Casina
By: Plautus
3.23
Format: 241 pages, Paperback
Plautus' Casina is a lively and well composed farce. The plot, which concerns the competition of a …
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1. El árbol de la ciencia
By: Pío Baroja
3.67
Format: 255 pages, Paperback
Publicada en 1911, El árbol de la ciencia (para el propio Pío Baroja «el libro más acabado y comple… read more
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"En España, lo que se paga no es el trabajo, sino la sumisión."-Pío Baroja, El árbol de la ciencia
"Respecto de la justicia, yo creo que lo justo en el fondo es lo que nos conviene."-Pío Baroja, El árbol de la ciencia
"Sin duda no los juilaban por sus influencias y por esa simpatía y respeto que ha habido siempre en España por lo inútil."-Pío Baroja, El árbol de la ciencia
"El instinto de conservación del cuerpo social es bastante fuerte para rechazar todo lo que no puede digerir. Por muchos gérmenes que se siembren, la descomposición de la sociedad será biológica."-Pío Baroja, El árbol de la ciencia
2. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
By: Edward Albee
4.06
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
"Twelve times a week," answered Uta Hagen when asked how often she'd like to play Martha in Who's A… read more
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"Honey: I know these people ..."-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
"You want to dance with me, angel tits?"-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
"Musical beds is the faculty sport around here."-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
"George: Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? Martha: I am, George. I am."-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
3. Adelphoe
By: Terence , Richard H. Martin , R.H. Martin , Publius Terentius Afer
3.27
Format: 259 pages, Paperback
The Adelphoe (The Brothers) of Terence is a Latin adaptation of a comedy of the same name by the Gr… read more
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4. The Dead
By: James Joyce
3.99
Format: 100 pages, Paperback
Often cited as the best work of short fiction ever written, Joyce's story details a New Year's Eve … read more
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"Like distant music these words that he had written years before were borne towards him from the past."-James Joyce, The Dead
"Why is it that words like these seem dull and cold? Is it because there is no word tender enough to be your name?"-James Joyce, The Dead
"In one letter that he had written to her then he had said: 'Why is it that words like these seem to me so dull and cold? Is it because there is no word tender enough to be your name?"-James Joyce, The Dead
"Escuchando esta noche los nombres de esos grandes cantantes del pasado me pareció, debo confesarlo, que vivimos en época menos espaciosa. Aquéllos se pueden llamar, sin exageración, días espaciosos:…"-James Joyce, The Dead
5. The Mysterious Portrait
By: Nikolai Gogol
4.04
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
Nikolai Gogol's "The Portrait" is a short story about art. First written in 1835 and then significa… read more
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6. Peace
By: Aristophanes , S. Douglas Olson
3.51
Format: 404 pages, hardback
Aristophanes' Peace was performed at the City Dionysia in Athens in 421 B.C. as a decade-long war w… read more
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"If it is necessary for us to do anything [in view of peace], direct us and architect. πρὸς τάδ’ ἡμῖν, εἴ τι χρὴ δρᾶν, φράζε κἀρχιτεκτόνει."-Aristophanes, Peace
7. Poetics
By: Aristotle , Malcolm Heath
3.59
Format: None pages, Paperback
'The plot is the source and the soul of tragedy' In his near-contemporary account of Greek tragedy,… read more
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8. Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
By: Sophocles , J.E. Thomas , Elizabeth Osborne
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
"...what man wins more happiness than just its shape and the ruin when that shape collapses?" Sopho… read more
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9. Phaedra
By: Seneca
4.31
Format: 110 pages, Paperback
Ahl's translations of three Senecan tragedies will gratify and challenge readers and performers. Wi… read more
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10. La Celestina
By: Fernando de Rojas , Patricia S. Finch
4.19
Format: 294 pages, Paperback
La loca pasion por Melibea, hija de un rico mercader, lleva al joven Calisto a romper todas las bar… read more
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11. The Trojan Women
By: Euripides , Gilbert Murray
4.16
Format: 331 pages, Paperback
"This is a new translation of the classic play. It combines a poet's translation with a scholar's i… read more
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12. Frogs
By: Aristophanes , Arthur Sidgwick
3.58
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
The Frogs (Ancient Greek: Batrakhoi, Batrachoi) is a comedy written by the Greek playwright Aristop… read more
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13. Memoirs of Hadrian
By: Marguerite Yourcenar , Grace Frick
4.23
Format: 347 pages, Paperback
Both an exploration of character and a reflection on the meaning of history, Memoirs of Hadrian has… read more
