Wooden Eyes
By: Carlo Ginzburg
4.19
Format: 261 pages, Hardcover
"I am a Jew who was born and who grew up in a Catholic country; I never had a religious education; …
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1. Elephant and Other Stories
By: Raymond Carver
4.09
Format: 124 pages, Paperback
These seven stories were the last that Carver wrote. Among them is Errand in which he imagines the … read more
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"I’d like to go out in the front yard and shout something. “None of this is worth it!"-Raymond Carver, Elephant and Other Stories
"I don't want to talk to anybody. Actually, I'd talk to Molly, if I could, but I can't any longer — she's somebody else now. She isn't Molly any more. But — what can I say? — I'm somebody else, too."-Raymond Carver, Elephant and Other Stories
"In his better moments, Mr Baxter is a decent, ordinary guy — a guy you wouldn't mistake for anyone special. But he is special. In my book, he is. For one thing he has a full night's sleep behind him,…"-Raymond Carver, Elephant and Other Stories
2. The Case of Wagner
By: Friedrich Nietzsche
3.49
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more t… read more
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- philosophy
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3. Professor Andersens natt
By: Dag Solstad
3.38
Format: 140 pages, Unknown Binding
An existential murder story. A master of Norwegian literature critiques contemporary society with w… read more
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"„В сравнение с Пер Екерберг професор Андершен се чувстваше като старомоден мъж в петдесетте си години. Държеше на възгледите си, без всъщност да ги харесва, и ако можеше, с удоволствие би ги заменил …"-Dag Solstad, Professor Andersens natt
"„Съмнявам се, ужасно много се съмнявам в собствената си функция в това време, което вече не понасям. Зъбът на времето, той ме гризе и съсипва всичко. Зъбът на времето гризе и най-върховите интелектуа…"-Dag Solstad, Professor Andersens natt
"He couldn't imagine using the word 'rewarding' about a work of art - for instance that such and such a book has given me so much, taught me so much, etc etc. - but thought solely that it enlightened …"-Dag Solstad, Professor Andersens natt
"Our relationship to the past is marked by deep indifference, even if we do say something to the contrary, even if we mean what we say when we say it is a matter of the greatest significance. Because …"-Dag Solstad, Professor Andersens natt
4. Storia vera
By: Lucian of Samosata , Ugo Montanari , Gianni Toti
3.69
Format: 143 pages, Paperback
La Storia vera, capolavoro di Luciano, viene considerata la prima narrazione fantascientifica, l'an… read more
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5. Oblomov
By: Ivan Goncharov , Stephen Pearl , Galya Diment
4.12
Format: 586 pages, Paperback
Even though Ivan Goncharov wrote several books that were widely read and discussed during his lifet… read more
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"Now or never. To be or not to be!"-Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov
"Love was life's hardest school of all."-Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov
"You have a lunatic before you who has been infected by passion."-Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov
"The common herd of "burghers", those cattle, complete with horns, who turn millstones with their bare hands."-Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov
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7. The Complete Essays
By: Michel de Montaigne , M.A. Screech
4.23
Format: 1344 pages, Paperback
Michel de Montaigne was one of the most influential figures of the Renaissance, singlehandedly resp… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
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- essays
"The thing I fear most is fear."-Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
"We should tend our freedom wisely."-Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
"Why do people respect the package rather than the man?"-Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
"To forbid us anything is to make us have a mind for it."-Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
8. Memoirs of Hadrian
By: Marguerite Yourcenar , Grace Frick
4.23
Format: 347 pages, Paperback
Both an exploration of character and a reflection on the meaning of history, Memoirs of Hadrian has… read more
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- philosophy
"And it was at about this time that I began to feel myself divine."-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
"La morale è una convenzione privata; il decoro è una faccenda pubblica."-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
"I was willing to yield to nostalgia, that melancholy residue of desire."-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
"Of all our games, love's play is the only one which threatens to unsettle the soul..."-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
9. The Zürau Aphorisms
By: Franz Kafka , Michael Hofmann , Roberto Calasso , Geoffrey Brock
3.68
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
