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Utopia
Utopia

by Thomas More

UPON a time when tidings came to the City of Corinth that King Philip, father to Alexander surnamed the Great, was comin...

1518 198 ed.
The Prince
The Prince

by Niccolò Machiavelli

ALL THE STATES and Governments by which men are or ever have been ruled, have been and are either Republics or Princedom...

1515 1407 ed.
Ender's Game
Ender's Game

by Orson Scott Card

I've watched through his eyes, I've listened through his ears, and I tell you he's the one.

1985 104 ed.
Dune
Dune

by Frank Herbert

In the week before their departure to Arrakis, when all the final scurrying about had reached a nearly unbearable frenzy...

1965 120 ed.
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

by Benjamin Franklin

"It seems I am too much of an American," said Franklin sadly to an English friend.

1791 679 ed.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

by Agatha Christie

MRS. Ferrars died on the night of the 16th-17th September-a Thursday.

1926 220 ed.
Essays
Essays

by Francis Bacon

1579 February. His father dies, and (in June) he returns to England.

1618 188 ed.
Confessions
Confessions

by Augustine of Hippo

Great are you, O Lord, and exceedingly worthy of praise, your power is immense, and your wisdom beyond reckoning.

1482 449 ed.
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary

by Gustave Flaubert

WE were in the prep-room when the Head came in, followed by a new boy in mufti and a beadle carrying a big desk.

1856 1557 ed.
Gorin no sho
Gorin no sho

by Miyamoto Musashi, William Scott Wilson

Martial arts are the warrior's way of life.

1963 97 ed.
Leonardo
Leonardo

by Leonardo da Vinci, Kunster

If anyone fits the description 'Renaissance man' it is Leonardo da Vinci.

1946 89 ed.
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

by Robert M. Pirsig

I can see by my watch, without taking my hand from the left grip of the cycle, that it is eight-thirty in the morning.

1974 78 ed.
Dune Messiah
Dune Messiah

by Frank Herbert

Q: What led you to take your particular approach to a history of Muad’dib?

1969 70 ed.
The Eye of the World
The Eye of the World

by Robert Jordan

The palace still shook occasionally as the earth rumbled in memory, groaned as if it would deny what had happened.

1990 69 ed.
Escape from Freedom
Escape from Freedom

by Erich Fromm

Modern European and American history is centered around the effort to gain freedom from the political, economic, and spi...

1941 89 ed.
From slavery to freedom
From slavery to freedom

by John Hope Franklin, Alfred A. Moss Jr.

By the end of the twentieth century, it became commonplace for African Americans to speak and write sensitively of the l...

1947 51 ed.
Civilization in the West
Civilization in the West

by Mark A. Kishlansky, Patrick J. Geary

1991 43 ed.