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The birds
By Aristophanes. 1961
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A Greek comedy featuring two fugitives from Athenian taxation and litigation, who persuade the birds to found a city in…
the clouds, Cloud-Cuckoo Land. In time, utopia under bird rule exists. First performed in 414 BCE. 1961.Buddha: a story of enlightenment
By Deepak Chopra. 2007
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Bestsellers (Fiction), Christian fiction, General fictionPhilosophy, Self help, Buddhism, Reference
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A retelling of the Buddha's search for truth. The prince Siddhartha leaves behind his comfortable palace, becomes a wandering monk…
who faces many trials and much suffering, and transcends physical pain to achieve enlightenment as the Buddha. Includes a concise practical guide to Buddhism. 2007Faust: A Tragedy (First Avenue Classics ™)
By Johann Wolfgang Goethe. 2018
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Faust, a once-godly scholar, is beginning to suspect that his efforts to learn the secrets of the universe will never…
be successful. Desperate, frustrated, and suicidal, he makes a deal with Mephistopheles, an agent of the devil. Signed in blood, the contract states that Mephistopheles will obey Faust on Earth, but in return, Faust must serve him in Hell. Faust is unaware that the pact is part of a wager that God and Mephistopheles have made over the fate of his immortal soul. Mephistopheles gives Faust anything and everything he wants, but is it worth the pain and suffering it causes Faust's loved ones? This is an unabridged version of German author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's tragic play, first published in 1808, and translated by American poet Bayard Taylor in 1870.A Tale of a Tub
By Jonathan Swift. 2004
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Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other.…
They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization, and helped make us who we are.