The essential philosophical writings of one of the twentieth century’s most influential writers are… read more
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- nonfiction
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"Usko kuin kirves. Yhtä raskas, yhtä kevyt."-Franz Kafka, The Zürau Aphorisms
"از رقیب راستین، شجاعت بینهایتی به درون تو جریان دارد."-Franz Kafka, The Zürau Aphorisms
"چهطور میتوان در دنیا شادمان بود مگر با گریختن از آن؟"-Franz Kafka, The Zürau Aphorisms
"Meidän on aina kärsittävä itse kaikki aiheuttamamme kärsimys."-Franz Kafka, The Zürau Aphorisms
10. Retrotopia
By: Zygmunt Bauman
3.83
Format: None pages, ebook
We have long since lost our faith in the idea that human beings could achieve human happiness in so… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- history
11. Embers
By: Sándor Márai , Carol Brown Janeway
3.87
Format: 268 pages, Paperback
Originally published in 1942 and now rediscovered to international acclaim, this taut and exquisite… read more
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13. War with the Newts
By: Karel Čapek , Ewald Osers
4.17
Format: 241 pages, Paperback
Man discovers a species of giant, intelligent newts and learns to exploit them so successfully that… read more
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"V holandských koloniích žádní čerti nejsou; jsou-li nějací, tedy ve francouzských. kapitán J. van Toch"-Karel Čapek, War with the Newts
"Without a sense of art, it is impossible ever to think of something new. We need to be poets if we are to keep the world moving."-Karel Čapek, War with the Newts
"His life was now the life of a collector, and that gave it meaning. Evening after evening he would count and arrange his cuttings under the indulgent eyes of Mrs. Povondra who knew that every man is …"-Karel Čapek, War with the Newts
"They all had a thousand good economic and political reasons why they couldn’t stop. I’m not a politician or a businessman; how am I supposed to persuade them about these things. What are we supposed …"-Karel Čapek, War with the Newts
14. Ficciones
By: Jorge Luis Borges , Anthony Bonner , Anthony Kerrigan
3.53
Format: 320 pages,
The seventeen pieces in Ficcionesdemonstrate the whirlwind of Borges's genius and mirror the precis… read more
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15. Sweet Days of Discipline
By: Tim Parks , Fleur Jaeggy
4.50
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Set in postwar Switzerland, Fleur Jaeggy's eerily beautiful novel begins simply and innocently enou… read more
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16. 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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17. Carcoma
By: Layla Martínez
4.17
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Todas las casas guardan la historia de quienes las han habitado. Las paredes de esta casa perdida e… read more
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"Solo había tenido un hombre, pero ya había sido suficiente. Cuando una está sola y es pobre no puede permitirse aprender la misma lección dos veces, esto también lo sabemos bien en esta casa."-Layla Martínez, Carcoma
18. Forbidden Notebook
By: Alba de Céspedes
4.19
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
With a foreword by Jhumpa Lahiri, Quaderno Proibito is a classic domestic novel by the Italian-Cu… read more
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19. Second Place
By: Rachel Cusk
3.68
Format: 186 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the Outline trilogy, a fable of human destiny and decline, enacted in a closed s… read more
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"Some people write simply because they don’t know how to live in the moment and have to reconstruct it and live in it afterwards."-Rachel Cusk, Second Place
"Muutoksen ja toiston kaava on niin tiukasti yhteydessä tietynlaiseen harmoniaan elämässä, ja vapauden harjoittaminen on alisteista sille aivan kuin opinkappaleelle. Muutoksia täytyy annostella kohtuu…"-Rachel Cusk, Second Place
"Joskus minun vain täytyy saada puhua jotta tuntisin itseni todelliseksi, ja toivoisin että sinäkin puhuisit minulle." Hän makasi vaiti pimeässä ja tuijotti kattoon. Sitten hän sanoi: "Minusta tuntuu …"-Rachel Cusk, Second Place
"It struck me how the human capacity for receptivity is a kind of birthright, an asset given to us in the moment of our creation by which we are intended to regulate the currency of our souls. Unless …"-Rachel Cusk, Second Place
20. Coventry: Essays
By: Rachel Cusk
3.73
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Rachel Cusk redrew the boundaries of fiction with the Outline Trilogy, three "literary masterpieces… read more
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- essays
"The rules of writing are mostly indistinguishable from the rules of living, but this tends to be the last place people look when searching for 'there'."-Rachel Cusk, Coventry: Essays
"Indeed, we believe everyone has a book in them - a book, not a symphony, and not even a poem. What is it, this book everyone has in them? It is, perhaps, that haunting entity, the 'true' self. The tr…"-Rachel Cusk, Coventry: Essays