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"And it was at about this time that I began to feel myself divine."-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
"I was willing to yield to nostalgia, that melancholy residue of desire."-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
"La morale è una convenzione privata; il decoro è una faccenda pubblica."-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
"Of all our games, love's play is the only one which threatens to unsettle the soul..."-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
14. Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)
By: Aeschylus , Patricia E. Easterling , John Harrison , Judith Affleck , None
3.83
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Treating ancient plays as living drama. Classical Greek drama is brought vividly to life in this se… read more
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"Every medicine is vain."-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)
"A curse burns bright on crime."-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)
"There is no avoidance in delay."-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)
"In war, the first casualty is truth."-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)
15. Platero y yo
By: Juan Ramón Jiménez , Antonio Frasconi
3.59
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
Juan Ramon Jimenez escribe Platero y yo al volver a su pueblo natal, Moguer, despues de haber pasad… read more
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17. Theogony
By: Hesiod , None , None
5.00
Format: None pages, paper
This translation contains an introduction, commentary and interpretive essay and well as numerous n… read more
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18. No Exit
By: Jean-Paul Sartre
3.92
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Jean-Paul Sartre, the great French existentialist, displays his mastery of drama in NO EXIT, an unf… read more
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19. Metamorphoses
By: Ovid , David Raeburn , Denis Feeney
3.99
Format: 240 pages,
Metamorphoses (from Greek meta meta and morphe morphe, meaning "changes of shape"), is a Latin narr… 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. The Complete Poems
By: Catullus , Guy Lee
3.37
Format: None pages, Paperback
Of all Greek and Latin poets Catullus is perhaps the most accessible to the modern reader. Dealing … read more
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22. Marianela
By: Benito Pérez Galdós
4.60
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
Publicada en 1878, Marianelaes una novela por la que Benito Perez Galdos (1843-1920) mostro siempre… read more
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23. Medea
By: Euripides , Rex Warner
3.42
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
One of the most powerful and enduring of Greek tragedies, Medeacenters on the myth of Jason, leader… read more
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24. The Right to Be Lazy
By: Paul Lafargue , None
4.28
Format: None pages,
Paul Lafargue's masterpiece, The Right To Be Lazy, at once funny and serious, witty and profound, e… read more
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25. A Dance with Dragons: After the Feast (A Song of Ice and Fire #5, Part 2 of 2)
By: George R.R. Martin
4.79
Format: None pages, Paperback
The fifth volume, part two of A Song of Ice and Fire, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. … read more
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26. 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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"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
27. La favola di Amore e Psiche
By: Apuleius
3.88
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Comincia come ogni favola il racconto di Amore e Psiche, con un re e una regina e le loro tre figli… read more
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"Iam nil officiunt mihi nec ipsae nocturnae tenebrae: teneo te, meum lumen."-Apuleius, La favola di Amore e Psiche
"I little esteeme to see your visage and figure, little doe I regard the night and darknesse thereof, for you are my only light."-Apuleius, La favola di Amore e Psiche
"Night fell, and her husband came to bed, and as soon as they had finished kissing and embracing each other, he fell fast asleep. Psyche was not naturally either very strong or very brave, but the cru…"-Apuleius, La favola di Amore e Psiche
28. Sempre tornare
By: Daniele Mencarelli
3.91
Format: 324 pages, Hardcover
È l'estate del 1991, Daniele ha diciassette anni e questa è la sua prima vacanza da solo con gli am… read more
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29. Casina
By: Plautus
3.23
Format: 241 pages, Paperback
Plautus' Casina is a lively and well composed farce. The plot, which concerns the competition of a … read more
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30. Andria-Hecyra. Testo latino a fronte
By: P. Afro Terenzio
3.05
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
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31. 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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"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
