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Andrea Palladio · Italian
I quattro libri dell’architettura affronta proporzioni, ordini, ville, palazzi, materiali e architettura rinascimentale.
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Italian
Art
Claim
Andrea Palladio · Italian
I quattro libri dell’architettura affronta proporzioni, ordini, ville, palazzi, materiali e architettura rinascimentale.

English
Literature
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William Shakespeare · English
King Lear explores family conflict, authority, madness, suffering, loyalty, and recognition.

French
Philosophy
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Zhuangzi · French
Le livre de Zhuangzi explore liberté intérieure, rêve, transformation, langage, nature et sagesse taoïste.

English
Literature
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William Shakespeare · English
Macbeth explores prophecy, ambition, guilt, tyranny, violence, and the price of power.

English
Science
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Robert Hooke · English
Micrographia explores microscopy, insects, plants, materials, and scientific observation.

English
Literature
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William Shakespeare · English
Othello explores love, jealousy, manipulation, trust, reputation, and betrayal.

English
Literature
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Edward Bulwer-Lytton · English
Pelham explores fashion, rivalry, manners, reputation, and sophisticated society.

English
Literature
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Edward Bulwer-Lytton · English
Rienzi explores medieval Rome, political reform, popular power, and revolution.

French
Literature
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Gan Bao · French
Récits de l’étrange explore fantômes, prodiges, métamorphoses, présages et légendes de la Chine ancienne.

English
Literature
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Bram Stoker · English
The Lady of the Shroud explores veiled apparitions, Balkan politics, inheritance, romance, and suspense.

English
Literature
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Bram Stoker · English
The Lair of the White Worm explores ancient evil, monstrous folklore, inheritance, and a cursed landscape.

English
Literature
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Oliver Wendell Holmes · English
The Poet at the Breakfast-Table explores poetry, science, medicine, friendship, memory, and conversation.

English
Literature
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Wu Jingzi · English
The Scholars, Volume One explores civil examinations, scholars, reputation, hypocrisy and social ambition.

English
Literature
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William Shakespeare · English
The Tempest explores shipwreck, magic, exile, revenge, freedom, forgiveness, and art.

English
Literature
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Edward Bulwer-Lytton · English
Zanoni explores immortality, occult initiation, love, ambition, and forbidden knowledge.

German
Philosophy
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Adolph Freiherr Knigge · German
Über den Umgang mit Menschen behandelt Takt, Urteilskraft, Selbstbeherrschung, Vertrauen und gute Beziehungen.

French
Literature
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Victor Hugo · French
Un récit bref et puissant sur la prison, la misère, la justice pénale et la responsabilité de la société.

German
Literature
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Franz Kafka · German
Ein rätselhafter Gerichtsprozess verwandelt einen gewöhnlichen Morgen in eine endlose Erfahrung von Schuld, Macht und Ausweglosigkeit.

German
Military
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Sunzi · German
Eine neue deutsche Ausgabe von Sunzis klassischem Traktat über Strategie, Führung, Täuschung, Gelände und den Sieg ohne unnötige Gewalt.

German
Philosophy
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Traditioneller Text · German
Eine neue deutsche Ausgabe des Yijing über Wandel, Entscheidung, Ordnung, Gegensätze und die Beziehung zwischen Mensch und Welt.

Spanish
Literature
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Charlotte Brontë · Spanish
Una nueva edición española de la novela de Charlotte Brontë sobre independencia, conciencia, amor, clase y dignidad personal.

French
Literature
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Voltaire · French
Un conte philosophique mordant sur l’innocence, le pouvoir religieux, la guerre et les absurdités de la société.

Italian
Philosophy
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Laozi · Italian
Una nuova versione italiana del classico taoista su Dao, virtù, non-agire, natura e arte del governare.

English
Literature
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H. P. Lovecraft · English
A cosmic-horror story in which an ancient presence reaches into dreams, cults, and the fragile limits of human knowledge.