6 Best ancient history books like Historia starożytna by Maria Jaczynowska

Cover of Historia starożytna by Maria Jaczynowska

Historia starożytna

By: Maria Jaczynowska

3.25

Format: 739 pages, Hardcover

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If you liked the ancient history plot in Historia starożytna by Maria Jaczynowska , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of The Histories by Herodotus, Aubrey de Sélincourt, John M. Marincola

1. The Histories

By: Herodotus , Aubrey de Sélincourt , John M. Marincola

4.01

Format: 716 pages, Paperback

David Grene, one of the best known translators of the Greek classics, splendidly captures the pecul… read more

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  • ancient history
  • history
"Hippocleides doesn't care."

-Herodotus, The Histories

"So much, then, for the fish."

-Herodotus, The Histories

"La muerte es para el hombre el más deseado refugio."

-Herodotus, The Histories

"Muchos hombres opulentos son desdichados, y muchos que tienen hacienda moderada son dichosos."

-Herodotus, The Histories

Cover of The Punic Wars by Adrian Goldsworthy

2. The Punic Wars

By: Adrian Goldsworthy

4.19

Format: 412 pages, Hardcover

An impressive new historian of Roman warfare--highly praised by John Keegan--has written a thorough… read more

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  • ancient history
  • history
Cover of Moralność pani Dulskiej by Gabriela Zapolska

3. Moralność pani Dulskiej

By: Gabriela Zapolska

3.58

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Jeden z najsłynniejszych dramatów w literaturze polskiej. Autorka z pasją nakreśla obraz "życia prz… read more

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  • polish literature
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4. Szewcy

By: None

3.39

Format: 440 pages, Paperback

Centralnym zagadnieniem Szewcow (1934) uczynil Witkacy nadejscie nowego wspanialego swiata . W nauk… read more

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  • polish literature
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5. The Plague

By: Albert Camus , Stuart Gilbert

4.02

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

The Plague is a novel by Albert Camus, published in 1947. It tells the story from the point of … read more

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"Who taught you all this, doctor?" The reply came promptly: "Suffering."

-Albert Camus, The Plague

"The truth is that everyone is bored, and devotes himself to cultivating habits."

-Albert Camus, The Plague

"They knew now that if there is one thing one can always yearn for, and sometimes attain, it is human love."

-Albert Camus, The Plague

"I know that man is capable of great deeds. But if he isn't capable of great emotion, well, he leaves me cold."

-Albert Camus, The Plague

Cover of Père Goriot by Honoré de Balzac

6. Père Goriot

By: Honoré de Balzac

3.85

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Père Goriot is the tragic story of a father whose obsessive love for his two daughters leads to his… read more

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"Good befalls us while we sleep, sometimes."

-Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot

"آری ,در این دنیا هیچ چیزی کامل نیست, مگر بدبختی."

-Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot

"Notre coeur est un trésor, videz-le d'un coup, vous êtes ruinés."

-Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot

"If youth were not ignorant and timid, civilization would be impossible."

-Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot

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7. 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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8. The Trial

By: Franz Kafka , Max Brod , Edwin Muir , Willa Muir

3.95

Format: 255 pages, Paperback

Written in 1914 but not published until 1925, a year after Kafka’s death, The Trial is the terrifyi… read more

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"But I’m not guilty,"

-Franz Kafka, The Trial

"Asking questions were the most important thing."

-Franz Kafka, The Trial

"It was very learned, but it didn't actually say anything."

-Franz Kafka, The Trial

"The way she sits on my lap as if it were her proper place!"

-Franz Kafka, The Trial

Cover of Ferdydurke by Witold Gombrowicz, Danuta Borchardt

9. Ferdydurke

By: Witold Gombrowicz , Danuta Borchardt

3.78

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

In this bitterly funny novel by the renowned Polish author Witold Gombrowicz. a writer finds himsel… read more

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  • polish literature
"Oy, stil – tiranların aleti!"

