6 Best history books like Historia del Libro by Svend Dahl

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Historia del Libro

By: Svend Dahl

3.51

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Madrid. 18 cm. 319 p. con lám. grab. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Colecció…

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1. Niebla

By: Miguel de Unamuno

4.05

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

Esta obra de Miguel de Unamuno es uno de los ejemplos clásicos más eminentes de la novela moderna. … read more

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"Toda ley es una ley de ritmo, y el ritmo es el amor."

-Miguel de Unamuno, Niebla

"El amor precede al conocimiento, y éste mata a aquél."

-Miguel de Unamuno, Niebla

"Because Augustus was not a hiker, but a walker of life"

-Miguel de Unamuno, Niebla

"Hasta que se llora de veras no se sabe si se tiene o no alma."

-Miguel de Unamuno, Niebla

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2. The Man in the High Castle

By: Philip K. Dick

3.60

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

It's America in 1962. Slavery is legal once again. The few Jews who still survive hide under assume… read more

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"Don’t you feel it?"

-Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle

"Truth, she thought. As terrible as death. But harder to find."

-Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle

"Dreadful low-class jingoistic racist invectives, unworthy of me."

-Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle

"We are all insects. Groping towards something terrible or divine."

-Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle

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3. Das Kapital

By: Karl Marx , Friedrich Engels , Serge L. Levitsky

4.22

Format: None pages, Paperback

Das Kapital, Karl Marx's seminal work, is the book that above all others formed the twentieth centu… read more

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  • history
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4. On Literature

By: Umberto Eco , Martin L. McLaughlin

4.33

Format: 481 pages, Paperback

In this collection of essays and addresses delivered over the course of his illustrious career, Umb… read more

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5. Los conceptos elementales del materialismo histórico

By: Marta Harnecker

3.50

Format: None pages,

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Cover of Everyday Stalinism: Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times: Soviet Russia in the 1930s by Sheila Fitzpatrick

6. Everyday Stalinism: Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times: Soviet Russia in the 1930s

By: Sheila Fitzpatrick

3.24

Format: 0 pages, Paperback

Here is a pioneering account of everyday life under Stalin, written by a leading authority on moder… read more

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  • history
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7. Bartleby the Scrivener

By: Herman Melville

3.93

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Academics hail it as the beginning of modernism, but to readers around the world—even those daunted… read more

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"I would prefer not to."

-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener

"To a sensitive being, pity is not seldom pain."

-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener

"Bartleby in a singularly mild, firm voice, replied, “I would prefer not to."

-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener

"At present I would prefer not to be a little reasonable,' was his mildly cadaverous reply."

-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener

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8. The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos

By: Anne Carson

4.23

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

The Beauty Of The Husband is an essay on Keats’s idea that beauty is truth, and is also the story o… read more

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"Philosophers say man forms himself in dialogue."

-Anne Carson, The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos

"Ray please I never lied to her. When need arose I may have used words that lied."

-Anne Carson, The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos

"A wound gives off its own light surgeons say. If all the lamps in the house were turned out you could dress this wound by what shines from it"

-Anne Carson, The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos

"A wound gives off its own light surgeons say. If all the lamps in the house were turned out you could dress this wound by what shines from it."

-Anne Carson, The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos

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9. The Invisible Man

By: H.G. Wells , Дмитро Паламарчук

3.64

Format: 192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

This masterpiece of science fiction is the fascinating story of Griffin, a scientist who creates a … read more

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"But giving drugs to a cat is no joke, Kemp!"

-H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man

"I never blame anyone," said Kemp. "It's quite out of fashion."

-H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man

"Very well," said the Voice, in a tone of relief. "Then I'm going to throw flints at you till you think differently."

