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Histories - Herodotus

Translated with Notes by George Rawlinson. With an Introduction by Tom Griffith. Herodotus (c480-c425) is 'The Father of History' and his Histories are the first piece of Western…

Twilight of the Idols with The Antichrist and Ecce Homo - Friedrich Nietzsche

Translated by Antony M. Ludovici. With an Introduction by Ray Furness.The three works in this collection, all dating from Nietzsche''s last lucid months, show him at his most…

Wealth of Nations - Adam Smith

Adam Smith (1723-1790) was one of the brightest stars of the eighteenth-century Scottish Enlightenment. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations was his most…

The Art of War / The Book of Lord Shang - Shang Yang, Tzu Sun

Translated by Yuan Shibing and J.J.L.Duyvendak. With introductions by Robert Wilkinson.The two political classics in this book are the product of a time of intense turmoil in…

Thus Spake Zarathustra - Friedrich Nietzsche

Translated by Thomas Common. With an Introduction by Nicholas Davey. This astonishing series of aphorisms, put into the mouth of the Persian sage Zarathustra, or Zoroaster,…

Bono: Stories of Surrender - Author 117895 CS

An updated and abridged edition of Bono’s bestselling memoir, including a new introduction by the author, Stories of Surrender is an unforgettable love story, a tribute to…

On War - Carl von Clausewitz

Translated by J.J. Graham, revised by F.N. Maude Abridged and with an Introduction by Louise Willmot.On War is perhaps the greatest book ever written about war. Carl von…

Light Years - Salter James

Nedra and Viri are a married couple whose favoured life is centred around dinners, ingenious games with their children, enviable friends and near-perfect days passed skating on a…

Symposium and The Death of Socrates - Plato

With an Introduction by Jane O'Grady. Translated by Tom Griffith. In Symposium, a group of Athenian aristocrats attend a party and talk about love, until the drunken Alcibiades…

The Covenant of Water - Abraham Verghese

AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB SELECTION'One of the best books I've read in my entire life. It's epic. It's transportive .. . It was unputdownable!' Oprah Winfrey, OprahDaily.comSpanning…

World Without End - Ken Follett

The historical saga that has enthralled millions of readers, Ken Follett''s Kingsbridge Novels continue with World Without End. A childhood lost. 1327 and four children slip away…

The Colossus - Sylvia Plathová

Originally published in 1960, The Colossus was the only volume of Sylvia Plath''s poetry published before her death in 1963. Showing a scholarly dedication to the craft, the poems…

The Seven Principles For Making Marriage Work - John M. Gottman

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER with over a million copies sold!The revolutionary guide to show couples how to create an emotionally intelligent relationship - and keep it on trackThe…

The Iron Flame (Standard Edition) - Rebecca Yarros

Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College-Violet included.But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the…

Fantastic Mr Fox - Roald Dahl

"On a hill above the valley there was a wood. In the wood there was a huge tree. Under the tree there was a hole.In the hole lived Mr Fox and Mrs Fox and their four Small Foxes. .…