Niccolo's Smile: A Biography of Machi...
Maurizio ViroliA vivid portrayal of the great Italian philosopher - now in paperbackIn Niccolò's Smile, Maurizio Viroli brings to life the fascinating writer who was the founder of modern political thought. Niccolò Machiavelli's works on the theor...
How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne i...
Sarah BakewellHow to get along with people, how to deal with violence, how to adjust to losing someone you love—such questions arise in most people's lives. They are all versions of a bigger question: How do you live? This question obsessed Renai...
My Life as a Seer: The Lost Memories:...
Edgar CayceAssembled after his death from diary entries and transcripts of talks, this autobiography of one of America's most famous psychics tells how he became aware of his gift and the difficulties he had adjusting to his life and to the fame...
At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,...
Sarah BakewellNamed one of the Ten Best Books of 2016 by the New York Times, a spirited account of a major intellectual movement of the twentieth century and the revolutionary thinkers who came to shape it, by the best-selling author of How to Live...