-H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man

"And there it was, on a shabby bed in a tawdry, ill-lighted bedroom, surrounded by a crowd of ignorant and excited people, broken and wounded, betrayed and unpitied, that Griffin, the first of all men…"

-H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man

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10. I Am a Cat

By: Natsume Sōseki , Aiko Ito , Graeme Wilson

3.50

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

I am a cat. As yet I have no name. So begins one of the most original and unforgettable works in Ja… read more

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11. Historia de una escalera

By: Antonio Buero Vallejo

4.37

Format: None pages, Paperback

Historia de una escalera, originalmente llamada La escalera, poseia el mismo titulo de una obra de … read more

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12. La Regenta

By: Leopoldo Alas

2.50

Format: 260 pages, Mass Market Paperback

En las paginas de La Regentael joven catedratico de la Universidad de Oviedo, Leopoldo Alas, preten… read more

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13. Amadis of Gaul

By: Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo , Robert Southey

3.92

Format: 358 pages,

This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with stran… read more

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14. Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)

By: Arthur C. Clarke

4.12

Format: 243 pages, Paperback

At first, only a few things are known about the celestial object that astronomers dub Rama. It is h… read more

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"He had a suspicion of plausible answers; they were so often wrong."

-Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)

"In these latter days, knighthood was an honor few Englishmen escaped."

-Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)

"If such a thing had happened once, it must surely have happened many times in this galaxy of a hundred billion suns."

-Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)

"Yes, it made sense, and was so absurdly simple that it would take a genius to think of it. And, perhaps, someone who did not expect to do it himself."

-Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)

15. Dreamtigers

By: Jorge Luis Borges , None , None

3.53

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Dreamtigershas been heralded as one of the literary masterpieces of the twentieth century by Mortim… read more

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16. The Book of Sand and Shakespeare's Memory

By: Jorge Luis Borges , Norman Thomas di Giovanni

3.53

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

'One of the most remarkable artists of our age' - Mario Vargas Llosa. The Book of Sandwas the last … read more

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17. Nada

By: Edith Grossman , Carmen Laforet

3.83

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Carmen Laforet’s Nada ranks among the most important literary works of post-Civil War Spain. Loosel… read more

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"You always move in the same circle of people no matter how many turns you seem to make"

-Edith Grossman, Nada

"... siempre se mueve uno en el mismo círculo de personas por más vueltas que parezca dar."

-Edith Grossman, Nada

"el interés y la estimación que inspire una persona son dos cosas que no siempre van unidas."

-Edith Grossman, Nada

"Su charla insubstancial me parecía el rumor de lluvia que se escucha con gusto y con pereza."

-Edith Grossman, Nada

18. Lancelot: The Knight of the Cart

By: Chrétien de Troyes , Burton Raffel , None

3.85

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

In this outstanding new translation of Lancelot, Burton Raffel brings to English language readers t… read more

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19. The Birth of Tragedy

By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael Tanner , Shaun Whiteside

3.99

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

A compelling argument for the necessity for art in life, Nietzsche's first book is fuelled by his e… read more

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"Man is no longer an artist, he has become a work of art."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy

"Knowledge kills action; action requires the veils of illusion."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy

"Look at this! Look carefully! It is your life! It is the hour-hand of your clock of existence!"

-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy

"Večita je to pojava: požudna volja uvek nalazi sredstva da iluzijom prostrtom preko stvari zadrži svoje stvorove u životu i da ih prisili da i dalje žive."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy

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20. La mala costumbre

By: Alana S. Portero

4.55

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

Narrada desde una singular y desgarradora voz en primera persona, La mala costumbre recorre la adol… read more

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"Cuando reímos con ganas no tenemos edad, lo hacemos igual durante toda nuestra vida y puede adivinarse en nuestra mueca la niña que fuimos o la anciana que seremos."

-Alana S. Portero, La mala costumbre

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21. 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

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22. Rey blanco (Antonia Scott, #3)

By: Juan Gómez-Jurado

4.26

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

ESPERO QUE NO TE HA YAS OLVIDADO DE MÍ. ¿JUGAMOS? Cuando Antonia Scott recibe este mensaje, sabe… read more

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"Porque lo que las palabras lastiman, a veces solo el silencio arregla."

