The Scientific Revolution and the Origins of Modern Science (Studies in European History)
By: John Henry
3.75
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
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1. Ethics
By: Baruch Spinoza , Edwin M. Curley , Stuart Hampshire , None
4.10
Format: 186 pages, Paperback
Published shortly after his death, the Ethics is undoubtedly Spinoza's greatest work—an elegant, fu… read more
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"Blessedness is not the reward of virtue, but virtue itself."-Baruch Spinoza, Ethics
"The object of the idea constituting the human mind is the body"-Baruch Spinoza, Ethics
"Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility."-Baruch Spinoza, Ethics
"Benevolentia nihil aliud est, quam cupiditas ex commiseratione orta."-Baruch Spinoza, Ethics
2. The Wretched of the Earth
By: Jean-Paul Sartre , Richard Philcox , Frantz Fanon , Homi K. Bhabha
4.32
Format: 251 pages, Paperback
A distinguished psychiatrist from Martinique who took part in the Algerian Nationalist Movement, Fr… read more
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"إن لجوءك إلى لُغة تكنيكيَّة معناه أنّك قرَّرتَ أن تَعُدَّ الجماهير جاهلة"-Jean-Paul Sartre, The Wretched of the Earth
"Everything can be explained to the people, on the single condition that you want them to understand."-Jean-Paul Sartre, The Wretched of the Earth
"The business of obscuring language is a mask behind which stands the much greater business of plunder."-Jean-Paul Sartre, The Wretched of the Earth
"إن المناضل ليدرك في كثير من الأحيان أن عمله لا أن يقاتل القوى العدوة فحسب، بل كذلك حبات اليأس المتبلورة في جسم المستعمَر."-Jean-Paul Sartre, The Wretched of the Earth
3. The Solitude of Prime Numbers
By: Paolo Giordano , Shaun Whiteside
3.64
Format: 271 pages, Hardcover
A bestselling international literary sensation about whether a "prime number" can ever truly connec… read more
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"She was tired, with that tiredness that only emptiness brings."-Paolo Giordano, The Solitude of Prime Numbers
"No tenían nada en común, salvo el no querer estar allí ese día."-Paolo Giordano, The Solitude of Prime Numbers
"إن شعور المرء بكونه مميزا هو أسوأ أنواع الأقفاص التى يمكن للمرء أن يبنيه."-Paolo Giordano, The Solitude of Prime Numbers
"Denis's love for Mattia had burned itself out, like a forgotten candle in an empty room, leaving behind a ravenous discontent."-Paolo Giordano, The Solitude of Prime Numbers
4. 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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"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
5. How to Read Lacan
By: Slavoj Žižek , Simon Critchley
3.50
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
The How to Readseries provides a context and an explanation that will facilitate and enrich your un… read more
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6. Existentialism Is a Humanism
By: Jean-Paul Sartre , Arlette Elkaïm-Sartre , Annie Cohen-Solal , None
4.25
Format: 159 pages, Paperback
It was to correct common misconceptions about his thought that Sartre accepted an invitation to spe… read more
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7. Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
By: Cathy O'Neil
3.97
Format: 250 pages, Hardcover
A former Wall Street quant sounds an alarm on mathematical modeling--a pervasive new force in socie… read more
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8. Confessions
By: Augustine of Hippo , Henry Chadwick , Albert Cook Outler
3.41
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Augustine's Confessions is one of the most influential and most innovative works of Latin literatur… read more
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9. What Is This Thing Called Science?
By: Alan F. Chalmers
3.98
Format: None pages, Paperback
This indispensable new edition brings Chalmers' popular text up to date with contemporary trends an… read more
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- history
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10. A History of Western Philosophy
By: Bertrand Russell
3.82
Format: None pages, Paperback
Since its first publication in 1945 Lord Russell's A History of Western Philosophyhas been universa… read more
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11. Invisible Cities
By: Italo Calvino , William Weaver
4.11
Format: 15 pages, Paperback
"Kublai Khan does not necessarily believe everything Marco Polo says when he describes the cities v… read more
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12. 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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13. Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?
By: Mark Fisher
4.00
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
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14. 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
15. The Lonely Londoners
By: Sam Selvon
3.82
Format: 287 pages, Paperback
From the brilliant, sharp, witty pen of Sam Selvon, his classic award-winning novel of immigrant li… read more
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16. 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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"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
17. The Scientific Revolution
By: Steven Shapin
3.46
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
"There was no such thing as the Scientific Revolution, and this is a book about it." With this prov… read more
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18. Politics
By: Aristotle
3.67
Format: 542 pages, Paperback
What is the relationship of the individual to the state? What is the ideal state, and how can it br… read more
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19. The Republic
By: Plato , Desmond Lee
3.96
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors, this classi… read more
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"Appearance tyrannizes over truth."-Plato, The Republic
"The comprehensive mind is always dialectical."-Plato, The Republic
"Those who don't know must learn from those who do."-Plato, The Republic
"The beginning is the most important part of the work."-Plato, The Republic
20. The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex/Oedipus at Colonus/Antigone (The Theban Plays, #1–3)
By: Sophocles , Robert Fitzgerald , Dudley Fitts , None
5.00
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
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21. The Scientific Revolution and the Origins of Modern Science (Studies in European History)
By: John Henry
3.75
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
The new edition of this study provides a concise, balanced, and accessible guide to the most import… read more
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