Books & Literature

The Written Word

Announcement: Introducing Compass Bookstore!

I've been reading & writing since I was a kid, and now blogging for many years, all the while constantly...

Fyodor Dostoevsky: A Biography

Dostoyevsky is typically regarded as one of the greatest novelists who ever lived, in both Russian and international literature, with...

Novel Recommendation: A Naked Singularity by Sergio De La Pava

The 864-page tome A Naked Singularity by Sergio de la Pava is as one of the most engaging novels I've...

On The Shortness of Life by Lucius Seneca

On the Shortness of Life was written by the Stoic Philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca, aka Seneca the Younger, wherein he...

A Message to Garcia | A Short Story by Elbert Hubbard

A Message To Garcia conveys the value of individual initiative and conscientiousness in work, which really resonated with me...download the...

On the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

I am now publishing ebooks here on Lifeology, free for readers to download. So today, I've added Henry David Thoreau's...

Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay Self-Reliance is a defense of individualism, nonconformity, and trust in one's inner intuition. Plus free ebook!

The Outsider: A Short Story

The Outsider is one of my favorite stories by H. P. Lovecraft, so I thought I’d share it here. Enjoy!