Dewey in 90 Minutes (Philosophers in 90 Minutes Series)
By: Paul Strathern
3.36
Format: 90 pages, Paperback
"Each of these little books is witty and dramatic and creates a sense of time, place, and character…
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1. Beyond Good and Evil
By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael Tanner , R.J. Hollingdale
4.02
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Friedrich Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil is translated from the German by R.J. Hollingdale with a… read more
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- philosophy
- history
- nonfiction
"The noble soul reveres itself"-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
"...all that is rare is for the rare."-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
"One is punished most for one’s virtues."-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
"In music the passions enjoy themselves."-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
2. Doctor Glas
By: Margaret Atwood , Hjalmar Söderberg , Paul Britten Austin
3.70
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
A masterpiece of enduring power, Doctor Glas confronts a chilling moral quandary with gripping in… read more
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"We know so little about one another. We embrace a shadow and love a dream."-Margaret Atwood, Doctor Glas
"Besynnerligt, att det alltid går en rysning genom luften före soluppgången."-Margaret Atwood, Doctor Glas
"Nothing diminishes and degrades a human being more than the knowledge of being unloved."-Margaret Atwood, Doctor Glas
"La moralidad es un servicio doméstico, no una divinidad. Conviene usarla, pero no debe mandar"-Margaret Atwood, Doctor Glas
3. The Wind in the Willows
By: Kenneth Grahame , Gillian Avery
4.02
Format: 197 pages, Paperback
“All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he… read more
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"...Absorbed in the new scents, the sounds, and the sunlight..."-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
"Badger hates Society, and invitations, and dinner, and all that sort of thing."-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
"There’s nothing––absolutely nothing––half so much worth doing as messing about in boats."-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
"After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working."-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
4. The Masque of the Red Death
By: Edgar Allan Poe
4.06
Format: 9 pages, Paperback
The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague known as the Red Death by … read more
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"Existem cordas, nos corações dos mais indiferentes, que não podem ser tocadas sem emoção."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death
"Even with the utterly lost, to whom life and death are equally jests, there are matters of which no jest can be made."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death
"There was much of the beautiful, much of the wanton, much of the bizarre, something of the terrible, and not a little of that which might have excited disgust."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death
"And the life of the ebony clock went out with that of the last of the gay. And the flames of the tripods expired. And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death
5. The Black Cat
By: Edgar Allan Poe
3.40
Format: 300 pages,
"The Black Cat" is one of Edgar Allan Poe's most memorable stories. The tale centers around a black… read more
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6. The Plague
By: Albert Camus , Stuart Gilbert
4.02
Format: 308 pages, Paperback
The Plague is a novel by Albert Camus, published in 1947. It tells the story from the point of … read more
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- philosophy
"Who taught you all this, doctor?" The reply came promptly: "Suffering."-Albert Camus, The Plague
"The truth is that everyone is bored, and devotes himself to cultivating habits."-Albert Camus, The Plague
"They knew now that if there is one thing one can always yearn for, and sometimes attain, it is human love."-Albert Camus, The Plague
"I know that man is capable of great deeds. But if he isn't capable of great emotion, well, he leaves me cold."-Albert Camus, The Plague
7. The Prince
By: Niccolò Machiavelli , Adolph Caso , Rufus Goodwin , Benjamin Martinez
3.84
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Machiavelli needs to be looked at as he really was. Hence: Can Machiavelli, who makes the following… read more
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- philosophy
- history
- nonfiction
"Is it better to be loved or feared?"-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
"He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command"-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
"Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception."-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
"It is a common fault of men not to reckon on storms in fair weather."-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
8. Existentialism Is a Humanism
By: Jean-Paul Sartre , Arlette Elkaïm-Sartre , Annie Cohen-Solal , None
4.25
Format: 159 pages, Paperback
It was to correct common misconceptions about his thought that Sartre accepted an invitation to spe… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
9. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
By: Haruki Murakami , Philip Gabriel
4.33
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In 1982, having sold his jazz bar to devote himself to writing, Murakami began running to keep fit.… read more
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- nonfiction
10. The Problems of Philosophy
By: Bertrand Russell
4.50
Format: 87 pages,
A lively and still one of the best introductions to philosophy, this book pays off both a closer re… read more
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- philosophy
- history
- nonfiction
11. Fantastic Mr. Fox
By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake
4.08
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
Fantastic Mr. Fox is on the run! The three meanest farmers around are out to get him. Fat Boggis, s… read more
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"I dare not do that, said Mr. Fox, because this place I am hoping to get is so marvelous that if I described it to you now you would go crazy with excitement"-Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox
12. The Tell-Tale Heart
By: Edgar Allan Poe , Byron Glaser , None
4.24
Format: 31 pages, Library Binding
A man confronts himself and an unknown listener with his desire to murder an old man. In this cl… read more
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"would a madman have been so wise as this?"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart
"And have I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over-acuteness of the sense?"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart
"If you still think me mad, you will think so no longer when I describe the wise precautions I took for the concealment of the body."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart
