6 must-read iran books like Herodotus, Histories Book IX (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics) (Greek and English Edition) by Herodotus/Flower/Marincol

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Herodotus, Histories Book IX (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics) (Greek and English Edition)

By: Herodotus/Flower/Marincol

4.23

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

Book IX of Herodotus' Histories is the conclusive climax to his work, as the victories at Plataea a…

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1. Hippolytos

By: Euripides , Robert Bagg

3.81

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

In most versions of the Hippolytos myth, Phaidra is depicted as an utterly debauched character, a w… read more

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"There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its course; a quiet conscience."

-Euripides, Hippolytos

"I have pondered on the causes of a life's shipwreck. I think that our lives are worse than the mind's quality would warrant. There are many who know virtue. We know the good, we apprehend it clearly.…"

-Euripides, Hippolytos

"О Зевс! Зачем ты создавал жену? И это зло с его фальшивым блеском Лучам небес позволил обливать? Иль для того, чтоб род людской продолжить, Ты обойтись без женщины не мог? Иль из своих за медь и злат…"

-Euripides, Hippolytos

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2. A Season in Hell

By: Michel Butor , Arthur Rimbaud , Robert Mapplethorpe , None

4.07

Format: 95 pages, Hardcover

Written by Rimbaud at age 18 in the wake of a tempestuous affair with fellow poet, Paul Verlaine, A… read more

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"Cela s'est passé. Je sais aujourd'hui saluer la beauté."

-Michel Butor, A Season in Hell

"Elle est retrouvée — Quoi? — l’Éternité. C’est la mer mêlée Au soleil."

-Michel Butor, A Season in Hell

"In the dawn, armed with a burning patience, we shall enter the splendid cities."

-Michel Butor, A Season in Hell

"¡Perpetua farsa! Mi inocencia podría hacerme llorar. La vida es la farsa en que participamos todos."

-Michel Butor, A Season in Hell

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3. The Canterville Ghost

By: Oscar Wilde , Inga Moore

3.88

Format: 126 pages, Hardcover

This is Oscar Wilde's tale of the American family moved into a British mansion, Canterville Chase, … read more

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"Love is stronger than death is"

-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost

"Oh, I hate the cheap severity of abstract ethics!"

-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost

"You can have your secret as long as I have your heart[.]"

-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost

"To his alert mind and ears, every experience was education."

-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost

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4. 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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5. The Epic of Gilgamesh

By: Anonymous , N.K. Sandars

3.74

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back as much as four thousand years, the poem of Gilg… read more

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"As for man, his days are numbered, whatever he might do, it is but wind."

-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

"Now let the gate of sorrow be closed behind me, and let it be sealed with tar and pitch."

-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

"When all the illusions of personal immortality are stripped away, there is only the act to maintain the freedom to act."

-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

"Gilgamesh was called a god and a man; Enkidu was an animal and a man. It is the story of their becoming human together."

-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

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6. The Gambler

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Constance Garnett , Gary Saul Morson

3.91

Format: 188 pages, Paperback

In this dark and compelling short novel, Dostoevsky tells the story of Alexey Ivanovitch, a young t… read more

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"Quien teme al lobo no se mete en el bosque."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gambler

"يجب ان يظل المال دون الأستقراطي، حتى لكأن الأستقراطي لا يكاد يحفل به أو يقلق له"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gambler

"En toda situación es posible comportarse con dignidad. Si hay lucha, que sea noble y no humillante."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gambler

"I believe he was feeling a bit nervous. Possibly it was my costume that took him aback. I was dressed quite well, even elegantly, and looked as if I belonged to the best society."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gambler

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7. Critique of Pure Reason

By: Immanuel Kant , Allen W. Wood , Paul Guyer

3.96

Format: 785 pages, Paperback

'The purpose of this critique of pure speculative reason consists in the attempt to change the old … read more

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"The great mass of people are worthy of our respect."

-Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason

"I had to deny knowledge in order to make room for faith."

-Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason

"Man must be disciplined, for he is by nature raw and wild.."

-Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason

"Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind."

-Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason

8. An Account of Egypt

By: Herodotus

4.83

Format: 266 pages,

HERODOTUS was born at Halicarnassus, on the southwest coast of Asia Minor, in the early part of the… read more

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9. 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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"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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10. The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

By: Guy de Maupassant

3.89

Format: 159 pages, Paperback

Before succumbing to the insanity that ravaged his later life, Guy de Maupassant established a repu… read more

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"A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption."

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

"Es evidente que la soledad resulta peligrosa para las mentes que piensan demasiado."

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

"I said, 'If other beings besides us exist on Earth, why didn't we meet them a long time ago?"

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

"Whence come those mysterious influences which change our happiness into discouragement, and our self-confidence into diffidence?"

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

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11. Herodotus, Histories Book IX (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics) (Greek and English Edition)

By: Herodotus/Flower/Marincol

4.23

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

Book IX of Herodotus' Histories is the conclusive climax to his work, as the victories at Plataea a… read more

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12. Histoires - Tome VII : Livre VII : Polymnie

By: Herodotus

4.33

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge … read more

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13. Histoires - Tome VI : Livre VI : Erato

By: Herodotus

4.33

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge… read more

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14. Histoires - Tome V : Livre V : Terpsichore

By: Herodotus

4.28

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

Considered one of the most important works of history in Western literature, Herodotus's Histories … read more

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15. Histoires - Tome IV : Livre IV : Melpomène

By: Herodotus

4.26

Format: 325 pages, Paperback

Le livre IV des Histoires est par bien des aspects le livre des extrêmes, aussi bien géographiques … read more

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16. Histoires - Tome III : Livre III : Thalie

By: Herodotus

4.43

Format: 294 pages, Paperback

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge… read more

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17. Histoires - Tome I : Livre I : Clio

By: Herodotus

4.22

Format: 359 pages, Paperback

Comme il hésitait à entrer en conflit avec Cyrus, Crésus, roi de Lydie, consulte l’oracle qui l’ass… read more

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