*Step into the shadowed corners of the mind with Volume 6 of The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, where Tales of Horror and Death bring Poe’s most chilling narratives to life. In this harrowing collection, the master of Gothic literature explores the boundaries of fear, madness, and the macabre with his trademark intensity and keen...

The Prince, now available as an audiobook, brings Niccolò Machiavelli’s profound insights on power, politics, and leadership directly to your ears. In this seminal work, Machiavelli strips away the romanticism of governance and reveals the practical, often ruthless strategies leaders must adopt to secure and maintain their rule. Whether you’re on a morning commute or...

There can be no doubt that as a matter of fact a religious life, exclusively pursued, does tend to make the person exceptional and eccentric. I speak not now of your ordinary religious believer, who follows the conventional observances of his country, whether it be Buddhist, Christian, or Mohammedan. His religion has been made for...

Experience a profound journey into the realms of consciousness with the Adultbrain audiobook edition of “The Tibetan Book of the Dead.” Also known as the “Bardo Thodol,” this ancient text serves as a guide for navigating the complex experiences of life, death, and the afterlife. Rooted in Tibetan Buddhism, it offers insights into the stages...

“Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains”   These are the famous opening words of a treatise that has not ceased to stir vigorous debate since its first publication in 1762. Rejecting the view that anyone has a natural right to wield authority over others, Rousseau argues instead for a pact, or...

“Thus Spoke Zarathustra” by Friedrich Nietzsche is a profound and influential philosophical work that follows the journey of Zarathustra, a sage who retreats into the mountains for solitude and enlightenment. After years of contemplation, Zarathustra returns to share his insights with humanity. Through a series of parables, discourses, and aphorisms, Zarathustra explores complex themes such...

The decline of the West, which at first sight may appear, like the corresponding decline of the Classical Culture, a phenomenon limited in time and space, we now perceive to be a philosophical problem that, when comprehended in all its gravity, includes within itself every great question of Being.   “If therefore we are to...

A classic work in political philosophy, intellectual history and economics, The Road to Serfdom has inspired and infuriated politicians and scholars for half a century. Originally published in 1944, it was seen as heretical for its passionate warning against the dangers of state control over the means of production. For Hayek, the collectivist idea of...

This ancient funerary text contains a collection of spells, prayers and incantations designed to guide the departed through the perils of the underworld. Written to ensure eternal life, these scrolls were often left in the sarcophagus of the deceased and now offer fascinating insight into Egyptian culture.This beautifully illustrated edition contains images from the exquisite...

Thomas More’s “Utopia” is one of the most influential books in western literature. Within “Utopia” is described an idealized island community upon which perfect social harmony has been achieved. On this island all property is community owned, violence is nonexistent and everyone has the opportunity to work and live in an environment of religious tolerance....

Kahlil Gibran’s magnificent book, “The Prophet,” stands as a cherished classic in our literary heritage. Revered across the globe, this masterpiece has been translated into over 100 languages, earning its place as one of the most internationally translated works in history. In the United States alone, the American editions have garnered a staggering nine million...

FREE THIS MONTH – Malleus Maleficarum, usually translated as The Hammer of Witches, is the best known treatise on witchcraft. It was written by the German Catholic clergyman Heinrich Kramer, and first published in the German city of Speyer in 1486. It has been described as the compendium of literature in demonology of the 15th century.  The...

FREE THIS MONTH – A pioneer of the self-help movement, author James Allen’s most famous title is As a Man Thinketh. This book offers the keys to personal responsibility and freedom. When you understand that what you think influences what you become, you can learn to adjust your thought life accordingly. In Allen’s classic work,...

FREE THIS MONTH The Book of Enoch is an ancient Jewish apocalyptic religious text (300 – 200 BC), ascribed to Enoch, the great-grandfather of Noah. Enoch explains the origins of demons and giants; why some angels fell from heaven; why the Great Flood was morally necessary; and it also gives a prophetic exposition of the...

FREE THIS MONTH – Beyond Good and Evil confirmed Nietzsche’s position as the towering European philosopher of his age. The work dramatically rejects the tradition of Western thought with its notions of truth and God, good and evil. Nietzsche demonstrates that the Christian world is steeped in a false piety and infected with a ‘slave morality’....

FREE THIS MONTH – The New Atlantis is a utopian novel by Sir Francis Bacon. In this work, Bacon portrayed a vision of the future of human discovery and knowledge, expressing his aspirations and ideals for humankind. The novel depicts the creation of a utopian land where “generosity and enlightenment, dignity and splendor, piety and...

FREE THIS MONTH The Story of Philosophy is a captivating intellectual journey that explores the evolution of human thought and the enduring legacy of great thinkers throughout history. Written by the renowned author Will Durant, this monumental work provides readers with a comprehensive overview of the world’s philosophical traditions, from ancient Greece to the modern...

The Tao Te Ching, Daodejing, Dao De Jing, or Daode jing, also simply referred to as the Laozi, is a Chinese classic text. According to tradition, it was written around 6th century BC by the sage Laozi, a record-keeper at the Zhou dynasty court, by whose name the text is known in China. The text’s...

By ‘Self-Reliance’, Emerson means learning to trust ourselves and listen to our inner voice, which he defines as ‘intuition’. Conformity to social expectations is the biggest obstacle to self-reliance. We must be prepared to go against the grain of popular opinion in order to follow our intuition.

Liber AL vel Legis, commonly known as The Book of the Law, is the central sacred text of Thelema. Written by Aleister Crowley, with his wife Rose Edith Kelly who wrote two phrases into the finished manuscript, Crowley claimed it was dictated to him by a preternatural being calling himself Aiwass. The book’s three chapters...

Theosophy – A Modern Revival of Ancient Wisdom, By: Alvin Boyd Kuhn. This work deals with the great renaissance of ancient Oriental esotericism in the Western world in modern times. This book is an attempt to present a unified picture of the Theosophic movement in its larger aspects.  Contents: Theosophy, An Ancient Tradition; The American...

Dr. v. Oefele states of pharmacy before the time of Hippocrates, that although the practice of medicine was not separated from pharmacy among the Greeks and Romans, there was such a separation among the ancient Egyptians, from whom the distinction was handed down to the Copts, and by them to the Arabians; and, in fact,...

The Alchepedia is an alchemical glossary or index of terms which decodes, demystifies, and reconciles some of humanity’s most ancient mythologies and arcane terminologies rising out of the collective unconscious into many of the world’s religions and spiritual philosophies. The alchemical index reveals a whole new perspective and deep meaning behind some of the most...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is best known as the creator of Sherlock Holmes, the fictional detective who solved perplexing crimes with strict rationalism. But later in life, Doyle became fascinated by mysteries that defied rational explanation. A major proponent of spiritualism, he conducted numerous paranormal investigations and in 1926 published this definitive history of the...