The Chinese Classics (Confucian Analects)  |
| James Legge (1815 - 1897) |
The Analects is the representative work of Confucianism. The philosophy of Confucius emphasized personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, justice and sincerity. The Analects records the words and acts of the central Chinese thinker and philosopher Confucius and his disciples. Confucianism is one of the worlds major thought systems and remains very relevant for understanding East Asia. |
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| The Eustace Diamonds |
| Anthony Trollope (1815 - 1882) |
Wealthy and widowed, Lizzie Eustace comes into possession of a very valuable heirloom necklace, the Eustace Diamonds. But Lizzie also possesses a penchant for lying. When the strongbox in which the diamonds are usually kept is stolen, Lizzie becomes the subject of much gossip and scandal. Eventually, a mystery is unravelled and the police discover much more than they initially expected. The truth is not always what it appears to be. First published in 1872, The Eustace Diamonds is the third in Trollope's "Palliser" series. |
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| The Federalist Papers |
| Anonymous ( - ) |
The Federalist Papers are a series of 85 articles arguing for the ratification of the United States Constitution. They were published in New York City newspapers beginning in October 1787 and outline the philosophy and motivation of the proposed system of government. According to historian Richard Morris, they are an "incomparable exposition of the Constitution, a classic in political science unsurpassed in both breadth and depth by the product of any later American writer." |
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| The Homeric Hymns |
| Andrew Lang (1844 - 1912) |
A collection of hymns to celebrate individual gods of Greek mythology including: Aphrodite, Apollo, Artemis, Dionysus, Demeter, Gaia, Heracles, Hermes, Hestia, Pan, Poseidon, and Zeus. |
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| The Lifted Veil |
| George Eliot (1819 - 1880) |
This novella, first published in 1859 is unlike the realistic fiction for which Eliot is best known, The Lifted Veil explores of extrasensory perception, the essence of physical life, possible life after death, and the power of fate. The novella is a significant part of the Victorian tradition of horror fiction, which includes Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886), and Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897). |
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| The Lives of the Twelve Caesars |
| C.Suetonius Tranquilius (72 - 130) |
The Twelve Caesars is a set of twelve biographies: Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire (Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian, titus, and Domitian). The Twelve Caesars was very important after it was written in 121 CE and remains an important historical source. It was one of the major sources for Robert Graves' I Claudius and Claudius the God later adapted and dramatised by the BBC. |
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| The Lost Continent |
| Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875 - 1950) |
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