The Parenticide Club

Author	Ayn Rand
ISBN	0451187849

Ayn Rand's first published novel, a timeless story that explores the struggles of the individual against the state in Soviet Russia.

First published in 1936, We the Living portrays the impact of the Russian Revolution on three human beings who demand the right to live their own lives and pursue...

Author	Eric Hobsbawm
ISBN	0679772537

Having read this first in 2011, I decided to read it again. I've learned a fair bit about the period since then, and so better appreciate the virtues and limits of this volume.

It contains a great deal of condensed analysis - hence it is rich, but often dry. It is also very British -- not only in its...

Author	Aeschylus
ISBN	0486414205

Often called the father of Greek tragedy, Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.) was the earliest and possibly the greatest of the Greek tragic poets. Altogether he may have written as many as 90 plays (including satyr plays as well as tragedies), but only seven have survived.
The Seven Against Thebes (first...

Author	Eric Hobsbawm
ISBN	0679721754

Discusses the evolution of European economics, politics, arts, sciences & cultural life from the height of the industrial revolution to the First World War.
Illustrations
Preface
Overture
The centenarian revolution
An economy changes gear
The age of empire
The...

Author

Nikos Kazantzakis

Since I have been recommending this book, it seemed like a good idea to read it.

Some time ago my husband read a part of it to me, and it made a deep impression. I've been going around telling people it represents my theology, even though I hadn't read it. And now that I have read it I still say the same....

Author	Jane Hope
ISBN	1840460768

Informative yet ironic.

TW: images of suicide, abuse of women and orgies are in this book. Unnecessarily attacks Christianity.

I'm a Roman Catholic, yet I wished to learn more of what my Buddhist friends practiced. At first, this book was very informative and nice to learn about....

Author	Alexandros Papadiamantis
ISBN	9600509379

When I learned that C.P. Cavafy and Odysseus Elytis both admired the prose of Alexandros Papadiamantis (1851-1911), I knew I had to read some of his work. Advised that his shorter pieces are much better than his novels, I read the collection Tales From a Greek Island and then the novella The Murderess,...

Author	Patrick Modiano
ISBN	2070786064

« Encore aujourd'hui, il m'arrive d'entendre, le soir, une voix qui m'appelle par mon prénom, dans la rue. Une voix rauque. Elle traîne un peu sur les syllabes et je la reconnais tout de suite : la voix de Louki. Je me retourne, mais il n'y a personne. Pas seulement le soir, mais au creux de ces après-midi...

Author	Eric Hobsbawm
ISBN	0679772545

In the wake of the French Revolution & the Industrial Revolution, Europe underwent another revolution--this time a revolution of values. The author examines the rise of industrial capitalism and the consolidation of bourgeois culture, exploring the effects of mounting concentration of wealth,...