The Prince Niccolò Machiavelli http://www.feedbooks.com/book/94 urn:isbn:0553212788 en 1513 Non-Fiction Philosophy War Politics Il Principe (The Prince) is a political treatise by the Florentine public servant and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli. Originally called De Principatibus (About Principalities), it was written in 1513, but not published until 1532, five years after Machiavelli's death. The treatise is not representative of the work published during his lifetime, but it is the most remembered, and the work responsible for bringing "Machiavellian" into wide usage as a pejorative term. It has also been suggested by some critics that the piece is, in fact, a satire. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/94.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/94.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/94.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/94.mobi Ion Plato http://www.feedbooks.com/book/684 urn:isbn:0521349818 en -400 Philosophy http://www.feedbooks.com/book/684.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/684.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/684.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/684.mobi Laches Plato http://www.feedbooks.com/book/986 urn:isbn:0674991834 en -400 Philosophy http://www.feedbooks.com/book/986.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/986.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/986.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/986.mobi Unthinkable Rog Phillips http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3502 en 1949 Short Fiction Science Fiction If Nature suddenly began to behave differently, what we consider obvious and elementary today might become—unthinkable. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3502.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3502.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3502.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3502.mobi Theaetetus Plato http://www.feedbooks.com/book/713 urn:isbn:158510101X en -400 Philosophy http://www.feedbooks.com/book/713.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/713.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/713.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/713.mobi The Last Evolution John Wood Campbell http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3496 en 1932 Short Fiction Science Fiction I am the last of my type existing today in all the Solar System. I, too, am the last existing who, in memory, sees the struggle for this System, and in memory I am still close to the Center of Rulers, for mine was the ruling type then. But I will pass soon, and with me will pass the last of my kind, a poor inefficient type, but yet the creators of those who are now, and will be, long after I pass forever. So I am setting down my record on the mentatype. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3496.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3496.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3496.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3496.mobi A Scientist Rises Desmond Winter Hall http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3499 en 1932 Short Fiction Science Fiction The face of the giant was indeed that of a god.... 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I was, in fact, halfway through dinner when, without a word of warning, a man who seemed to enter with a lightfooted speed that, considering his size, was almost incredible, drew a chair toward him and took the vacant place at my table. My glass of wine and my plate were moved with smooth and marvelous haste to his vicinity. Under cover of the tablecloth a packet— I could not tell what it contained— was thrust into my hand." This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3500.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3500.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3500.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3500.mobi Upstarts L.J. Stecher http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3503 en 1960 Short Fiction Science Fiction Earth was being bet on to break her blockade... but what was the purse... and who was to collect? Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3503.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3503.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3503.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3503.mobi The Problems of Philosophy Bertrand Russell http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4198 en 1912 Non-Fiction Philosophy A lively and still one of the best introductions to philosophy, this book pays off both a closer reading for students and specialists, and a casual reading for the general public. This work was published before 1923 and is in the public domain in the USA only. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4198.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4198.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4198.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4198.mobi The Book of Five Rings Musashi Miyamoto http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3953 urn:isbn:1590302486 en 1644 Non-Fiction Philosophy Essay Biography Miyamoto Musashi's Go Rin no Sho or the book of five rings, is considered a classic treatise on military strategy, much like Sun Tzu's The Art of War and Chanakya's Arthashastra. The five "books" refer to the idea that there are different elements of battle, just as there are different physical elements in life, as described by Buddhism, Shinto, and other Eastern religions. Through the book Musashi defends his thesis: a man who conquers himself is ready to take it on on the world, should need arise. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3953.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3953.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3953.