The Power of Ideas
By: Isaiah Berlin
4.08
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
The essays collected in this new volume reveal Isaiah Berlin at his most lucid and accessible. He w…
Want to Read $ 15.37"I can see how, with enough false education, enough widespread illusion and error, men can, while remaining men, believe this and commit the most unspeakable crimes."-Isaiah Berlin, The Power of Ideas
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1. La vie devant soi
By: Romain Gary , None
4.21
Format: 273 pages, Paperback
Signé Ajar, ce roman reçut le prix Goncourt en 1975. Histoire d'amour d'un petit garçon arabe pour … read more
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"هیچکس از ته دل نمیخواهد که بدی کند"-Romain Gary, La vie devant soi
"Много ясно си спомням този миг от живота си, понеже беше досущ като останалите."-Romain Gary, La vie devant soi
"سه ساله بودم که برای اولین بار رُزاخانم را دیدم. قبل از این سن آدم چیزی یادش نمیآید و در جهلِ مطلق دست و پا میزند"-Romain Gary, La vie devant soi
"Аз мисля, че живота трябва да го живеем в най-ранна възраст, защото после се обезценяваш и никой нищо не ти дава даром."-Romain Gary, La vie devant soi
2. Diary of a Madman and Other Stories
By: Nikolai Gogol
4.35
Format: 26 pages, Paperback
Hailed by Nabokov as "the greatest artist that Russia has yet produced," Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852) … read more
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- russia
3. Demons
By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Richard Pevear , Larissa Volokhonsky
4.30
Format: 733 pages, Paperback
Alternate Cover Edition ISBN 0679734511. (ISBN13: 9780679734512) Inspired by the true story of a… read more
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- philosophy
- politics
- russia
"God is the pain of the fear of death"-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Demons
"Man is unhappy because he doesn't know he's happy. It's only that."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Demons
"Marriage is the moral death of every proud soul, of all independence."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Demons
"...and in fact I've noticed that faith always seems to be less in the daytime"-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Demons
4. Escape from Freedom
By: Erich Fromm
3.47
Format: 288 pages,
If humanity cannot live with the dangers and responsibilities inherent in freedom, it will probably… read more
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- philosophy
- politics
- history
- nonfiction
5. A History of Modern Iran
By: Ervand Abrahamian
4.11
Format: 15 pages, Paperback
In a reappraisal of Iran's modern history, Ervand Abrahamian traces its traumatic journey across th… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
6. Aylak Adam
By: Yusuf Atılgan
3.65
Format: 36 pages, Paperback
Her seye "karsi" duran, "karsi" cikan, "karsi" olan bir adam... Aylak Adam... Bir adi bile yok. "C.… read more
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7. What Is History?
By: Edward Hallett Carr
4.21
Format: 160 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Based on The George Macaulay Trevelyan Lectures delivered at University of Cambridge, January-March… read more
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8. The Fatal Eggs
By: Doris Lessing , Mikhail Bulgakov , Hugh Aplin , None
4.17
Format: None pages, Paperback
As the turbulent years following the Russian revolution of 1917 settle down into a new Soviet reali… read more
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9. Ragtime
By: E.L. Doctorow
3.89
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Published in 1975, Ragtime changed our very concept of what a novel could be. An extraordinary tape… read more
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"It is the law of wealth that such people only profit from the money that is taken from them."-E.L. Doctorow, Ragtime
"It was evident to him that the world composed and recomposed itself constantly in an endless process of dissatisfaction."-E.L. Doctorow, Ragtime
"You're nothing more than a clever prostitute. You accepted the conditions in which you found yourself and you triumphed."-E.L. Doctorow, Ragtime
"Writing is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way."-E.L. Doctorow, Ragtime
10. A Confederacy of Dunces
By: John Kennedy Toole , Walker Percy
3.89
Format: 394 pages, Paperback
Here is Ignatius Reilly: slob extraordinary, a mad Oliver Hardy, a fat Don Quixote, a perverse Thom… read more
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"Oh, Fortuna, you capricious sprite!"-John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces
"Mothers got a hard road to travel, believe me."-John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces
"The day before me is fraught with God knows what horrors."-John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces
"Mother doesn't cook, Ignatius said dogmatically, She burns."-John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces
11. The Road to Serfdom
By: Friedrich A. Hayek
