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Sophist
Sophist
Plato
¥40.79
There are no descriptions of time, place or persons, in the Sophist and Statesman, but we are plunged at once into philosophical discussions; the poetical charm has disappeared, and those who have no taste for abstruse metaphysics will greatly prefer the earlier dialogues to the later ones. Plato is conscious of the change, and in the Statesman expressly accuses himself of a tediousness in the two dialogues, which he ascribes to his desire of developing the dialectical method.
On the Gait of Animals
On the Gait of Animals
Aristotle
¥40.79
We have now to consider the parts which are useful to animals for movement in place (locomotion); first, why each part is such as it is and to what end they possess them; and second, the differences between these parts both in one and the same creature, and again by comparison of the parts of creatures of different species with one another. First then let us lay down how many questions we have to consider.
Discourse on Inequality
Discourse on Inequality
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
¥40.79
Rousseau first exposes in this work his conception of a human state of nature, presented as a philosophical fiction, and of human perfectibility, an early idea of progress. He then explains the way, according to him, people may have established civil society, which leads him to present private property as the original source and basis of all inequality.
The Social Contract
The Social Contract
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
¥40.79
A book in which Rousseau theorized about the best way to establish a political community in the face of the problems of commercial society, which he had already identified in his Discourse on Inequality. The Social Contract helped inspire political reforms or revolutions in Europe, especially in France. The Social Contract argued against the idea that monarchs were divinely empowered to legislate. Rousseau asserts that only the people, who are sovereign, have that all-powerful right.
Παιδι? τη? Μεσογε?ου
Παιδι? τη? Μεσογε?ου
Γιώτα Τσαρμποπούλου
¥63.19
Ν?ο-ιστορικ?, ρεαλιστικ?, κοινωνικ?-πολιτικ? μυθιστ?ρημα, ιδια?τερα επ?καιρο, μια δυνατ? αναφορ? στην προσφυγικ? κρ?ση, που χτυπ? κυρ?ω? τα παιδι?, τα ασυν?δευτα προσφυγ?πουλα.Το φθιν?πωρο του 2014, η Λητ?, φιλ?λογο?, τοποθετε?ται ω? αναπληρ?τρια καθηγ?τρια σε Γυμν?σιο του νησιο? τη? Κω. Εκε?, συναντ? πρ?σφυγε? που καταφθ?νουν με σαπιοκ?ραβα απ? τι? τουρκικ?? ακτ??. Αποφασ?ζει συνειδητ? να βοηθ?σει του? πρ?σφυγε?, ω? εθελ?ντρια, στο ?Ιπποκρ?τειο? νοσοκομε?ο τη? Κω. Στο θ?λαμο του νοσοκομε?ου συναντ? τρει? Σ?ριου? πρ?σφυγε?, βαρι? τραυματισμ?νου?, τον Ασλ?ν, παλι? γν?ριμο, απ? τι? κοιν?? του? μεταπτυχιακ?? σπουδ?? στη Σκωτ?α, μαζ? με ?λλου? δυο Σ?ριου? φ?λου? του, τον Τζαμ?λ και τον Οσ?μα, που συνοδε?ουν ενν?α μικρ? παιδι?, προσφυγ?πουλα, ορφαν? πολ?μου. Η Λητ? εμπλ?κεται στη ζω? των τρι?ν ανδρ?ν και των ενν?α παιδι?ν. Το προσφυγικ? ζ?τημα γ?νεται δικ? τη? θ?μα, κομμ?τι του ψυχισμο? τη?, πρ?γμα που εκφρ?ζεται ?ντονα στα τραγο?δια που πα?ζει στην κιθ?ρα τη?, στου? μαθητ?? τη? στο σχολε?ο τη? Κω, στη ζω? τη?, στον τρ?πο που αναζητ? τι? θ?σει? τη? Ευρωπα?κ?? ?νωση?, τη? ?πατη? Αρμοστε?α? του ΟΗΕ, των εμπλεκ?μενων κρατ?ν. Στηρ?ζει με ιδια?τερη ευαισθησ?α τα ασυν?δευτα παιδι? - προσφυγ?πουλα, που π?φτουν θ?ματα επικ?νδυνων εγκληματι?ν και χ?νονται κατ? τη δι?ρκεια τη? πορε?α? του? προ? την κεντρικ? και β?ρεια Ευρ?πη, σε βρ?μικα κυκλ?ματα εκμετ?λλευση?, πορνε?α?, παιδεραστ?ν, εμπορ?ου ανθρωπ?νων οργ?νων, ναρκωτικ?ν, κ.?. Ο δυνατ?? ?ρωτ?? τη? για τον Ασλ?ν και η αγ?πη τη? για τα παιδι? την οδηγε? μαζ? του?, στην κεντρικ? Ευρ?πη και στην ενεργ? συμμετοχ? τη? στο προσφυγικ? ζ?τημα καθ?? και στην τοποθ?τησ? τη? με πρακτικ? τρ?πο, σε ?να θ?μα που αφορ? ?λη την Ευρ?πη, την παγκ?σμια κοιν?τητα, τον ΟΗΕ, καθ?? χτυπ?ει β?ναυσα, εδ? και χρ?νια, του? λαο?? τη? Μεσογε?ου και υποθ?λπει κρυφ?, ?νομα, αλλ? και φανερ? συμφ?ροντα.Ε?ναι ?να βιβλ?ο που χτυπ? τον ρατσισμ?, την ξενοφοβ?α, τι? θρησκευτικ?? προκαταλ?ψει?, στηρ?ζει τον ?νθρωπο και τι? πανανθρ?πινε? αξ?ε?, που κουρελι?ζονται απ? πολ?μου?, εμφυλ?ου?, μ?ση, φανατισμο?? και ζητ? αλληλεγγ?η και πιστ? εφαρμογ? των ν?μων και καν?νων του ΟΗΕ, που ?χουν να κ?νουν με τα ανθρ?πινα δικαι?ματα.
