, Great Britain

The biographical dictionary of musicians Rupert Hughes · 1900 · 678p · ≈ 22h · Challenging Biographies of key composers and musicians selected and abridged from Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, including Claudio Montverdi, Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Mozart, John Cage, Billie Holliday, and John Lennon. Shares: Dictionaries, Biography & Memoir

Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʻajāʾib al-asfār Ibn Batuta · 1829 · ★ 5.0 · 111p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Shares: Indexes, Biography & Memoir

Il Paradiso Dante Alighieri · 1595 · ★ 4.8 · 138p · ≈ 4h · Demanding The Divine Comedy stands as one of the towering creations of world literature, and its climactic section, the Paradiso, is perhaps the most ambitious poetic attempt ever made to represent the merging of individual destiny with universal order. Having passed through Hell and Purgatory, Dante is led by his beloved Beatrice to the upper sphere of Paradise, wherein lie the sublime truths of Divine… Shares: Dictionaries, Bibliography

An Autobiography Igor Stravinsky · 1936 · ★ 3.3 · 176p · ≈ 5h · Challenging An Autobiography chronicles the first half-century of Stravinsky's life, all the while offering his opinions and "abhorrences". A Parsifal performance at Bayreuth? "At the end of a quarter of an hour I could bear no more". Nijinsky? "The poor boy knew nothing of music". Spanish folk music? "Endless preliminary chords of guitar playing". Shares: Bibliography, Biography & Memoir

Samlede Vaerker Henrik Ibsen · 1877 · ★ 4.0 · 13p · ≈ 26m · Challenging Shares: Bibliography, Biography & Memoir

In her own words Wendy Slatkin · 2010 · 412p · ≈ 13h · Moderate In Her Own Words: A Primary Source Book of Autobiographical Texts by Women Artists in the 19th and 20th Centuries gives voice to sixteen influential women artists, providing students with a highly personal lens through which they can analyze and interpret each artist's visual works. The material progresses chronologically to better situate the artistic and literary works of the featured women… Shares: Bibliography, Biography & Memoir

The Library of American Biography Jared Sparks · 1846 · 402p · ≈ 13h · Challenging This book itself comprises and also is a collection of letters by varied political and social personalities in reference with the American Revolution. These letters are also concerned with the foreign relations of United States during the whole revolution. Also, it reflects the political framing in the United States. Shares: Biography & Memoir

A history of autobiography in antiquity Georg Misch · 1950 · 364p · ≈ 12h · Moderate This is Volume IV of 9 historical works from the International Library of Sociology. This is part one of two looking at the history of the autobiography. Appearing in isolation as they do, autobiographies demand for their description and appreciation, a comprehensive view of the development of the human mind. This volume covers the conception and the origin of autobiography, looking at ancient… Shares: Biography & Memoir

Mr. Nice Howard Marks · 1996 · 468p · ≈ 15h · Moderate This candid crime memoir by Britain's most famous drug baron is "frequently hilarious, occasionally sad, and often surreal" (GQ).   During the mid-1980s Howard Marks had 43 aliases, 89 phone lines, and owned 25 companies throughout the world. From local bars to recording studios to offshore banks—all of his "businesses" were in fact money laundering vehicles serving his one true business:… Shares: Biography & Memoir

Autobiography Anderson L Staff · 2001 · 166p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Saint Augustine of Hippo wrote ''Confessions'', the first Western autobiography ever written, around AD 400. Portrait by Philippe de Champaigne, 17th century.]] Shares: Biography & Memoir

Two Sisters Gore Vidal · 1970 · ★ 4.0 · 236p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Originally published in 1970 this fairly short novel (174 pages) contains, according to the blurb on the dust jacket of the first edition, “Gore Vidal’s singular speculations on love, sex, death, literature and politics.” Shares: Biography & Memoir

Missing Persons Mary Evans · 1998 · 176p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Auto/biography is currently one of the most popular literary genres, widely supposed to illuminate the study of the individual and his or her personal circumstances. Missing Persons suggests that auto/biography is, in fact, based on fictions, both about the person and about what it is possible to know about any one individual. Organised into chapters which consider particular kinds of… Shares: Biography & Memoir

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