Pericles of Athens and the Birth of Democracy
8 best books like Pericles of Athens and the Birth of Democracy (Donald Kagan): A Single Shard, All the King's Men, The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter, Ten Drugs: How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine, The Mastery of Love: A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship --Toltec Wisdom Book, Lost Boy: A Novella, Stories of the Modern South, Damnation
| Author | Linda Sue Park |
| ISBN | 0440418518 |
Tree-ear, an orphan, lives under a bridge in Ch’ulp’o, a potters’ village famed for delicate celadon ware. He has become fascinated with the potter’s craft; he wants nothing more than to watch master potter Min at work, and he dreams of making a pot of his own someday. When Min takes Tree-ear...
| Author | Robert Penn Warren |
| ISBN | 0156004801 |
More than just a classic political novel, Warren’s tale of power and corruption in the Depression-era South is a sustained meditation on the unforeseen consequences of every human act, the vexing connectedness of all people and the possibility—it’s not much of one—of goodness in a sinful...
| Author | Katherine Anne Porter |
| ISBN | 0156188767 |
A very skilled short story writer, Katherine Anne Porter brings to life her characters and, primarily through character development, takes you deep into their world with a minimum of words. Not once did I feel that a story ended prematurely or that I wanted or expected more than I got.
She tackles...
Ten Drugs: How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine
| Author | Thomas Hager |
| ISBN | 1419734407 |
Behind every landmark drug is a story. It could be an oddball researcher’s genius insight, a catalyzing moment in geopolitical history, a new breakthrough technology, or an unexpected but welcome side effect discovered during clinical trials. Piece together these stories, as Thomas Hager does...
The Mastery of Love: A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship --Toltec Wisdom Book
| Author | Miguel Ruiz |
| ISBN | 1878424440 |
Mastery of Love is one of the most influential books I have ever read. I recommend it to all of my girl friends and I think every guy should read it as well. Ruiz also wrote The Four Agreements...very good read but I liked Mastery of Love more b/c as a girl that has grown up in a (pleasantly) divorced family,...
| Author | Thomas Wolfe |
| ISBN | 0807844861 |
Thomas Wolfe's novella The Lost Boy is a captivating and poignant retelling of an episode from Wolfe's childhood. For this special, illustrated edition, James Clark unearthed Wolfe's original manuscript for the story, which was first published in Redbook in a heavily abridged form. This edition...
Rich in irony, sly humor, and vivid, dramatic imagery, the literature of the modern South is a vital amalgam of a once-rural society's storytelling tradition and the painful contradictions and cultural clashes brought about by rapid change. This excellent collection includes works by Truman Capote,...
| Author | Peter McLean |
| ISBN | 0857666649 |
Shambolic demon-hunting hitman Don Drake is teetering on the edge of madness in this smart, witty urban fantasy novel.
Don Drake is living rough in a sink estate on the outskirts of Edinburgh, doing cheap spells for even cheaper customers while fending off the local lowlifes. Six months ago,...
