The remarkable best-seller -- a long-lost, 300-year-old book of wisdom on how to live successfully yet responsibly in a society governed by self-interest -- as acute as Machiavelli yet as humanistic and scrupulously moral as Marcus Aurelius.
Jozef Michaláč Books






Príručné orákulum múdrosti
- 350 pages
- 13 hours of reading
Kniha majstra manipulácie je diplomaciou všedného dňa, ktorá elegantne i ostrovtipne radí ako sa správať, aby človek získal čo najviac pre seba, čo zatajiť, čo vyzdvihnúť, kedy prehovoriť a kedy mlčať, ako si uchovať dobrú povesť a využiť slabiny protivníka, či ako sa vyhnúť svojim vlastným chybám, mnohé iné rady platiace i v dnešnom zložitom svete.
The Sonnets
- 208 pages
- 8 hours of reading
The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series, now in a dazzling new series design Winner of the 2016 AIGA + Design Observer 50 Books | 50 Covers competition Gold Medal Winner of the 3x3 Illustration Annual No. 14 A Penguin Classic This edition of The Sonnets is edited with an introduction by John Hollander and was recently repackaged with cover art by Manuja Waldia. Waldia received a Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators for the Pelican Shakespeare series. The legendary Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Each book includes an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare’s time, an introduction to the individual play, and a detailed note on the text used. Updated by general editors Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller, these easy-to-read editions incorporate over thirty years of Shakespeare scholarship undertaken since the original series, edited by Alfred Harbage, appeared between 1956 and 1967. With stunning new covers, definitive texts, and illuminating essays, the Pelican Shakespeare will remain a valued resource for students, teachers, and theater professionals for many years to come.

