6 Top nonfiction books like El orador by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Cover of El orador by Marcus Tullius Cicero

El orador

By: Marcus Tullius Cicero

3.67

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Última de las obras que escribió Cicerón (106-43 a.C.) sobre retórica, El orador es aquella en que …

"Historia vero testis temporum, lux veritatis, vita memoriae, magistra vitae. History is the witness of the times, the light of truth, the life of memory, the mistress of life."

-Marcus Tullius Cicero, El orador

If you liked the nonfiction plot in El orador by Marcus Tullius Cicero , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of El coronel no tiene quien le escriba by Gabriel García Márquez

1. El coronel no tiene quien le escriba

By: Gabriel García Márquez

3.79

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

El coronel no tiene quien le escriba fue escrita por Gabriel García Márquez durante su estancia en … read more

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  • classics
"Umut karın doyurmaz, dedi kadın. Karın doyurmaz ama insanı ayakta tutar, diye yanıtladı albay."

-Gabriel García Márquez, El coronel no tiene quien le escriba

"You can't eat hope,' the woman said. You can't eat it, but it sustains you,' the colonel replied."

-Gabriel García Márquez, El coronel no tiene quien le escriba

"-Y mientras tanto, ¿qué comemos? -No sé, pero si nos fueramos a morir de hambre ya nos hubiéramos muerto"

-Gabriel García Márquez, El coronel no tiene quien le escriba

"«A Wilson le falta pasar algún tiempo en la escuela de las dificultades, y aun de la adversidad y la miseria.»"

-Gabriel García Márquez, El coronel no tiene quien le escriba

Cover of Praise of Folly by Erasmus, Betty Radice, A.H.T. Levi

2. Praise of Folly

By: Erasmus , Betty Radice , A.H.T. Levi

4.43

Format: None pages, Paperback

Erasmus of Rotterdam (c. 1466-1536) is one of the greatest figures of the Renaissance humanist move… read more

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  • philosophy
  • history
  • classics
  • nonfiction
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3. 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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  • philosophy
  • classics
  • nonfiction
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4. Dear Mr. M

By: Herman Koch

3.50

Format: 31 pages, Hardcover

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Cover of La freccia azzurra by Gianni Rodari, Nicoletta Costa

5. La freccia azzurra

By: Gianni Rodari , Nicoletta Costa

4.31

Format: None pages, Paperback

Torna, con le illustrazioni di Nicoletta Costa, uno dei primi capolavori di Rodari. La Freccia Azzu… read more

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  • classics
Cover of Discourse on the Origin of Inequality by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

6. Discourse on the Origin of Inequality

By: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

3.88

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

If humans are benevolent by nature, how do societies become corrupt? And how do governments founded… read more

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  • philosophy
  • history
  • classics
  • nonfiction
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7. Faust: First Part

By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Peter Salm

4.21

Format: None pages, Paperback

Goethe's masterpiece and perhaps the greatest work in German literature, Faust has made the legenda… read more

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  • classics

8. 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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9. The Library of Greek Mythology

By: None , Robin Hard

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The only work of its kind to survive from classical antiquity, the Library of Apollodorusis a uniqu… read more

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10. 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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11. The Prague Cemetery

By: Umberto Eco , Richard Dixon

3.50

Format: 445 pages, Hardcover

19th-century Europe—from Turin to Prague to Paris—abounds with the ghastly and the mysterious. … read more

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  • classics
"Religious conversion evidently transforms not just the soul but also facial appearances."

-Umberto Eco, The Prague Cemetery

"People are never so completely and enthusiastically evil as when they act out of religious conviction."

-Umberto Eco, The Prague Cemetery

"Die Menschen tun das Böse nie so vollständig und begeistert, wie wenn sie es aus religiöser Überzeugung tun."

-Umberto Eco, The Prague Cemetery

"Zawsze tak jest - jeśli ci sie nie powiedzie, szukasz kogoś, aby oskarżając go, usprawiedliwić własne niedołęstwo."

-Umberto Eco, The Prague Cemetery

12. 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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13. Momentos estelares de la humanidad: Catorce miniaturas históricas

By: Stefan Zweig , Berta Vias Mahou

4.24

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Éste es probablemente el libro más famoso de Stefan Zweig. En él lleva a su cima el arte de la mini… read more

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  • history
  • classics
  • nonfiction
"Pero incluso con sus favoritos, el destino no siempre se muestra magnánimo. Rara vez conceden los dioses a los mortales más de una hazaña única e imperecedera."