Children of the Mediterranean: The odyssey of the Unescorted Refugee Children
Children of the Mediterranean: The odyssey of the Unescorted Refugee Children
Giota Tsarmpopoulou
¥63.19
A new-historical, realistic, social-political novel. A current, strong reference to the refugee crisis, which strikes the unescorted innocent refugee children.At the beginning of the autumn of 2014, Leto, a teacher of Greek literature is assigned in a secondary school of Kos, as a contract teacher. There, she meets a lot of refugees from Syria, who arrive on the island, with old and rusty boats, from the Turkish shores. After a big wreck, she consciously decides to help them as a volunteer in “Hippokratio” hospital of Kos. There, she is responsible for three heavily injured men from Syria. One of them is Aslan, a friend from their common post graduate studies in Aberdeen University, Scotland. In the same room, there are two other friends of him, Jamal and Ossama. They all accompany nine refugee children, orphans of the war. Leto is involved in the life of the three injured men and the nine refugee children. The refugee issue becomes her own issue, a part of her, which she wholeheartedly expresses through playing her guitar to her students of Kos throughout her whole life. She challenges the attitudes of European Union and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, as well as all the involved nations. She stands by the unescorted refugee children, sensitively, who become victims of dangerous criminals and they get lost in den of vices of prostitution, pederasty, trafficking in human organs, drugs and so on, on their way to the Central and North Europe. Leto’s strong love for Aslan and her love for children leads her to the Central Europe where she participates energetically to the refugee matter, and she takes position practically, to an item which overconcerns all Europe, the whole world, the United Nations, as it brutally beats all the nations of Mediterranean Sea, pandering hidden and illegal interests, but obvious too.A book which challenges racism, xenophobia and religious prejudice, stands by the human and supports the universal values that are torn up by the war, the civil war, the total hatreds, and fanatics. It is asking for solidarity and faithful implementation of laws and rules of the U.N., which are closely linked to the human rights.
The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)
The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)
Herman Melville
¥8.09
This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of Herman Melville’. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Melville includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily. eBook features: * The complete unabridged text of ‘The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Melville’s works * Individual contents table, allowing easy navigation around the eBook * Excellent formatting of the text Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to learn more about our wide range of titles
The Red Rover by James Fenimore Cooper - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)
The Red Rover by James Fenimore Cooper - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)
James Fenimore Cooper
¥8.09
This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘The Red Rover by James Fenimore Cooper - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of James Fenimore Cooper’. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Cooper includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily. eBook features: * The complete unabridged text of ‘The Red Rover by James Fenimore Cooper - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Cooper’s works * Individual contents table, allowing easy navigation around the eBook * Excellent formatting of the text Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to learn more about our wide range of titles
The Wisdom of Father Brown
The Wisdom of Father Brown
G. K. Chesterton
¥40.79
Two men appeared simultaneously at the two ends of a sort of passage running along the side of the Apollo Theatre in the Adelphi. The evening daylight in the streets was large and luminous, opalescent and empty. The passage was comparatively long and dark, so each man could see the other as a mere black silhouette at the other end. Nevertheless, each man knew the other, even in that inky outline; for they were both men of striking appearance and they hated each other.
