Westminster Library
This page contains a collection of links I gathered. They are literary
links, both poetry and prose, mostly fiction. I chose the sites very
carefully and they are all checked on “infomativeness”. The idea to
create this page appeared when I decided to collect different sites
where it is possible to find some books to read, both fiction
(belles-lettres) and critical works in English, French, Italian,
Spanish and other languages. Now and then new links are added.
- Project Gutenberg
Lots of books, mainly heavy classics. There is something to choose from.
- Open Library
A good resource of various books in different formats. You can read online or download to your hard drive.
- The On-Line Books Page
This is one of the best and complete electronic libraries on the
internet. Contains literature mostly of the period of XVIII-XIX
century. All the texts are suitable for downloading. There are also
many good links there to the literature in foreign languages.
- The Works of the Bard
A very good site with a full collection of Shakespeare's works. Full
versions of the texts are available in html and txt format.
- ThothWeb
An interesting site with lots of info on ancient civilizations, books
on occult and magic and other supernatural subjects. It contains a good
e-book library.
- The Internet Sacred Text Archive
A curious collection of various texts, religious and otherwise, from
different countries. It has books on magic, occult, ancient
civilizations, etc. The site contains actual texts. They even have
Shakespeare!
- The Hermetic Library
Texts on magic, including books of the most famous magician Aleister Crowley.
- Online Esoteric Library
Another resource with ebooks on various esoteric subject, like hermetics and kabbala.
- Library of Maxim Moshkov
One of
the largest and the most popular resource of books both of Russian
authors and non Russian writers in translation. Classic and modern
writers including non-fiction. Some interesting things but in general a
very eclectic collection.
- Morse Code
A useful tool. The name speaks for itself.
- Yoga Meditation
Pretty good site with general information on yoga, meditation, chakra
and that kind of stuff. The web page looks way crowded but this kind of
sites are not famous for web-design.
- PsiTek
Books on mind power, visualization and manifestation. Not all of them
are good, in fact just the opposite: same old... It is amazing how
badly these books are usually written. So far I have not found a book
on mind power that I can truly recommend. The subject is of great
interest to me and perhaps I'll write a reviews of books that I've
read.
- The Divine Life Society
The publications and teachings of Swami Sivananda, one of the great yogis of our age.
- Yoga-Age
An online resource on different yoga subjects.
- Pierre. A tale
Just a little story written by me. It seems to me rather amusing so I decided to put it
here. Just the proper place for this kind of stuff. I hope you'll enjoy
it. Why should it waste?
- American Green A humourous
song by Tom Wold. Once it was even suggested for contest of translation
in a university. I'm sure you'll enjoy the very rhythm of the verses.
- Gabriel's Call
A fine poem written by Tom Wold. With parallel Russian translation by yours truly.
- Some Verses by Tom Wold
Poems written by Thomas Wold. He is a writer and a poet. He's written 3
books as well as numerous essays that you can read on our
earthprobeREPORT site. If you know Russian, you can also read my
translations of these poems.
- earthprobeREPORT
A virtual magazine containing articles on different subjects, mostly
travel stories and feature articles. There are also some book reviews,
etc . - Notes of the Traveller
The web book describing the impressions of the traveller after a visit
to Europe. New chapters appear periodically. Hmm... in fact it is my
site. - Le Chemin en Espagne
Pilgrim stories about travelling in France and Spain written in lovely style. In French.
- The Decameron Web
This is an interesting site containing a lot of information concerning the Decameron. In English. These are not critical writings but a kind of cultural information.
- San Francisco History by Subject
An excellent site where you'll find information about the history and culture of San Francisco.
- rennes-le-chateau-rhedae.com
A site that debunks mystery of Rennes-le-Chateau and Sauniere's "treasure". Very interesting.
- Alcatraz History
A very well made site with interesting information about the famous
prison of Alcatraz. It includes lots of historic facts such as escape
attempts, famous prisoners, inmate registry, etc.
- OperaGlass
An excellent site where you can find libretti (scripts), sinopses,
performance histories and other information of many operas and what is
really exciting
libretti are all in original language.
- Opera Guide
Libretti of many operas, some with translations to other languages, mainly German.
- Kareol.es
- Libretti of fampus and rare operas with parallele Spanish translation
- Gilbert and Sullivan Archive
A very good site where you can find lots of information about the works of Gilbert and Sullivan. - Carmina Burana Lyrics
On this site you'll find not only the text but other information about
this famous composition. The lyrics are in Latin and German with
English translation.
- Classical Karaoke
A fun site with some famous opera arias and lieder karaoke tunes to practice you signing in secret.
- BeeMP3
This site contains music in mp3 files of many popular songs, which can be streamed or downloaded to the computer.
- Naxos Operas Libretti
The site contains libretti to most popular operas.
- Liber Liber: Operas by Giuseppe Verdi
Here
you will find some actual operas in mp3 format, mainly 1950s recording.
Some of them are of excellent quality and almost all of them are studio
records. There are plenty of other composers too.
- Perfect Sight Without Glasses by William H. Bates
Bates
method is not exactly an alternative medicine but it's not a mainstream
either and is generally frowned upon by traditional ophthalmologists.
Bates believed that all the eye troubles are caused by mental strain so
the cure is to relax the mind and consequently, the extraocular
muscles. This is a well-written book, an early edition and not a
watered-down version available in libraries. Though I found nothing
wrong with the latter, all the essential information is still there. A
must read for everyone who wants to maintain and restore the natural
eyesight. - The Bates Method of Natural Vision Improvement
A site about the Bates method. Kind of phylosophical...
- Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Weston Price
Here is the book by Weston Price about his discoveries. Dr. Weston Price in dentistry is the
star of the same caliber and brightness as Dr. Bates is in
ophthalmology. He discovered that the real cause of tooth decay is...
not the lack of brushing and flossing but a faulty diet. He actually
travelled to some remote parts of the world to find out what people
with healthy teeth ate and compare their diet with that of a
"civilized" world. What he discovered is amazing. In short, he
recommends we stop eating processed foods and switch to wholesome and
unprocessed foods diet (not an easy task, by the way, as unprocessed
foods are not available in grocery stores). He also advocates things
like butter, fats, etc. Read the review of Dr. Price book if you don't want to read the book itself, it gives a good and detailed synopsis. Here is another review.
- Eudicots of Orange County
A site with common plants of Southern California with excellent pictures.
- Wild Flowers of the Pacific Northwest
A web version of the book with the same title but less information. Pictures are just acceptable.
- San Diego Plants Pictures
The site includes a list of decorative plants, mainly palms, trees and
shrubs that are used for decorations outdoors. Every plant is
acccompanied by picture. These pictures vary in quality but they might
help you to identify some plants. You will not find wild plants there.
- Plants of San Diego County
A very good site with pictures (often showing details) of wild plants, mainly of desert and chaparral variety.
- Illinois Wildflowers
This site has good pictures of flowers classified by the habitat.
- Missouri Plants
Some common plants of the state of Missouri. Good pictures.
- Southern California Wildflowers
A huge list of plants accompanied by pictures. Some of the pictures are very detailed, others are fuzzy. Good search index.
- Plants
A nice site with good pictures of the different plants.
- Botanical names
A page that explains the meaning of most common generic botanical names applicable to species.
- Wildflower Search
As the name indicates, this is a database of most common plants around the country.
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