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Livro Shahnameh
Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings is the timeless masterpiece by the Persian poet Ferdowsi. The epic poem, believed to have been written between 977 and 1010 AD, tells of the mythological and historical past of Persia from the creation of the world up until the Islamic conquest of Iran in the seventh century. The Shahnameh is a captivating story of an ancient world and details much of early Per...
2021
1 novo
R$ 117,85
Livro The Tale of Genji (Abridged)
The Tale of Genji by Lady Muraski is one of the worlds most influential novels. As the first psychological novel, The Tale of Genji delves into the motivations and thoughts of the main characters, which had never been done in previous novels. The famous Japanese story is about Genji, the son of an emperor. When his mother died, Genjis father married another woman who greatly resembled Genjis mothe...
2012
1 novo
R$ 89,63
Livro The Serpent Power
First published in 1918, The Serpent Power is an important and influential text for the modern practice of Kundalini yoga in the West. Written by Sir John George Woodroffe, under his pseudonym Arthur Avalon, it is a scholarly and insightful study of both ancient texts and the philosophies of Kundalini, Shakti, meditation, and yogic practice. Woodroffe was born in Calcutta, India and followed in hi...
2020
1 novo
R$ 126,72
The Principles of Psychology (volume 1 of 2)
Livro em ótimo estado. Cortes do miolo com sutis pontos de oxidação. Cantos da capa com leve sinal de manuseio.
2010
1 usado
R$ 78,00
Dear Enemy
Livro íntegro e bem conservado. livro usado, apresenta marcas de uso e do tempo, não apresenta rasuras capa em bom estado , sem grifos e sem rasuras, livro usado com marcas de uso livro conforme fotos
1 usado
R$ 64,00
Livro Suspiria de Profundis and Other Writings
Thomas De Quincey was an English author during the Romantic movement, associating with writers like Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth. Best known for his command of the psychological fantasy story, De Quincey produced stories of the curious and obscure, but always with the traditional Romantic emphasis on feeling. His masterwork, Confessions of an English Opium Eater (1821), stemmed f...
2011
1 novo
R$ 80,30
Livro Hedda Gabler
Performed for the first time in 1891, Hedda Gabler is one of Henrik Ibsens greatest dramas. It is the story of its title character, Hedda, a self-centered and manipulative woman who has grown bored of her new marriage to the kind and reliable George. Hedda was born to a life of luxury and privilege and marries a man she does not love to avoid becoming a spinster. After returning from her honeymoon...
2019
1 novo
R$ 76,23
Livro The Complete Short Stories of Saki (H. H. Munro)
Hector Hugh Munro (1870-1916) was a British writer, whose witty works satirizing Edwardian society and culture led him to be known as a master of the short story. Munro, better recognized by the pen name Saki, produced works that contrasted the conventions and hypocrisies of Edwardian England with the uncomplicated and sometimes cruel state of nature, a conflict which the latter usually won. This ...
2010
1 novo
R$ 128,21
Livro The Complete Short Stories
Considered one of the greatest short story writers of her generation, Katherine Mansfield was a prolific and modern writer from New Zealand. Born Katherine Mansfield Beauchamp in Wellington, New Zealand in 1888, Mansfields family was socially prominent and well-off. She moved to England for the first time at age 15 to attend Queens College with her sisters. Mansfield developed a life-long love for...
2021
1 novo
R$ 168,09
Livro The Four Books of Architecture
First published in four volumes in Venice in 1570, The Four Books of Architecture is the important architectural treatise by the famed Italian architect Andrea Palladio. Often considered to be one of the most important and influential figures in the history of architecture, Palladios designs in the city of Vicenza are designated a World Heritage Site and have inspired countless architects and arti...
2021
1 novo
R$ 147,63
Livro Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Written sometime in the fourteenth-century, Romance of the Three Kingdoms by the famed Chinese writer and playwright Luo Guanzhong, is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature and its influence in China and East Asia can be compared to Shakespeare in England and Europe. This popular tale is remarkable for its length at 800,000 words and its impressive cast of nearly one thousan...
