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Yo acuso Yo acuso [es] (1898)
Zola

Description: Alegato en favor del capitán Alfred Dreyfus, dirigido por Émile Zola mediante una carta abierta al presidente de Francia, M. Félix Faure, y publicado por el diario L'Aurore el 13 de enero de 1898 e...
Ainsi Parlait Zarathoustra Ainsi Parlait Zarathoustra [fr] (1885)
Nietzsche

Description: Livre de tous les superlatifs, le Zarathoustra de Nietzsche continue de fasciner, 120 ans après sa première publication. Par son écriture, d'abord, qui rappelle, à bien des égards, la Bible et sa d...
The American in Paris - Vol. I The American in Paris - Vol. I [en] (1838)
Sanderson

Description: (Two volumes.) Sketches of Paris and French people : In Familiar Letters to His Friends. An account of the teacher and writer's experiences and perceptions of France, where he had traveled for heal...
El origen de las especies El origen de las especies [es] (1859)
Darwin

Description: El origen de las especies (The origin of species, en inglés) o más exactamente El origen de las especies mediante la selección natural o la conservación de las razas favorecidas en la lucha por la ...
La désobéissance civile La désobéissance civile [fr] (1849)
Thoreau

Description: La Désobéissance civile, titre original Civil Disobedience est un essai de Henry David Thoreau publié en 1849. H.D. Thoreau écrit sur le thème de la désobéissance civile, en se fondant sur son expé...
The Road The Road [en] (1907)
London

Description: Tales of London's days as a hobo.
Les rêveries du promeneur solitaire Les rêveries du promeneur solitaire [fr] (1782)
Rousseau

Description: Les Rêveries du promeneur solitaire tiennent à la fois de l’autobiographie et de la réflexion philosophique : il constitue le dernier des écrits de Rousseau, la partie finale ayant vraisemblableme...
Les Confessions Les Confessions [fr] (1782)
Rousseau

Description: Les Confessions de Jean-Jacques Rousseau est une autobiographie publiée à titre posthume. Le titre des Confessions a sans doute été choisi en référence aux Confessions de Saint-Augustin, publiées ...
Emile, ou de l'Education Emile, ou de l'Education [fr] (1762)
Rousseau

Description: Publié en 1762, comme son titre l’indique, l'Émile, ou De l’éducation de Jean-Jacques Rousseau est un traité d’éducation ou, aussi bien, un traité sur « l'art de former les hommes ». Il demeure, au...
On the Origin of Species, 6th Edition On the Origin of Species, 6th Edition [en] (1872)
Darwin

Description: Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, in which he writes of his theories of evolution by natural selection, is one of the most important works of scientific study ever published.
Animal Ghosts Animal Ghosts [en] (1913)
O'Donnell

CONTENT: Selected Essays on Technology, Creativity, Copyright and the Future of the Future CONTENT: Selected Essays on Technology, Creativity, Copyright and the Future of the Future [en] (2008)
Doctorow

Description: Hailed by Bruce Sterling as “a political activist, gizmo freak, junk collector, programmer, entrepreneur, and all-around Renaissance geek,” the Internet’s favorite high-tech culture maven is celebr...
Common Sense Common Sense [en] (1776)
Paine

Description: Enormously popular and widely read pamphlet, first published in January of 1776, clearly and persuasively argues for American separation from Great Britain and paves the way for the Declaration of ...
The Law The Law [en] (1849)
Bastiat

Description: The Law, original French title La Loi, is a 1849 book by Frédéric Bastiat. It was published one year after the third French Revolution of 1848 and one year before his death of tuberculosis at age 4...
Aurélia Aurélia [fr] (1855)
Nerval

Free Culture Free Culture [en] (2006)
Lessig

Description: Lawrence Lessig, “the most important thinker on intellectual property in the Internet era” (The New Yorker), masterfully argues that never before in human history has the power to control creative ...
Declaration of Independence Declaration of Independence [en] (1776)
Jefferson

Description: The United States Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, announcing that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain were ...
The Federalist Papers The Federalist Papers [en] (1787)
Publius

Description: The Federalist Papers are a series of 85 articles advocating the ratification of the United States Constitution. Seventy-seven of the essays were published serially in The Independent Journal and T...
Free-to-Copy eBooks Free-to-Copy eBooks [en] (2008)
Herley

The Silverado Squatters The Silverado Squatters [en] (1883)
Stevenson

Description: The scene of this little book is on a high mountain. There are, indeed, many higher; there are many of a nobler outline. It is no place of pilgrimage for the summary globe-trotter; but to one who l...
The Historical Nights Entertainment, Second Series The Historical Nights Entertainment, Second Series [en] (1919)
Sabatini

The Historical Nights' Entertainment The Historical Nights' Entertainment [en] (1917)
Sabatini

Description: In approaching "The Historical Nights' Entertainment" I set myself the task of reconstructing, in the fullest possible detail and with all the colour available from surviving records, a group of mo...
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan, Vol 1 Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan, Vol 1 [en] (1871)
Hearn

The Last of the Plainsmen The Last of the Plainsmen [en] (1908)
Grey

Description: This is the record of a trip which the author took with Buffalo Jones, known as the preserver of the American bison, across the Arizona desert and of a hunt in "that wonderful country of deep canon...
Youth Youth [en] (1856)
Tolstoy

Boyhood Boyhood [en] (1854)
Tolstoy

Childhood Childhood [en] (1852)
Tolstoy

Le Traité des Cinq Roues Le Traité des Cinq Roues [fr] (1644)
Miyamoto

The Hacker Crackdown The Hacker Crackdown [en] (1992)
Sterling

Description: A journalist investigates the past, present, and future of computer crimes, as he attends a hacker convention, documents the extent of the computer crimes, and presents intriguing facts about hacke...
Fantasia of the Unconscious Fantasia of the Unconscious [en] (1922)
Lawrence

