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The Book of Tea (1906) by Okakura Kakuzō is a long essay which examines the role of chadō (Teaism) in the aesthetic and cultural aspects of Japanese life. The author explains Teaism as “a philosophy founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence”. Originally written in English for a western audience, the essay deals with the spiritual traditions of Zen and Taoism, as well as the secular side of tea in Japanese life.

The Little Flowers of St. Francis is a classic collection of popular legends about the life of St. Francis of Assisi. Composed at the end of the 14th century by an unknown author, this manuscript is a version of the Latin Actus beati Francisci et sociorum eius, which can be dated to 1390 AD. Most scholars are now agreed that the author was Ugolino Brunforte (1262-1348). The text was the inspiration for Roberto Rossellini’s 1950 film Francesco, giullare di Dio (Francis, God’s Jester), which was co-written by Federico Fellini.

The Science of Getting Rich by the New Thought Movement author Wallace D. Wattles was published in 1910 and is still in print. This book is based on guiding one’s thoughts towards cultivating creativity and faith. It includes chapters on gratitude and how to use the will. The author explains how creation instead of competition is the hidden key to wealth attraction.

Basil Hall Chamberlain (1850-1935) was a professor of Japanese at Tokyo Imperial University. This is his translation of the Kojiki (Records of Ancient Matters), which was compiled in AD 712 by Ō no Yasumaro at the request of Empress Genmei. One of the two primary sources of the Japanese national religion of Shinto, The Kojiki is a collection of myths, early legends, songs, genealogies, oral traditions, and semi-historical accounts.

"The Necessity of Atheism" is an essay on atheism by the English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, printed in 1811 when he was a student at University College, Oxford. He argues that an educated man ought to turn away from superstition and that education is essential because religion is really about power.

John Owen (1616 - 1683) was vice chancellor of Oxford University and served as advisor to Oliver Cromwell. The Death of Death in the Death of Christ is a polemical work, attempting to prove, among other things, that the doctrine of universal redemption is unscriptural. It is divided into four parts. The first sets forth his thesis that the work of Christ on the cross was made for the full and complete salvation of those whom God intended to save.

A Short and Easy Method of Prayer is an excellent manual on prayer for Christians. It teaches the importance of respectful silence in prayer, patience in prayer, collecting oneself inwardly, seeking God in love, and the total abandonment of oneself to God. Madame Guyon aimed at inducing the world to love God and to serve him with comfort and success, in a simple and easy manner. In essence, A Short and Easy Method of Prayer encourages us to take time with God and let the word of the divine enter our hearts, through praying and then waiting on God to speak to our hearts.

South African writer, teacher, and pastor Andrew Murray spent his life trying to better understand the Christian faith and was author of roughly 250 texts, each one an insightful and in depth study of the bible and Christianity as a whole. In The Power of the Blood of Jesus, Murray takes a knowledgeable, detailed, and pious look at the significance of the blood of Jesus Christ, both in literal form in the Bible and as a universal symbolic cornerstone of Christianity of all denominations.

Archibald Brown's compendium of sermons discuss the Bible's teaching on God. He lists many ideas for one to consider - that Christians have a safe prophecy, and that God will guide us until our very deaths.

This sermon is Archibald G. Brown’s exposition on Matthew 19:20. Brown examines the character of the young man asking the question, the nature of the question, and the answer given. He reveals that "doing" is not required since the religion of Jesus declares, "It is done."

"The Sympathy of Jesus" is a sermon by the Baptist-Calvinist preacher Archibald G. Brown (1844-1922). Brown expounds on sympathy by showing that it flows from knowledge, is deepened by experience, and leavened by care for others. He explains how these qualities build upon the other and what it means for the believer.

In this sermon, Archibald G. Brown starts off with the concept of the natural birthday, as a lead into the idea of salvation. He describes the saved soul as a God-pardoned, reconciled, sin-delivered, God-arrayed, and heaven-entitled soul.

In this passionate 1878 sermon, Baptist-Calvinist preacher Archibald Brown warns that God knows how to hold the unrighteous, having rejected the offer of the gospel of God, for the day of judgment, while continuing their punishment.

Archibald G. Brown’s sermon is an exegesis of Psalm 84:11-12. He explains the meaning of the terms "giver", "gift", and "every good thing". By seeing the context of the terms, the believer comes to a more thorough understanding of grace and glory.

Baptist-Calvinist preacher Archibald Brown denounces modern theology with reference to the flood of Noah and the fate of Sodom and Gomorrah. Besides Scripture, his visits to Pompeii and mount Vesuvius also inspired him to paint these fearful scenarios.

True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin is one of the greatest and most celebrated books ever written about Our Lady. Unpublished during the saint's lifetime, it was discovered in 1842. The author views Mary as the essential key to the heart of Jesus and "consecration to Jesus in Mary" as a special path to being united with and consecrated to Christ.

The author assembles a vast array of anecdotes, facts, stories, legends, archaeological discoveries, language comparisons, and speculation from a large collection of different sources to support the claim that the American Indians are descendants of the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel.

The Art of Worldly Wisdom was written in 1647. It is a collection of 300 maxims on various topics, each elaborated with a commentary. The sayings offer advice and guidance on how to live well, advance socially, and be a better person.

The Occult and Supernatural Collection includes: The Book of Were-Wolves, The Discovery of Witches, and Irish Witchcraft and Demonology.

Known as the "Prince of Preachers", Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) was an English Baptist preacher and pastor of the congregation of the Metropolitan Tabernacle in London for 38 years. Spurgeon authored an autobiography, commentaries, books on prayer, devotionals, magazines, poetry, hymns, and sermons.