Tag: Classics

January 5, 2024

Daily Light (Abridged Christian Classics)

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Free Download Samuel Bagster, "Daily Light (Abridged Christian Classics)"
English | 2010 | ISBN: 0849954649 | EPUB | pages: 207 | 2.1 mb
Whether your preference is for fiction or nonfiction, you’re sure to find a favorite in Barbour’s new abridged and updated classics line. Whether you’ve already been exposed to these inspiring classics-or if you’re new to the classics-these quick reads will encourage and entertain, while fitting perfectly into your busy life.

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January 4, 2024

Zen Classics Formative Texts in the History of Zen Buddhism

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Free Download Steven Heine, Dale S. Wright, "Zen Classics: Formative Texts in the History of Zen Buddhism"
English | 2005 | pages: 296 | ISBN: 0195175263, 0195175255 | PDF | 3,0 mb
This is a companion volume to The Koan and The Zen Canon, by the same editors. The first volume collected original essays on koan collections, recorded sayings of individual masters, histories of major schools, and compilations of monastic regulations. The second focuses on the early history of Zen in China, providing overview assessments of many of the most important canonical texts that set the Zen tradition in motion throughout East Asia. Zen Classics will follow that historical movement, focusing primarily on texts from Korea and Japan that brought this Buddhist movement to fruition. Although enormously diverse in style and structure all of the texts and genres of texts considered here were fundamental to the unfolding of Zen in East Asia. The range of genres reveals the varieties of Zen practice, from rules of daily practice to sermons and meditation manuals. The all new essays in this volume will be contributed by an international team of distinguished scholars of Buddhism. It is aimed at broad audience including college students, Zen practitioners, and scholars of East Asian history, religion, and culture, as well as specialists in Buddhist history.

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January 4, 2024

Dracula Penguin Classics [Audiobook]

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Free Download Dracula: Penguin Classics (Audiobook)
English | October 15, 2020 | ISBN-10: 0241455308 | M4B@128 kbps | 17h 34m | 975.65 MB
Author: Bram Stoker
Narrator: Mark Gatiss
This Penguin Classic is narrated by Mark Gatiss who also wrote the screen play for the critically acclaimed BBC adaptation. Gatiss has also had an extensive acting career including roles in Sherlock, which he wrote alongside Steven Moffat, The League of Gentlemen and Wolf Hall.

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January 1, 2024

Receptions of the Classics in the African Diaspora of the Hispanophone and Lusophone Worlds Atlantis Otherwise

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Free Download Elisa Rizo, "Receptions of the Classics in the African Diaspora of the Hispanophone and Lusophone Worlds: Atlantis Otherwise "
English | ISBN: 1498530206 | 2016 | 130 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
Atlantis Otherwise expands the study of the African diaspora by focusing on postcolonial literary expressions from Latin America and Africa. The book studies the presence of classical references in texts written by writers (black and non-black) who are committed to the articulation of the fragmented history of the African experience from the Middle Passage to the present outside of Euro-centric views. Consequently, this book addresses the silencing of the African Diaspora within the official discourses of Latin America and Hispanic Africa, as well as the limitations that linguistic and geographic boundaries have imposed upon scholarship.

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December 29, 2023

Daodejing (Oxford World’s Classics)

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Free Download Laozi, Edmund Ryden, Benjamin Penny, "Daodejing (Oxford World’s Classics)"
English | 2008 | pages: 224 | ISBN: 0199208557 | EPUB | 1,9 mb
"Of ways you may speak, / but not the Perennial Way; / By names you may name, / but not the Perennial Name." So begins the best-loved of all the classical books of China and the most universally popular, the Daodejing or Classic of the Way and Life-Force. Laozi’s 2,500 year-old masterpiece is a work that defies definition. The dominant image is of the Way, the mysterious path through the whole cosmos modeled on the great Silver River or Milky Way that traverses the heavens. A life-giving stream, the Way gives rise to all things and holds them in her motherly embrace. It enables the individual, and society as a whole, to find balance, to let go of useless grasping, and to live in harmony with the great unchanging laws that govern the universe and all its inhabitants. This new translation draws on the latest archaeological finds and brings out the word play and poetry of the original. Straightforward commentary accompanies the text, and the introduction provides helpful historical and interpretative context.

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September 28, 2023

The Complete Odes (Oxford World’s Classics)

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Free Download Stephen Instone, Anthony Verity, "The Complete Odes (Oxford World’s Classics)"
English | 2008 | pages: 186 | ISBN: 0199553904 | EPUB | 1,9 mb
The Greek poet Pindar (c. 518-428 BC) composed victory odes for winners in the ancient Games, including the Olympics. He celebrated the victories of athletes competing in foot races, horse races, boxing, wrestling, all-in fighting and the pentathlon, and his Odes are fascinating not only for their poetic qualities, but for what they tell us about the Games. Pindar praises the victor by comparing him to mythical heroes and the gods, but also reminds the athlete of his human limitations. The Odes contain versions of some of the best known Greek myths, such as Jason and the Argonauts, and Perseus and Medusa, and are a valuable source for insights on Greek religion and ethics. Pindar’s startling use of language, including striking metaphors, bold syntax, and enigmatic expressions, makes reading his poetry a uniquely rewarding experience.

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