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In "Psychopathia Sexualis: With Especial Reference to Contrary Sexual Instinct," R. von Krafft-Ebing presents a groundbreaking study of human sexuality, emphasizing the nuanced spectrum of sexual instincts, particularly those deemed atypical. This seminal work employs a clinical and analytical literary style, integrating case studies and robust scientific observations to illuminate the complexities of sexual behaviors. Written during the late 19th century, a period marked by burgeoning int...

An underdog story of what it means to find success after spending decades doing the wrong things and always looking for a shortcut in life. From being in trouble and struggling with addiction to building skyscrapers in downtown New York City and living the high life, Charlie Gilbert speaks on the rises and falls that led him to a better life of honesty, faith, and pure intentions. This is his story, and it speaks to the testament of man and what it takes to overcome tremendous adversity to...

Are you ready to Get SAVI? The SAVI Singing Actor is a practical, "savvy" approach to building essential skills and crafting a performance with clarity, meaning and impact. Built on proven training concepts from theater, music, dance, sports and the emerging field of expert performance, SAVI complements a wide range of singing and acting methodologies. The innovative exercises and techniques presented in this book can get you from "just good enough" to "totally awesome."

The History of English Literature and Language may be recommended to the student as a guide always sure, and as satisfactory as its limits will admit, to the gathered harvest of a thousand years -- from ALFRED the Great to VICTORIA -- now existing in a language radically identical for the whole of that period, the common property of all who are born to its use, a personal endowment not to be limited by local accidents, but the rightful possession of those who "claim SHAKESPEARE's language ...

This new edition of The Book of Enoch, banned by Christian authorities and thought lost for millennia, features a new introduction by bestselling author and expert on mysticism and the occult, Lon Milo DuQuette. The Book of Enoch is important more for what it is rather than for what it says, explains DuQuette. It could be argued that it, more than any other single document, is responsible for western civilizations most dangerous and nightmarish neurosis war in heaven, fal...

African American literature is the body of literature produced in the United States by writers of African descent. It begins with the works of such late 18th-century writers as Phillis Wheatley. Before the high point of enslaved people narratives, African-American literature was dominated by autobiographical spiritual narratives. The genre known as slave narratives in the 19th century were accounts by people who had generally escaped from slavery, about their journeys to freedom and ways t...

In 'Crimes Beyond the Grave – 3 Classic Mystery Novels,' the reader embarks on a journey through the dark, enigmatic landscapes of three literary giants: Charles Dickens, G.K. Chesterton, and J.S. Fletcher. Each novel within this anthology delves into the shadowy recesses of human nature and the supernatural, blending elements of crime, mystery, and gothic eeriness. The collection showcases a range of styles—from Dickens's intricate social commentary interwoven with mystery, to Chesterton'...

He's been called the best in the world at the mental game of tennis. Brad Gilbert's strokes may not be pretty, but looks aren't everything. He has beaten the Tour's biggest names—all by playing his "ugly" game.Now, in Winning Ugly, Gilbert teaches recreational players how to win more often without necessarily even changing their strokes. The key to success, he says, is to become a better thinking player—to recognize, analyze, and capitalize. That means outthinking opponent...

Gathering Auld Licht Idylls, A Window in Thrums, and The Little Minister, this illustrated trilogy presents Barrie's imagined Scottish weaving town of Thrums with affectionate precision and comic irony. Its sketches and narrative episodes explore Calvinist "Auld Licht" piety, domestic ritual, poverty, gossip, courtship, and communal memory, moving from episodic local-color portraiture toward the fuller romance and social drama of The Little Minister. Written in a supple blend of Scots-infl...

I believe that those of long ago who wrote books frequently began with an apology to the gentle reader, and I am inclined to do likewise, or at least to rise and explain. The fact is, this narrative was originally undertaken merely as a family reminiscence, but Mr. C. C. Hine’s life was so interwoven with the later life of Woodside that what was intended as a brief sketch to illustrate a series of photographs has gradually grown into a book covering the story of the region now known as Woo...

Wessagusset and Weymouth is a historical account that delves into the early colonial experiences in New England, focusing on the settlements established by the English. The narrative explores the interactions between the settlers and the indigenous populations, highlighting the challenges faced by the colonists as they sought to establish their new lives in a foreign land. Through detailed descriptions and engaging storytelling, the book paints a vivid picture of the struggles, triumphs, a...

J. M. BARRIE Ultimate Collection: 90+ Titles in one Volume (Illustrated) gathers the remarkable breadth of Barrie's imagination: plays, novels, stories, sketches, and essays that range from the wistful enchantments of Peter Pan to the sharp social observation of his Scottish fiction. Read together, these works reveal a writer of delicate irony, theatrical instinct, and emotional ambiguity, poised between late-Victorian sentiment and modern psychological unease. Born in Kirriemuir, Scotland...