Kessinger Publishing's legacy reprints | Alsip-Merrionette Park Public Library District

1) A guide to the study of the history and the Constitution of the United States

Author

Rupert, William W. (William Whitehead)

Earliest Publication Date

2010

2) A handbook for strangers and tourists to the city of Chicago

Earliest Publication Date

2010

3) A short view of the history of free-masonry: dedicated to the Grand Lodge of England

Author

Sandys, William, 1792-1874

Earliest Publication Date

2011

4) Collected occult writings from the European members of the Theosophical Society

Earliest Publication Date

1904

Description

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Questions and answers originally published in issues of The Vâhan, from August 1891 to July 1903. Answers by Annie Besant, A.P. Sinnett, G.R.S. Mead, C.W. Leadbeater, Bertram Keightley, Dr. A.A. Wells, and others.

5) Poetry and eloquence of Blue and Gray

Earliest Publication Date

2007

6) Pride and prejudice

Author

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817

Earliest Publication Date

1894

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Pride and Prejudice is a story set in the English countryside outside of London during the early 19th century which centers on the life of Elizabeth Bennet, the second of five sisters who are all unmarried. When a wealthy and sociable young gentleman, Charles Bingley, rents the nearby manor of Netherfield Park the opportunity to find husbands presents itself. While attending a ball the Bennets meet Charles Bingley and his friend Fitzwilliam Darcy...

7) Simón Bolívar

Author

Rojas, José María, 1828-1907

Earliest Publication Date

2009

8) The history of Kiwanis: covering the first 31 years of the organization, from January, 1915 to June, 1946

Earliest Publication Date

2010

9) The pineal gland: the eye of God

Author

Hall, Manly P. (Manly Palmer), 1901-1990

Earliest Publication Date

2000

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Scientists refer to the pineal gland as the "atrophied third eye." Indeed, it, along with the pituitary, is the third eye chakra or energy center, but are more dormant than atrophied. According to Max Heindel's, in the distant past, man was in touch with the inner worlds through an activated pineal and pituitary gland. Considered the most powerful and highest source of ethereal energy available to humans, the third eye has always been

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10) The secret of life: cosmic rays and radiations of living beings

Author

Lakhovsky, Georges, 1870-1942

Earliest Publication Date

1951

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The Secret of Life: Cosmic Rays and Radiations of Living Beings by Georges Lakhovsky is a groundbreaking exploration of the profound connections between cosmic energies and the vitality of all living organisms. Originally published in the early 20th century, this innovative work presents Lakhovsky's revolutionary theories on the role of cosmic rays and electromagnetic radiations in maintaining health, influencing cellular function, and even determining...