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Plato: Republic
Plato • 2009
La Cultura
Dietrich Schwanitz • 2002
The Prince | Niccolò Machiavelli
Niccolò Machiavelli • 2021
The ends justifies the means.<br/><br/>The Prince is a 16th-century political treatise written by Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli as an instruction guide for new princes and royals. The general theme of The Prince is of accepting that the aims of princes – such as glory and survival – can justify the use of immoral means to achieve those ends.
THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
Anne Frank • 2020
In 1940, After Germany Invaded The Netherlands, Anne And Her Family Couldn't Leave The Country, So They Decided To Hide In A Warehouse In An Attempt To Escape The Persecution Of Jews By The Nazis. For Over Two Years, Anne Wrote In Her Diary With An Awareness That Was Extremely Mature For Her Age. She Detailed Her Experiences And Insights While She And Her Family Were In Hiding, Living In A Constant Fear Of Being Arrested. The Diary Of Anne Frank' Is A Record Of Her Understanding Of The War And Showcases Her Incredible Storytelling Abilities In Such Horrific Circumstances. In 1944, The Franks Were Found And Sent To Concentration Camps. Anne Died Before She Turned 16, And Her Father, Otto Frank, Was The Only Family Member To Survive The Holocaust. After The War, Otto Returned To Amsterdam, Where He Found His Daughter's Diary And Then Published I As The Diary Of A Young Girl. The Diary Of Anne Frank Is Among The Most Enduring Documents Of The Twentieth Century. Since Its Publication In 1947, It Has Been Read By Tens Of Millions Of Peopleall Over The World. It Remains A Beloved And Deeply Admired Testament To The Indestructible Nature Of The Human Spirit.
Outlander: A Novel (Outlander, Book 1)
Diana Gabaldon • 2004
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A STARZ ORIGINAL SERIES Unrivaled storytelling. Unforgettable characters. Rich historical detail. These are the hallmarks of Diana Gabaldon’s work. Her New York Times bestselling Outlander novels have earned the praise of critics and captured the hearts of millions of fans. Here is the story that started it all, introducing two remarkable characters, Claire Beauchamp Randall and Jamie Fraser, in a spellbinding novel of passion and history that combines exhilarating adventure with a love story for the ages. One of the top ten best-loved novels in America, as seen on PBS’s The Great American Read! Scottish Highlands, 1945. Claire Randall, a former British combat nurse, is just back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon when she walks through a standing stone in one of the ancient circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenach—an “outlander”—in a Scotland torn by war and raiding clans in the year of Our Lord . . . 1743. Claire is catapulted into the intrigues of a world that threatens her life, and may shatter her heart. Marooned amid danger, passion, and violence, Claire learns her only chance of safety lies in Jamie Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior. What begins in compulsion becomes urgent need, and Claire finds herself torn between two very different men, in two irreconcilable lives. This eBook includes the full text of the novel plus the following additional content: • An excerpt from Diana Gabaldon’s Dragonfly in Amber, the second novel in the Outlander series • An interview with Diana Gabaldon • An Outlander reader’s guide Praise for Outlander “Marvelous and fantastic adventures, romance, sex . . . perfect escape reading.”—San Francisco Chronicle “History comes deliciously alive on the page.”—New York Daily News
And the Violins Stopped Playing: A Story of the Gypsy Holocaust
Alexander Ramati • 1985
Os Maias de Eça de Queiróz
Fernando Egidio Reis • 1998
Kafka on the Shore
Haruki Murakami • 2006
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the New York Times bestselling author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and one of the world’s greatest storytellers comes "an insistently metaphysical mind-bender” (The New Yorker) about a teenager on the run and an aging simpleton.<br/><br/>Now with a new introduction by the author.<br/><br/>Here we meet 15-year-old runaway Kafka Tamura and the elderly Nakata, who is drawn to Kafka for reasons that he cannot fathom. As their paths converge, acclaimed author Haruki Murakami enfolds readers in a world where cats talk, fish fall from the sky, and spirits slip out of their bodies to make love or commit murder, in what is a truly remarkable journey.<br/><br/>“As powerful as The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.... Reading Murakami ... is a strikingexperience in consciousness expansion.” —The Chicago Tribune
Norwegian Wood (Vintage International)
Haruki Murakami • 2010
