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Kama Sutra Ebook 1.0
Can be read offline. Fast load times, easy viewing.Book description:The Kama Sutra is an ancient Indian Hindu text widely considered tobe the standard work on human sexual behavior in Sanskritliterature written by Vātsyāyana. A portion of the work consists ofpractical advice on sexual intercourse. It is largely in prose,with many inserted anustubh poetry verses. "Kāma" which is one ofthe three goals of Hindu life, means sensual or sexual pleasure,and "sūtra" literally means a thread or line that holds thingstogether, and more metaphorically refers to an aphorism (or line,rule, formula), or a collection of such aphorisms in the form of amanual. Contrary to popular perception, especially in the westernworld; Kama sutra is not an exclusive sex manual, it presentsitself as a guide to a virtuous and gracious living that discussesthe nature of love, family life and other aspects pertaining topleasure oriented faculties of human life.The Kama Sutra is the oldest and most notable of a group oftexts known generically as Kama Shastra. Traditionally, the firsttransmission of Kama Shastra or "Discipline of Kama" is attributedto Nandi the sacred bull, Shiva's doorkeeper, who was moved tosacred utterance by overhearing the lovemaking of the god and hiswife Parvati and later recorded his utterances for the benefit ofmankind.keywords: karma kharma cama eBook sultra
Alice In Wonderland Ebook 1.0
Can be read offline. Fast load times, easy viewing.Book description:Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly shortened to Alice inWonderland) is an 1865 novel written by English author CharlesLutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It tells of agirl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world(Wonderland) populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures. Thetale plays with logic, giving the story lasting popularity withadults as well as children. It is considered to be one of the bestexamples of the literary nonsense genre, and its narrative courseand structure have been enormously influential, especially in thefantasy genre.
Pride And Prejudice Ebook 1.0
Can be read offline. Fast load times, easyviewing.Book description:Pride and Prejudice is a novel by Jane Austen, first published in1813. The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as shedeals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education andmarriage in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-centuryEngland. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a countrygentleman, living near the fictional town of Meryton inHertfordshire, near London.Though the story is set at the turn of the 19th century, itretains a fascination for modern readers, continuing near the topof lists of 'most loved books' such as The Big Read. It has becomeone of the most popular novels in English literature, and receivesconsiderable attention from literary scholars. Modern interest inthe book has resulted in a number of dramatic adaptations and anabundance of novels and stories imitating Austen's memorablecharacters or themes. To date, the book has sold some 20 millioncopies worldwide.
The Full King James Bible 1.0
Can be read offline. Fast load times, easyviewing.Book description:The Authorized Version, commonly known as the King James Version,the King James Bible or simply the KJV, is an English translationby the Church of England of the Christian Bible begun in 1604 andcompleted in 1611. First printed by the King's Printer, RobertBarker, this was the third such official translation into English;the first having been the Great Bible commissioned by the Church ofEngland in the reign of King Henry VIII, and the second having beenthe Bishop's Bible of 1568. In January 1604, King James I ofEngland convened the Hampton Court Conference where a new Englishversion was conceived in response to the perceived problems of theearlier translations as detected by the Puritans, a faction withinthe Church of England.
Peter Pan Ebook 1.0
Can be read offline. Fast load times, easyviewing.Book description:Peter and Wendy, published in 1911, is the novelisation by J. M.Barrie of his most famous play Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn'tGrow Up (1904). Both tell the story of Peter Pan, a mischievouslittle boy who can fly, and his adventures on the island ofNeverland with Wendy Darling and her brothers, the fairy TinkerBell, the Lost Boys, the Indian princess Tiger Lily, and the pirateCaptain Hook. The play and novel were both inspired by Barrie'sfriendship with the Llewelyn Davies family. The novel follows theplay closely, but includes a final chapter not part of the originalplay.The play debuted in London on 27 December 1904 with NinaBoucicault, daughter of playwright Dion Boucicault, in the titlerole. A Broadway production was mounted in 1905 starring MaudeAdams. It was later revived with such actresses as Marilyn Millerand Eva Le Gallienne. The play has since seen adaptation as apantomime, stage musical, a television special, and several films,including a 1924 silent film, a 1953 animated Disney full-lengthfeature, and a 2003 live action production with state-of-the-artspecial effects. The play is now rarely performed in its originalform on stage in the United Kingdom, whereas pantomime adaptationsare frequently staged around Christmas. In the U.S., the originalversion has also been supplanted in popularity by the 1954 musicalversion, which became popular on television.The novel was first published in 1911 by Hodder & Stoughtonin the United Kingdom and Charles Scribner's Sons in the UnitedStates. The original book contains a frontispiece and 11 half-toneplates by artist F. D. Bedford (whose illustrations are still incopyright in the EU). The novel was first abridged by May Byron in1915, with Barrie's permission, and published under the title PeterPan and Wendy, the first time this form was used. This version waslater illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell in 1921. The novel is nowusually published under that title or simply Peter Pan. The scriptof the play, which Barrie had continued to revise since its firstperformance, was published in 1928. In 1929, Barrie gave thecopyright of the Peter Pan works to Great Ormond Street Hospital, achildren's hospital in London.