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3953.mobi Discourse on the Method René Descartes http://www.feedbooks.com/book/677 urn:isbn:0872204200 en 1637 Non-Fiction Philosophy The Discourse on the Method is a philosophical and mathematical treatise published by René Descartes in 1637. Its full name is Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason, and Searching for Truth in the Sciences (French title: Discours de la méthode pour bien conduire sa raison, et chercher la verité dans les sciences). The Discourse on Method is best known as the source of the famous quotation "Je pense, donc je suis" ("I think, therefore I am"), which occurs in Part IV of the work. (The similar statement in Latin, Cogito ergo sum, is found in §7 of Principles of Philosophy.) In addition, in one of its appendices, La Géométrie, is contained Descartes' first introduction of the Cartesian coordinate system. The Discourse on the Method is one of the most influential works in the history of modern science. It is a method which gives a solid platform from which all modern natural sciences could evolve. In this work, Descartes tackles the problem of skepticism which had been revived from the ancients such as Sextus Empiricus by authors such as Al-Ghazali and Michel de Montaigne. Descartes modified it to account for a truth that he found to be incontrovertible. Descartes started his line of reasoning by doubting everything, so as to assess the world from a fresh perspective, clear of any preconceived notions. The book was originally published in Leiden in French, together with his works "Dioptrique, Météores et Géométrie". Later, it was translated into Latin and published in 1656 in Amsterdam. Together with Meditations on First Philosophy (Meditationes de Prima Philosophia), Principles of Philosophy (Principia philosophiae) and Rules for the Direction of the Mind (Regulae ad directionem ingenii), it forms the base of the Epistemology known as Cartesianism. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/677.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/677.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/677.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/677.mobi Charmides Plato http://www.feedbooks.com/book/679 urn:isbn:0872200108 en -400 Philosophy http://www.feedbooks.com/book/679.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/679.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/679.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/679.mobi Euthydemus Plato http://www.feedbooks.com/book/984 en -400 Philosophy http://www.feedbooks.com/book/984.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/984.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/984.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/984.mobi Gorgias Plato http://www.feedbooks.com/book/985 en -400 Philosophy http://www.feedbooks.com/book/985.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/985.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/985.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/985.mobi Timaeus Plato http://www.feedbooks.com/book/712 urn:isbn:0521790670 en -400 Philosophy http://www.feedbooks.com/book/712.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/712.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/712.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/712.mobi Siddhartha Hermann Hesse http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3374 urn:isbn:0553208845 en 1922 Novels Philosophy Religion Siddhartha is an allegorical novel by Hermann Hesse which deals with the spiritual journey of an Indian boy called Siddhartha during the time of the Buddha. The book, Hesse's ninth novel, was written in German, in a simple, yet powerful and lyrical, style. It was first published in 1922, after Hesse had spent some time in India in the 1910s. It was published in the U.S. in 1951 and became influential during the 1960s. The word Siddhartha is made up of two words in the Sanskrit language, siddha (gotten) + artha (meaning or wealth). The two words together mean "one who has found meaning (of existence)" or "he who has attained his goals". The Buddha's name, before his renunciation, was Prince Siddhartha Gautama, later the Buddha. In this book, the Buddha is referred to as "Gotama". Source: Wikipedia This work was published before 1923 and is in the public domain in the USA only. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3374.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3374.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3374.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3374.mobi Parmenides Plato http://www.feedbooks.com/book/988 urn:isbn:0674991850 en -400 Philosophy http://www.feedbooks.com/book/988.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/988.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/988.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/988.mobi Starman's Quest Robert Silverberg http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3493 en 1958 Novels Science Fiction The Lexman Spacedrive gave man the stars—but at a fantastic price. Interstellar exploration, colonization, and trade became things of reality. The benefits to Earth were enormous. But because of the Fitzgerald Contraction, a man who shipped out to space could never live a normal life on Earth again. Travelling at speeds close to that of light, spacemen lived at an accelerated pace. A nine-year trip to Alpha Centauri and back seemed to take only six weeks to men on a spaceship. When they returned, their friends and relatives had aged enormously in comparison, old customs had changed, even the language was different. So they did the only thing they could do. They formed a guild of Spacers, and lived their entire lives on the starships, raised their families there, and never set foot outside their own Enclave during their landings on Earth. They grew to despise Earthers, and the Earthers grew to despise them in turn. There was no logical reason for it, except that they were—different. That was enough. But not all Starmen liked being different. Alan Donnell loved space, and the ship, and life aboard it. His father, Captain of the Valhalla, lived for nothing but the traditions of the Spacers. But his twin brother, Steve, couldn't stand it, and so he jumped ship. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3493.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3493.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3493.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3493.mobi The Gift of the Magi O. Henry http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3504 urn:isbn:141693586X en 1906 Short Fiction Jim Dillingham Young and his wife Della are a young couple who are very much in love with each other, but can barely afford their one-room apartment opposite the elevated train due to their very bad economic condition. For Christmas, Della decides to buy Jim a chain which costs twenty dollars for his prized pocket watch given to him by his father. To raise the funds, she has her prized long hair cut off and sold to make a wig. Meanwhile, Jim decides to sell his watch to buy Della a beautiful set of combs made out of tortoise shell for her lovely, knee-length brown hair. Although each is disappointed to find the gift they chose rendered useless, each is pleased with the gift they received, because it represents their love for one another. The true unselfish love that the characters, Jim and Della, share is greater than their possessions. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3504.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3504.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3504.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3504.mobi