Le opere e i giorni/Lo scudo di Eracle
By: Hesiod
3.53
Format: 241 pages, Paperback
Accanto a Omero i Greci collocavano, come loro secondo grande poeta, il beota Esiodo. Con lui si sc…
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1. Canzoniere
By: Francesco Petrarca , Daniele Ponchiroli , Gianfranco Contini , None
3.97
Format: 471 pages, Paperback
In concomitanza con il settimo centenario della nascita del poeta, la curatrice, tra i massimi spec… read more
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"There cannot be a heart so hard that weeping, praying and loving sometime will not move, nor yet a will so cold it cannot burn."-Francesco Petrarca, Canzoniere
"...never would I trade for some new shape that laurel I was first, in whose sweet shade all other pleasures vanish in my heart."-Francesco Petrarca, Canzoniere
"Now that the time that calls me to depart draws near, I think, or will not be too long, like one whom losses make acute and wise, I keep on wondering where I left the way that leads to a safe haven o…"-Francesco Petrarca, Canzoniere
2. Don Giovanni in Sicilia
By: Vitaliano Brancati
3.55
Format: 148 pages, Paperback
Scritto nel 1940 e pubblicato l'anno seguente, "Don Giovanni in Sicilia" illustra con i toni di un … read more
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"Ma il verme dei viaggi era entrato nei loro cervelli, e non smetteva di roderli. Giovanni trovò, nelle vecchie abitudini di Catania, quell'odore sgradevole che dopo due o tre anni si trova in un abit…"-Vitaliano Brancati, Don Giovanni in Sicilia
"Bisogna poi aggiungere che la storia più importante di Catania non è quella dei costumi, del commercio, degli edifici e delle rivolte, ma la storia degli sguardi. La vita della città è piena di avven…"-Vitaliano Brancati, Don Giovanni in Sicilia
3. Helen
By: Euripides , Colin Leach
3.80
Format: 126 pages, Paperback
Among the legends of ancient Greece, there is perhaps no story more compelling than that of Helen. … read more
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"It is right for women to stand by a woman's cause."-Euripides, Helen
"What mortal claims, by searching to the utmost limit, to have found out the nature of God, or of his opposite, or of that which comes between, seeing as he doth this world of man tossed to and fro by…"-Euripides, Helen
4. Storia vera
By: Lucian of Samosata , Ugo Montanari , Gianni Toti
3.69
Format: 143 pages, Paperback
La Storia vera, capolavoro di Luciano, viene considerata la prima narrazione fantascientifica, l'an… read more
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5. The Sorrows of Young Werther
By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Burton Pike
3.73
Format: None pages, Paperback
Visiting an idyllic German village, Werther, a sensitive and romantic young man, meets and falls in… read more
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6. Aesop's Fables
By: Aesop , Laura Harris , Laura Gibbs
2.50
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
The fables of Aesop have become one of the most enduring traditions of European culture, ever since… read more
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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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"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. The Name of the Rose
By: Umberto Eco , Seán Barrett , William Weaver
4.14
Format: 552 pages, Paperback
The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother Willi… read more
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"الكتب ليست مجعولة كي نؤمن بما تقوله ولكن لكي نتحرّى فيها."-Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
"Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear."-Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
"The people of God cannot be changed until the outcasts are restored to its body."-Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
"How peaceful life would be without Love, Adso. How Safe. How Tranquil. And how Dull."-Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
9. Una questione privata
By: Beppe Fenoglio
3.79
Format: 129 pages, Paperback
Nelle Langhe, durante la guerra partigiana, Milton (quasi una controfigura di Fenoglio stesso), è u… read more
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"Non poteva più vivere senza sapere e, soprattutto, non poteva morire senza sapere, in un'epoca in cui i ragazzi come lui erano chiamati più a morire che a vivere. Avrebbe rinunciato a tutto per quell…"-Beppe Fenoglio, Una questione privata
"Scattò tutta la testa verso di lui e disse: «Come comincerai la tua prossima lettera? Fulvia dannazione?» Lui aveva scosso la testa, frusciando i capelli contro la corteccia del ciliegio. Fulvia si a…"-Beppe Fenoglio, Una questione privata
"Era successo proprio all’altezza dell’ultimo ciliegio. Lei aveva attraversato il vialetto ed era entrata nel prato oltre i ciliegi. Si era sdraiata, sebbene vestisse di bianco e l’erba non fosse più …"-Beppe Fenoglio, Una questione privata
10. The Aleph and Other Stories
By: Jorge Luis Borges , Andrew Hurley
4.33
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
Full of philosophical puzzles and supernatural surprises, these stories contain some of Borges's mo… read more
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- classics
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12. The Fables of Phaedrus
By: Phaedrus , None
3.79
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Animal fables are said to have originated with Aesop, a semilegendary Samian slave, but the earlies… read more