-Stefan Zweig, Momentos estelares de la humanidad: Catorce miniaturas históricas

"Ama ne yazık ki tarihte hep aynı trajedi tekrarlanmaktadır, çünkü fikir adamları zamanı gelince, dava adamı olma sorumluluğunu üstlenmekte zorlanırlar ve pek nadir durumlarda harekete geçerler. Düşün…"

-Stefan Zweig, Momentos estelares de la humanidad: Catorce miniaturas históricas

"ich spüre wieder erschrocken, eine wie schwache, armselige und quallige Substanz das doch sein muß, was wir immer großspurig Seele, Geist, Gefühl, was wir Schmerzen nen- nen, da all dies selbst im äu…"

-Stefan Zweig, Momentos estelares de la humanidad: Catorce miniaturas históricas

14. El camino

By: Miguel Delibes

4.33

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

Daniel el Mochuelo intuye a sus once anos que su camino esta en la aldea, junto a sus amigos, sus g… read more

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15. La utilidad de lo inútil: Manifiesto

By: Nuccio Ordine , None , None

4.44

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

En esta obra se repasan las opiniones de filosofos y escritores sobre la importancia de seguir tute… read more

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Cover of Monterosso mon amour by Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer

16. Monterosso mon amour

By: Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer

3.64

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Wordt ontevredenheid tevredenheid als je je erbij neerlegt?’ Carmen, een kinderloze vrouw van iets … read more

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"Ze voelde zich oud want ze hield van lezen"

-Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, Monterosso mon amour

"Je moet het verhaal zorgvuldig opbouwen van inleiding naar climax en met tergende precisie chronologisch vooruit kruipen van aankomst naar conversatie, woord voor woord naverteld met aandachtig voor …"

-Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, Monterosso mon amour

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17. Kairos

By: Jenny Erpenbeck

3.46

Format: 379 pages, Hardcover

Die neunzehnjährige Katharina und Hans, ein verheirateter Mann Mitte fünfzig, begegnen sich Ende de… read more

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"She would like a shallow life, swift and shallow, till some day she can start again. Get through her time fast until then. And when will that be? Then."

-Jenny Erpenbeck, Kairos

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18. White Holes

By: Carlo Rovelli

4.10

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A mesmerizing trip to the strange world of white holes from the bestselling author of Seven Brief L… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
Cover of Maldita Roma: La conquista del poder de Julio César (Julio César, #2) by Santiago Posteguillo

19. Maldita Roma: La conquista del poder de Julio César (Julio César, #2)

By: Santiago Posteguillo

4.70

Format: 896 pages, Hardcover

Maldita Roma es una obra monumental que desvela la épica conquista del poder de Julio César. Un rel… read more

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"Pues ¿qué es la vida sino un largo texto, un largo discurso que vamos construyendo, día a día, sobre nosotros mismos?"

-Santiago Posteguillo, Maldita Roma: La conquista del poder de Julio César (Julio César, #2)

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20. The City and Its Uncertain Walls

By: Haruki Murakami

3.82

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

'Truth is not found in fixed stillness, but in ceaseless change/movement. Isn't this the quintessen… read more

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"Vielleicht ist das einer der Problempunkte an der Ewigkeit. Dass man nun mal nicht weiß, wohin man sich fortan wenden soll. Aber was ist eine Liebe wert, die nicht nach Ewigkeit strebt?"

-Haruki Murakami, The City and Its Uncertain Walls

"Später war er so freundlich, mir in einem Satz zu erklären, warum er im Alltag immer einen Rock trug. "Vor allem fühle ich mich, wenn ich einen Rock trage, wie die Zeilen eines schönen Gedichts."

-Haruki Murakami, The City and Its Uncertain Walls

Cover of El orador by Marcus Tullius Cicero

21. El orador

By: Marcus Tullius Cicero

3.67

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Última de las obras que escribió Cicerón (106-43 a.C.) sobre retórica, El orador es aquella en que … read more

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  • philosophy
  • history
  • classics
  • nonfiction
"Historia vero testis temporum, lux veritatis, vita memoriae, magistra vitae. History is the witness of the times, the light of truth, the life of memory, the mistress of life."

-Marcus Tullius Cicero, El orador

9 must-read classics books like El orador by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Transform Your Habits

El coronel no tiene quien le escriba

Gabriel García Márquez

3.79

Transform Your Habits

Praise of Folly

Erasmus , Betty Radice , A.H.T. Levi

4.43

Transform Your Habits

Poetics

Aristotle , Malcolm Heath

3.59

Transform Your Habits

La freccia azzurra

Gianni Rodari , Nicoletta Costa

4.31

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13 Top fiction books like Maldita Roma: La conquista del poder de Julio César (Julio César, #2) by Santiago Posteguillo

Transform Your Habits

El viñedo de la luna

Carla Montero

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Las hijas de la criada

Sonsoles Ónega

3.80

Transform Your Habits

El problema final

Arturo Pérez-Reverte

3.66

Transform Your Habits

Un animal salvaje

Joël Dicker

4.05

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