Agricola / Germania / Dialogue on Oratory
By: R.M. Ogilvie
3.90
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Cornelius Tacitus (ca. 56-ca. 120) became an orator, married in 77 Julius Agricola's daughter befor…
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"They make a desolation and call it peace."-R.M. Ogilvie, Agricola / Germania / Dialogue on Oratory
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1. The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War
By: Caroline Alexander
3.95
Format: 352 pages, Audio CD
The dramatic events of the Trojan War are legend—but Homer’s epic poem, Iliad, is devoted entirely … read more
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- ancient history
- nonfiction
- classics
- history
"The greatest war story ever told commemorates a war that established no boundaries, won no territory, and furthered no cause."-Caroline Alexander, The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War
"Nestor is the spokesman for the status quo, for the tradition-hallowed belief that institutional power equates with unquestioned authority."-Caroline Alexander, The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War
"Priam and Achilles meet in the very twilight of their lives. Their extinction is certain and there will be no reward for behaving well, and yet, in the face of implacable fate and an indifferent univ…"-Caroline Alexander, The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War
"This, the only occasion in the Iliad when furious Achilles smiles serves as a bittersweet reminder of the difference real leadership could have made to the events of the Iliad. Agamemnon's panicked p…"-Caroline Alexander, The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War
2. Lysistrata
By: Aristophanes , Sarah Ruden
3.87
Format: 132 pages, Paperback
Aristophanes' comic masterpiece of war and sex remains one of the greatest plays ever written. Led … read more
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- classics
"Sənət çörək arxasınca qaçarsa, alçalar"-Aristophanes, Lysistrata
"Lysistrata: To seize the treasury; no more money, no more war."-Aristophanes, Lysistrata
"Queste donne micidiali, non si può vivere nè con loro nè senza di loro."-Aristophanes, Lysistrata
"Chorus of old men: How true the saying: 'Tis impossible to live with the baggages, impossible to live without 'em."-Aristophanes, Lysistrata
3. The Twelve Caesars
By: Robert Graves , Michael Grant , Suetonius
4.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
As private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian, Suetonius gained access to the imperial archives and u… read more
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- ancient history
- nonfiction
- classics
- history
4. 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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- classics
"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
5. Thus Spoke Zarathustra
By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Walter Kaufmann
4.07
Format: 327 pages, Paperback
Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a foundational work of Western literature and is widely considered to be … read more
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- classics
- nonfiction
"He who obeys, does not listen to himself!"-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra
"Something unappeased, unappeasable, is within me."-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra
"Those who hear not the music think the dancers mad."-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra
"Blessed are the sleepy ones: for they shall soon nod off."-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra
6. Shelley, Keats e Byron: I ragazzi che amavano il vento
By: Percy Bysshe Shelley , John Keats , Lord Byron , Roberto Mussapi
4.36
Format: 209 pages, Paperback
Il libro e diviso in due parti. La prima e un vero e proprio romanzo breve che racconta il segmento… read more
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7. The World of Odysseus
By: Bernard Knox , Moses I. Finley
4.35
Format: 255 pages, Paperback
The World of Odysseusis a concise and penetrating account of the society that gave birth to the Ili… read more
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8. Hunger
By: Knut Hamsun , George Egerton
4.05
Format: 134 pages, Paperback
One of the most important and controversial writers of the 20th century, Knut Hamsun made literary … read more
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- classics
"Yoksul aydın, zengin aydından çok daha kuvvetli görür.(s.128)"-Knut Hamsun, Hunger
"It was not my intention to collapse; no, I would die standing."-Knut Hamsun, Hunger
"God be praised, I had raised myself in my own estimation again!"-Knut Hamsun, Hunger
"Truth is neither ojectivity nor the balanced view; truth is a selfless subjectivity."-Knut Hamsun, Hunger
9. The Tempest
By: William Shakespeare
4.27
Format: 127 pages,
In The Tempest, long considered one of Shakespeare's most lyrical plays, Prospero--a magician on an… read more
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10. Il cavaliere inesistente
By: Italo Calvino
3.83
Format: 126 pages, Paperback
Suor Teodora narra la storia di Agilulfo, cavaliere senza corpo, di cui vive solo l'armatura. Mentr… read more