-Witold Gombrowicz, Ferdydurke

"Yakında kendi kişiliklerimizden ve kişiselliklerimizden korkmaya başlayacağız, çünkü onların hiç de sonuna kadar bizim olmadıkları, bizler için apaçık olacak. Ve “Ben buna inanıyorum – ben bunu hisse…"

-Witold Gombrowicz, Ferdydurke

"I wished, first of all, to buy my way into people's good graces with my book so that, in subsequent personal contact, I would find the ground already prepared, and, I reasoned, if I succeeded in impl…"

-Witold Gombrowicz, Ferdydurke

"Sonuna kadar insan olmayanların sonuna kadar dünya olmayan dünyasını bir ân bile unutamıyordum -ve panikle korka korka, acayip iğrene iğrene, onun bataklık yeşilini sadece gözümde canlandırdığımda bi…"

-Witold Gombrowicz, Ferdydurke

10. Clouds

By: Aristophanes , None

3.37

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

This new paperback edition of Aristophanes' popular play includes the complete Greek text and exten… read more

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11. Wesele

By: Stanisław Wyspiański

3.17

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Wesele zostało zainspirowane prawdziwym wydarzeniem: ślubem poety Lucjana Rydla z chłopką Jadwigą M… read more

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  • polish literature
"Miałeś, chamie, złoty róg, miałeś, chamie, czapkę z piór: czapkę wicher niesie, róg huka po lesie, ostał ci się ino sznur, ostał ci się ino sznur."

-Stanisław Wyspiański, Wesele

"POETA Po całym świecie możesz szukać Polski, panno młoda, i nigdzie jej nie znajdziecie. PANNA MŁODA To może i szukać szkoda. POETA A jest jedna mała klatka - o, niech tak Jagusia przymknie rękę pod …"

-Stanisław Wyspiański, Wesele

12. Przedwiośnie

By: Stefan Żeromski

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Przedwiosnie - ostatnia powiesc Zeromskiego - prezentuje panoramiczny obraz panstwa polskiego odrad… read more

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13. Zdążyć przed Panem Bogiem

By: Hanna Krall

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Zdazyc przed Panem Bogiem to slowa Marka Edelmana, bohatera ksiazki Hanny Krall, ktorego zyciorys s… read more

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14. L'uomo greco

By: Jean-Pierre Vernant , Maria Baiocchi , A. Bruno , Giuseppe Cambiano

3.95

Format: None pages, Paperback

A cura di uno dei suoi piu grandi studiosi, una nuova immagine del mondo greco che qui cessa di ess… read more

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15. 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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  • ancient history
  • history
"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

16. The Odyssey

By: Homer , Robert Fagles , Bernard Knox , E.V. Rieu , None

3.53

Format: 349 pages, Paperback

Literature's grandest evocation of life's journey, at once an ageless human story and an individual… read more

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17. The Master and Margarita

By: Mikhail Bulgakov , None , Katherine Tiernan O'Connor , None

4.29

Format: 372 pages, Paperback

The first complete, annotated English Translation of Mikhail Bulgakov's comic masterpiece. An au… read more

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"Cowardice is the most terrible of vices."

-Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

"manuscripts don't burn" - "(рукописи не горят)"

-Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

"The tongue may hide the truth but the eyes—never!"

-Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

"Злых людей нет на свете, есть только люди несчастливые."

-Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

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18. 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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  • history
"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

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19. The Iliad

By: Homer

3.91

Format: 848 pages, Hardcover

One of the foremost achievements in Western literature, Homer's Iliad tells the story of the darkes… read more

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"I say no wealth is worth my life."

-Homer, The Iliad

"These were the colloquies in heaven."

-Homer, The Iliad

"The sort of words a man says is the sort he hears in return."

-Homer, The Iliad

"Antilochus! You're the most appalling driver in the world! Go to hell!"

-Homer, The Iliad

Cover of Mała apokalipsa by Tadeusz Konwicki

20. Mała apokalipsa

By: Tadeusz Konwicki

3.63

Format: 235 pages, Paperback

"Oto nadchodzi koniec świata. Oto nadciąga, zbliża się czy raczej przypełza mój własny koniec świat… read more

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  • polish literature
"Dreams are debris from bad day. Dreams are poems by bad poets that never got written."

-Tadeusz Konwicki, Mała apokalipsa

"Yes, I am confusing literature with life. I'm declaring my own ordinary life to be a work of literature."

-Tadeusz Konwicki, Mała apokalipsa

"She smelled like water that had been warmed by the sun, and she also had the sharp, enticing aroma of birch leaves."

