Reflections of a Nonpolitical Man (English and German Edition)
By: Thomas Mann
3.49
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Essays examine democracy, patriotism, political life, the nature of virtue, and the culture of Germ…
Want to Read $ 11.99"Ich wiederhole: Der Fortschritt hat alles für sich. Nur scheinbar ist er die Opposition. Der erhaltende Gegenwille ist es, der in Wahrheit immer und überall die Opposition bildet, der sich in der Verteidigung befindet und zwar in einer, wie er genau weiss, aussichtslosen Verteidigung."-Thomas Mann, Reflections of a Nonpolitical Man (English and German Edition)
"Ich wiederhole: Der Fortschritt hat alles für sich. Nur scheinbar ist er die Opposition. Der erhaltende Gegenwille ist es, der in Wahrheit immer und überall die Opposition bildet, der sich in der Verteidigung befindet und zwar in einer, wie er genau weiss, aussichtslosen Verteidigung."-Thomas Mann, Reflections of a Nonpolitical Man (English and German Edition)
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1. On the Marble Cliffs
By: Stuart Hood , George Steiner , Ernst Jünger
3.80
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
The peaceful and traditional people, located on the shores of a large bay, are surrounded by the ro… read more
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"The downfall of order brings good to none."-Stuart Hood, On the Marble Cliffs
"Such are the cellars over which the proud castles of tyranny rise and above which the aromas of their feast swirl: putrid caves of a gruesome kind in which the depraved rabble regales itself with the…"-Stuart Hood, On the Marble Cliffs
"We cannot count on seeing our work completed here below, and happy is the man whose will is not too painfully invested in his efforts. No house is built, no plan created, in which ruin is not the cor…"-Stuart Hood, On the Marble Cliffs
"I had often doubted; now I was convinced: there were still noble beings among us in whose hearts knowledge of the higher order was preserved and perpetuated. A lofty example enjoins us to follow, and…"-Stuart Hood, On the Marble Cliffs
2. Against Nature
By: Joris-Karl Huysmans , Patrick McGuinness , Robert Baldick , Patrick McGuiness
3.87
Format: 54 pages, Paperback
With a title translated either as Against Natureor as Against The Grain, this wildly original fin-d… read more
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3. Spring Snow (The Sea of Fertility, #1)
By: Yukio Mishima , Michael Gallagher , Michael Gallagher
4.16
Format: 389 pages, Paperback
Tokyo, 1912. The closed world of the ancient aristocracy is being breached for the first time by ou… read more
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"إن جوهر أي إرادة هو الرغبة في التأثير في التاريخ"-Yukio Mishima, Spring Snow (The Sea of Fertility, #1)
"My happiness lies in your hands. Be careful with it, won’t you?"-Yukio Mishima, Spring Snow (The Sea of Fertility, #1)
"الرجال لا يفكرون إلا في المال و النساء،لقد نسوا كل ما يليق بالرجل"-Yukio Mishima, Spring Snow (The Sea of Fertility, #1)
"Just now I had a dream. I'll see you again. I know it. Beneath the falls."-Yukio Mishima, Spring Snow (The Sea of Fertility, #1)
4. The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
By: Albert Camus , Justin O'Brien
4.22
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
One of the most influential works of this century, this is a crucial exposition of existentialist t… read more
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"Créer, c'est vivre deux fois."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
"Existence is illusory and it is eternal."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
"There is scarcely any passion without struggle."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
"Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
5. Die Räuber
By: Friedrich Schiller
4.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
Mit seinem 1781 erschienenen leidenschaftlichen Drama der Selbtstzerstorung einer Familie machte Sc… read more
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- germany
6. Paris Spleen
By: Charles Baudelaire , Louise Varèse
3.89
Format: 221 pages, Paperback
Set in a modern, urban Paris, the prose pieces in this volume constitute a further exploration of t… read more
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- literature
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7. Revolt Against the Modern World
By: Julius Evola , None
4.04
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In what many consider to be his masterwork, Evola contrasts the characteristics of the modern world… read more
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8. The Problems of Philosophy
By: Bertrand Russell
4.50
Format: 87 pages,
A lively and still one of the best introductions to philosophy, this book pays off both a closer re… read more
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9. The Ballad Of Reading Gaol
By: Oscar Wilde
3.44
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Large format for easy reading. Perhaps the most famous poem from the famous dramatist, novelist and… read more
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10. The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness
By: Epictetus , Sharon Lebell
3.37
Format: None pages,