"Basta ya de fingir, malvados! -aullé-. ¡Confieso que lo maté! ¡Levanten esos tablones! ¡Ahí… ahí! ¡Donde está latiendo su horrible corazón!"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart
13. The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness
By: Epictetus , Sharon Lebell
3.37
Format: None pages,
Epictetus was born into slavery about 55 C.E. in the eastern outreaches of the Roman Empire. Sold a… read more
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- philosophy
- history
- nonfiction
14. The Silmarillion
By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Christopher Tolkien , Ted Nasmith
4.01
Format: 386 pages, Hardcover
The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien’s world. It is the an… read more
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"Nightingales sang about her wherever she went."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
"The dawn is brief and the day full often belies its promise."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
"All have their worth and each contributes to the worth of the others."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
"No ames demasiado la obra de tus manos ni las invenciones de tu corazón."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
15. Marx in 90 Minutes
By: Paul Strathern
3.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
Each of these little books is witty and dramatic and creates a sense of time, place, and character.… read more
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16. On the Shortness of Life
By: Seneca , Charles Desmond Nuttall Costa
0.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Stoic writings of the philosopher Seneca offer powerful insights into the art of living, the im… read more
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17. Anthem
By: Ayn Rand
4.14
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
Anthemhas long been hailed as one of Ayn Rand's classic novels, and a clear predecessor to her late… read more
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18. The Strange Library
By: Haruki Murakami , Ted Goossen
4.36
Format: 189 pages, Paperback
From internationally acclaimed author Haruki Murakami--a fantastical illustrated short novel about … read more
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19. The Russian Revolution: History in an Hour
By: Rupert Colley
3.89
Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition
In 1917 the world changed for ever. One of the most influential and contentious events in recent hi… read more
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20. 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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21. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
By: Timothy Snyder
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
An historian of fascism offers a guide for surviving and resisting America's turn towards authorita… read more
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22. Down and Out in Paris and London
By: George Orwell
4.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
This unusual fictional account - in good part autobiographical - narrates without self-pity and oft… read more
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23. World War One: History In An Hour
By: Rupert Colley
3.98
Format: 304 pages, ebook
History for busy people. Read a concise history of World War One in just one hour. World War One br… read more
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24. J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
By: J.R.R. Tolkien
4.36
Format: 524 pages, Mass Market Paperback
This four volume, deluxe paperback boxed set contains J.R.R. Tolkien's epic masterworks The Hobbita… read more
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25. Ayoade on Ayoade: A Cinematic Odyssey
By: Richard Ayoade
3.91
Format: 385 pages, Paperback
Would it be too much to say that my somewhat-wry prose has changed the way the film community think… read more
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26. Letter to a Child Never Born
By: Oriana Fallaci
3.73
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
Published by Rizzoli in 1975, Letter to a Child Never Born was quickly translated and sold in twent… read more
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27. Apology
By: Plato , James J. Helm
4.20
Format: 127 pages, Paperback
The Apology of Socrates is Plato's version of the speech given by Socrates as he unsuccessfully def… read more
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"Kötülük ölümden daha hızlı koşar."-Plato, Apology
"Loin de parler quand on me paie, et de me taire quand on me donne rien."-Plato, Apology
"As long as I draw breath and am able, I won't give up practicing philosophy."-Plato, Apology
"Athenian men, I respect and love you, but I shall obey the god rather than you..."-Plato, Apology
28. The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization: The Collapse of Globalization and Its Aftermath
By: Peter Zeihan
4.18
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
2019 was the last great year for the world economy. For generations, everything has been getting… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
29. Notes on Grief
By: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
4.22
Format: 86 pages, Hardcover
Notes on Grief is an exquisite work of meditation, remembrance, and hope, written in the wake of Ch… read more
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"I liked to call him 'a gentle man and a gentleman'."-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Notes on Grief
"I am afraid of tomorrow, and all the tomorrows after..."-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Notes on Grief
"It was not supposed to happen like this, not like a malicious surprise.."-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Notes on Grief
"Je vais parfaitement bien. Et c'était vrai. Jusqu'à ce que cela cesse de l'être."-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Notes on Grief
30. A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future
By: David Attenborough
4.51
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
See the world. Then make it better. I am 94. I've had an extraordinary life. It's only now that … read more
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- nonfiction
"Give and take, that is the essence of what balance is all about."-David Attenborough, A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future
"It seems that, however grave our mistakes, nature will be able to overcome them, given the chance."-David Attenborough, A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future
"We often talk of saving the planet, but the truth is that we must do these things to save ourselves."-David Attenborough, A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future
"We often talk of saving the planet, but the truth is that we must do these things to save ourselves. With or without us, the wild will return."-David Attenborough, A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future
31. Dewey in 90 Minutes (Philosophers in 90 Minutes Series)
By: Paul Strathern
3.36
Format: 90 pages, Paperback
"Each of these little books is witty and dramatic and creates a sense of time, place, and character… read more
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