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The Age of Alexander

The Age of Alexander by Plutarch (Paperback 2011)

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Plutarch's parallel biographies of the great men in Greek and Roman history are cornerstones of European literature, drawn on by writers and statesmen since the Renaissance, most notably by Shakespeare. This selection provides intimate glimpses into the lives of these men, depicting, as he put it, read more...
 
The Prince

The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli, Tim Parks (Paperback 2011)

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As a diplomat in turbulent fifteenth-century Florence, Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) knew how quickly political fortunes could rise and fall. "The Prince", his tough-minded, pragmatic handbook on how power really works, made his name notorious and has remained controversial ever since. How can a read more...
 
Petersburg

Petersburg by Andrei Bely (Paperback 2011)

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Andrei Bely's "Petersburg" is a colourful evocation of Russia's capital during the short, turbulent period of the first socialist revolution in 1905. Considered Bely's masterpiece, the story follows Nikolai Ableukhov's journey as he is caught up in the revolutionary politics of those seminal days. read more...
 
Golden Bowl

Golden Bowl by Henry James (Paperback 1985)

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This story of the alliance between Italian aristocracy and American millionaires is 'a work unique among all [James's] novels: it is [his] only novel in which things come out right for his characters ...he had finally resolved the questions, curious and passionate, that had kept him at his desk on read more...
 
Poem of the Killing of Meghnad,The (Blac

Poem of the Killing of Meghnad,The (Blac by Michael Madhusudan Dutt (Paperback 2010)

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Meghn d instantly seized the divine sword but he could not lift it. He pulled at the bow It remained in Lakshman s hand. He angrily grasped the shield, but his efforts were useless ... First published in Bengali in 1861, The Poem of the Killing of Meghn d (Meghn dbadh k bya) by Michael Madhusudan read more...
 
The Giver of the Worn Garland : Krishnadevaraya’s ?muktam?lyada

The Giver of the Worn Garland : Krishnadevaraya’s ?muktam?lyada by  Srinivas Reddy, Sri Krishnadevar?ya  (Paperback )

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And below her hair, she would put on a garland and spend a few minutes just gazing into a pond, seeing her reflection and satisfying her desire before turning away and returning the worn garland to her flower basket The emperor Krishnadevar?ya’s epic poem ?muktam?lyada (Giver of the Worn Garland) read more...
 
I Keep Vigil of Rudra: The Vachanas

I Keep Vigil of Rudra: The Vachanas by H.S. (Tr.) Shivaprakash (Paperback 2010)

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One of the only collections of Vachana poetry in translation—a must read for all poetry lovers "Here I come, a ferryman without a body To the great flowing river. If you pay the price– Your mind That grasps and lets go, I shall take you across” Vachana poetry in Kannada literature attained its read more...
 
The Book of Tea

The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura (Paperback 2010)

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For a generation adjusting painfully to the demands of a modern industrial and commercial society, Asia came to represent an alternative vision of the good life: aesthetically austere, socially aristocratic, and imbued with spirituality. The Book of Tea was originally written in English and sought read more...
 

 


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