Must We Divide History Into Periods?
By: Jacques Le Goff
3.97
Format: 184 pages, Hardcover
We have long thought of the Renaissance as a luminous era that marked a decisive break with the pas…
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1. Mendel el de los libros
By: Stefan Zweig , Berta Vias Mahou
4.00
Format: 57 pages, Paperback
Escrito en 1929, Mendel el de los libros narra la trágica historia de un excéntrico librero de viej… read more
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"لا ننتج الكتب إلا لكي نبقى على صلة بالبشر فيما وراء الموت فنزود بذلك عن أنفسنا ضد العدو الألد للحياة ، ضد الزمن الذي يمضي ، ضد النسيان"-Stefan Zweig, Mendel el de los libros
"Los libros sólo se escriben para, por encima del propio aliento, unir a los seres humanos, y así defendernos frente al inexorable reverso de toda existencia: la fugacidad y el olvido"-Stefan Zweig, Mendel el de los libros
"...avrei dovuto sapere che i libri si fanno solo per legarsi agli uomini al di là del nostro breve respiro e difendersi così dall'inesorabile avversario di ogni vita: la caducità e l'oblio."-Stefan Zweig, Mendel el de los libros
2. The Age of Extremes, 1914-1991
By: Eric J. Hobsbawm
4.28
Format: 627 pages, Paperback
Dividing the century into the Age of Catastrophe, 1914-1950, the Golden Age, 1950-1973, and the Lan… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- european history
"Most young men and women (...) grow up in a sort of permanent present lacking any organic relation to the public past of the times they live in. This makes historians, whose business it is to remembe…"-Eric J. Hobsbawm, The Age of Extremes, 1914-1991
3. Cassandra: A Novel and Four Essays
By: Christa Wolf , Jan van Heurck
3.97
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
In this volume, the distinguished East German writer Christa Wolf retells the story of the fall of … read more
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4. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
By: Thomas S. Kuhn
4.09
Format: 116 pages, Paperback
Thomas S. Kuhn's classic book is now available with a new index. "A landmark in intellectual histor… read more
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- philosophy
- history
- nonfiction
5. Marx for Beginners
By: Rius
4.25
Format: 355 pages, Paperback
A cartoon book about Marx? Are you sure it's Karl, not Groucho? How can you summarize the work of K… read more
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- philosophy
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6. Villains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age
By: Marcus Rediker
3.70
Format: 186 pages, Hardcover
Villains of All Nationsexplores the 'Golden Age' of Atlantic piracy (1716-1726) and the infamous ge… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
7. Baudolino
By: Umberto Eco , William Weaver , R.C.S. Libri
3.79
Format: 527 pages, Paperback
It is April 1204, and Constantinople, the splendid capital of the Byzantine Empire, is being sacked… read more
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"Tüm aşıklar gibi Baudlino da kibirli olmuştu."-Umberto Eco, Baudolino
"Yes, I know, it's not the truth, but in a great history little truths can be altered so that the greater truth emerges."-Umberto Eco, Baudolino
"And so it was that the Poet, through an excess of theological refinement, was unable to satisfy his coarse carnal passion."-Umberto Eco, Baudolino
"There, Master Niketas,’ Baudolino said, ‘when I was not prey to the temptations of this world, I devoted my nights to imagining other worlds. A bit with the help of wine, and a bit with that of the g…"-Umberto Eco, Baudolino
8. L'Avare
By: Molière
3.79
Format: None pages, Paperback
Harpagon est un vieillard odieux et avare. Avare jusqu'au ridicule, puisqu'il fait comparaitre en j… read more
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9. The Age of Empire, 1875-1914
By: Eric J. Hobsbawm
3.66
Format: None pages, Paperback
Discusses the evolution of European economics, politics, arts, sciences & cultural life from the he… read more
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- nonfiction
- european history
10. Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
By: Eduardo Galeano , Cedric Belfrage
4.31
Format: 317 pages, Paperback
Since its U.S. debut almost fifty years ago, this brilliant text has set a new standard for histori… read more
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"Bolivians die with rotted lungs so that the world may consume cheap tin."-Eduardo Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
"Whatever Latin America sells—raw materials or manufactures—its chief export product is really cheap labor."-Eduardo Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
"Cuando el Estado se hace dueño de la principal riqueza de un país, corresponde preguntarse quién es el dueño del Estado."-Eduardo Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
"Cuanto más codiciado por el mercado mundial, mayor es la desgracia que un producto trae consigo al pueblo latinoamericano que, con su sacrificio, lo crea."-Eduardo Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
11. The Historian's Craft: Reflections on the Nature and Uses of History and the Techniques and Methods of Those Who Write It.
