The Southern
Cross Review e-Book Library
There are two categories of e-books in this Library: Amazon Kindle ebooks, which must be purchased from Amazon at a nominal cost (from US$3 to $7) - or the equivalent in your currency - and the rest in pdf (Adobe Acrobat Reader), which are free of charge. To order the free e-books, click on "order"
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The
e-books available in our library, according to category, are:
Social Science/Education
"Favela
Children - A Brazilian Diary"
by Ute Craemer. 181
pages.
A moving description of Ute Craemer's experiences as a
long time social worker in the favelas of Brazil.
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"Basic Issues of the Social Question"
by Rudolf Steiner.
Steiner seminal work on his concept of a threefold Society, originally published in German in 1919. Translated by Frank Thomas Smith.
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Basic Issues of the Social Question
"Rich
in Spirit - Life in the Favelas of Brazil"
by Ute
Craemer. 53 pages.
A long-awaited update to the above book,
showing the encouraging growth and development of Ute Craemer's
and her co-workers' work a quarter of a century
later.
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"Los
niños entre luz y sombras"
por Ute Craemer. 134
pages.
El único libro de Ute Craemer en Español
- en el cual ella describe sus experiencias humanas y pedagógicas
con los niños y adultos en las favelas de
Brasil.
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"The
Soul of Man under Socialism"
by Oscar Wilde. 26 pages.
In
a brilliant essay, the arch-individualist Oscar Wilde gives us
his
view of a kind of utopian socialism.
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quot;Civil
Disobedience"
by Henry David Thoreau. 28 pages.
Thoreau's
famous essay was the inspiration for Gandhi, Martin Luther King
and others.
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"Walden
- or, Life in the Woods"
by Henry David Thoreau. 160
pages.
Thoreau's enormously influential description of his
attempt to live by himself accompanied only by his thoughts,
nature and Walden Pond.
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"Areopagitica"
by
John Milton. 33 pages.
A speach for the liberty of unlicensed
printing to the parliament of England. Milton's impassioned plea
against government and church censorship.
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"Letters
Against the War"
by Tiziano Terzani. 107 pages.
An
eloquent appeal for peace and a harsh criticism of the Bush
administration's march in the opposite direction. No American or
British print publisher dared to publish it.
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Anthroposophy
"Anthroposophical Guidelines"
by Rudolf Steiner.
185 Guidelines and short essays which Rudolf Steiner gave to members of the Anthroposophical Society in 1924 and 1925, that is, until his death. Number 1 can be called a definition of anthroposophy:
"1. Anthroposophy is a path of knowledge which would guide the spiritual in the human being to the spiritual in the cosmos. It manifests as a necessity of the heart and feeling. It must find its justification in being able to satisfy this need. Only those who find in anthroposophy what they seek in this respect can appreciate it. Therefore only those who feel certain questions about the nature of man and the world as basic necessities of life, like hunger and thirst, can be anthroposophists."
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"Rudolf Steiner's Fifth Gospel"
by Rudolf Steiner.
Early in the twentieth century Rudolf Steiner, the founder of Anthroposophy, gave a series of lectures concerning what he called "The Fifth Gospel", essentially but not exclusivrely covering the years between Jesus's twelfth and thirtieth years - those not covered in the four "official" gospels. Volume One consists of the five lectures he gave in Oslo, Norway in 1913. Subsequent volumes, once translated, will cover the talks he gave in other cities. Translated by Frank Thomas Smith
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"How
to Attain Knowledge of the Higher Worlds - A Modern Path of
Initiation"
by Rudolf Steiner. 109 pages.
Rudolf
Steiner's basic book on initiation into knowledge of the
spiritual world.
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"Christianity
as Mystical Fact"
by Rudolf Steiner. 109 pages.
Much
of Rudolf Steiner's subsequent career was dedicated to developing
the concepts contained in this book. A must for anyone interested
in a lucid introduction to Steiner's spiritual research on
Christianity.
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"Mysticism
at the Dawn of the New Age"
by Rudolf Steiner, with an
introduction by Paul Allen. 111 pages.
Ostensibly an essay
about certain European mystics in history, Steiner also
elucidates the relation between his Philosophy
of Freedom and its mystical as well as philosophical essence.
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"Manifestations of
Karma"
by Rudolf Steiner. 134 pages.
What karma means
to individuals, communities, the earth, the universe and
spiritual beings.
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"Spiritual
Cosmology"
by Rudolf Steiner. 22 pages.
Three lectures
given in Berlin in 1904, when Rudolf Steiner was the secretary
general of the German Theosophical Society. How the world and the
cosmos began and how humankind evolved with them.
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"Genesis - Secrets of the
Bible Story of Creation"
by Rudolf Steiner. 75 pages.