3.67
Format: None pages, Paperback
A classic work in political philosophy, intellectual and cultural history, and economics, The Road … read more
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12. Montaigne
By: Stefan Zweig
4.00
Format: 592 pages,
Auteur de nombreuses biographies (Fouche, Balzac, Marie-Antoinette, Magellan,... ), Stefan Zweig dr… read more
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13. Hamlet's BlackBerry: A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age
By: None
5.00
Format: 228 pages,
A crisp, passionately argued answer to the question that everyone who's grown dependent on digital … read more
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14. The Great Philosophers: An Introduction to Western Philosophy
By: Bryan Magee
3.69
Format: None pages, Paperback
Beginning with the death of Socrates in 399 BC, and following the story through the centuries to re… read more
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15. Chess Story
By: Stefan Zweig , Joel Rotenberg , Peter Gay , None , None , None , None , None
3.00
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
Chess Story, also known as The Royal Game, is the Austrian master Stefan Zweig's final achievement,… read more
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16. Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes
By: Morgan Housel
4.19
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
“Want to understand the changing world? Start with what stays the same. That’s the amazing conclusi… read more
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- nonfiction
- economics
- history
17. Four Thousand Weeks
By: Oliver Burkeman
4.22
Format: 271 pages, Hardcover
The average human lifespan is absurdly, insultingly brief. Assuming you live to be eighty, you have… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
"We’ve been granted the mental capacities to make almost infinitely ambitious plans, yet practically no time at all to put them into action."-Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks
"Rendering yourself more efficient — either by implementing various productivity techniques or by driving yourself harder—won’t generally result in the feeling of having ‘enough time,’ because, all el…"-Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks
"The problem with trying to make time for everything that feels important—or just for enough of what feels important—is that you definitely never will. The reason isn’t that you haven’t yet discovered…"-Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks
18. "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character
By: Richard P. Feynman
4.27
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
A New York Times bestseller—the outrageous exploits of one of this century's greatest scientific mi… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"I learned from her that every woman is worried about her looks, no matter how beautiful she is."-Richard P. Feynman, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character
"I couldn't claim that I was smarter than sixty-five other guys--but the average of sixty-five other guys, certainly!"-Richard P. Feynman, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character
"All the time you're saying to yourself, 'I could do that, but I won't,' — which is just another way of saying that you can't."-Richard P. Feynman, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character
"You see, I get so much fun out of thinking that I don’t want to destroy this pleasant machine that makes life such a big kick."-Richard P. Feynman, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character
19. Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It
By: Richard V. Reeves
4.07
Format: 298 pages, Hardcover
"A landmark, one of the most important books of the year" - David Brooks, New York Times“Real, prac… read more
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- politics
- education
- nonfiction
"True equality between groups that are different in any way can be attained only by providing for the differences". That´s Margaret Mead again, in 1974. Mead´s idea of true equality might now be label…"-Richard V. Reeves, Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It
20. The Power of Ideas
By: Isaiah Berlin
4.08
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
The essays collected in this new volume reveal Isaiah Berlin at his most lucid and accessible. He w… read more
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- russia
- history
- politics
- philosophy
- economics
- nonfiction
- european history
- essays
- political science
- education
"I can see how, with enough false education, enough widespread illusion and error, men can, while remaining men, believe this and commit the most unspeakable crimes."-Isaiah Berlin, The Power of Ideas
21. Amaury
By: Alexandre Dumas
3.51
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
A romantic novel (with moments of both tragedy and comedy) on the general theme of jealousy, set in… read more
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