Against War
By: Erasmus
3.74
Format: 100 pages, Paperback
Erasmus Against War is a book written by Desiderius Erasmus, a prominent Dutch philosopher and theo…
Want to Read $ 1.99"Nothing doth worse become a man (I will not say a Christian man) than war."-Erasmus, Against War
"Nothing doth worse become a man (I will not say a Christian man) than war."-Erasmus, Against War
"We being satiate with continual wars, let the desire of peace a little move us."-Erasmus, Against War
"We being satiate with continual wars, let the desire of peace a little move us."-Erasmus, Against War
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1. Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
By: Neil Postman , Andrew Postman
4.15
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
Television has conditioned us to tolerate visually entertaining material measured out in spoonfuls … read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
"The written word endures, the spoken word disappears"-Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
"We rarely talk about television, only about what’s on television"-Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
"Writing is defined as "a conversation with no one and yet with everyone."-Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
"With television, we vault ourselves into a continuous, incoherent present."-Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
2. When the Sleeper Wakes
By: H.G. Wells , Orson Scott Card
3.36
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Graham, an 1890s radical pamphleteer who is eagerly awaiting the twentieth century and all the adva… read more
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"There is no liberty save wisdom and self-control."-H.G. Wells, When the Sleeper Wakes
"As if there wasn't a thousand things that were never heard."-H.G. Wells, When the Sleeper Wakes
"So long as there are sheep Nature will insist on beasts of prey."-H.G. Wells, When the Sleeper Wakes
"There is no liberty, save wisdom and self-control. Liberty is within--not without. It is each man's own affair."-H.G. Wells, When the Sleeper Wakes
3. The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
By: Simon Winchester
2.67
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
With riveting insight and detail, Simon Winchester crafts a fascinating glimpse into one man's tort… read more
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- nonfiction
4. Christianity and Liberalism
By: J. Gresham Machen
4.33
Format: 199 pages, Paperback
Machen's classic defense of orthodox Christianity establishes the importance of scriptural doctrine… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- theology
"The truth is that if Jesus be merely an example, He is not a worthy example; for He claimed to be far more."-J. Gresham Machen, Christianity and Liberalism
"According to modern liberalism, in other words, Jesus was the Founder of Christianity because He was the first Christian, and Christianity consists in maintenance of the religious life which Jesus in…"-J. Gresham Machen, Christianity and Liberalism
"When we come to see that it was no mere man who suffered on Calvary but the Lord of Glory, then we shall be willing to say that one drop of the precious blood of Jesus is of more value, for our own s…"-J. Gresham Machen, Christianity and Liberalism
"The sage of Nazareth may satisfy those who have never faced the problem of evil in their own lives; but to talk about an ideal to those who are under the thralldom of sin is a cruel mockery. Yet if J…"-J. Gresham Machen, Christianity and Liberalism
5. Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1)
By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams
4.18
Format: None pages, Paperback
Laura Ingalls and her family live deep in the Big Woods of Wisconsin. Their log cabin is surrounded… read more
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6. The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
By: Robert Fagles , Aeschylus , William Bedell Stanford
4.01
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Alternate covers of this ISBN here, here, here, here. Most recent cover is here. In the Oresteia… read more
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"I cannot not grieve."-Robert Fagles, The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
"Learning comes through pain."-Robert Fagles, The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
"Do I not live? Badly, I know, but I live."-Robert Fagles, The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
"Nothing forces us to know What we do not want to know Except pain"-Robert Fagles, The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
7. The Common Reader
By: Virginia Woolf
3.66
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
Woolf's first and most popular volume of essays. This collection has more than twenty-five selectio… read more
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- nonfiction
8. Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther
By: Roland H. Bainton
2.50
Format: 216 pages,
Martin Luther shattered the structure of the medieval church, speaking out against corrupt religiou… read more
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- theology
9. 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
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"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
10. Orlando
By: Virginia Woolf , Sandra M Gilbert
3.87
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Virginia Woolf's Orlando 'The longest and most charming love letter in literature', playfully const… read more
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"Life and a lover"-Virginia Woolf, Orlando
"Thoughts are divine."-Virginia Woolf, Orlando
"All extremes of feeling are allied with madness."-Virginia Woolf, Orlando
"Love, the poet said, is woman's whole existence."-Virginia Woolf, Orlando
11. Lucky Jim
By: Kingsley Amis , David Lodge
4.73
Format: None pages, Paperback
Regarded by many as the finest, and funniest, comic novel of the twentieth century, Lucky Jimremain… read more
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12. Phantastes
By: George MacDonald
3.48
Format: 93 pages, Paperback
"I was dead, and right content," the narrator says in the penultimate chapter of Phantastes. C.S. L… read more
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13. Faust: First Part
By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Peter Salm
4.21
Format: None pages, Paperback
Goethe's masterpiece and perhaps the greatest work in German literature, Faust has made the legenda… read more
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14. The Double
By: Fyodor Dostoevsky
3.68
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
While his literary reputation rests mainly on such celebrated novels as Crime and Punishment, The B… read more
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- philosophy
"Tulburarea sa echivala cu agonia."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Double
"La inocencia es la fuerza de la inocencia"-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Double
"Totul, până și destinul, se înarma împotriva sa."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Double
"Așa e firea mea. Vreau întotdeauna să merg mai iute decât evenimentele."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Double
15. Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #2)