2021
1 novo
R$ 283,31
Livro The Fragments of Heraclitus
Heraclitus of Ephesus was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who lived a lonely life earning him the moniker of the Weeping Philosopher. His principal philosophy is embodied in the following statement No man ever steps in the same river twice, in other words man faces an ever-present change in the universe. He believed in the unity of opposites, stating that the path up and down are one and the same...
2013
1 novo
R$ 89,47
Livro The Man-Eaters of Tsavo
First published in 1907 and considered to be one of the most famous stories of man-eating lions in modern times, The Man-Eaters of Tsavo is the first-hand account of Lieutenant-Colonel John Henry Pattersons encounter with several deadly lions during the building of the Uganda railway through British East Africa in 1898. The book takes place in what is present day Kenya during the construction of t...
2021
1 novo
R$ 100,42
Livro The Travels of Sir John Mandeville
The Travels of Sir John Mandeville which was written in Anglo-Norman French is believed to have first appeared sometime in the mid to late 14th century. It soon would be translated into many other languages and would subsequently be very popular in its time. While the identity of Sir John Mandeville is thought to possibly be based on a real historical figure the work seems to be largely one of fic...
2020
1 novo
R$ 97,56
Livro The Common Law
The Common Law is a classic work from the great Supreme Court Justice, Oliver Wendell Holmes. In The Common Law, Holmes examines many aspects of the common law giving great attention to the historical perspective and precedence and its influence on modern common law. In this work you will lengthy discussions on several areas of law including: liability, criminal law, torts, contracts, and successi...
2005
1 novo
R$ 108,58
Journey to the Center of the Earth (Translated by Frederic Amadeus Malleson)
First published in 1864, Journey to the Center of the Earth is Jules Vernes classic tale of adventure, one of the earliest examples of science fiction. When German professor Otto Liedenbrock finds a coded message in an original runic manuscript of Snorri Sturlusons Icelandic saga, Heimskringla, he discovers what he believes to be a secret passage to the center of the Earth. Professor Liedenbrock, ...
2017
1 novo
R$ 98,83
Anacalypsis (Volume 1 of 2, Part 1 of 2)
Anacalypsis: An Attempt to Draw Aside the Veil of the Saitic or an Inquiry into the Origin of Languages, Nations and Religions' is the result of more than twenty years of research by Godfrey Higgins and is an effort by the author to uncover 'a most ancient and universal religion from which all later creeds and doctrines sprang.' A lengthy and extensively researched history, 'Anacalypsis' provides ...
2007
At the Hawk's Well
Born and educated in Dublin, Ireland, William Butler Yeats discovered early in his literary career a fascination with Irish folklore and the occult. He was a complex man, who struggled between beliefs in the strange and supernatural, and scorn for modern science. He was intrigued by the idea of mysticism, yet had little regard for Christianity. His close friend, Ezra Pound, exposed Yeats to the sy...
2011
Extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds
Extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds
2019
From the Earth to the Moon
<p>First published in 1865, “From the Earth to the Moon” is Jules Verne’s fantastical tale of an ambitious plan to fly to the moon. Set at the end of the American Civil War, Verne’s novel is a forward-looking and modern tale of space adventure. With the war over and no other pressing tasks to occupy them, the members of the Baltimore Gun Club, at the urging of their Preside...
2020
How Much Land Does a Man Need? and Other Stories
In this collection, "How Much Land Does a Man Need? And Other Stories," Russian born Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) demonstrates his varied subject matter and style in his shorter fiction. In the title piece, "How Much Land Does a Man Need?," Tolstoy explores this very question through the story of a peasant with an increasing appetite for land. In "What Men Live By," the humble shoemaker Simon sets out ...
