The Chinese Classics (Confucian Analects)  |
| James Legge (1815 - 1897) |
The Analects is the representative work of Confucianism. The philosophy of Confucius emphasized personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, justice and sincerity. The Analects records the words and acts of the central Chinese thinker and philosopher Confucius and his disciples. Confucianism is one of the worlds major thought systems and remains very relevant for understanding East Asia. |
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| The Decameron Volume 2 |
| Giovanni Boccaccio (1313 - 1375) |
The Decameron is a collection of 100 very readable novellas finished in 1353. It is known for its bawdy tales that span the spectrum from erotic to tragic. The tales are told by a party of ten fleeing the black plague, on each of 10 days they each tell a tale on a particular theme. The stories remain compelling for the modern reader while providing a unique window into medieval life. |
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| The Decameron, Volume 1 |
| Giovanni Boccaccio (1313 - 1375) |
The Decameron is a collection of 100 very readable novellas finished in 1353. It is known for its bawdy tales that span the spectrum from erotic to tragic. The tales are told by a party of ten fleeing the black plague, on each of 10 days they each tell a tale on a particular theme. The stories remain compelling for the modern reader while providing a unique window into medieval life. |
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| The Dhammapada |
| F. Max Muller (1823 - 1900) |
The Dhammapada contains verses that are the answers to questions put to the Buddha himself. In these verses the Buddha illustrates the path to enlightenment, the liberation from suffering and ultimately the achievement of Nirvana which also ends the cycle of birth, old age, sickness, and death. |
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| The Efficiency Expert |
| Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875 - 1950) |
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| The Ethics |
| Benedict de Spinoza (1632 - 1677) |
Although it was published posthumously in 1677, it is his most famous work, and is considered his magnum opus. Spinoza follows a methodical presentation of axioms, definitions, and propositions to show that the ethical and content life can be attained through reason and thought. |
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| Three Men in a Boat |
| Jerome K.Jerome (1859 - 1927) |
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), published in 1889, is a humorous account by Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and Oxford. The trip has been recreated many times since most recently in 2005 for the BBC. Quotes and references turn up regularly, ranging from references in Robert A. Heinlein's 1958 Have space suit will travel through to the 2006 film Pirates of the Caribbean. |
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