Moby Dick Ebook (no ads) 1.0
Can be read offline. Fast load times, easyviewing and as portable as you need it to be. No ads. No extraclicks. No signins. No permissions. Just download and start readingright away.Moby-Dick, also known as The Whale, is a novel first publishedin 1851 by American author Herman Melville. Moby-Dick is widelyconsidered to be a Great American Novel and a treasure of worldliterature. The story tells the adventures of the wandering sailorIshmael, and his voyage on the whaleship Pequod, commanded byCaptain Ahab. Ishmael soon learns that Ahab seeks one specificwhale: Moby Dick, a ferocious, enigmatic white sperm whale. In aprevious encounter, the whale destroyed Ahab's boat and bit off hisleg. Ahab intends to take revenge.In Moby-Dick, Melville employs stylized language, symbolism, andmetaphor to explore numerous complex themes. Through the maincharacter's journey, the concepts of class and social status, goodand evil, and the existence of gods are all examined as Ishmaelspeculates upon his personal beliefs and his place in the universe.The narrator's reflections, along with his descriptions of asailor's life aboard a whaling ship, are woven into the narrativealong with Shakespearean literary devices such as stage directions,extended soliloquies, and asides. The book portrays insecurity thatis still seen today when it comes to non-human beings along withthe belief that these beings understand and act like humans. Thestory is based on the actual events around the whaleship Essex,which was attacked by a sperm whale while at sea and sank.Moby-Dick has been classified as American Romanticism. It wasfirst published by Richard Bentley in London on October 18, 1851,in an expurgated three-volume edition titled The Whale, and weekslater as a single volume, by New York City publisher Harper andBrothers as Moby-Dick; or, The Whale on November 14, 1851. Althoughthe book initially received mixed reviews, Moby-Dick is nowconsidered part of the Western canon.
Frankenstein Ebook (no ads) 1.0
Can be read offline. Fast load times, easyviewing and as portable as you need it to be. No ads. No extraclicks. No signins. No permissions. Just download and start readingright away.Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written byMary Shelley. Shelley started writing the story when she waseighteen, and the novel was published when she was twenty-one. Thefirst edition was published anonymously in London in 1818.Shelley's name appears on the second edition, published in France.It is common to refer to the monster itself as "Frankenstein", butin the novel the monster is identified via words such as "monster","fiend", "wretch", "vile insect", "daemon", and "it"; Shelleyherself called it "Adam".Through research it can be determined the many influences theauthor was under during the creation of the novel. She had traveledthe region in which the story takes place, and the topics ofgalvanism and such other occult ideas were themes of conversationamong her companions. The actual storyline took place from a dream.Mary Shelley was talking with her three other writers and theydecided they would have a competition to see who could write thebest horror story. After thinking for weeks about what her possiblestoryline could be Shelley dreamed about a scientist who createdlife and was horrified by what he created. Then "Frankenstein" waswritten. Frankenstein is infused with some elements of the Gothicnovel and the Romantic movement and is also considered to be one ofthe earliest examples of science fiction. It was also a warningagainst the expansion of modern man in the Industrial Revolution,alluded to in the novel's subtitle, The Modern Prometheus. Thestory has had an influence across literature and popular cultureand spawned a complete genre of horror stories and films. The novelis also partially based on Giovanni Aldini's electrical experimentson dead and (sometimes) living animals.
The Call of the Wild Ebook 1.0
Can be read offline. Fast load times, easyviewing.Book description:The Call of the Wild is a novel by American writer Jack London. Theplot concerns a previously domesticated dog named Buck, whoseprimordial instincts return after a series of events leads to hisserving as a sled dog in the Yukon during the 19th-century KlondikeGold Rush, in which sled dogs were bought at generous prices.Published in 1903, The Call of the Wild is London's most-readbook, and it is generally considered his best, the masterpiece ofhis so-called "early period". Because the protagonist is a dog, itis sometimes classified as a juvenile novel, suitable for children,but it is dark in tone and contains numerous scenes of cruelty andviolence. The Yeehat, a group of Alaska Natives portrayed in Callof the Wild, were a figment of London's imagination
Dracula Ebook 1.0
Can be read offline. Fast load times,easyviewing.Book description:Dracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, featuringasits primary antagonist the vampire Count Dracula. It wasfirstpublished as a hardcover in 1897 by Archibald Constable andCo.Dracula has been assigned to many literary genresincludingvampire literature, horror fiction, the gothic novel andinvasionliterature. Structurally it is an epistolary novel, thatis, toldas a series of letters, diary entries, ships' logs, etc.Literarycritics have examined many themes in the novel, such as therole ofwomen in Victorian culture, conventional andconservativesexuality, immigration, colonialism, postcolonialismand folklore.Although Stoker did not invent the vampire, thenovel's influenceon the popularity of vampires has been singularlyresponsible formany theatrical, film and television interpretationssince itspublication.
