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The Prince is a timeless political treatise that explores how power is gained, maintained, and lost. Written in the early 16th century, Machiavelli offers sharp, practical guidance for rulers navigating unstable political landscapes. Drawing from historical examples and real-world observation, he examines leadership, strategy, diplomacy, and human nature—arguing that effectiveness often outweighs morality in matters of state. Provocative and influential, The Prince remains one of the most important works ever written on politics and power.

A compelling argument for the necessity for art in life, Nietzsche's first book is fuelled by his enthusiasms for Greek tragedy, for the philosophy of Schopenhauer and for the music of Wagner, to whom this work was dedicated. Nietzsche outlined a distinction between its two central forces: the Apolline, representing beauty and order, and the Dionysiac, a primal or ecstatic reaction to the sublime. He believed the combination of these states produced the highest forms of music and tragic drama, which not only reveal the truth about suffering in life, but also provide a consolation for it.

In this, his first book, Nietzsche developed a way of thinking about the arts that unites the Greek gods Apollo and Dionysus as the central symbol of human existence. Although tragedy serves as the focus of this work, music, visual art, dance, and the other arts can also be viewed using Nietzsche's analysis and integration of the Apollonian and the Dionysian. The Birth of Tragedy stands alongside Aristotle's Poetics as an essential work for all who seek to understand poetry and its relationship to human life.

What you say to you has more power than what anyone else says to you and about you. What is it about brokeness that it speaks louder than wholeness? Are you ready to tell yourself that you are bigger, stronger, and better than what you have been living like? Let this book empower you to have a real conversation with yourself to quiet the lies and accentuate the loving truth of who you really are. God is calling all of us to love in a more authentic way.

THE PASSAGE takes you on a ride into the land of the dead, traveling with the Ferryman as he collects America’s most illustrious spirits and delivers them to the hereafter. The price of their passage? Their story. Built on a foundation of historical relevance and structured by a kind of dream logic, THE PASSAGE is an immersive audio experience that invites listeners to explore the collective American psyche from the perspective of its most legendary figures. Here we are guided by the Ferryman of souls– with a voice that sounds like it’s been siphoned from a lake of bourbon and fire, ...

Cosa significa essere donna? Non alzare la voce, non ribellarsi. Obbedire al padre, al marito, alla società. Significa calma e sottomissione. Dover essere una brava bambina, poi una brava moglie e una brava madre. Eppure per qualcuna tutto questo non basta. Attraverso otto storie che spaziano dal mito alla contemporaneità, gli autori raccontano l'altra faccia della luna: e cioè come fin dagli albori dell'umanità, in saghe, leggende ed epopee letterarie, i modelli di donne forti sono sempre stati ridotti al silenzio.

Emile, or On Education or Émile, or Treatise on Education (French: Émile, ou De l’éducation) was published in 1762 in French and German and in 1763 in English. The significance of Rousseau in education as well as in politics must be found in his revolutionary attitude toward established institutions. Some of his biographers relate the story that when the Academy of Dijon, in 1749, offered a prize for an essay on the question whether the progress of the arts and sciences has tended to the purification of morals and manners, he followed the suggestion of Diderot, who reminded him of the ...

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. "The Yellow Wallpaper" is a short story by American writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman, first published in The New England Magazine in January 1892. The narrative, presented as the private journal of an unnamed female protagonist suffering from what her physician husband diagnoses as temporary nervous depression following childbirth, details her enforced isolation and inactivity as part of the "rest cure"—a regimen of bed rest, limited intellectual stimulation, and prohibition from work or creative expression—in a rented colonial mansion's ...

Nathan the Wise, a play published by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing in 1779, is a fervent plea for religious tolerance. It was first performed in 1783 at the Döbbelinsches Theatre in Berlin. The narrative is set in Jerusalem during the Third Crusade and describes how the wise Jewish merchant Nathan, the enlightened sultan Saladin, and a Templar Knight bridge the differences between Judaism, Islam, and Christianity. Its major themes are friendship, tolerance, the relativism of God, a rejection of miracles and a need for communication.

History Well Told is an aural palimpsest — a podcast that scrapes back the varnish of time and reads the faint, electric undertext. We’re time-sleuths and raconteurs: excavating forgotten protagonists, unspooling the tectonic moments that rewired civilization, and stepping into the liminal theatre where myth, memory, and politics collide. Expect immersive audio documentaries — textured soundscapes, rigorous scholarship, and human-centered narratives — each episode an act of analepsis that makes the past feel immediate, strange, and insistently alive.

The Prophet is Kahlil Gibran's most famous work. He focuses on human relationships, as well as many other topics, including love, friendship, passion, work, good and evil, and time in a beautiful, simple, lyrical style.

Apology is a philosophical dialogue written by Plato, chronicling the trial of Socrates. In this work, Socrates defends himself against charges of corrupting the youth and impiety, ultimately leading to his conviction and execution. Despite his defense, Socrates remains steadfast in his commitment to truth and virtue, refusing to compromise his beliefs even in the face of death.

Tales From Shakespeare was originally written in 1807 by Charles Lamb and his sister, Mary, as more comprehensible (and enjoyable) versions of the original Shakespearian texts, specifically but not exclusively for children.

Once there was a boy with a voice. His song was magical in nature where it gathered in the mountains and floated among rivers, making it's way to every living being. It withheld famine, depression, war and violence. It created and upheld a land at peace. But one day, the boy stopped singing. When his voice broke, so, too, did the world. Welcome to Candlelight. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Manchmal braucht es nur ein Buch, um sich an die großen Fragen des Lebens zu erinnern… an Freundschaft, Weisheit, Mut und Lebenssinn. In meinem Fantasyroman findest Du Abenteuer, philosophischen Tiefgang, nebenbei eine Prise Romantik und vielleicht etwas, das bleibt. Wenn Du Lust hast auf eine Geschichte, die dich mitnimmt - dann hör gern rein! Dies ist das offizielle Hörbuch zum Roman „LORIAN - Das Spiegelbild der Nacht“ (2025) von Lisa Dörfel.Gelesen von der Autorin. Das Hörbuch ist für alle, die gern in die Geschichte eintauchen möchten und in ihrem Alltag nicht dazu kommen,...

Eleven years a drunkard by Thomas Doner. Eleven years a drunkard, or, The life of Thomas Doner: having lost both arms through intemperance, he wrote this book with his teeth as a warning to others. He tells of the shame, misery and pain which alcohol brought on him, and will bring to anyone whosoever be tempted by the pleasant feeling it produces at the time of drinking. It doesn't bring one home to shelter but drives them away. It leads one to forget the evil it brings and tempts one to pursue more for the pleasant feeling it produces. This "pleasant feeling" produces many murderers in our...

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FORTUN WISHDOM is a modern myth built around the power of wishes. Through cinematic stories, reflections, and transmissions from the world of Wishu, each episode explores memory, courage, possibility, and the signals that remind us what still matters. The world forgot. The heart did not.

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Only Human: BOUND. One prisoner. One AI. 10 episodes.A sci-fi audio serial.