Twilight in Italy Twilight in Italy [en] (1916)
Lawrence

The Book of Tea The Book of Tea [en] (1906)
Okakura

Description: The Book of Tea was written by Okakura Kakuzo in the early 20th century. It was first published in 1906, and has since been republished many times. In the book, Kakuzo introduces the term Teaism a...
Cetywayo and his White Neighbours Cetywayo and his White Neighbours [en] (1882)
Haggard

Reed Anthony, Cowman Reed Anthony, Cowman [en] (1907)
Adams

Description: From the writer and genuine Western Trail cattle driver, responsible for some of the best and most realistic accounts of cowboy life in literature.
A Personal Record A Personal Record [en] (1912)
Conrad

The Antichrist The Antichrist [en] (1888)
Nietzsche

Description: Friedrich Nietzsche's "The Antichrist" might be more aptly named "The Antichristian," for it is an unmitigated attack on Christianity that Nietzsche makes within the text instead of an exposition o...
Discourse on the Method Discourse on the Method [en] (1637)
Descartes

Beyond Good and Evil Beyond Good and Evil [en] (1886)
Nietzsche

Description: Beyond Good and Evil (German: Jenseits von Gut und Böse), subtitled "Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future" (Vorspiel einer Philosophie der Zukunft), is a book by the German philosopher Friedrich N...
Thus Spake Zarathustra Thus Spake Zarathustra [en] (1885)
Nietzsche

Description: Thus Spoke Zarathustra (German: Also sprach Zarathustra, sometimes translated Thus Spake Zarathustra), subtitled A Book for All and None (Ein Buch für Alle und Keinen), is a written work by German ...
All Complex Ecosystems Have Parasites All Complex Ecosystems Have Parasites [en] (2005)
Doctorow

The Confessions The Confessions [en] (1768)
Rousseau

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations [en] (1776)
Smith

Description: Adam Smith's masterpiece, first published in 1776, is the foundation of modern economic thought and remains the single most important account of the rise of, and the principles behind, modern capit...
Notes nouvelles sur Edgar Poe Notes nouvelles sur Edgar Poe [fr] (1857)
Baudelaire

Edgar Poe, sa vie et ses oeuvres Edgar Poe, sa vie et ses oeuvres [fr] (1856)
Baudelaire

The American Scene The American Scene [en] (1907)
James

Le Peuple de l'Abîme Le Peuple de l'Abîme [fr] (1903)
London

Samuel Johnson Samuel Johnson [en] (1878)
Stephens

Hawthorne Hawthorne [en] (1879)
James

Through the Magic Door Through the Magic Door [en] (1907)
Doyle

Description: Essays about books.
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African [en] (1789)
Equiano

In Memoriam W. M. Thackeray In Memoriam W. M. Thackeray [en] (1850)
Dickens

Supernatural Horror in Literature Supernatural Horror in Literature [en] (1938)
Lovecraft

Description: Great modern American supernaturalist brilliantly surveys history of genre to 1930s, summarizing, evaluating scores of books, including works by Poe, Bierce, M.R. James, "Monk" Lewis, many others. ...
The Allowable Rhyme The Allowable Rhyme [en] (1915)
Lovecraft

The Society of the Spectacle The Society of the Spectacle [en] (1967)
Debord

On the Duty of Civil Disobediance On the Duty of Civil Disobediance [en] (1849)
Thoreau

Description: Thoreau wrote his famous essay, On the Duty of Civil Disobedience, as a protest against an unjust but popular war and the immoral but popular institution of slave-owning.
Tao Te Ching Tao Te Ching [en] (-600)
Laozi

Description: The Tao Te Ching is fundamental to the Taoist school of Chinese philosophy and strongly influenced other schools, such as Legalism and Neo-Confucianism. This ancient book is also central in Chinese...
Manifesto of the Communist Party Manifesto of the Communist Party [en] (1848)
Marx

Description: Manifesto of the Communist Party (German: Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei), often referred to as The Communist Manifesto, was first published on February 21, 1848, and is one of the world's mos...
The Art of War The Art of War [en] (1521)
Machiavelli

Description: The Art of War (Dell'arte della guerra), is one of the lesser-read works of Florentine statesman and political philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli. The format of 'The Art of War' was in socratic dialo...
Utopia Utopia [en] (1515)
More

Description: De Optimo Republicae Statu deque Nova Insula Utopia (translated On the Best State of a Republic and on the New Island of Utopia) or more simply Utopia is a 1516 book by Sir (Saint) Thomas More. Th...
Le Kama Sutra Le Kama Sutra [fr] (400)
Vatsyayana

Description: Le Kâmasûtra (composé de Kâma, le désir (également dieu de l'amour, équivalent indien d'Éros ou de Cupidon) et Sûtra, l’aphorisme (soit Les Aphorismes du désir) - est un recueil indien écrit entre ...
Dream Psychology Dream Psychology [en] (1920)
Freud

Description: The Interpretation of Dreams is a book by Sigmund Freud. The first edition was first published in German in November 1899 as Die Traumdeutung (though post-dated as 1900 by the publisher). The publi...
The Art of War The Art of War [en] (-500)
Sun Tzu

Description: The Art of War is a Chinese military treatise that was written during the 6th century BC by Sun Tzu. Composed of 13 chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare, it has long been pra...
J'accuse J'accuse [fr] (1898)
Zola

L'Unique et sa propriété L'Unique et sa propriété [fr] (1845)
Stirner

The Prince The Prince [en] (1513)
Machiavelli

Description: 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 writt...





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