A Short History of European Law: The Last Two and a Half Millennia
By: Tamar Herzog
4.20
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
A Short History of European Law brings to life 2,500 years of legal history, tying current norms to…
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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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- history
"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. 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
3. The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
By: Jonathan Lethem , G.K. Chesterton
2.67
Format: 166 pages,
G.K. Chesterton's 1908 masterpiece, The Man Who Was Thursday, is a metaphysical thriller, and a det… read more
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4. Fear and Trembling
By: Søren Kierkegaard , Alastair Hannay
4.75
Format: 335 pages, Paperback
Soren Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher, theologian and religious author interested in human psy… read more
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- nonfiction
5. The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert
By: John M. Gottman , Nan Silver
3.97
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
John Gottman has revolutionized the study of marriage by using rigorous scientific procedures to ob… read more
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- nonfiction
6. Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (The Neapolitan Novels #3)
By: Elena Ferrante , Ann Goldstein
3.84
Format: 135 pages, Paperback
Since the publication of My Brilliant Friend, the first of the Neapolitan novels, Elena Ferrante's … read more
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7. O Caso dos Exploradores de Cavernas
By: Lon L. Fuller
4.43
Format: None pages, Paperback
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- law
- nonfiction
8. The Story of the Lost Child (The Neapolitan Novels, #4)
By: Elena Ferrante , Ann Goldstein
4.67
Format: 360 pages, Paperback
Here is the dazzling saga of two women, the brilliant, bookish Elena and the fiery, uncontainable L… read more
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9. The Epic of Gilgamesh
By: Anonymous , N.K. Sandars
3.74
Format: 72 pages, Paperback
Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back as much as four thousand years, the poem of Gilg… read more
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"As for man, his days are numbered, whatever he might do, it is but wind."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
"Now let the gate of sorrow be closed behind me, and let it be sealed with tar and pitch."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
"Gilgamesh was called a god and a man; Enkidu was an animal and a man. It is the story of their becoming human together."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
"When all the illusions of personal immortality are stripped away, there is only the act to maintain the freedom to act."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
10. Ulysses
By: James Joyce
3.75
Format: 925 pages, Paperback
Ulysses is a modernist novel by Irish writer James Joyce. It was first serialized in parts in the A… read more
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"Shite and onions!"-James Joyce, Ulysses
"Let my country die for me."-James Joyce, Ulysses
"Be just before you are generous."-James Joyce, Ulysses
"no more pain. wake no more. nobody owns"-James Joyce, Ulysses
11. Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
By: Michael J. Sandel
4.31
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
"For Michael Sandel, justice is not a spectator sport," The Nation's reviewer of Justice remarked. … read more
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- nonfiction
"(...) greed that preys on human misery (...)"-Michael J. Sandel, Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
"A philosophy untouched by the shadows on the wall can only yield a sterile utopia."-Michael J. Sandel, Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
"Outrage is the special kind of anger you feel when you believe that people are getting things they don't deserve. Outrage of this kind is anger at injustice."-Michael J. Sandel, Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
"Here then is the link between freedom as autonomy and Kant's idea of morality. To act freely is not to choose the best means to a given end; it is to choose the end itself, for its own sake - a choic…"-Michael J. Sandel, Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
12. A Doll's House
By: Henrik Ibsen , Michael Meyer
3.76
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
A Doll's House (1879), is a masterpiece of theatrical craft which, for the first time portrayed the… read more
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"Laughter's all the damned thing's fit for."-Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House
"I must make up my mind which is right – society or I."-Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House
"لن تفقدوني طويلاً، فالراحلون سرعان ما ينطوون في زوايا النسيان."-Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House
"أنا ارى الناس صنفين .. صنف تعشقه المرأة، وصنف تحب أن تتجاذب معه أطراف الحديث."-Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House
13. The Legal Analyst: A Toolkit for Thinking about the Law
By: Ward Farnsworth
4.42
Format: None pages, Paperback
There are two kinds of knowledge law school teaches: legal rules on the one hand, and tools for thi… read more
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14. The Road to Serfdom
By: Friedrich A. Hayek
3.67
Format: None pages, Paperback
A classic work in political philosophy, intellectual and cultural history, and economics, The Road … read more
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15. The Vanquished: Why the First World War Failed to End
By: Robert Gerwarth
3.57
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
An epic, groundbreaking account of the ethnic and state violence that followed the end of World War… read more
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16. Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
By: James C. Scott
4.20
Format: 461 pages, Paperback
Compulsory ujamaa villages in Tanzania, collectivization in Russia, Le Corbusier’s urban planning t… read more
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- history
"An urban space where the police are the sole agents of order is a very dangerous place."-James C. Scott, Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
"Just as the general design of the city militates against an autonomous public life, so the design of the residential city militates against individuality."-James C. Scott, Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
"The authorized histories of revolutions, as Milovan Djilas points out, “describe the revolution as if it were the fruit of the previously planned action of its leaders."-James C. Scott, Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
"After seizing state power, the victors have a powerful interest in moving the revolution out of the streets and into the museums and schoolbooks as quick as possible, lest the people decide to repeat…"-James C. Scott, Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
17. Capitalism and Freedom
By: Milton Friedman
3.97
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
Selected by the Times Literary Supplementas one of the "hundred most influential books since the wa… read more
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18. What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (What If?, #2)
By: Randall Munroe
4.37
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times–bestselling author of What If? and How To provides his best answers yet to th… read more
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- history
- audiobook
19. Uit het leven van een hond
By: Sander Kollaard
3.84
Format: 156 pages, Paperback
'Uit het leven van een hond' beslaat een zaterdag uit het leven van Henk van Doorn, 56, IC-verpleeg… read more
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"Niets heeft ons bedoeld of gewild of bedacht. Niets maakt ons noodzakelijk. Anders dan veel mensen vind ik dat een verrukkelijk, bevrijdend inzicht. We kunnen doen en laten wat we willen en zijn aldu…"-Sander Kollaard, Uit het leven van een hond
20. A Short History of European Law: The Last Two and a Half Millennia
By: Tamar Herzog
4.20
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
A Short History of European Law brings to life 2,500 years of legal history, tying current norms to… read more
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