Epictetus was born into slavery about 55 C.E. in the eastern outreaches of the Roman Empire. Sold a… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
11. The First Man
By: Albert Camus , David Hapgood
3.97
Format: 359 pages, Hardcover
The unfinished manuscript of The First Man was discovered in the wreckage of a car accident in whic… read more
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"Je réclame l'indépendance dans l'interdépendance."-Albert Camus, The First Man
"Ceux qui [suscitent] l'amour,même déchus, sont les rois et les justificateurs du monde."-Albert Camus, The First Man
"Remembrance of things past is just for the rich. For the poor it only marks the faint traces on the path to death."-Albert Camus, The First Man
"Il faudrait vivre en spectateur de sa propre vie. Pour y ajouter le rêve qui l'achèverait. Mais on vit, et les autres rêvent votre vie."-Albert Camus, The First Man
12. The Leopard
By: Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa , Archibald Colquhoun
4.01
Format: 319 pages, Paperback
The Sicilian prince Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa (1896-1957) died just after writing The Leopard, h… read more
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"While there’s death there’s hope"-Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard
"Cambiare tutto perché niente cambi."-Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard
"La eternidad amorosa dura pocos años."-Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard
"Nothing could be decently hated except eternity."-Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard
13. Fathers and Sons
By: Ivan Turgenev , None , None
3.99
Format: 244 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Bazarov—a gifted, impatient, and caustic young man—has journeyed from school to the home of his fri… read more
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"He has no faith in principles, only in frogs."-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons
"Death's an old story, but new for each person."-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons
"I look up to heaven only when I want to sneeze."-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons
"However, I know myself as a very unhappy person."-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons
14. The World of Yesterday
By: Stefan Zweig , Harry Zohn
3.72
Format: 640 pages, Paperback
Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) was a poet, novelist, and dramatist, but it was his biographies that expre… read more
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15. 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
16. The Broom of the System
By: David Foster Wallace
4.31
Format: 66 pages, Paperback
Published when Wallace was just twenty-four years old, The Broom of the Systemstunned critics and m… read more
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17. Soumission
By: Michel Houellebecq
3.65
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
Dans une France assez proche de la nôtre, un homme s’engage dans la carrière universitaire. Peu mot… read more
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"It’s submission,"-Michel Houellebecq, Soumission
"There is no Israel for me."-Michel Houellebecq, Soumission
"Intimacy isn’t something men talk about."-Michel Houellebecq, Soumission
"I was about as political as a bath towel."-Michel Houellebecq, Soumission
18. The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt
By: Albert Camus
4.01
Format: 0 pages, Paperback
By one of the most profoundly influential thinkers of our century, The Rebel is a classic essay on … read more
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19. The Passenger (The Passenger #1)
By: Cormac McCarthy
3.58
Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition
1980, PASS CHRISTIAN, MISSISSIPPI: It is three in the morning when Bobby Western zips the jacket of… read more
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"All of history [is] a rehearsal for its own extinction."-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)
"...do you think if you died drunk you’d sober up before you met Jesus?"-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)
"The evil has no alternate plan. It is simply incapable of assuming failure"-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)
"She asked the girl what she wanted to be when she grew up and she said dead."-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)
20. The Life and Opinions of Zacharias Lichter (New York Review Books Classics)
By: Matei Călinescu
3.79
Format: 161 pages, Kindle Edition
A new translation of the only novel by lauded Romanian literary critic Matei CălinescuAn NYRB Class… read more
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21. Reflections of a Nonpolitical Man (English and German Edition)
By: Thomas Mann
3.49
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Essays examine democracy, patriotism, political life, the nature of virtue, and the culture of Germ… read more
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"Ich wiederhole: Der Fortschritt hat alles für sich. Nur scheinbar ist er die Opposition. Der erhaltende Gegenwille ist es, der in Wahrheit immer und überall die Opposition bildet, der sich in der Ver…"-Thomas Mann, Reflections of a Nonpolitical Man (English and German Edition)
