Artisan: 415 books

Leviathan ranks as a classic western work on statecraft comparable to Machiavelli's The Prince. The 17th Century English philosopher Thomas Hobbes is widely regarded as one of a handful of truly influential political philosophers, whose masterwork Leviathan rivals in significance the political...

Henry David Thoreau is one of the most widely read and influential figures ever – his work revealing the astounding range, artistry, and depth of a true American original. He revolutionized the way we look at ourselves, with his conceptually brilliant theories of nature, civil rights, democracy,...

"False ideas may be refuted by argument, but by true ideas alone are they expelled. I will vanquish," Newman promised, "not my accuser, but my judges..." Of all the spiritual odysseys that dominate the literature of nineteenth-century England, Newman's Apologia Pro Vita...

Published in 1738, A Treatise of Human Nature is considered one of the most important philosophical works ever published. It was David Hume’s attempt to apply scientific methods of observation to the study of human nature, and a vigorous attack upon the principles of traditional metaphysical...

Mare Nostrum, la novela clásica de Ibáñez, en una nueva edición digital del siglo 21. Vincente Blasco Ibáñez. Nació en Valencia el 29 de enero de 1867 España. Estudió Derecho, pero se dedicó a literatura y la política....

Once again, American author Jane Dossick proves that brevity can be beautiful. Aftermath, an acutely observed experimental ‘micro-play’ in one act, transports the reader to contemporary Seattle with warmth, intelligence and grace. Subtly written (without flourishes) for two young actors, husband...

The Book of Mormon (1830) is considered one of the most important and influential works in world literature, and has provided inspiration for writers (religious and secular) throughout history - a sacred text of the Latter Day Saint movement, which adherents believe contains writings of ancient prophets...

What could have caused the dragons to decide they are tired of being pushed around by lesser beings?  For the first time they've chosen to spread their wings and have taken over the second largest city in the Dwarven kingdom. Join with the Magical Seven as they react to this revolt. More...

Better than any manifesto, Mumu indicted the tyrannical cruelty of pre-revolutionary landowners in Russia to their serfs. Gerasim is a deaf and dumb peasant, brought from the country to serve his mistress as caretaker of her property on the outskirts of Moscow. He doesn't like his...

P. T. Barnum was possibly the greatest showman who ever lived, famous for his circuses and museums of ‘curiosities’. “I believe hugely in advertising and blowing my own trumpet, beating the gongs, drums, to attract attention to a "show, " Phineas Taylor Barnum wrote to a publisher...

Arthur Rimbaud avait commencé une relation homosexuelle compliquée avec le poète Paul Verlaine au printemps de 1872, et le couple querellé constamment. Verlaine avait des épisodes d'ivresse et les comportements suicidaires. Lorsque Rimbaud a déclaré...

In 1891, French painter Paul Gauguin sailed to the island of Tahiti, to what he hoped would be an unspoiled paradise. He kept a journal recording his thoughts and impressions of that time. Noa Noa—the most widely known of Gauguin's writings—is reproduced here from a rare early...

Une saison en enfer est un long poème écrit et publié en 1873 par Arthur Rimbaud. Il est considéré par beaucoup comme son chef-d'oeuvre. Rimbaud a commencé à écrire le poème en Avril, lors d'une visite à la ferme...

The Newcomes is among the most richly allusive novels in English. Thackeray shows himself to be worthy of comparison with Dickens, Balzac, and Zola in the evocation of a great city's complex cultural life. Set in the 1830s and 1840s, a period of rapid change and political and economic development,...