The American Future: A History
8 best books like The American Future: A History (Simon Schama): The Fall of Gondolin, Confessions, Snow, Glass, Apples, Principia Ethica (Philosophical Classics), Humans: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up, The Big Bento Box of Unuseless Japanese Inventions, Tree and Leaf: Including the Poem Mythopoeia, Moby Dick
| Author | J.R.R. Tolkien |
| ISBN | 1328613046 |
In the Tale of The Fall of Gondolin are two of the greatest powers in the world. There is Morgoth of the uttermost evil, unseen in this story but ruling over a vast military power from his fortress of Angband. Deeply opposed to Morgoth is Ulmo, second in might only to Manwë, chief of the Valar: he is called...
| Author | Augustine of Hippo |
| ISBN | 0192833723 |
Augustine's Confessions is one of the most influential and most innovative works of Latin literature. Written in the author's early forties in the last years of the fourth century A.D. and during his first years as a bishop, they reflect on his life and on the activity of remembering and interpreting...
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Oh my! Snow, Glass, Apples is some twisted, dark and creepy fairytale retelling of Snow White, lovely and dear Snow White. In this short story written by the critically acclaimed author Neil Gaiman, she is pure and innocent no more. Better watch out: the mask she wears might...
| Author | G.E. Moore |
| ISBN | 0486437523 |
Back at the dawn of the twentieth century, Bertrand Russell was telling folks to smarten up and learn to think analytically. Well, the general population thought nothing much about the kerfuffle that he was making at Oxbridge...
But a young fellow philosopher decided he might as well make...
Humans: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up
An exhilarating journey through the most creative and catastrophic f*ck ups in human history, from our very first ancestor falling out of that tree, to the most spectacular fails of the present day.
In the seventy thousand years that modern human beings have walked this earth, we've come a long...
| Author | Kenji Kawakami |
| ISBN | 0393326764 |
In Japan, Kenji Kawakami is famous for his tireless promotion of Chindogu: the art of the unuseless idea. Kawakami has developed an entire philosophy around these bizarre and logic-defying gadgets and gizmos, which must work but are actually entirely impractical. Created in the spirit of anarchy,...
| Author | J.R.R. Tolkien |
| ISBN | 0261102613 |
Μια μελέτη από τον Θωμά Μαστακούρη σχετικά με τον Τόλκιν κυρίως ως συγγραφέα και λιγότερο ως άνθρωπο. Δύσκολα το λες μελέτη αλλά περισσότερο μια παράθεση...
| Author | Christophe Chabouté |
| ISBN | 1506701493 |
A masterful adaptation of the timeless literary classic, faithfully and beautifully rendered by an award-winning artist. In striking black-and-white illustrations, Chaboute retells the story of the Great American Novel. Captain Ahab strikes out on a voyage, obsessively seeking revenge on the...
