Metamorphoses by Ovid
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Category: Classics | Series: Oxford World's Classics
The modern, unacademic idiom of A.D. Melville's translation opens the way to a fresh understanding of Ovid's unique and elusive vision of reality.
Why I Write by George Orwell
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Great Ideas | Reading Level: near fine
Whether puncturing the lies of politicians, wittily dissecting the English character or telling unpalatable truths about war, Orwell's timeless, uncompromising essays are more relevant, entertaining and essential than ever in today's era of spin.
Books v. Cigarettes by George Orwell
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Great Ideas Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Beginning with a dilemma about whether he spends more money on reading or smoking, George Orwell's entertaining and uncompromising essays go on to explore everything from the perils of second-hand bookshops to the dubious profession of being a critic, from freedom of the press to what patriotism really ...Show more
Ecce Homo by Friedrich Nietzsche
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Category: Classics | Series: Classics Ser.
In late 1888, only weeks before his final collapse into madness, Nietzsche (1844 1900) set out to compose his autobiography, and Ecce Homo remains one of the most intriguing yet bizarre examples of the genre ever written. In this extraordinary work Nietzsche traces his life, work and development as a ph ...Show more
The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version Of The Indian Epic by R. K. Narayan
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
The Ramayana is, quite simply, the greatest of Indian epics - and one of the world's supreme masterpieces of storytelling. 'Almost every individual living in India,' writes R. K. Narayan in the Introduction to this new interpretation, 'is aware of the story of The Ramayana. Everyone of whatever age, out ...Show more
Essential Marcus Aurelius by John Piazza; Marcus Aurelius; John P. Piazza; Jacob Needleman
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Category: Classics | Series: Tarcher Cornerstone Editions Ser.
This inaugural-and all new-Tarcher Cornerstone Edition presents a stunningly relevant and reliable translation of the thoughts and aphorisms of the Stoic philosopher and Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, properly placing the philosopher-king's writings within the vein of the world's great religious and eth ...Show more
The Hitopadesa by Narayana; A. Haksar (Foreword by); A. N. D. Haksar (Introduction by, Translator); Haksar Narayana; A. Haksar (Translator)
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Category: Classics | Series: Black Classics Ser.
Widely read and beloved for more than a thousand years, the Hitopadesa (Book of Good Counsels) is an anthology of folk wisdom that offers humorous and profound reflections on human lives and loves, philosophies and follies. Drawing on traditional sources, Narayana presents classic tales as narrated by a ...Show more
The Guide: A Novel by R. K. Narayan
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
Raju's first stop after his release from prison is the barber's shop. Then he decides to take refuge in an abandoned temple. Raju used to be India's most corrupt tourist guide - but now a peasant mistakes him for a holy man. Gradually, almost grudgingly, he begins to play the part. He succeeds so well t ...Show more
The Abduction of Sita by R.K. Narayan
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Category: Classics
A hero must save the woman he loves. Ravana, the Supreme Lord, has enslaved all the gods. Although he now rules the world, he cannot resist a beautiful woman. When he catches a glimpse of the princess Sita, he falls under her spell and steals her away. Her beloved husband, Rama, will do anything t ...Show more
The Portable Dante (ed & tr from Italian Mark Musa) by Dante
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Category: Classics
With complete verse translations of The Divine Comedy and La Vita Nuova, this collection realizes the scope and fire of Dante's genius in a single volume.
Portable Twentieth Century Russian Reader: Penguin Portable Library The by Brown Clarence
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Category: Classics
Clarence Brown's marvelous collection introduces readers to the most resonant voices of twentieth-century Russia. It includes stories by Chekhov, Gorky, Bunin, Zamyatin, Babel, Nabokov, Solzhenitsyn, and Voinovich; excerpts from Andrei Bely's Petersburg, Mikhail Bulgakov's "The Master and Margarita," Bo ...Show more