Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete
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Michel de Montaigne was one of the most influential figures of the Renaissance, singlehandedly responsible for popularising the essay as a literary form. In 1572, Montaigne retired to his estates in order to devote himself to leisure, reading and reflection. There he wrote his constantly expanding 'essays', inspired by the ideas he found in books from his library and his own experience. He discusses subjects as diverse as war-horses and cannibals, poetry and politics, sex and religion, love and friendship, ecstasy and experience. Above all, Montaigne studied himself to find his own inner...
Number of pages: ~ 819 pages
Amazon Rating ~ 4.5/5

The Book of the Ancient Greeks
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  • History
  • 1931
  • Autor: Dorothy Mills
The Book of the Ancient Greeks is an introduction to the history and civilization of Greece from the coming of the Greeks to the conquest of Corinth by Rome in 146 BC. Dorothy Mills had an uncanny and unique ability to write history that is interesting and at the same time based on sound scholarship. Her direct, engaging approach is valued increasingly by the many parents in our day who are looking for reliable materials for homeschooling or home study, as well as by many private school educators. Angelico Press has undertaken to reprint the highly-prized six volumes of her historical works...
Number of pages: ~ 454 pages
Amazon Rating ~ 4.2/5

by Roger Casement
The Casement Report
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  • History
  • 1904
  • Autor: Roger Casement
The Casement Report was a 1904 document written by Roger Casement (1864–1916)—a diplomat and Irish independence fighter—detailing abuses in the Congo Free State which was under the private ownership of King Leopold II of Belgium. This report was instrumental in Leopold finally relinquishing his private holdings in Africa. Leopold had ownership of the Congolese state since 1885, granted to him by the Berlin Conference, in which he exploited its natural resources (mostly rubber) for his own private wealth....
Number of pages: ~ 306 pages
Amazon Rating ~ 4.7/5

by John Wesley
Thoughts Upon Slavery
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BY slavery I mean domestic slavery, or that of a servant to a master. A late ingenious writer well observes, "The variety of forms in which slavery appears, makes it almost impossible to convey a just notion of it, by way of definition. There are however certain properties which have accompanied slavery in most places, whereby it is easily distinguished from that mild domestic service which obtains in our own country."...
Number of pages: ~ 102 pages
Amazon Rating ~ 4.7/5

Xenophon Classics: Cyropaedia: The Education of Cyrus
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  • History
  • 430 – 354 BC
  • Autor: Xenophon
In substance, the Cyropaedia is "a political romance, describing the education of the ideal ruler, trained to rule as a benevolent despot over his admiring and willing subjects." Although it is "generally agreed" that Xenophon "did not intend Cyropaedia as history", it remains unclear whether this work was intended to fit into any other classical genre known before....
Number of pages: ~ 175 pages
Amazon Rating ~ 4.8/5

by Charles Burney
Memoirs of Doctor Burney
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  • History
  • 1832
  • Autor: Charles Burney
Charles Burney (1726–1814), the music historian, is best remembered for his General History of Music and the accounts of his musical tours in Europe. He was a friend of Samuel Johnson and David Garrick, corresponded with Diderot and Haydn and was made Fellow of the Royal Society in 1773. Although he was a music teacher by profession, it was his writings on music which brought him widespread recognition. Following publication of the General History, he began his memoirs but did not complete them. It is likely that he intended his daughter, the novelist Fanny Burney, to publish the memoirs...
Number of pages: ~ 376 pages
Amazon Rating ~ 4.7/5

by Aldous Huxley
The Devils of Loudun
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  • History
  • 1952
  • Autor: Aldous Huxley
The Devils of Loudun is a 1952 non-fiction novel by Aldous Huxley. It is a historical narrative of supposed demonic possession, religious fanaticism, sexual repression, and mass hysteria that occurred in seventeenth-century France surrounding unexplained events that took place in the small town of Loudun. It centers on Roman Catholic priest Urbain Grandier and an entire convent of Ursuline nuns, who allegedly became possessed by demons after Grandier made a pact with Satan. The events led to several public exorcisms as well as executions by burning....
Number of pages: ~ 294 pages
Amazon Rating ~ 4.4/5

by Robert Greene
The 48 Laws of Power
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  • History
  • 2000
  • Autor: Robert Greene
The New York Times Bestseller Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, The 48 Laws of Power is the definitive manual for anyone interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control. In the book that People magazine proclaimed “beguiling” and “fascinating,” Robert Greene and Joost Elffers have distilled three thousand years of the history of power into 48 essential laws by drawing from the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, and Carl Von Clausewitz and also from the lives of figures ranging from Henry Kissinger to P.T. Barnum. Some laws teach the need for prudence...
Number of pages: ~ 476 pages
Amazon Rating ~ 4.6/5

by Lisa Kleypas
Married by Morning
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Married by Morning continues Lisa Kleypas's Hathaways beloved series set in Victorian London. For two years, Catherine Marks has been a paid companion to the Hathaway sisters—a pleasant position, with one caveat. Her charges' older brother, Leo Hathaway, is thoroughly exasperating. Cat can hardly believe that their constant arguing could mask a mutual attraction. But when one quarrel ends in a sudden kiss, Cat is shocked at her powerful response—and even more so when Leo proposes a dangerous liaison. Leo must marry and produce an heir within a year to save his family home. Catherine's...
Number of pages: ~ 352 pages
Amazon Rating ~ 4.4/5

by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Water Dancer
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  • History
  • 2019
  • Autor: Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Water Dancer is a great novel with a classy story that keeps you on the edge from the very beginning till the last line. Ta-Nehisi Coates is the author of this beautiful novel. This author has a very clear idea of how to write a great story and engage the reader in a great environment. This novel reflects the great writing skills of the author. The characters of the novel are chosen very beautifully and executed in tremendous way....
Number of pages: ~ 155 pages
Amazon Rating ~ 4.6/5