By: Marc Bloch , Joseph R. Strayer , None
4.10
Format: 9 pages, Paperback
In this classic work, distinguished French economic historian, Marc Bloch, discusses the techniques… read more
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12. The Return of Martin Guerre
By: Natalie Zemon Davis
4.11
Format: 500 pages, Paperback
The clever peasant Arnaud du Tilh had almost won his case, when a man with a wooden leg swaggered i… read more
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13. The Art of Always Being Right
By: Arthur Schopenhauer
4.14
Format: 152 pages, Hardcover
Which are the logical tricks that will let you slip through the net when faced with awkward questio… read more
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14. I racconti di Pietroburgo
By: Nikolai Gogol , Pietro Zveteremich
4.02
Format: 293 pages, Paperback
Nei racconti del ciclo pietroburghese la capitale (che all'ucraino Gogol appare come una citta non … read more
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15. The Man Who Bridged the Mist
By: Kij Johnson
4.42
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
The river of Mist, an almost living organism, divides the Empire in two. A few Ferries make dangero… read more
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16. The Invincible
By: Stanisław Lem
4.40
Format: None pages, Paperback
An interstellar 2nd-class cruiser called Invincible, lands on Regis III which seems bleakly uninhab… read more
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17. The Ancient Greeks
By: Moses I. Finley
3.84
Format: 464 pages, Paperback
List of Plates Preface Who Were the Greeks? The Dark Age & the Homeric Poems Archaic Greece The Cla… read more
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18. La vida es sueño
By: Pedro Calderón de la Barca , None
4.33
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
He aqui la creacion mas lograda y de caracter mas universal de Calderon. La vida es suenoes, en sin… read more
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19. The Martian Chronicles
By: Ray Bradbury
3.97
Format: 480 pages,
The strange and wonderful tale of man's experiences on Mars, filled with intense images and astonis… read more
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20. The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico
By: Miguel León-Portilla , Lysander Kemp , None
4.07
Format: None pages, Paperback
Until 1959, when this book was published for the first time, the only organized testimony about the… read more
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22. Los jefes y Los cachorros
By: Mario Vargas Llosa
4.24
Format: 185 pages, Paperback
Los Jefes y Los cachorros sirvieron como antecedente, para la construccion de las obras de Vargas L… read more
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23. The Birth of Tragedy
By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael Tanner , Shaun Whiteside
3.99
Format: 121 pages, Paperback
A compelling argument for the necessity for art in life, Nietzsche's first book is fuelled by his e… read more
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"Man is no longer an artist, he has become a work of art."-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy
"Knowledge kills action; action requires the veils of illusion."-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy
"Look at this! Look carefully! It is your life! It is the hour-hand of your clock of existence!"-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy
"Večita je to pojava: požudna volja uvek nalazi sredstva da iluzijom prostrtom preko stvari zadrži svoje stvorove u životu i da ih prisili da i dalje žive."-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy
24. Vermeer's Hat: The Seventeenth Century and the Dawn of the Global World
By: Timothy Brook
3.20
Format: 160 pages,
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25. La Ville sans Vent (La Ville sans Vent, #1)
By: Eléonore Devillepoix
4.04
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
A dix-neuf ans, Lastyanax termine sa formation de mage et s’attend à devoir gravir un à un les éche… read more
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26. The Allure of the Archives
By: Arlette Farge
3.91
Format: 152 pages, Hardcover
Arlette Farge’s Le Goût de l’archive is widely regarded as a historiographical classic. While combi… read more
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27. A Year in the Life of Ancient Greece: The Real Lives of the People Who Lived There
By: Philip Matyszak
4.04
Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition
Experience a remarkable year among the real people of ancient Greece, as they prepare for the most … read more
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28. Generación idiota: Una crítica al adolescentrismo
By: Agustín Laje
4.29
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
Generacion idiota nos ofrece una inmersion profunda en la desaparicion de la sociedad intergeneraci… read more
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29. Must We Divide History Into Periods?
By: Jacques Le Goff
3.97
Format: 184 pages, Hardcover
We have long thought of the Renaissance as a luminous era that marked a decisive break with the pas… read more
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30. Zemmour contre l'histoire
By: Various
4.38
Format: 57 pages, Kindle Edition
"Faire mentir le passé pour mieux faire haïr au présent... et ainsi inventer un futur détestable."É… read more
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31. Desplazar la luna: Mi noche en el Museo de la Acrópolis (Spanish Edition)
By: Andrea Marcolongo
3.69
Format: 161 pages, Kindle Edition
Un bellísimoensayo que nos recuerda lo que debemos a la cultura clásica yesa pequeña península medi… read more
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