By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams
2.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
Meet Laura Ingalls . . . . . . the little girl who would grow up to write the Little House books. P… read more
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16. The Practice of the Presence of God
By: Brother Lawrence
4.32
Format: 95 pages, Paperback
Alternative cover edition of ISBN 0883681056 can be found here Brother Lawrence was a man of hum… read more
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- theology
"We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed."-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
"We must know before we can love. In order to know God, we must often think of Him; and when we come to love Him, we shall then also think of Him often, for our heart will be with our treasure."-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
" Prayer is so simple. It is like quietly opening a door and slipping into the very presence of God. There, in the stillness, to listen to His voice, perhaps in petition or only to listen. It matters …"-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
"That with him the set times of prayer were not different from other times: that he retired to pray, according to the directions of his Superior, but that he did not want such retirement. nor ask for …"-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
17. The Pilgrim's Progress
By: John Bunyan
4.06
Format: 324 pages, Paperback
This famous story of man's progress through life in search of salvation remains one of the most ent… read more
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- theology
"Follow your heart"-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress
"Dark clouds bring waters, when the bright bring none."-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress
"They are my fears of him, too. But who can hinder that which will be?"-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress
"Now, Mr. Great-heart was a strong man, so he was not afraid of a lion."-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress
18. The Confessions of Nat Turner
By: William Styron
3.95
Format: 453 pages, Paperback
In 1831 Nat Turner awaits death in a Virginia jail cell. He is a slave, a preacher, and the leader … read more
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19. Joan of Arc
By: Mark Twain
3.81
Format: 263 pages,
"I like Joan of Arcbest of all my books; and it is the best; I know it perfectly well. And besides,… read more
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20. Phenomenology of Spirit
By: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel , A.V. Miller , John Niemeyer Findlay
3.96
Format: 640 pages, Paperback
Perhaps one of the most revolutionary works of philosophy ever presented, The Phenomenology of Spir… read more
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"The vanity of the contents"-Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Phenomenology of Spirit
"The outcome is the same as the beginning only because the beginning is an end."-Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Phenomenology of Spirit
"Everything turns on grasping and expressing the True, not only as Substance, but equally as Subject."-Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Phenomenology of Spirit
"por lo poco que el espíritu necesita para contentarse, puede medirse la extensión de lo que ha perdido."-Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Phenomenology of Spirit
21. Daredevil: Born Again
By: Frank Miller , David Mazzucchelli
4.89
Format: 78 pages,
"And I -- I have shown him... that a man without hope is a man without fear." The definitive Darede… read more
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22. Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky
By: Noam Chomsky , None , None
3.29
Format: None pages, Paperback
The best of Chomsky's recent talks on the past, present, and future of the politics of power. In a … read more
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23. How to Grow Old: Ancient Wisdom for the Second Half of Life
By: Marcus Tullius Cicero , Philip Freeman
3.84
Format: 223 pages, Hardcover
Worried that old age will inevitably mean losing your libido, your health, and possibly your marble… read more
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24. The Rule of Saint Benedict
By: Benedict of Nursia , None
3.22
Format: 111 pages, Paperback
Composed nearly fifteen hundred years ago by the father of Western monasticism, The Rule of St. Ben… read more
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25. The Republic
By: Plato , Desmond Lee
3.96
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors, this classi… read more
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"Appearance tyrannizes over truth."-Plato, The Republic
"The comprehensive mind is always dialectical."-Plato, The Republic
"Those who don't know must learn from those who do."-Plato, The Republic
"Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance"-Plato, The Republic
26. The Fall
By: Albert Camus , Justin O'Brien
4.01
Format: 0 pages, Paperback
Elegantly styled, Camus' profoundly disturbing novel of a Parisian lawyer's confessions is a searin… read more
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27. How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told
By: Harrison Scott Key
4.07
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From Harrison Scott Key, winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, How to Stay Married tells … read more
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"He was "as deep as bro country and possessed all the charm of an unsalted potato."-Harrison Scott Key, How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told
"I play the drums, an instrument that has caused more divorces than any other musical instrument in history, after the banjo."-Harrison Scott Key, How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told
"The memories do not dissolve. They cohere into captivating art films that play endlessly in the International Infidelity Film Festival of my mind."-Harrison Scott Key, How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told
"Coco will be gone in less than two years and Pippi and Ginsburg not long after, and then it'll just be the two of us again and this weird-ass marriage."-Harrison Scott Key, How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told
28. Against War
By: Erasmus
3.74
Format: 100 pages, Paperback
Erasmus Against War is a book written by Desiderius Erasmus, a prominent Dutch philosopher and theo… read more
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"Nothing doth worse become a man (I will not say a Christian man) than war."-Erasmus, Against War
"We being satiate with continual wars, let the desire of peace a little move us."-Erasmus, Against War
"Surely there is nothing so ungracious, nor nothing so cruel, but men will hold therewith, if it be once approved by custom."-Erasmus, Against War
"Moreover God hath ordained man in this world, as it were, the very image of himself, to the intent, that he, as it were a god on earth, should provide for the wealth of all creatures."-Erasmus, Against War
29. Three Hours after Marriage (Perfect Library)
By: Alexander Pope
3.37
Format: 70 pages, Paperback
"Three Hours after Marriage" from Alexander Pope. 18th-century English poet (1688-1744). read more
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