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Unfinished at the time of Marx's death in 1883 and first published with a preface by Frederick Engels in 1894, the third volume...
The "forgotten" second volume of Capital, Marx's world-shaking analysis of economics, politics, and history, contains the vital...
'A groundbreaking work of economic analysis. It is also a literary masterpice' Francis Wheen, Guardian
One of the most...
In these two devastating late works, Nietzsche offers a powerful attack on the morality and the beliefs of his...
With the emergence of democracy in the city-state of Athens in the years around 460 BC, public speaking became an essential skill...
Beginning with Cimabue and Giotto in the thirteenth century, Vasari traces the development of Italian art across three centuries...
This major collection demonstrates the extent to which Thomas Paine (1737-1809) was an inspiration to the Americans in their...
In A Discourse on Inequality Rousseau sets out to demonstrate how the growth of civilization corrupts man’s natural happiness and...
Between 58 and 50BC Caesar conquered most of the area now covered by France, Belgium and Switzerland, and twice invaded Britain....
Probably written by a student of Aristotle, The Athenian Constitution is both a history and an analysis of Athens' political...
Few figures in intellectual history have proved as notorious and ambiguous as Niccolo Machiavelli. But while his treatise The...
Gerald of Wales was among the most dynamic and fascinating churchmen of the twelfth century. A member of one of the leading...
Raising questions that are as relevant to modern society as they were to the ancient world, Aristotle's The Politics remains...
'The Master said, "If a man sets his heart on benevolence, he will be free from evil"'
The Analects are a collection of...
Scholar, churchman, diplomat and theologian, Gerald of Wales was one of the most fascinating figures of the Middle Ages and The...
The literary career of Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) spanned less than twenty years, but no area of intellectual inquiry was...
As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams is a unique autobiography in which the anonymous writer known as Lady Sarashina intersperses...
The most important historical source on one of the most powerful leaders of the ancient world, Arrian's The Campaigns of...
Rene Descartes was a central figure in the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. In his Discourse on Method he...
A military leader of legendary genius, Caesar was also a great writer, recording the events of his life with incomparable...
'Have little thought of self and as few desires as possible'
Whether or not Lao Tzu was a historical figure is uncertain, but...
Vivid, powerful and absorbing, this is a first-person account of one of the most startling military episodes in history: the...
In The Persian Expedition, Xenophon, a young Athenian noble who sought his destiny abroad, provides an enthralling eyewitness...
Charles Darwin's seminal formulation of the theory of Evolution, On the Origin of Species continues to be as controversial today...
The gripping first-hand story of the disaster that inspired Melville's Moby-Dick and is the basis for a major new feature film,...
Spanning thirteen centuries from the age of Trajan to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, Decline & fall is one of the...
Applying his controversial theory of evolution to the origins of the human species, Charles Darwin's The Descent of Man was the...
Edmund Burke was one of the foremost philosophers of the eighteenth century and wrote widely on aesthetics, politics and society....
Smith's The Wealth of Nations was the first comprehensive treatment of political economy. Originally delivered in the form of...
'The noblest and most lovable of the great philosophers ... ethically he is supreme' Bertrand Russell
Published shortly after...
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