The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby
The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby
Charles Kingsley
¥40.79
Tom is a young chimney sweep, who falls into a river after meeting an upper-class girl named Ellie and being chased out of her house. There he drowns and is transformed into a water-baby. Tom embarks on a series of adventures and lessons, and enjoys the community of other water-babies once he proves himself a moral creature.
Tales of Dostoyevsky, Volume 1
Tales of Dostoyevsky, Volume 1
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
¥40.79
Dostoyevsky is the only psychologist from whom I had something to learn', remarked Friedrich Nietzsche. 'He ranks among the most beautiful strokes of fortune in my life'. Discover the universal truths and wisdoms of Dostoyevsky in this volume of Dostoyevsky's tales including: An Honest Thief, The Heavenly Christmas Tree, The Peasant Marey.
The Secret of the Island
The Secret of the Island
Jules Verne
¥40.79
It was now two years and a half since the castaways from the balloon had been thrown on Lincoln Island, and during that period there had been no communication between them and their fellow-creatures. Once the reporter had attempted to communicate with the inhabited world by confiding to a bird a letter which contained the secret of their situation, but that was a chance on which it was impossible to reckon seriously. Ayrton, alone, under the circumstances which have been related, had come to join the little colony.
Farewell, Damascus
Farewell, Damascus
Ghada Samman
¥73.49
Ghada Samman’s most recent novel,? Farewell, Damascus ?is set in early 1960’s Damascus – a city that now languishes in the grip of corruption and political oppression following the Baathist takeover in Syria. The book opens as Zain Khayyal, a university student and aspiring young writer, plots an early-morning escape from her house as her husband slumbers. Her mission: to get an illicit abortion, plans for which she’s divulged to no one, and to announce that she wants out of her stifling marriage. A rebel and a trail-blazer par excellence, Zain draws down the wrath of polite society and the authorities, political and religious alike, as she challenges attitudes and practices that demean rather than dignify, and a ruling regime that sucks the life out of both oppressed and oppressor. As the plot unfolds, Zain finds her way as a student to a neighbouring country which, though it grants her the freedom, respect and appreciation she had lacked in her homeland, becomes a place of anguished exile. Armed with her accustomed humour, pathos and knack for suspense, Samman fearlessly tackles issues that roil societies across the globe to this day: the stigma that attaches to the divorced woman but not the divorced man; whether to choose a life partner for love, or for social status, prestige and material security; whether abortion is a crime or a means of forestalling needless undeserved suffering; lesbian intimacy as a declaration of freedom from male abuse and tyranny; rape as an instrument of humiliation and subjugation and unconditional acceptance as healing balm.? Farewell, Damascus ?is both a paean to a beloved homeland and an ode to human dignity.
Delphi Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald (Illustrated)
Delphi Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald (Illustrated)
F. Scott Fitzgerald
¥24.44
One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, he is a modern master. This eBook offers you the unique opportunity of exploring F. Scott Fitzgerald’s work in a manner never before possible in digital print. The edition includes every Fitzgerald story collection (published in his lifetime), short story, with poems and non-fiction articles and other bonus texts. (Version 2) Features: * annotated introductions to the works, giving contextual information * illustrated with many images relating to Fitzgerald’s life, works, places and film adaptations * ALL the novels, each with its own contents table * ALL the short story collections and each with their own contents table * overall contents tables for the short stories – both alphabetical and chronological – find that special story quickly and easily! * rare short stories previously uncollected from periodicals and magazines * includes Fitzgerald’s poetry and non-fiction printed in the periodicals of his day * EVEN includes the unfinished novel THE LOVE OF THE LAST TYCOON, available nowhere else * UPDATED with Fitzgerald’s St Paul plays – explore the young writer’s first dramatic works. * UPDATED with Fitzgerald’s letters – spend hours exploring the writer’s personal correspondence. * scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres, allowing easy navigation around Fitzgerald’s works Please note: we aim to provide the most comprehensive author collections available to our readers. Sadly, it’s not possible to guarantee an absolutely ‘complete’ works, due to copyright restrictions on plays and the scarcity of some minor works. However, we do ensure our customers that every possible major text, with bonus material, is included. If you feel a significant text is missing, please contact us via this site. Biographies and critical works are unavailable at this time due to copyright restrictions, but they will be added when they enter the public domain. CONTENTS: The Novels THIS SIDE OF PARADISE THE BEAUTIFUL AND DAMNED THE GREAT GATSBY TENDER IS THE NIGHT THE LOVE OF THE LAST TYCOON The Short Story Collections FLAPPERS AND PHILOSOPHERS TALES FROM THE JAZZ AGE ALL THE SAD YOUNG MEN TAPS AT REVEILLE THE PAT HOBBY STORIES MISCELLANEOUS STORIES The Short Stories CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF SHORT STORIES ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SHORT STORIES The Plays and Screenplays THE GIRL FROM LAZY J THE CAPTURED SHADOW COWARD ASSORTED SPIRITS SHADOW LAURELS PORCELAIN AND PINK MR. ICKY THE VEGETABLE, “SEND ME IN, COACH” THREE COMRADES INFIDELITY The Poetry LIST OF POETRY The Non-Fiction LIST OF ESSAYS AND ARTICLES The Letters LIST OF CORRESPONDENTS
