Writing & Linguistics

Stories That Words Tell Us

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Elizabeth O'Neill


A history of English words, written for younger readers.Parental advisory: the text was published in 1918 and includes some ethnicity terms …

The Ordeal of Mark Twain (Version 2)

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Van Wyck Brooks


The Ordeal of Mark Twain analyzes the literary progression of Samuel L. Clemens and attributes shortcomings to Clemens' mother and wife. The…

The Writings of Samuel Adams, Volume 2

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Samuel Adams


Most Americans and many of other nationalities have heard of Samuel Adams. He was regarded in the Pre-Revolutionary Period of American Histo…

The Secret Doctrine, Volume I. Cosmogenesis. Part I, Cosmic Evolution

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Helena Petrovna Blavatsky


A vast, sweeping survey on the origin of creation, its expansion, contraction, maintenance and instructions for humanity in the contexts of …

The Cambridge History of English Literature, Volume 1: From the Beginnings to t…

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Various


In the preliminary statement of the aims and objects of this History, communicated to those who were invited to become contributors to it, t…

The Sailor's Word-book, A - C

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William Henry Smyth


An encyclopaedia (a digest, the author calls it) of nautical terms and other words relevant to navigation, the character of seamen, this boo…

Aspects of the Novel

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E. M. Forster


This s a series of lectures given at Trinity College by the acclaimed author E.M. Forster (A Passage to India, Howard's End, A Room With a V…

008 The Marilynne Robinson Interview


Sheridan Voysey


An interview with Pulitzer Prize- winning author Marilynne Robinson

Dedications

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Mary Elizabeth Brown


Dedications is an anthology of the forms used from the earliest days of book-making to the present time. My purpose in the following antholo…

The Greek War of Independence (1821-1827)

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Charles D. Chambers


Written in the style and language of Thucydides, and intended for students in the early stages of learning to read Ancient Greek, this brief…

How Author Beth Moran Broke Her Life of Silence


Sheridan Voysey


Imagine dropping grades in exams because your pen ran out of ink and you couldn’t ask for a replacement. Imagine hiding from friends you saw…

За македонцките работи

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Krste Petkov Misirkov


„За Македонцките работи“ е најзначајното дело напишано од еден од најголемите македонисти и национални дејци - Крсте Петков Мисирков, а печа…

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