History of Ancient Egypt: An Introduction
By: Erik Hornung
3.50
Format: 185 pages, Paperback
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1. Identity
By: Milan Kundera , Linda Asher
3.60
Format: 246 pages, Paperback
There are situations in which we fail for a moment to recognize the person we are with, in which th… read more
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2. Oblomov
By: Ivan Goncharov , Stephen Pearl , Galya Diment
4.12
Format: 586 pages, Paperback
Even though Ivan Goncharov wrote several books that were widely read and discussed during his lifet… read more
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"Now or never. To be or not to be!"-Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov
"Love was life's hardest school of all."-Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov
"You have a lunatic before you who has been infected by passion."-Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov
"The common herd of "burghers", those cattle, complete with horns, who turn millstones with their bare hands."-Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov
3. My Childhood
By: Maxim Gorky , Ronald Wilks
4.08
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Coloured by poverty and horrifying brutality, Gorky's childhood equipped him to understand - in a w… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"Anger is like ice, and also quick to melt"-Maxim Gorky, My Childhood
"In the monotony of everyday existence grief comes as a holiday, and a fire is an entertainment. A scratch embellishes an empty face."-Maxim Gorky, My Childhood
"And this was the end of my first friendship with one of that innumerable company of people who are foreigners in their own country, but who are in reality its finest sons...."-Maxim Gorky, My Childhood
"In recalling my childhood I like to picture myself as a beehive to which various simple obscure people brought the honey of their knowledge and thoughts on life, generously enriching my character wit…"-Maxim Gorky, My Childhood
4. A Woman of No Importance
By: Oscar Wilde
3.65
Format: 135 pages, Paperback
Oscar Wilde's audacious drama of social scandal centres around the revelation of Mrs Arbuthnot's lo… read more
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5. King Lear
By: William Shakespeare , William James Rolfe
3.91
Format: 338 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Shakespeare’s King Lear challenges us with the magnitude, intensity, and sheer duration of the pain… read more
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"Fortune love you."-William Shakespeare, King Lear
"She is herself a dowry."-William Shakespeare, King Lear
"All dark and comfortless."-William Shakespeare, King Lear
"Nothing can come of nothing."-William Shakespeare, King Lear
6. The Complete Essays
By: Michel de Montaigne , M.A. Screech
4.23
Format: 1344 pages, Paperback
Michel de Montaigne was one of the most influential figures of the Renaissance, singlehandedly resp… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"The thing I fear most is fear."-Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
"We should tend our freedom wisely."-Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
"Why do people respect the package rather than the man?"-Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
"To forbid us anything is to make us have a mind for it."-Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
7. Childhood’s End
By: Arthur C. Clarke
4.12
Format: 224 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The Overlords appeared suddenly over every city—intellectually, technologically, and militarily sup… read more
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"...a well-stocked mind is safe from boredom."-Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End
"...no on of intelligence resents the inevitable."-Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End
"...no one of intelligence resents the inevitable."-Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End
"Utopia was here at last: its novelty had not yet been assailed by the supreme enemy of all Utopias—boredom."-Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End
8. The Invisible Man
By: H.G. Wells , Дмитро Паламарчук
3.64
Format: 192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
This masterpiece of science fiction is the fascinating story of Griffin, a scientist who creates a … read more
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"But giving drugs to a cat is no joke, Kemp!"-H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man
"I never blame anyone," said Kemp. "It's quite out of fashion."-H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man
"Very well," said the Voice, in a tone of relief. "Then I'm going to throw flints at you till you think differently."-H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man
"And there it was, on a shabby bed in a tawdry, ill-lighted bedroom, surrounded by a crowd of ignorant and excited people, broken and wounded, betrayed and unpitied, that Griffin, the first of all men…"-H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man
9. Richard III
By: William Shakespeare , John Jowett
3.37
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
Richard III is one of Shakespeare's most popular plays on the stage and has been adapted successful… read more
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10. Bereket Kültü ve Mabet Fahişeliği
By: Muazzez İlmiye Çığ
3.66
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Muzazzez Ilmiye Cig, bu kitapta, Sumer'in ask ve Bereket Tanricasi Inanna, bereket kultu ve mabet f… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
11. İçimizdeki Şeytan
By: Sabahattin Ali
4.33
Format: 268 pages, Paperback
"Isteyip istemedigimi dogru durust bilmedigim, fakat neticesi aleyhime cikarsa istemedigimi iddia e… read more
