The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
By: Peter Murray , Jacob Burckhardt , Peter Burke , Samuel George Chetwynd Middlemore , S.G.C. Middlemore
3.93
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
For nineteenth-century Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt, the Italian Renaissance was nothing less t…
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1. The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
By: Peter Murray , Jacob Burckhardt , Peter Burke , Samuel George Chetwynd Middlemore , S.G.C. Middlemore
3.93
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
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- italy
- art
- art history
- classics
- history
- 19th century
- historical
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- european history
2. The Baby-Sitter (Point Horror, #7)
By: R.L. Stine
3.76
Format: 167 pages, Paperback
From the minute that Jenny accepts the Hagen baby-sitting job, she knows she has made a terrible mi… read more
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3. 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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- philosophy
- classics
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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
"Benevolentia nihil aliud est, quam cupiditas ex commiseratione orta."-Baruch Spinoza, Ethics
"Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility."-Baruch Spinoza, Ethics
4. Against Nature
By: Joris-Karl Huysmans , Patrick McGuinness , Robert Baldick , Patrick McGuiness
3.87
Format: 54 pages, Paperback
With a title translated either as Against Natureor as Against The Grain, this wildly original fin-d… read more
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- 19th century
- philosophy
- classics
5. The Wine-Dark Sea
By: Patrick O'Brian
4.05
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
At the outset of this adventure filled with disaster and delight, Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin p… read more
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- historical
6. Vita Nuova
By: Dante Alighieri , Mark Musa
3.89
Format: 221 pages, Paperback
Vita Nuova(1292-94) is regarded as one of Dante's most profound creations. The thirty-one poems in … read more
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- italy
- classics
7. Revolt Against the Modern World
By: Julius Evola , None
4.04
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In what many consider to be his masterwork, Evola contrasts the characteristics of the modern world… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- history
8. Love's Labour's Lost
By: William Shakespeare , Henry R. Woudhuysen
4.82
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
To begin the introduction, the editor discusses the link between Love's Labour's Lostand the writin… read more
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- classics
9. Growth of the Soil
By: Knut Hamsun
4.11
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A grand, sweeping saga of sacrifice and struggle, this epic tale recaptures the world of Norwegian … read more
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- classics
10. Oration on the Dignity of Man (None)
By: Giovanni Pico della Mirandola , A. Robert Gaponigri
3.06
Format: 220 pages,
An ardent treatise for the Dignity of Man, which elevates Humanism to a truly Christian level, maki… read more
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- italy
- classics
- history
- philosophy
- nonfiction
11. Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson
By: Camille Paglia
4.00
Format: 222 pages, Paperback
From ancient Egypt through the nineteenth century, Sexual Personae explores the provocative connect… read more
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- art
- nonfiction
- philosophy
- history
12. Untimely Meditations
By: Friedrich Nietzsche
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Innehaller: Otidsenliga betraktelser I-IV Vi filologer Om vara bildningsanstalters framtid Fem fore… read more
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- classics
- history
- 19th century
- philosophy
- nonfiction
13. Phaedrus
By: Plato , Paul Woodruff , Alexander Nehamas , Albert A. Anderson
3.50
Format: 270 pages, Paperback
Trajectory presents classics of world literature with 21st century features! Our original-text edit… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- classics
- history
14. Democracy and Education
By: John Dewey
4.57
Format: 270 pages, Paperback
In this book, written in 1916, Dewey tries to criticize and expand on the educational philosophies … read more
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15. The Origins of Totalitarianism
By: Hannah Arendt
3.37
Format: 245 pages, Paperback
Hannah Arendt's definitive work on totalitarianism and an essential component of any study of twent… read more
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17. The Campaigns of Alexander
By: Aubrey de Sélincourt , Arrian , None
4.06
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
'His passion was for glory only, and in that he was insatiable'Although written over four hundred y… read more
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18. The Journey of the Mind to God
By: Bonaventure , Stephen F. Brown , None
4.03
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
The Hackett edition of this classic of medieval philosophy and mysticism--a plan of pilgrimage for … read more
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19. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
By: Max Weber , Michael D. Coe , Talcott Parsons , None
3.99
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
The Protestant ethic -- a moral code stressing hard work, rigorous self-discipline, and the organiz… read more
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20. The Autobiography Of Benvenuto Cellini
By: Benvenuto Cellini , George Bull
3.17
Format: 319 pages, Paperback
Benvenuto Cellini was a celebrated Renaissance sculptor and goldsmith - a passionate craftsman who … read more
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21. The Making of the English Working Class
By: E.P. Thompson
3.12
Format: 56 pages, Paperback
This account of artisan & working-class society in its formative years, 1780-1832, adds an importan… read more
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22. Euthyphro
By: Plato , Chris Emlyn-Jones
4.15
Format: None pages, Paperback
Awaiting his trial on charges of impiety and heresy, Socrates encounters Euthyphro, a self-proclaim… read more
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23. The Waning of the Middle Ages
By: Johan Huizinga
4.33
Format: 57 pages, Paperback
This classic study of art, life, and thought in France and the Netherlands during the fourteenth an… read more
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24. The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
By: Arthur Schopenhauer , None
4.21
Format: 534 pages, Paperback
Arthur Schopenhauer's Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung is one of the most important philosophical… read more
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- 19th century
- philosophy
- classics
- nonfiction
"Scoundrels are always sociable."-Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
"To have lost what cannot be missed is clearly no evil."-Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
"Everything is beautiful only so long as it does not concern us."-Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
"That which knows all things and is known by none is the subject."-Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
25. Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism
By: Benedict Anderson
3.77
Format: None pages, Paperback
What makes people love and die for nations, as well as hate and kill in their name? While many stud… read more
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26. The Essays
By: Francis Bacon , None
3.44
Format: 406 pages, Paperback
One of the major political figures of his time, Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626) served in the court o… read more
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27. The Sense of an Ending: Studies in the Theory of Fiction
By: Frank Kermode
3.23
Format: 218 pages, Paperback
s/t: With a New Epilogue Frank Kermode is one of our most distinguished and beloved critics of Engl… read more
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28. Discourse on Method
By: René Descartes , Donald A. Cress
3.85
Format: None pages, Paperback
By far the most widely used translation in North American college classrooms, Donald A. Cress's tra… read more
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29. Civilization and Its Discontents
By: Sigmund Freud , James Strachey , Peter Gay
4.02
Format: 360 pages, Paperback
It stands as a brilliant summary of the views on culture from a psychoanalytic perspective that he … read more
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30. 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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- art
- classics
- history
- 19th century
- philosophy
- nonfiction
"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
31. Twilight of the Idols
By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Tracy B. Strong , Richard Polt
3.45
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Twilight of the Idols. Nietzsche's own unabashed appraisal of the last work intended to serve as a … read more
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