-Tadeusz Konwicki, Mała apokalipsa

"Character is a lack of doubt, character is stubbornly persevering in an intention no matter how senseless it is, character is a lack of imagination, character is inborn dullness, character is the mis…"

-Tadeusz Konwicki, Mała apokalipsa

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21. 11 Papierowych Serc

By: Kelsey Hartwell

3.86

Format: 289 pages, Paperback

11 utraconych tygodni. 11 szans, żeby je odzyskać. Rok temu: Życie Elli było idealne. Miała cudo… read more

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"People change, but you can't change people."

-Kelsey Hartwell, 11 Papierowych Serc

"People change, but you can’t change people."

-Kelsey Hartwell, 11 Papierowych Serc

"Waiting for snow must be kind of like waiting for love. If it happened all the time, it wouldn’t be as exciting, but when it finally comes, it’s magical."

-Kelsey Hartwell, 11 Papierowych Serc

"Maybe a crush can be like a book you find at the library. First, you're drawn in by the cover. Then, you try to find out what it's about, so you read a little description on the jacket. Maybe, it's s…"

-Kelsey Hartwell, 11 Papierowych Serc

Cover of Noc listopadowa by Stanisław Wyspiański

22. Noc listopadowa

By: Stanisław Wyspiański

2.59

Format: 278 pages, ebook

Trzeci z kolei utwór Stanisława Wyspiańskiego, po „Warszawiance” i „Lelewelu”, poruszający tematykę… read more

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  • polish literature
Cover of Flaw(less). Opowiedz mi naszą historię (Flawless), #1) by Marta Łabęcka

23. Flaw(less). Opowiedz mi naszą historię (Flawless), #1)

By: Marta Łabęcka

4.34

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

Ta dziewczyna. Ten chłopak. Nie ten czas... Dwoje licealistów z małego miasteczka nieopodal Lond… read more

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  • polish literature
Cover of Poczet cesarzy rzymskich by Aleksander Krawczuk

24. Poczet cesarzy rzymskich

By: Aleksander Krawczuk

4.35

Format: 1018 pages, Hardcover

Praca autorstwa świetnego historyka i znawcy świata starożytnego zawiera sylwetki wszystkich władcó… read more

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  • polish literature
  • history
  • ancient history
Cover of Magia antyczna by Andrzej Wypustek

25. Magia antyczna

By: Andrzej Wypustek

4.31

Format: 404 pages, Paperback

Teksty odnalezione na papirusach i tabliczkach magicznych wyjawiły nam "mały mroczny sekret" kultur… read more

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26. Historia starożytna

By: Maria Jaczynowska

3.25

Format: 739 pages, Hardcover

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  • polish literature
  • history
  • ancient history
Cover of Mitologia Greków i Rzymian by Zygmunt Kubiak

27. Mitologia Greków i Rzymian

By: Zygmunt Kubiak

3.74

Format: 574 pages, Hardcover

Książka jest owocem pasji całego życia i blisko dwuletniego trudu pisarskiego słynnego znawcy kultu… read more

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  • polish literature
  • history
  • ancient history
Cover of Historia literatury starożytnej Grecji i Rzymu. Zarys by Stanisław Stabryła

28. Historia literatury starożytnej Grecji i Rzymu. Zarys

By: Stanisław Stabryła

2.71

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

Kompendium wiedzy o starożytnym piśmiennictwie, które nie jest tu ograniczone do literatury pięknej… read more

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29. 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

Cover of Kaligula, czyli władza w ręku dwudziestolatka by Roland Auguet

30. Kaligula, czyli władza w ręku dwudziestolatka

By: Roland Auguet

4.00

Format: 163 pages, Hardcover

Kaligula obwołany cesarzem po śmierci Tyberiusza w 37 roku, przeszedł do historii jako symbol tyran… read more

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Cover of Rzym: Ludzie i budowle by Jerzy Ciechanowicz

31. Rzym: Ludzie i budowle

By: Jerzy Ciechanowicz

4.00

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

Wzbogacone ilustracjami dzieje najważniejszych budowli starożytnych Rzymu, takich jak: Świątynia Jo… read more

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The Histories

Herodotus , Aubrey de Sélincourt , John M. Marincola

4.01

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Adrian Goldsworthy

4.19

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Plato , Christopher Gill

4.09

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Apology

Plato , James J. Helm

4.20

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Aleksandra Negrońska

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