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12. İntibah
By: Namık Kemal
3.93
Format: 316 pages, Paperback
Edebiyatimizin degisik turlerinde bircok eser veren Namik Kemal'in yayimlanmis iki romanindan biri … read more
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13. The Idiot
By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Constance Garnett , Joseph Frank , Alan Myers , Anna Brailovsky
4.21
Format: 667 pages, Paperback
Returning to Russia from a sanitarium in Switzerland, the Christ-like epileptic Prince Myshkin find… read more
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"I'm drunk but truthful."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Idiot
"Beauty will save the world."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Idiot
"The Russian soul is a dark place."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Idiot
"She is passion embodied, a flower of melodrama in eternal bloom."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Idiot
14. Prometheus Bound
By: Aeschylus , None , James Scully , C. John Herington
3.13
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Featuring an insightful introduction, comprehensive commentary on plot, characters, structure, and … read more
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15. The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories
By: Ernest Hemingway
3.22
Format: 402 pages, Hardcover
The ideal introduction to the genius of Ernest Hemingway, "The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stori… read more
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16. Herland
By: Charlotte Perkins Gilman , Ann J. Lane
3.68
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
An all-female society is discovered somewhere in the distant reaches of the earth by three male exp… read more
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17. Inferno (The Divine Comedy #1)
By: Dante Alighieri , Anthony Esolen
3.93
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
Guided by the poet Virgil, Dante plunges to the very depths of Hell and embarks on his arduous jour… read more
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18. Tersi ve Yüzü
By: Albert Camus , Tahsin Yücel
4.71
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Brice Parain, sik sik, yazdiklarimin en iyisini bu kucuk kitabin icerdigini ileri surer. (...) Hay… read more
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19. Edward II
By: Christopher Marlowe
3.96
Format: 433 pages, Paperback
The last of Marlowe's great dramas, often considered his masterpiece. read more
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20. The Blind Owl
By: Sadegh Hedayat , D.P. Costello
3.97
Format: 148 pages, Paperback
Considered the most important work of modern Iranian literature, The Blind Owl is a haunting tale o… read more
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"افكار پوچ! از هر حقيقتی بيشتر مرا شكنجه ميكند"-Sadegh Hedayat, The Blind Owl
"در زندگی زخمهایی است که روح را آهسته در انزوا می خورد ومیتراشد"-Sadegh Hedayat, The Blind Owl
"در زندگی زخمهايی هست که مثل خوره روح را آهسته در انزوا می خورد و می تراشد"-Sadegh Hedayat, The Blind Owl
"از دور ریختن عقایدی که به من تلقین شده بود، آرامش مخصوصی در خودم حس میکردم."-Sadegh Hedayat, The Blind Owl
21. La felicidad conyugal
By: Leo Tolstoy , Selma Ancira
4.20
Format: 141 pages, Paperback
En esta bellisima historia, Tolstoi nos habla del amor y del matrimonio a traves de la historia de … read more
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22. The House of the Dead
By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Ergin Altay
3.67
Format: 542 pages, Paperback
Accused of political subversion as a young man, Fyodor Dostoyevsky was sentenced to four years of h… read more
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23. Galatea
By: Madeline Miller
4.09
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
In Ancient Greece, a skilled marble sculptor has been blessed by a goddess who has given his master… read more
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24. The Island of Dr. Moreau
By: H.G. Wells
4.67
Format: 46 pages, Paperback
Ranked among the classic novels of the English language and the inspiration for several unforgettab… read more
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25. The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex/Oedipus at Colonus/Antigone (The Theban Plays, #1–3)
By: Sophocles , Robert Fitzgerald , Dudley Fitts , None
5.00
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
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26. Kaplanın Sırtında: İstibdat ve Hürriyet
By: Zülfü Livaneli
4.10
Format: 324 pages, Paperback
Otuz üç yıl süren bir saltanat, ardından bir gece yarısı gelen Selanik sürgünü… Tahttan indirili… read more
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27. Volga
By: Lou Andreas-Salomé
3.16
Format: 72 pages, Hardcover
Lou Andreas-Salomé, kurgu yapıtlarında genç kadınları erkeklerle ilişkileri çerçevesinde, geleneğin… read more
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28. History of Ancient Egypt: An Introduction
By: Erik Hornung
3.50
Format: 185 pages, Paperback
From our vantage point ancient Egyptian civilization, with its strictly hierarchic organization, ca… read more
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- egypt
- ancient history
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29. Âdem ile Havva'nın Güncesi
By: Mark Twain
3.86
Format: 284 pages, Paperback
Paperback. 13,00 / 19,00 cm. In Turkish. 284 p. "Mark Twain bütün Amerikan edebiyatinin gerçek kuru… read more
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30. Tersine Dünya
By: Orhan Kemal
3.65
Format: 125 pages, Paperback
Edebiyatımızın sıradan insanı en iyi anlatan kalemlerinden olan Orhan Kemal’in Tersine Dünya adlı b… read more
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