Ten
lectures given in Munich, Germany in 1921 to members of the
Anthroposophical Society, in which Steiner reveals the hidden
meaning of the Bible's creation story.
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"Anthroposophy
and Anti-Semitism"
by Manfred Leist, Lorenzo Ravagli,
Hans-Jürgen Bader. 106 pages.
A detailed refutation of
false allegations that Rudolf Steiner was an
anti-Semite.
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"Anthroposophy
and Alchemy"
by Keith Francis. 38 pages.
Three
lectures by Keith Francis at the Anthroposphical Society in New
York.
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"Rudolf
Steiner Enters My Life"
by Friedrich Rittelmeyer. 56
pages.
Friedrich Rittelmeyer was a leading figure in the
Lutheran Church in Germany. After getting to know Rudolf Steiner
and Anthropossphy personally, he became a founder of the
Christian Community. Here he describes conversations with Rudolf
Steiner and his impressions of a man he considered to be one of
the most important of his time.
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Philosophy
"The
Philosophy of Freedom"
by Rudolf Steiner. 134
pages.
Rudolf Steiner's early (1894) groundbreaking
philosophical work on the nature of freedom and thinking. It
demonstrates the fact of freedom — the ability to think and
act independently — as a possibility for modern
consciousness. It can lead the reader to the experience of living
thinking by which all human activity may be revitalized.
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"Phaedo"
by
Plato, 40 pages.
Socrate's last dialogue, on the day of his
death, in which he "proves" the immortality of the
soul.
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Science
"The
Cosmological Principles"
by Konrad Rudnicki.
Professor
Rudnicki defines and describes the most important cosmological
principles, from the Ancient Indian to the Anthropic, and many
others. His chapter on Goetheanism in modern science is
especially interesting.
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"Putting
Soul into Science"
by Michael Friedjung.
Astro-physicist
Friedjung gives an in-depth view, in terms accessible to the
non-scientist, of what modern science could
be.
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Short Fiction
"The
Girl in the Floppy Hat and other Stories"
by Frank Thomas
Smith. 122 pages.
A cool collection of short fiction.
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Children's Corner
"The Magic Mound"
by Frank Thomas Smith
"The Magic Mound" is for children age 9 and up - all the way up, as many parents who have enjoyed the book in Spanish have informed me. An illustrated Spanish translation was published in a print version in 2000 by Longseller S.A., Buenos Aires. It was a favorite Argentine Waldorf primary school reader. Now the English original is available as an e-book. It's about two brothers from a Brazilian favela (slum) who stumble into a fantasy land where they are charged with rescuing a girl from...Well, it's all in the book. We guarantee that both you and your children will enjoy it.
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The Magic Mound
"Pegasus,
the Winged Horse and other stories"/"Pegaso, el caballo
alado y otros cuentos"
by Frank Thomas Smith. 87
pages.
Bilingual (English/Spanish) stories for children.
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Modern Fiction
"Miryam"
by
Luise Rinser. 144 pages.
Mary Magdalene narrates her life with
Jesus of Nazareth from when they were children, through the three
years of his mission on earth, his passion and resurrection. This
is the story of a woman in love with a god, but who doesn't want
to recognize him as such until it inevitably becomes all too
clear.
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"The
Free World"
by Robert Zimmer. 115 pages.
The world has
changed. If money is the root of all evil, why not simply
eliminate it? Men and women now work for each other instead of
monetary gain. But it's not that simple. See what would happen to
people without that crutch. A utopian novel, true, but one that
makes you think.
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"Who
Killed Jack Robinson?"
by Frank Thomas Smith. 54
pages.
Branch Rickey, owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, asks
Private Investigator Darrell Stark to investigate a threat to
Jackie Robinson's life. Someone, it seems, wants to prevent him
from playing in the major leagues.
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"The
Fractal Murders"
by Mark Cohen. 232 pages.
An
engrossing murder mystery with fractal math providing the clues.
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Fiction
Classics
"1984"
by George Orwell. 186 pages.
Orwell’s classic novel
describing the conditions in a fictitious dictatorship in which
everyone is at the mercy of Big Brother – in body, soul and
spirit.
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"The
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes". Volume I
by Arthur Conan
Doyle. 118 pages.
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"The
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" Volume 2
by Arthur Conan
Doyle. 90 pages.
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"The
Sorrows of Young Werther"
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
71 pages.
Goethe's youthful story that transformed German
literature.
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"The
Wonderful Wizard of Oz"
by L. Frank Baum. 122 pages.
A
classic American fairy tale. If you've only seen the movie and
never read the book, don't hesitate.
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Poetry
“"The
Collected Poems"
by
William Butler Yeats, 476 pages.
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“Celestial Traffic Jam
– Selected Poems”
by
Frank Thomas Smith, 45 pages. Click on the title to order the e-book from Amazon: Celestial Traffic Jam
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