On Solitude (Penguin Great Ideas Series) by Michel de Montaigne
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Great Ideas Ser.
For the true bibliophile and design-savvy book lover, here is the next set of Penguin's celebrated Great Ideas series by some of history's most innovative thinkers. Acclaimed for their striking and elegant package, each volume features a unique type-driven design that highlights the bookmaker's art. Off ...Show more
Why I Am So Wise (Penguin Great Ideas Series) by Friedrich Nietzsche; R. J. Hollingdale (Translator)
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Great Ideas Ser.
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves--and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives--and destroyed them.Now, Penguin brings you the ...Show more
The Social Contract (Penguin Great Ideas Series) by Jean-Jacques Rousseau; Maurice Cranston (Translator)
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Great Ideas Ser.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau writes, "Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains." This statement exemplifies the main idea behind "The Social Contract", in other words that man is essentially free if it weren't for the oppression of political organizations such as government. Rousseau goes on to lay for ...Show more
Why I Write (Penguin Great Ideas Series) by George Orwell
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Category: Classics
A selection of George Orwell's politically charged essays on language and writing that give context to his dystopian classic, 1984 Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves--and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolutio ...Show more
The Prince (Penguin Great Ideas Series) by Niccolo Machiavelli; George Bull (Translator)
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Great Ideas Ser.
The Prince is a 16th-century political treatise, by the Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli. From correspondence a version appears to have been distributed in 1513, using a Latin title, De Principatibus (About Principalities). However, the printed version was not published until ...Show more
The Prince: Popular Penguins by Niccolo Machiavelli
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Category: Classics | Series: Popular Penguins
As a diplomat in turbulent fifteenth-century Florence, Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527) knew how quickly political fortunes could rise and fall. The Princeis his controversial handbook about the dynamics of power, leadership and strategy. Machiavelli's shrewd argument that sometimes it is necessary to ab ...Show more
Greek Myths: A New Retelling, with drawings by Chris Ofili by Charlotte Higgins
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Category: Classics
A major new retelling of the Greek myths for a new generation, with original drawings by world-renowned artist Chris Ofili.In this spellbinding new collection, Charlotte Higgins reinterprets some of the most enduring stories of all time. Here are myths of the creation, of Heracles and Theseus and Perseu ...Show more
Greek Elegiac Poetry by Douglas E. Gerber (Edited and Translated by); Mimnermus; Solon
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Category: Classics | Series: Loeb Classical Library
The Greek poetry of the archaic period that we call elegy was composed primarily for banquets and convivial gatherings. Its subject matter consists of almost any topic, excluding only the scurrilous and obscene. Douglas Gerber provides a translation of the fragments and significant testimonia that have ...Show more
The Chinese Myths: A Guide to the Gods and Legends by Tao Tao Liu
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Category: Classics | Series: Myths Ser.
The essential guide to the complex, fascinating world of Chinese myths: retelling the stories and exploring their significance in Chinese culture.This is a concise and entertaining guide to the complex tradition of Chinese mythology. While many around the world are familiar with some aspects of Chinese ...Show more
The Orator's Education Vol. 1 by Quintilian
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Category: Classics
Quintilian, born in Spain about A.D. 35, became a widely known and highly successful teacher of rhetoric in Rome. The Orator's Education (Institutio Oratoria), a comprehensive training program in twelve books, draws on his own rich experience. It is a work of enduring importance, not only for its insigh ...Show more
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