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Robin Waterfield

    January 1, 1952

    This author specializes in ancient Greek philosophy, offering readers deep insights into the minds of classical thinkers. Their work is characterized by precise translation and a keen analytical approach. Through their literary output, they bring classical philosophy to life, making its timeless ideas accessible to a modern audience. Readers will appreciate their ability to connect historical context with contemporary relevance.

    Misery
    Meditations
    The body
    The Symposium
    Who Was Alexander the Great?
    White fang
    • White fang

      • 48 pages
      • 2 hours of reading
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      Retells the adventures in the northern wilderness of a dog who is part wolf and how he comes to make his peace with man.

      White fang
    • Who Was Alexander the Great?

      • 106 pages
      • 4 hours of reading
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      This easy to read biography offers a fascinating look at the life of Alexander and the world he lived in. A series of illustrated biographies for young readers featuring significant historical figures, including artists, scientists, and world leaders.

      Who Was Alexander the Great?
    • The Symposium

      • 128 pages
      • 5 hours of reading
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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. Plato's retelling of the discourses between Socrates and his friends on such subjects as love and desire, truth and illusion, spiritual transcendence and the qualities of a good ruler, profoundly affected the ways in which we view human relationships, society and leadership - and shaped the whole tradition of Western philosophy.

      The Symposium
    • Contemporary / British English Gordie Lanchance and his three friends are always ready for adventure. When they hear about a dead body in the forest they go to look for it. Then they discover how cruel the world can be.

      The body
    • Meditations

      • 256 pages
      • 9 hours of reading
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      The Meditations of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius are a readable exposition of the system of metaphysics known as stoicism. Stoics maintained that by putting aside great passions, unjust thoughts and indulgence, man could acquire virtue and live at one with nature.

      Meditations
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      Annie Wilkes is Paul Sheldon's number one fan and loves all his books about Misery Chastain. When she finds Paul injured after a car crash, Annie takes him home to nurse him back to health, but soon learns that Paul plans to kill off Misery, something Annie can't allow him to do.

      Misery
    • The pelican brief

      • 436 pages
      • 16 hours of reading
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      A law student in New Orleans writes a legal brief that ends up making her enemies in high places. Movie tie-in. Reprint.

      The pelican brief
    • The Firm

      • 421 pages
      • 15 hours of reading
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      Mitch qualified at Harvard, third in his class, and is sought by law firms all over America. The one that gets him is small, but well-respected, and pays him beyond his wildest dreams. But then the nightmares begin - secret files, bugs in the bedroom, colleagues' mysterious deaths and mob money.

      The Firm
    • The Edge

      • 348 pages
      • 13 hours of reading
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      A high-class, transcontinental horse-racing junket should be an idyllic getaway for the super-rich. But one passenger on this train is a sociopath, a genius at blackmail and criminal corruption—and he plans to take everyone for everything they've got.

      The Edge