A short book about the peyote drug. The book covers experiences of peyote users, their conversions, the ceremonies, and accounts of the leaders of the peyote. "In the middle...

Lilith is the necessary desire running against the tide to find the truth hidden in the appearances of things.Entanglement, a matriarchal society, an awareness that we do not need...

"Armance"(1827) is the first novel written and published by the French writer Stendhal.The work describes the complicated relationship between two lovers (Armance and...

"The Prophecy of Dante" is a story in verse written by Lord Byron in 1819 and published two years later (1821). The entire work was dedicated to Countess Guiccioli: in...

Although mostly about court life in the last decades of the Qing, it is really a fun read about the life and experiences of Headland and his wife in the Beijing of this time. The...

Welcome to the second volume of the Spanish Short Stories for BeginnersHere you find 10 more stories to help you learn Spanish in a new and interesting...

1928. Teasdale's work has always been characterized by its simplicity and clarity, her use of classical forms, and her passionate and romantic subject matter. In 1918, she won...

"The Duel" is a story by Anton Chekhov. Like many of the tales of the Russian writer, it is a rather profound story, within which there is a substantial metaphor: that...

Salut !Hello!Do you understand this first French word? Yes, you do!Why?Because it was presented to you using a new technique that is making learning languages easier than ever...

There are dreadful—perhaps scurrilous—rumors about the Borgias of renaissance Italy, and here Dumas, in his Celebrated Crimes series, dishes up the dirt in all its...