Discover the enduring wisdom of Stoicism with The Epictetus Collection, a beautifully curated compilation of three foundational works: The Discourses, The Enchiridion, and Fragments. This essential volume from Steppenwolf Press offers readers a timeless guide to navigating life with resilience, clarity, and virtue.Epictetus, a former slave who rose to prominence as a profound philosopher, crafted teachings that continue to ...

Classic Mystery Short Stories is a spellbinding anthology that captures the essence of mystery storytelling at its finest. Featuring a masterful selection of works from literary greats and intriguing anonymous authors, this collection takes readers on a thrilling journey through crime, deception, and the supernatural.Rudyard Kipling’s contributions, including My Own True Ghost Story and The Sending of Dana Da, blend the enigmatic with the eerie, of...

Steppenwolf (originally Der Steppenwolf) is the tenth novel by German-Swiss author Hermann Hesse.Originally published in Germany in 1927, it was first translated into English in 1929. Combining autobiographical and psychoanalytic elements, the novel was named after the German name for the steppe wolf. The story in large part reflects a profound crisis in Hesse's spiritual world during the 1920s while memorably portraying the protagonist's split between his humanity and his wolf-lik...

The Enlightenment included a range of ideas centered on the sovereignty of reason and the evidence of the senses as the primary sources of knowledge and advanced ideals such as liberty, progress, toleration, fraternity, constitutional government and separation of church and state. In France, the central doctrines of the Enlightenment philosophers were individual liberty and religious tolerance, in opposition to an absolute monarchy and the fixed dogmas of the Roman Catholic Church. The Enl...

With its blend of Eastern mysticism and Western culture, Nobel Prize-winning author Hermann Hesse's best-known and most autobiographical work is one of literature's most poetic evocations of the soul's journey to liberation."Hermann Hesse is the greatest writer of the century."—San Francisco ChronicleHarry Haller is a sad and lonely figure, a reclusive intellectual for whom life holds no joy. He struggles to reconc...

Discover the timeless brilliance of Anton Chekhov in The Anton Chekhov Collection, a definitive anthology from Steppenwolf Press that brings together over 200 of the master storyteller’s finest works. Renowned for his profound insight into human nature, Chekhov’s stories capture the beauty, pain, humor, and absurdity of life with unparalleled subtlety and grace.This collection spans Chekhov’s literary career, featuring celebrated masterpieces like The Steppe, T...

The Book of the Law is a work that defies easy explanation, a mesmerizing text that blurs the line between poetry, prophecy, and esoteric revelation. Written in 1904 by the enigmatic Aleister Crowley, this book claims to channel the voice of Aiwass, a higher intelligence imparting the philosophy of Thelema. At its heart is the bold and provocative declaration: "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law," a mantra that calls for profound self-discovery, unshakable authenticit...

Diary of a Drug Fiend is widely thought to be based upon Crowley's own drug experiences, despite being written as a fiction. This seems almost conclusively confirmed by Crowley's statement in the novel's preface: "This is a true story. It has been rewritten only so far as was necessary to conceal personalities." Crowley's own recreational drug use and also his personal struggle with drug addiction, particularly heroin, is well documented. Crowley made a study of drugs and their effects upo...

A new translation by David Horrocks.At first sight Harry Haller seems like a respectable, educated man. In reality he is the Steppenwolf: wild, strange, alienated from society and repulsed by the modern age. But as he is drawn into a series of dreamlike and sometimes savage encounters - accompanied by, among others, Mozart, Goethe and the bewitching Hermione - the misanthropic Haller discovers a higher truth, and the possibility of happiness. This haunting portrayal of a man who fe...

Discover the brilliance of one of history's most profound thinkers with The David Hume Collection, an extraordinary anthology that captures the essence of the Scottish Enlightenment. This landmark volume, meticulously compiled by Steppenwolf Press, brings together Hume’s most celebrated works, offering a comprehensive journey into his revolutionary ideas on philosophy, history, and religion.Within these pages, you’ll find:A Kind of History of My Life

With its blend of Eastern mysticism and Western culture, Hesse’s best-known and most autobiographical work is one of literature’s most poetic evocations of the soul’s journey to liberationHarry Haller is a sad and lonely figure, a reclusive intellectual for whom life holds no joy. He struggles to reconcile the wild primeval wolf and the rational man within himself without surrendering to the bourgeois values he despises. His life changes dramatically when he meets a woman who is hi...

Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best known works are Typee, a romantic account of his experiences of Polynesian life, and his whaling novel Moby-Dick.Melville was born in New York City, the third child of a merchant who dealt in French dry goods and his wife. Years as a common sailor from 1839 to 1844 were the basis of his early writings. His first book was Typee, a highly romanticized account of h...