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The Menorah Journal, Volume 1, 1915
Various
Confronted by the violent disruptions of World War I and the pressures of assimilation, young Jewish intellectuals in 1915 forge a revitalized, secular identity through academic study and communal obligation.
Alarms and Discursions
G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
A grey, goggle-eyed gargoyle lying forgotten in cathedral grass becomes the doorway to a spirited defense of everyday wonder, sanity, and human scale.
Steep Trails
John Muir
A naturalist's journey through the untamed West, where mountains whisper ancient secrets and rivers carve stories into the earth.
Essays in Zen Buddhism
Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
Beyond mere philosophy or quiet meditation lies an immediate, transformative experience of truth that shatters conceptual dualism and awakens the mind to its own original nature.
A Letter Book: Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing
George Saintsbury
A private letter is a delicate, living thing—part conversation, part portrait, and entirely human. This anthology traces how five centuries of writers turned personal correspondence into an enduring art form.
Women and the Alphabet: A Series of Essays
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Barring women from full participation in public life is not a law of nature, but an obsolete habit waiting to be broken.
Italian Fantasies
Israel Zangwill
A wanderer traverses the Alpine passes into the sunlit Italian plains, carrying a heavy mantle of art, history, and philosophical doubt.
Anti-Suffrage Essays
Unknown
Polished arguments, statutory evidence, and fierce civic conviction unite in a historical broadside against altering the American electorate.
Unspoken Sermons, Series I., II., and III
George MacDonald
A radical Scottish theologian strips away centuries of rigid dogma to reveal a God whose love is a burning, inescapable fire of absolute redemption.
The Ghosts, and Other Lectures
Robert Green Ingersoll
A fierce defense of individual liberty and human reason, this collection dismantles religious orthodoxies to argue that true moral progress belongs to the brave, curious, and compassionate.
Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark
Mary Wollstonecraft
A mother travels through northern Europe with her infant, observing harsh rocks and quiet towns while carrying an unspoken weight of personal heartbreak across foreign lands.
Thoughts: Selected from the writings of favorite authors
Fabiola hospital association, Oakland, Calif.
A quiet refuge built from the finest wisdom of the ages, offering daily strength, moral clarity, and steadfast hope for any reader seeking to refine their inner life.