Magna Carta

7 best books like Magna Carta (J.C. Holt): Animal Farm / 1984, Gandhi: An autobiography, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Qurʾan / القرآن الكريم, Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire, The Prophet, Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before

Animal Farm / 1984

Author	George Orwell
ISBN	0151010269

This edition features George Orwell's best known novels – 1984 and Animal Farm – with an introduction by Christopher Hitchens.

In 1984, London is a grim city where Big Brother is always watching you and the Thought Police can practically read your mind. Winston Smith joins a secret revolutionary...

Gandhi: An autobiography

Author	Mahatma Gandhi
ISBN	0807059099

Mohandas K. Gandhi is one of the most inspiring figures of our time. In his classic autobiography he recounts the story of his life and how he developed his concept of active nonviolent resistance, which propelled the Indian struggle for independence and countless other nonviolent struggles of the...

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Author	Richard Bach
ISBN	0743278909

This is a story for people who follow their hearts and make their own rules...people who get special pleasure out of doing something well, even if only for themselves...people who know there's more to this living than meets the eye: they’ll be right there with Jonathan, flying higher and faster than...

Qurʾan / القرآن الكريم

Author

Anonymous

The Quran (English pronunciation: /kɔrˈɑːn/; Arabic: القرآن‎ al-qurʾān, IPA: [qurˈʔaːn], literally meaning "the recitation"), also transliterated Qur'an, Koran, Al-Coran, Coran, Kur'an, and Al-Qur'an, is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims believe to be...

Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire

Author	Alex von Tunzelmann
ISBN	0743285883

Tunzelmann has concocted a very readable and balanced history of the last days of Empire. Tunzelmann avoids demonizing any sect, individual or nation and shows the circuitous routes through which every decision was squeezed out, many tragedies averted and many more inadvertently precipitated....

The Prophet

Author

Kahlil Gibran

Kahlil Gibran’s masterpiece, The Prophet, is one of the most beloved classics of our time. Published in 1923, it has been translated into more than twenty languages, and the American editions alone have sold more than nine million copies.

The Prophet is a collection of poetic essays that...

Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before

Author	Tony Horwitz
ISBN	0312422601

Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone BeforeTwo centuries after James Cook's epic voyages of discovery, Tony Horwitz takes readers on a wild ride across hemispheres and centuries to recapture the Captain's adventures and explore his embattled legacy in today's Pacific. Horwitz, a Pulitzer Prize-winner...