Greece in the Making, 1200-479 B.C.
By: Robin Osborne
3.76
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Greece in the Making: 1200-479 BC is an accessible and comprehensive account of Greek history from …
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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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- classics
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"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
2. Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)
By: James S.A. Corey
4.27
Format: 539 pages, Paperback
Abaddon's Gate is the third book in the New York Times bestselling Expanse series. For generati… read more
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"Partners,"-James S.A. Corey, Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)
"Trashy people puke,"-James S.A. Corey, Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)
"Tell me everything it explains,"-James S.A. Corey, Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)
"No monkey ever reheated a frozen burrito."-James S.A. Corey, Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)
3. Dead Souls
By: Nikolai Gogol , Robert A. Maguire
3.98
Format: 464 pages, Paperback
Chichikov, a mysterious stranger, arrives in a provincial town and visits a succession of landowner… read more
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- classics
"Keep not money, but keep good people's company."-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls
"Also, though not over-elderly, he was not over-young."-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls
"A word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe."-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls
"A Russian peasant scratching the back of his head means many different things."-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls
4. Caliban's War (The Expanse, #2)
By: James S.A. Corey
3.81
Format: 215 pages, Paperback
We are not alone. On Ganymede, breadbasket of the outer planets, a Martian marine watches as her pl… read more
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5. 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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- nonfiction
- history
"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
6. Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
By: Timothy Snyder
4.38
Format: 524 pages, Hardcover
Americans call the Second World War “The Good War.” But before it even began, America’s wartime al… read more
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"Now we will live!"-Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
"Closure is a false harmony, a siren song masquerading as a swan song."-Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
"The vast majority of Jews killed in the Holocaust never saw a concentration camp."-Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
"When meaning is drawn from killing, the risk is that more killing would bring about more meaning."-Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
7. By the Spear: Philip II, Alexander the Great, and the Rise and Fall of the Macedonian Empire
By: Ian Worthington
3.85
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Alexander the Great, arguably the most exciting figure from antiquity, waged war as a Homeric hero … read more
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- historical
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- greece
8. A History of My Times
By: Xenophon , Rex Warner , George Cawkwell
3.72
Format: 395 pages,
Thucydides' magisterial history told of the unhappy conflict of Greeks against the Greeks in the Pe… read more
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- ancient history
- ancient
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9. The Analects
By: Confucius , D.C. Lau
3.20
Format: 168 pages,
This lively new translation with clear explanatory notes by one of the foremost scholars of classic… read more
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- nonfiction
- classics
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10. Utopia
By: Paul Turner , Thomas More
3.55
Format: 113 pages, Paperback
In his most famous and controversial book, Utopia, Thomas More imagines a perfect island nation whe… read more
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- classics
"The change of the word does not alter the matter"-Paul Turner, Utopia
"Isn't this conception of absolute justice absolutely unjust?"-Paul Turner, Utopia
"Dünyada kaygısız, rahat yürekle, sevinçle yaşamaktan daha büyük zenginlik olabilir mi?"-Paul Turner, Utopia
"Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all."-Paul Turner, Utopia
11. The Man in the Iron Mask (The D'Artagnan Romances, #3.3)
By: Alexandre Dumas , Francine du Plessix Gray , Joachim Neugroschel
4.11
Format: None pages, Paperback
A swashbuckling novel of political intrigue. In the concluding installment of Alexandre Dumas's cel… read more
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12. Grief is the Thing with Feathers
By: Max Porter
3.72
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In a London flat, two young boys face the unbearable sadness of their mother's sudden death. Their … 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. For Whom the Bell Tolls
By: Ernest Hemingway
3.76
Format: 180 pages, Paperback
Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found In 1937 Ernest Hemingway traveled to Sp… read more
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15. The Saint
By: Dan Abnett
3.36
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
This omnibus edition follows the second cycle of the Gaunt's Ghost stories in a collection called, … read more
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16. The Communist Manifesto
By: Karl Marx , Friedrich Engels , Gareth Stedman Jones
3.66
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A rousing call to arms whose influence is still felt today Originally published on the eve of th… read more
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"The bourgeois sees in his wife a mere instrument of production."-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto
"Study of the past often turns into love of the past and a desire to keep it."-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto
"Society as a whole is more and more splitting up into two great hostile camps"-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto
"The free development of each is the condition for the free development of all."-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto
17. A History of the Classical Greek World: 478-323 BC
By: P.J. Rhodes
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
This book gives an accessible account of classical Greek history, from the aftermath of the Persian… read more
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18. Sourcery (Discworld, #5; Rincewind #3)
By: Terry Pratchett
3.26
Format: 32 pages, Mass Market Paperback
When last seen, the singularly inept wizard Rincewind had fallen off the edge of the world. Now mag… read more
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19. History of the Peloponnesian War
By: Thucydides , Moses I. Finley , Rex Warner
3.94
Format: 648 pages, Paperback
Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the lo… read more
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"Friendship or enmity is everywhere an affair of time and circumstance"-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage."-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
"Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear."-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
"Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must."-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
20. The Trouble with Peace (The Age of Madness, #2)
By: Joe Abercrombie
4.60
Format: 506 pages, Hardcover
Conspiracy. Betrayal. Rebellion. Peace is just another kind of battlefield... Savine dan Glokta… read more
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"I think I've had quite enough of other people's happiness."-Joe Abercrombie, The Trouble with Peace (The Age of Madness, #2)
"Surprise makes brave men cowards, strong men weak, wise men fools."-Joe Abercrombie, The Trouble with Peace (The Age of Madness, #2)
"Yolk grinned. "If there's one thing I'm good at, it's doing things badly."-Joe Abercrombie, The Trouble with Peace (The Age of Madness, #2)
"He doesn't look like much,' said Tallow. 'He'd be a poor assassin if he stood out."-Joe Abercrombie, The Trouble with Peace (The Age of Madness, #2)
21. A Little Hatred (The Age of Madness, #1)
By: Joe Abercrombie
4.45
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
The chimneys of industry rise over Adua and the world seethes with new opportunities. But old score… read more
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"Promises are like flowers, often given, rarely kept"-Joe Abercrombie, A Little Hatred (The Age of Madness, #1)
"Aye, well, one person’s mad is another’s remarkable."-Joe Abercrombie, A Little Hatred (The Age of Madness, #1)
"I am a bottomless well of revelation but cannot force the ignorant to drink."-Joe Abercrombie, A Little Hatred (The Age of Madness, #1)
"He's a bloody idiot who knows nothing about anything, but he was born with a cock, so he gets to decide for all of us."-Joe Abercrombie, A Little Hatred (The Age of Madness, #1)
22. Greece in the Making, 1200-479 B.C.
By: Robin Osborne
3.76
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Greece in the Making: 1200-479 BC is an accessible and comprehensive account of Greek history from … read more
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