Capital: Volume III by Karl Marx, David Bach
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
It is in this third volume that Marx sets out his central thesis that "the basic laws of motion of the capitalist mode of production lead to explosive crises and its ultimate collapse". Here we find not only a sustained economic and social description of capitalism as a system and the bourgeoisie as a c ...Show more
The Phantom Ship by Frederick Marryat
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Category: Classics
A sharply written tale of adventure on the seas, the story of "The Phantom Ship" will grip the reader from the outset, drawing one in to the vibrant world of Captain Marryat's imagination. It is the story of one Phillip Vanderdecken, and his search for a piece of the 'one true cross'. But it is still mo ...Show more
Basic Writings of Existentialism by Gordon Daniel Marino
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Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
The perfect choice for those who wonder what existentialism is all about. Edited and with an Introduction by Gordon Marino Basic Writings of Existentialism, unique to the Modern Library, presents the writings of key nineteenth- and twentieth-century thinkers broadly united by their belief that because ...Show more
Capital: Volume II by Karl Marx, David Bach
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
The "forgotten" second volume of Capital, Marx's world-shaking analysis of economics, politics, and history, contains the vital discussion of commodity, the cornerstone to Marx's theories.
The Betrothed by Alessandro Manzoni
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Category: Classics | Series: Classics Ser.
A historical novel set in Lombardy during the wars, famine and plague of the period 1628-30. Two star-crossed lovers are tested by the political injustices of their situation, the virulence of the plague, and a life in exile, away from their homeland. First published in 1827, and now accompanied by an e ...Show more
Homer's The Illiad and The Odyssey: A biography (Books That Shook The World series) by Alberto Manguel
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Category: Classics | Series: Books that Shook the World Ser.
The stories of the Trojan war, of Helen of Troy - the face that launched a thousand ships, Achilles' heel, Jason and the Argonauts and Odysseus' quest are embedded stories in our culture, yet we often fail to recognise that they all spring from two sources: The Iliadand The Odyssey, and one blind poet: ...Show more
The Fable of the Bees by Bernard Mandeville
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Category: Classics
A physician with a particular interest in psychological disorders and satirist, Mandeville published versions of his notorious "Fable of the Bees" from 1714 to 1732. Each was a defence and elaboration of his short satirical poem "The Angry Hive, 1705". The version of the Fable of 1723 and 1732 are the f ...Show more
The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by John Mandeville
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The Travels of Sir John Mandeville Complete 34 Chapters Sir John Mandeville is the supposed author of The Travels of Sir John Mandeville, a travel memoir which first circulated between 1357 and 1371. The earliest surviving text is in French. 'FOR as much as the land beyond the sea, that is to say the Ho ...Show more
The Vinland Sagas - The Norse Discovery: Graenlendinga Saga & Erik's Saga by M. Magnusson
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Category: Classics
Both a record of a fascinating bit of history, and a rich and exciting piece of literature. The two medieval lcelandic sagas translated in this volume tell one of the most arresting stories in the history of exploration ? the discovery of America by Norsemen five centuries before Christopher Columbus ...Show more
King Arthur's Last Battle by Sir Thomas Malory
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He was born to be King. But he would die for his people . . . From the moment he draws the sword Excalibur from a magic stone, King Arthur is hailed as the saviour of England. With his loyal band of brothers, the Knights of the Round Table, he reigns over a golden age of chivalry and enchantment. Bu ...Show more
Le Morte D'arthur Volume 2 by Thomas Malory
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Category: Classics | Series: Classics Ser.
Volume two of "Le Morte D'Arthur", Sir Thomas Malory's powerful and elegiac version of the Arthurian legend, recounts the adventures of Sir Tristram de Liones and the treachery of Sir Mordred, and follows Sir Launcelot's quest for The Holy Grail, his fatally divided loyalties, and his great, forbidden l ...Show more
The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Great Ideas | Reading Level: near fine
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the w ...Show more