Siddhartha Ebook 1.0
Can be read offline. Fast load times,easyviewing.Book description:Siddhartha is a novel by Hermann Hesse that deals with thespiritualjourney of an Indian man named Siddhartha during the timeof theBuddha.The book, Hesse's ninth novel, was written in German, inasimple, powerful, and lyrical style. It was published in theU.S.in 1951 and became influential during the 1960s. HessededicatedSiddhartha to Romain Rolland and Wilhelm Gundert.The word Siddhartha is made up of two words in theSanskritlanguage, siddha (achieved) + artha (meaning or wealth).The twowords together mean "he who has found meaning (ofexistence)" or"he who has attained his goals". The Buddha's name,before hisrenunciation, was Prince Siddhartha Gautama. In thisbook, theBuddha is referred to as "Gotama".
Moby Dick Ebook 1.0
Can be read offline. Fast load times,easyviewing.Book description:Moby-Dick, also known as The Whale, is a novel first publishedin1851 by American author Herman Melville. Moby-Dick iswidelyconsidered to be a Great American Novel and a treasure ofworldliterature. The story tells the adventures of the wanderingsailorIshmael, and his voyage on the whaleship Pequod, commandedbyCaptain Ahab. Ishmael soon learns that Ahab seeks onespecificwhale: Moby Dick, a ferocious, enigmatic white sperm whale.In aprevious encounter, the whale destroyed Ahab's boat and bit offhisleg. Ahab intends to take revenge.In Moby-Dick, Melville employs stylized language, symbolism,andmetaphor to explore numerous complex themes. Through themaincharacter's journey, the concepts of class and social status,goodand evil, and the existence of gods are all examined asIshmaelspeculates upon his personal beliefs and his place in theuniverse.The narrator's reflections, along with his descriptions ofasailor's life aboard a whaling ship, are woven into thenarrativealong with Shakespearean literary devices such as stagedirections,extended soliloquies, and asides. The book portraysinsecurity thatis still seen today when it comes to non-humanbeings along withthe belief that these beings understand and actlike humans. Thestory is based on the actual events around thewhaleship Essex,which was attacked by a sperm whale while at seaand sank.Moby-Dick has been classified as American Romanticism. Itwasfirst published by Richard Bentley in London on October 18,1851,in an expurgated three-volume edition titled The Whale, andweekslater as a single volume, by New York City publisher HarperandBrothers as Moby-Dick; or, The Whale on November 14, 1851.Althoughthe book initially received mixed reviews, Moby-Dick isnowconsidered part of the Western canon.
Frankenstein Ebook 1.0
Can be read offline. Fast load times,easyviewing.Book description:Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written byMaryShelley. Shelley started writing the story when she waseighteen,and the novel was published when she was twenty-one. Thefirstedition was published anonymously in London in 1818. Shelley'snameappears on the second edition, published in France. It iscommon torefer to the monster itself as "Frankenstein", but in thenovel themonster is identified via words such as "monster","fiend","wretch", "vile insect", "daemon", and "it"; Shelleyherself calledit "Adam".Through research it can be determined the many influencestheauthor was under during the creation of the novel. She hadtraveledthe region in which the story takes place, and the topicsofgalvanism and such other occult ideas were themes ofconversationamong her companions. The actual storyline took placefrom a dream.Mary Shelley was talking with her three other writersand theydecided they would have a competition to see who couldwrite thebest horror story. After thinking for weeks about what herpossiblestoryline could be Shelley dreamed about a scientist whocreatedlife and was horrified by what he created. Then"Frankenstein" waswritten. Frankenstein is infused with someelements of the Gothicnovel and the Romantic movement and is alsoconsidered to be one ofthe earliest examples of science fiction. Itwas also a warningagainst the expansion of modern man in theIndustrial Revolution,alluded to in the novel's subtitle, TheModern Prometheus. Thestory has had an influence across literatureand popular cultureand spawned a complete genre of horror storiesand films. The novelis also partially based on Giovanni Aldini'selectrical experimentson dead and (sometimes) living animals.
Huckleberry Finn Ebook 1.0
Can be read offline. Fast load times,easyviewing.Book description:Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel by Mark Twain,firstpublished in England in December 1884 and in the United StatesinFebruary 1885. Commonly named among the Great American Novels,thework is among the first in major American literature to bewrittenin the vernacular, characterized by local color regionalism.It istold in the first person by Huckleberry "Huck" Finn, a friendofTom Sawyer and narrator of two other Twain novels (TomSawyerAbroad and Tom Sawyer, Detective).The book is noted for its colorful description of peopleandplaces along the Mississippi River. Satirizing aSouthernantebellum society that had ceased to exist about twentyyearsbefore the work was published, Adventures of Huckleberry Finnis anoften scathing look at entrenched attitudes,particularlyracism.Perennially popular with readers, Adventures of HuckleberryFinnhas also been the continued object of study by seriousliterarycritics since its publication. It was criticized uponreleasebecause of its coarse language and became even morecontroversialin the 20th century because of its perceived use ofracialstereotypes and because of its frequent use of the racialslur"nigger", despite strong arguments that the protagonist, andthetenor of the book, is in fact anti-racist.
