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History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides; Richard Crawley (Translator)
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The History of the Peloponnesian War is a historical account of the Peloponnesian War, 431 to 404 BC, which was fought between the Peloponnesian League, led by Sparta, and the Delian League, led by Athens. It was written by Thucydides, an Athenian historian who also happened to serve as an Athenian gene ...Show more
My Life: An Attempt at an Autobiography by Leon Trotsky
Category: Biography | Series: Dover Value Editions Ser.
This priceless historical document by the Bolshevik leader features firsthand accounts from the top levels of the Russian revolutions of 1905 and 1917. Trotsky chronicles the struggle to consolidate a government run by workers and peasants, along with the rift between Lenin and Stalin and its political ...Show more
Poetic Edda: The Mythological Poems by HENRY ADAMS BELLOWS
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The vibrant Old Norse poems in this 13th-century collection recapture the ancient oral traditions of the Norsemen. These mythological poems include the Voluspo, one of the broadest literary conceptions of the world's creation and ultimate destruction; the Lokasenna, a comedy bursting with vivid characte ...Show more
THE AGE OF REASON by PAINE THOMAS
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Dover Value Editions Ser.
The Age of Reason: Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology, a deistic treatise written by eighteenth-century British radical and American revolutionary Thomas Paine, critiques institutionalized religion and challenges the inerrancy of the Bible. Published in three parts in 1794, 1795, and 1 ...Show more
The Complete Stories of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde
Category: Fiction | Series: Dover Value Editions Ser.
Presents a collection showcasing Oscar Wilde's brilliant storytelling skills and his amazing stylistic versatility, covering everything from fairy tales to detective yarns. This book includes the texts of "The Happy Prince and Other Tales", "A House of Pomegranates", "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Othe ...Show more
The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham
Category: Fiction | Series: Dover Value Editions Ser.
This is the story of an artist who was willing to sacrifice everything for the sake of art. Charles Strickland, a stock broker in London, seems like a good, honest man. But one day, at the age of forty, he leaves his business, his wife, and his children and goes to Paris. He has neither money nor prospe ...Show more
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