"War is a narrative: it might almost be said to embody the narrative principle itself. It is the attempt to create a story of life, to create agreement. In war, there is no point of view; war is the e…"-Rachel Cusk, Coventry: Essays
"In marriage, the woman compensates for her lack of external power by commandeering the story. Isn't that right? She fills the silence, the mystery of her own acts and aims, with a structured account …"-Rachel Cusk, Coventry: Essays
21. Tiamat
By: İhsan Oktay Anar
3.64
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
“Başlangıçta her şey soğuk, boş ve anlamsızdı. Kutsal Rüzgâr sular üzerinde okşar gibi anaforlarla … read more
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22. Bir Kadın, Bir Ev, Bir Roman
By: Wilhelm Genazino
3.46
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
Wilhelm Genazino Bir Kadın, Bir Ev, Bir Roman’da bu sefer alışılmışın aksine çok genç bir anlatıcın… read more
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23. Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions
By: Johann Hari
4.27
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the Wa… read more
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"If you picture of a perfect After-life, it's being with the people you love all the time. He asked me: Why wouldn't you choose today: when you're still alive, to be truely present with the people you…"-Johann Hari, Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions
"...Every one of the social and psychological causes of depression and anxiety they have discovered has something in common. They are all forms of disconnection. They are all ways in which we have bee…"-Johann Hari, Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions
"Un día descubrió que nunca podía desembarazarse de «esa sensación de no tener un futuro». Ni siquiera se veía capaz de planificar con unos días de antelación. Los comentarios de sus amigos sobre hipo…"-Johann Hari, Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions
"Robert Kohlenberg, a professor of psychology, once thought that depression and anxiety were different things. But as he studied it, he discovered that "the data are indicating they're not that distin…"-Johann Hari, Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions
24. The Man in the Red Coat
By: Julian Barnes
3.68
Format: 311 pages, ebook
The Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Sense of an Ending takes us on a rich, witty tour of Bel… read more
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- history
"The past is the present's toy and plaything, gratifyingly unable to answer back."-Julian Barnes, The Man in the Red Coat
"Art outlasts individual whim, family pride, society's orthodoxy; art always has time on its side."-Julian Barnes, The Man in the Red Coat
25. The Water Statues
By: Fleur Jaeggy
3.49
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Even among Fleur Jaeggy’s singular and intricate works, The Water Statues is a shiningly peculiar b… read more
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- italy
"Ich war dermaßen glücklich, dass ich mich aus Versehen in einer Mauer spiegelte, die in der schönen Jahreszeit glänzte, mein Auge lachte im Frühlingslicht, und das Licht spiegelte sich in den lachend…"-Fleur Jaeggy, The Water Statues
"Er verließ seinen Vater, Witwer seit wenigen Stunden, um, wie er sagte, "Statuen kaufen" zu gehen, und dabei schien er zu scherzen. Er war den figürlichen Nachbildungen des Schmerzes und der Ruhe sch…"-Fleur Jaeggy, The Water Statues
"Ich habe viel Zeit in den Kellergewölben verbracht, nicht aus Überdruß an der Sonne oder plein air, ich verlor nur die Kontrolle über die Stunden und über das Leben, wenn ich mich so ausdrücken darf;…"-Fleur Jaeggy, The Water Statues
26. Parmenides of Elea: Fragments
By: Parmenides
3.96
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
David Gallop provides a Greek text and a new facing-page translation of the extant fragments of Par… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
27. Vivre ! Dans un monde imprévisible
By: Frédéric Lenoir
3.66
Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition
« Il a suffi d’un virus lointain pour que le cours du monde et de nos vies soit bouleversé. ‘’Vivr… read more
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- nonfiction
28. Kuzey
By: Burhan Sönmez
4.12
Format: 309 pages, Paperback
Yokluğun bilincinden söz edemeyiz. Âşık, sevgiliyi tanımadan önce içinde bulunduğu yokluğun farkınd… read more
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29. Contra los lugares comunes: Historia, memoria y nación en la España democrática
By: Ferran Archilés Cardona
3.93
Format: 222 pages, Paperback
Nadie está a salvo de lo que parece que no hay que demostrar: las ideas preconcebidas o los lugares… read more
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30. Wooden Eyes
By: Carlo Ginzburg
4.19
Format: 261 pages, Hardcover
"I am a Jew who was born and who grew up in a Catholic country; I never had a religious education; … read more
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31. La rivoluzione è in pausa
By: Vincenzo Latronico
4.00
Format: 44 pages, ebook
L’evoluzione di un singolo quartiere – l’Isola, a Milano – finisce così per racchiudere lotte, ingi… read more
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