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13. The Civil War
By: Gaius Julius Caesar , Jane F. Gardner
3.36
Format: None pages, Paperback
A military leader of legendary genius, Caesar was also a great writer, recording the events of his … read more
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14. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
By: Robert M. Pirsig
3.78
Format: 540 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Robert M. Pirsig's Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is an examination of how we live, a medi… read more
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- classics
"This forest silence improves anyone."-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
"The more you read, the more you calm down."-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
"For every fact there is an infinity of hypotheses. "-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
"To all appearances he was just drifting. In actuality he was just drifting."-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
15. Alcestis
By: William Arrowsmith , Euripides
3.84
Format: 467 pages, Paperback
"The Alcestis would hardly confirm its author's right to be acclaimed 'the most tragic of the poets… read more
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16. The Decameron
By: Giovanni Boccaccio , G.H. McWilliam
4.35
Format: 255 pages, Paperback
The Decameron (c.1351) is an entertaining series of one hundred stories written in the wake of the … read more
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17. 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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18. The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony
By: Tim Parks , Roberto Calasso
3.67
Format: None pages, Paperback
Presenting the stories of Zeus and Europa, Theseus and Ariadne, the birth of Athens and the fall of… read more
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19. One, None, and One Hundred Thousand
By: Luigi Pirandello , William Weaver
3.29
Format: None pages, Paperback
The novel had a rather long and difficult period of gestation. Pirandello began writing it in 1909.… read more
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20. 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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"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
21. Orlando Furioso
By: Ludovico Ariosto , Guido Waldman
3.92
Format: None pages, Paperback
The only unabridged prose translation of Ariosto's Orlando Furioso- a witty parody of the chivalric… read more
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22. Poems and Fragments
By: Sappho , Stanley Lombardo , Pamela Gordon
3.98
Format: None pages, Paperback
Little remains today of the writings of the archaic Greek poet Sappho (fl. late 7th and early 6th c… read more
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23. Orlando Innamorato
By: Matteo Maria Boiardo , None
3.78
Format: None pages, Paperback
Like Ariosto's Orlando Furioso and Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered, Boiardo's chivalric stories of lord… read more
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25. How to Be a Friend: An Ancient Guide to True Friendship (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
By: Marcus Tullius Cicero
3.87
Format: 188 pages, Hardcover
A splendid new translation of one of the greatest books on friendship ever written In a world wh… read more
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"The reward of friendship is friendship itself."-Marcus Tullius Cicero, How to Be a Friend: An Ancient Guide to True Friendship (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
"Few are those who wish to be endowed with virtue rather than to seem so."-Marcus Tullius Cicero, How to Be a Friend: An Ancient Guide to True Friendship (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
"Quanto più uno ha fiducia in sé, quanto più è armato di virtù e di saggezza, in modo da non aver bisogno di nessuno e da considerare ogni suo bene un fatto interiore, tanto più eccelle nel cercare e …"-Marcus Tullius Cicero, How to Be a Friend: An Ancient Guide to True Friendship (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
26. La nazione delle piante
By: Stefano Mancuso
3.96
Format: 144 pages, Kindle Edition
Finalmente la Nazione delle Piante, la più importante, diffusa e potente nazione della Terra, prend… read more
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27. 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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28. Miles Gloriosus - Aulularia
By: Plautus
3.23
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Testo latino a fronte Poco sappiamo della vita di Plauto. Secondo Gellio, la passione che nutriv… read more
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29. Le opere e i giorni/Lo scudo di Eracle
By: Hesiod
3.53
Format: 241 pages, Paperback
Accanto a Omero i Greci collocavano, come loro secondo grande poeta, il beota Esiodo. Con lui si sc… read more
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30. Apologia di Socrate: Edizione integrale
By: Platone
3.67
Format: None pages, Paperback
L’ Apologia di Socrate fu composto da Platone in età giovanile ed è uno dei suoi dialoghi più noti.… read more
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31. Inni omerici
By: Giuseppe Zanetto
4.38
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Si tratta di 33 inni in esametri epici, databili tra l'VIII e il VI secolo a.C., anticamente attrib… read more
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