2012
Livro the edinburgh lectures on mental science
Livro the edinburgh lectures on mental science
2020
Livro the principles of psychology (volume 1 of 2)
Livro the principles of psychology (volume 1 of 2)
2010
Morals and Dogma, Volume 1 (Chapters 1-24)
First published in 1872, "Morals and Dogma" is Albert Pike's book of esoteric philosophy published by the Supreme Council, Thirty Third Degree, of the Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction of the United States. Designed as a guidebook for those entering the Scottish Rite, "Morals and Dogma" details much of the minutiae, ritual, and doctrine of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry. Presented here is the...
2007
Morals and Dogma, Volume 2 (Chapters 25-32)
First published in 1872, "Morals and Dogma" is Albert Pike's book of esoteric philosophy published by the Supreme Council, Thirty Third Degree, of the Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction of the United States. Designed as a guidebook for those entering the Scottish Rite, "Morals and Dogma" details much of the minutiae, ritual, and doctrine of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry. Presented here is the...
2007
Tao Te Ching (Translated with commentary by James Legge)
A classic Chinese text dating from the 6th century BC, the "Tao Te Ching" or "Book of the Way" consists of 81 short poems that unfold the spiritual nature of Taoism, one of the ancient Chinese religions. In describing the universal life force implicit in all things, this work shows readers a path that teaches contentment and balance. The simple language of Lao Tzu's manual on the art of living, es...
2016
The Book of Chuang Tzu
<p>"The Book of Chuang Tzu" is an ancient and important Chinese spiritual text dating from the 4th century BC. Together with the "Tao Te Ching", "The Book of Chuang Tzu" is a an important foundational text for the Taoist philosophy. Notable for its stark difference with the Chinese philosophy of Confucius, Taoism does not encourage one to live a strict life according to a rigid set of principles, ...
2021
The Blazing World and Other Writings
<p>First published in 1666, "The Blazing World", is both one of the first novels written in English and one of the earliest works of science fiction. This utopian classic, by Margaret Cavendish, the Duchess of Newcastle, is also one of the earliest works by an English woman. Cavendish was an outspoken feminist, at a time when such ideas were virtually unheard of, and a pioneering advocate for a mo...
2020
The Prince and the Pauper (Illustrated by Franklin Booth)
<p>Mark Twain’s first attempt at historical fiction, “The Prince and the Pauper”, was first published in 1881. It is a story set in the time of Prince Edward, of house Tudor, who at age nine would become King Edward VI. When young Prince Edward meets a Pauper, Tom Canty, who likes a lot like him, he convinces the two to switch clothes so that they can be mistaken for each other a...
2017
The Return of the Native
<p>First published serially between January and December of 1878 in the sensationalistic monthly London magazine “Belgravia”, Thomas Hardy’s “The Return of the Native” is the author’s sixth published novel. Set in Egdon Heath, an area of Thomas Hardy’s fictionalized Wessex known for the thorny evergreen shrubs, called furze or gorse, which are cut there by...
2018
The Story of Mankind (Illustrated)
First published in 1921 and awarded the first Newbery Medal of 1922, "The Story of Mankind" follows the history of western civilization from prehistoric times to the early 20th century. Van Loon both wrote and illustrated this book, which he wrote for his grandchildren, in such a way that children would be learning in an entertaining way. From the development of writing and art to the formation of...
2010
The War of the Worlds (Illustrated by Henrique Alvim Correa)
First published serially in 1897, H. G. Wells's "The War of the Worlds," is one of the author's most popular and enduring works. When explosions are observed on Mars at an astronomical observatory the interest of the scientific community is greatly aroused. It is soon discovered, when they land on Earth, that the explosions are rocket like projectiles that have been launched from Mars. An unnamed ...
2015
The Wisdom of Life and Counsels and Maxims
<p>First published in 1851, “The Wisdom of Life and Counsels and Maxims” is a collection of essays by famed German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer. He is perhaps best known for his 1818 work “The World as Will and Representation” and developed an enduring reputation for his philosophical pessimism, in contrast to the idealism of Immanuel Kant. Much of Schopenhauer’s w...
2020