German philosopher and philologist, Friedrich Nietzsche, was one of the most influential thinkers of our time. His works include critical texts on philosophy, science, cultural norms, religion a...więcej »
Born in 1839, Henry George learned about poverty early in life, first as a boy-sailor and afterwards by working as a type-setter with a wife and children to support. A talented writer, he ...więcej »
Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale takes to intriguing extremes the widely-held belief that everyone has good and bad sides. First published in 1886, the story is justly famous; it has ...więcej »
Chuang Tzu (pinyin: Zhuangzi) is the name given to an enigmatic Daoist sage who was born around 369 BC at Meng (now in Henan Province), where he worked as a minor official in the city of Qiyuan....więcej »
One of the founding Classics of Anarchist literature, Peter Kropotkin’s book is a thoughtful, humane and detailed critique of capitalism, a system which allows a small, rich elite to hold ...więcej »
Rafael Sabatini was born in 1875 at Iesi, Italy, to an English mother and an Italian father. As a child he travelled widely in Europe and by 17 he was fluent in five languages. After settl...więcej »
Those seeking a handle on the nature of modern capitalism and war, can do no better than to start with this incisive analysis by Lenin – it still applies, writ large, today.więcej »
A best seller of its time, Olaudah Equiano’s story of his life as a slave in the second half of the eighteenth century continues to this day to aid our understanding of the Atlantic slave ...więcej »
Hermann Hesse was born in 1877 at Calw, Germany, into a scholarly and deeply religious family. Hesse’s “tyrannical temperament, and passionate turbulence” led to conflict...więcej »
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes gathers together the first twelve short stories of Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle’s famous private investigator, all of which appeared in The Strand<...więcej »
Born into slavery, Frederick Douglass ignored his master's veto on black education and taught himself to read and write. Escaping to the Northern States in 1838, Douglass became an ardent ab...więcej »
Written over two millennia ago in China, The Art of War is the first known rational treatise on the planning and conduct of military operations. It's author, Sun Tzu, was a Chines...więcej »
A novel of high fantasy and spellbinding imagination set on the (strangely earthlike) planet Mercury and peopled by Ghouls, Goblins, Imps, Demons, and Witches, The Worm Ouroboros tells ...więcej »
Since its first publication in 1908, ‘The Kybalion’ - a secret initiatic text – has brought many a seeker within the portals of the Hermetic Temple. Spare and concise in ...więcej »