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The Divine Comedy
1,350 LThe plot of The Divine Comedy is simple: a man, generally assumed to be Dante himself, is miraculously enabled to undertake an ultramundane journey, which leads him to visit the souls in Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise.
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The Politics
1,600 LThe aim of the Politics, Aristotle says, is to investigate, on the basis of the constitutions collected, what makes for good government and what makes for bad government and to identify the factors favourable or unfavourable to the preservation of a constitution.
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Bel-Ami
1,650 LThe story chronicles journalist Georges Duroy’s corrupt rise to power from a poor former cavalry NCO in France’s African colonies, to one of the most successful men in Paris, most of which he achieves by manipulating a series of powerful, intelligent, and wealthy women.
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Selected Political Speeches
1,800 LCicero was thought to be the greatest orator in the Roman world during his life. Cicero wrote a variety of philosophical, rhetorical (on the study and practice of rhetoric), political and legal works. However, this compilation does not include any of those works. Instead, it is composed entirely of his speeches. There are nine, and they are ordered chronologically through his life.
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Letters from a Stoic
1,500 LLetters From A Stoic is a collection of moral epistles famous Roman Stoic and philosopher Seneca sent to his friend Lucilius, in order to help him become less emotional, more disciplined, and find the good life.
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Thus Spoke Zarathustra
1,600 LThus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None , also translated as Thus Spake Zarathustra, is a work of philosophical fiction written by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. The protagonist is nominally the historical Zoroaster.
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Puffin Book of Stories for Seven-year-olds
1,400 LThe Puffin Book of Stories for Seven-year-olds edited by Wendy Cooling is a perfect selection of loved stories for all 7 year olds! Full of exciting stories from some of our best-loved authors, including.
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The Secret History
1,800 LUnder the influence of a charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at a New England college discover a way of thought and life a world away from their banal contemporaries. But their search for the transcendent leads them down a dangerous path, beyond human constructs of morality.
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Letters to Sartre
2,100 LRecently published for the first time in France, letters written by Simone de Beauvoir to one of the world’s most acclaimed philosophers shed light on their relationship and her obsessive need to communicate with him.
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To Have and Have Not
1,400 LHarry Morgan was hard, the classic Hemingway hero, rum-running, gun-running and man-running from Cuba to the Florida Keys in the depression.
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The Old Man and the Sea
1,350 LSet in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Havana, Hemingway’s magnificent fable is the story of an old man, a young boy and a giant fish
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Memoirs of a Geisha
1,400 LMemoirs of a Geisha is a historical fiction novel by American author Arthur Golden, published in 1997. The novel, told in first person perspective, tells the story of Nitta Sayuri and the many trials she faces on the path to becoming and working as a geisha in Kyoto, Japan, before, during and after World War II.
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It’s All in Your Head
1,600 LA neurologist explores the very real world of psychosomatic illness.
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
1,500 LThe best fictional report of the Spanish Civil War that we possess’ Anthony Burgess
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The Ten Types of Human
1,650 LThe Ten Types of Human is a pioneering examination of human nature. It looks at the best and worst that human beings are capable of, and asks why. It explores the frontiers of the human experience, uncovering the forces that shape our thoughts and actions in extreme situations.
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