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- classics
"I ja także chcę tylko jednego: być kimś, kto wie, czego chce!"-Italo Calvino, Il cavaliere inesistente
"[...] a życie to tylko tarzanie się między łóżkiem a trumną [...]"-Italo Calvino, Il cavaliere inesistente
"Wojna to trochę rzeźnia, a trochę rutyna i nie ma co czepiać się zanadto szczegółów."-Italo Calvino, Il cavaliere inesistente
"Jego [cesarza] zadanie to prowadzić tę wojnę, która w danej chwili się toczy, i co najwyżej pomyśleć jeszcze o następnej."-Italo Calvino, Il cavaliere inesistente
11. The Symposium
By: Plato , Christopher Gill
4.09
Format: 90 pages, Paperback
A fascinating discussion on sex, gender, and human instincts, as relevant today as ever. In the … read more
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- ancient history
- nonfiction
- classics
- history
"The truth about eros is terrifying."-Plato, The Symposium
"At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet"-Plato, The Symposium
"Ali,srecnice moj,mozda sam ja nista,a ti to ne primecujes."-Plato, The Symposium
"καὶ οὗτος ἄρα καὶ ἄλλος πᾶς ὁ ἐπιθυμῶν τοῦ μὴ ἐτοίμου ἐπιθυμεῖ"-Plato, The Symposium
12. The Portrait of a Lady
By: Henry James , Patricia Crick
3.79
Format: 797 pages, Paperback
When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy Aunt Touche… read more
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"She has only one fault; too many ideas."-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
"If one is strong, one loves the more strongly."-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
"It's not my fate to give up--I know it can't be."-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
"The finer natures were those that shone at the larger times."-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
13. Dubliners
By: James Joyce , Jeri Johnson
3.44
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
This work of art reflects life in Ireland at the turn of the last century, and by rejecting euphemi… read more
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14. The Agricola and The Germania
By: Tacitus , S.A. Handford , Harold Mattingly
3.94
Format: 229 pages,
The portrait of Tacitus' father-in-law, Agricola, is a eulogistic description of the career of the … read more
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15. 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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- nonfiction
- classics
- history
"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
16. Il fascismo eterno
By: Umberto Eco
4.33
Format: 51 pages, Kindle Edition
“Ritengo sia possibile indicare una lista di caratteristiche tipiche di quello che vorrei chiamare … read more
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- classics
- history
"L’Ur-Fascismo si basa su un “populismo qualitativo"-Umberto Eco, Il fascismo eterno
"Libertà e liberazione sono un compito che non finisce mai."-Umberto Eco, Il fascismo eterno
"It would be so much easier for us, if there appeared on the world scene somebody saying "I want to reopen Auschwitz, I want the Black Shirts to parade again in the Italian squares". Life is not that …"-Umberto Eco, Il fascismo eterno
"Fu il fascismo italiano a convincere molti leader liberali europei che il nuovo regime stesse attuando interessanti riforme sociali in grado di fornire un’alternativa moderatamente rivoluzionaria all…"-Umberto Eco, Il fascismo eterno
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17. チェンソーマン 4 [Chainsaw Man 4]
By: Tatsuki Fujimoto
4.40
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
デンジの心臓を狙う謎の一味の襲撃により、大打撃を受けた公安特異課には、不穏な空気が漂う。一方、デンジとパワーは最強のデビルハンターの元、頭のネジもぶっ飛ぶ「死」の特訓を開始するが…!? シリアスとク… read more
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18. In Catilinam 1-2
By: Marcus Tullius Cicero
3.91
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
In 63 b.c., Lucius Sergius Catilina, a Roman aristocrat, formed a conspiracy to overthrow the Roman… read more
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- nonfiction
- classics
- history
19. Agricola / Germania / Dialogue on Oratory
By: R.M. Ogilvie
3.90
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Cornelius Tacitus (ca. 56-ca. 120) became an orator, married in 77 Julius Agricola's daughter befor… read more
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- germany
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"They make a desolation and call it peace."-R.M. Ogilvie, Agricola / Germania / Dialogue on Oratory
20. The Aeneid
By: Virgil
3.87
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
The founding epic of Rome, rendered in a fluid, metrical translation that sings Virgil’s stately ve… read more
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- classics
"Death's brother, sleep."-Virgil, The Aeneid
"No help or hope of help existed."-Virgil, The Aeneid
"Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit."-Virgil, The Aeneid
"Non ignora mali, miseris succurrere disco."-Virgil, The Aeneid
21. En torno al casticismo
By: Miguel de Unamuno
3.39
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
Publicados inicialmente en la revista madrileña "La España Moderna" (febrero-junio 1895), los cinco… read more
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