An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)
An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)
Henrik Ibsen
¥8.09
This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of Henrik Ibsen’. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Ibsen includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily. eBook features: * The complete unabridged text of ‘An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Ibsen’s works * Individual contents table, allowing easy navigation around the eBook * Excellent formatting of the text Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to learn more about our wide range of titles
Delphi Complete Works of Walt Whitman (Illustrated)
Delphi Complete Works of Walt Whitman (Illustrated)
Walt Whitman
¥16.27
This is the fifth volume of a new series of publications by Delphi Classics, the best-selling publisher of classical works. Many poetry collections are often poorly formatted and difficult to read on eReaders. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature’s finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents the complete poetical works of Walt Whitman, with beautiful illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version: 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Whitman’s life and works * Concise introductions to the poetry and other works * Images of how the poetry books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the poems * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry * Easily locate the poems you want to read * Includes two collections of Whitman’s letters – spend hours exploring the poet’s personal correspondence * Also includes Whitman’s scarce novel FRANKLIN EVANS, appearing here for the first time in digital print * Features the complete prose works * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres CONTENTS: The Poetry Collections LEAVES OF GRASS, 1855 LEAVES OF GRASS, 1892 OLD AGE ECHOES UNCOLLECTED AND REJECTED POEMS The Poems LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER The Novel FRANKLIN EVANS Other Prose Works LIST OF PROSE WORKS The Letters THE WOUND DRESSER THE LETTERS OF ANNE GILCHRIST AND WALT WHITMAN
Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe by Charles Edward Stowe - Delphi Classics (Illustr
Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe by Charles Edward Stowe - Delphi Classics (Illustr
Charles Edward Stowe
¥8.09
This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe by Charles Edward Stowe by Harriet Beecher Stowe - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of Harriet Beecher Stowe’. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Stowe includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily. eBook features: * The complete unabridged text of ‘Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe by Charles Edward Stowe by Harriet Beecher Stowe - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Stowe’s works * Individual contents table, allowing easy navigation around the eBook * Excellent formatting of the text Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to learn more about our wide range of titles
The Devoted Friend
The Devoted Friend
Oscar Wilde
¥40.79
Little Hans spends most of his time gardening and makes a living from sales of his beautiful flowers. Little Hans always treats his neighbours well and even allows neighbouring rich Miller to pick flowers from his garden. But the Miller rarely invites Hans into his house or responds in kind. The Miller instead develops has his own philosophy of friendship: ‘Lots of people act well but very few people talk well, which shows that talking is much the more difficult thing of the two, and much the finer thing also'.
Symposium
Symposium
Plato
¥40.79
Of all the works of Plato the Symposium is the most perfect in form, and may be truly thought to contain more than any commentator has ever dreamed of; or, as Goethe said of one of his own writings, more than the author himself knew. For in philosophy as in prophecy glimpses of the future may often be conveyed in words which could hardly have been understood or interpreted at the time when they were uttered.
Euthyphro
Euthyphro
Plato
¥40.79
In the Meno, Anytus had parted from Socrates with the significant words: 'That in any city, and particularly in the city of Athens, it is easier to do men harm than to do them good;' and Socrates was anticipating another opportunity of talking with him. In the Euthyphro, Socrates is awaiting his trial for impiety. But before the trial begins, Plato would like to put the world on their trial, and convince them of ignorance in that very matter touching which Socrates is accused. An incident which may perhaps really have occurred in the family of Euthyphro, a learned Athenian diviner and soothsayer, furnishes the occasion of the discussion.
Eugenie Grandet
Eugenie Grandet
Honore de Balzac
¥40.79
Eugenie's father Felix is a former cooper who has become wealthy through both business ventures and inheritance. However, he is very miserly, and he, his wife, daughter and their servant Nanon live in a run-down old house which he is too miserly to repair. His banker des Grassins wishes Eugenie to marry his son Adolphe, and his lawyer Cruchot wishes Eugenie to marry his nephew President Cruchot des Bonfons, both parties eyeing the inheritance from Felix.