-Juan Gómez-Jurado, Rey blanco (Antonia Scott, #3)

"Quizás en eso consiste crecer: en darte cuenta de lo gilipollas que eras."

-Juan Gómez-Jurado, Rey blanco (Antonia Scott, #3)

"La raíz de los males del mundo es que nadie se pone de acuerdo en qué es eso."

-Juan Gómez-Jurado, Rey blanco (Antonia Scott, #3)

"(...) su vida no se puede contabilizar sólo por los minutos que le restan, sino por las palabras no dichas."

-Juan Gómez-Jurado, Rey blanco (Antonia Scott, #3)

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23. Cómo hacer que te pasen cosas buenas

By: Marian Rojas Estapé

4.13

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Entiende tu cerebro, gestiona tus emociones, mejora tu vida. Uniendo el punto de vista científic… read more

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24. El infinito en un junco: La invención de los libros en el mundo antiguo

By: Irene Vallejo

4.26

Format: 452 pages, Paperback

Este es un libro sobre la historia de los libros. Un recorrido por la vida de ese fascinante artefa… read more

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"Los libros nos convierten en herederos de todos los relatos: los mejores, los peores, los ambiguos, los problemáticos, los de doble filo. Disponer de todos ellos es bueno para pensar, y permite elegi…"

-Irene Vallejo, El infinito en un junco: La invención de los libros en el mundo antiguo

"Ler é um ritual que implica gestos, posições, objetos, espaços, materiais, movimentos, modulações de luz. Para imaginarmos como liam os nossos antepassados, precisamos de conhecer, em cada época, ess…"

-Irene Vallejo, El infinito en un junco: La invención de los libros en el mundo antiguo

"desde os primeiros séculos da escrita até à idade Média, a norma era ler em voz alta, para si próprio ou para os outros, e os escritores pronunciavam as frases à medida que as escreviam ouvindo assim…"

-Irene Vallejo, El infinito en un junco: La invención de los libros en el mundo antiguo

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25. Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice

By: Cristina Rivera Garza

4.35

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A haunting, unforgettable memoir about a beloved younger sister and the painful memory of her murde… read more

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"Ahora sí es posible escribir lo inexpresable. Mejor dicho, ahora hay algo inexpresable y, luego entonces ahora es posible escribir."

-Cristina Rivera Garza, Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice

"Éramos apenas unas niñas de dieciocho años, pero ahí íbamos junto con todos los demás, pidiendo lo imposible porque, ¿qué más se puede pedir a esa edad?"

-Cristina Rivera Garza, Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice

"Somos ellas en el pasado, y somos ellas en el futuro, y somos otras a la vez. Somos otras y somos las mismas de siempre. Mujeres en busca de justicia. Mujeres exhaustas, y juntas. Hartas ya, pero con…"

-Cristina Rivera Garza, Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice

"It is in the imperative, inescapable, overwhelming demand that the victim be blamed and that you blame yourself with her. It is in the imperative, inescapable, overwhelming demand to exonerate the mu…"

-Cristina Rivera Garza, Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice

Cover of Historia del Libro by Svend Dahl

26. Historia del Libro

By: Svend Dahl

3.51

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Madrid. 18 cm. 319 p. con lám. grab. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Colecció… read more

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Cover of Movimientos insomnes / Antología poética 1964-2014 by Clara Janés

27. Movimientos insomnes / Antología poética 1964-2014

By: Clara Janés

4.25

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Movimientos insomnes recoge una amplia selección de la obra poética de Clara Janés (Barcelona, 1940… read more

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28 must-read fiction books like Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1) by Arthur C. Clarke

Transform Your Habits

Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)

William Gibson

3.89

Transform Your Habits

Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)

Kim Stanley Robinson

3.86

Transform Your Habits

Solaris

Stanisław Lem

3.99

Transform Your Habits

The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1)

Isaac Asimov

4.19

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