Karl: 3048 books

One of the most important books of the twentieth century, Karl Popper's The Open Society and Its Enemies is an uncompromising defense of liberal democracy and a powerful attack on the intellectual origins of totalitarianism. Popper was born in 1902 to a Viennese family of Jewish origin. He taught...

Capital: Critique of Political Economy (1867-1883) by Karl Marx is a foundational theoretical text in communist philosophy, economics and politics. Marx aimed to reveal the economic patterns underpinning the capitalist mode of production, in contrast to classical political economists such as Adam Smith, David Ricardo and John Stuart Mill.

Written during Karl Marx's brilliant career as a polemical journalist, these blazing pieces tackle subjects ranging from the strikes of angry British workers to insurrection in Europe, from the American Civil War to the misery of colonial rule in India, demonstrating the radical spirit and outrage...

Karl Heinrich Marx (5 May 1818 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, economic historian, journalist and revolutionary socialist famous for developing Marxism, a socialist movement that has been incorporated by societies around the globe. He published various books during his lifetime, with the most...

Few writers have had a more demonstrable impact on the development of  the modern world than has Karl Marx (1818-1883). Born in Trier into a  middle-class Jewish family in 1818, by the time of his death in London  in 1883, Marx claimed a growing international reputation. Of central importance...

  Das Kapital, Kritik der politischen Ökonomie (German pronunciation: [das kapi?ta?l]; Capital: Critique of Political Economy), by Karl Marx, is a critical analysis of capitalism as political economy, meant to reveal the economic laws of the capitalist...

Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. This edition contains the most salient extracts from Marx's great work, selected and introduced...

Prepare to be even more revolted, flabbergasted, appalled, and completely entertained by this incredible follow-up collection of absolutely true trivia from the author of 5 People Who Died During Sex. Nothing is too insane, too inane, or too sacred for Karl Shaw’s eclectic lists of the world’s...

First published in English in 1933, this detailed philosophical examination of the contemporary state and nature of mankind is a seminal work by influential German philosopher Karl Jaspers. Elucidating his theories on a variety of topics pertaining to contemporary and future human existence, Man in...

Comunemente si crede che con il celebre motto «Deus sive natura» Spinoza abbia voluto identificare Dio e realtà materiale, mentre, secondo Jaspers, il filosofo olandese suggerisce che per l’uomo è possibile entrare in contatto con la trascendenza nell’esistenza e nei fenomeni che ne costituiscono...

Marthe, histoire d’une fille est un roman de l'écrivain et critique d’art français Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848 – 1907). Résumé : Marthe est une rousse flamboyante, elle a la bouche groseille et une " prestance de déesse des ornières ". Fille de joie à ses heures, elle fait...

Salaires, Prix, Profits est un livre écrit par le philosophe et économiste allemand Karl Marx (1818 - 1883).   Ce livre comporte une table des matières dynamique. Il est parfaitement mis en page pour une lecture sur liseuse électronique.   Extrait :  ...

The Cloud upon the Sanctuary is a work of Christian mysticism written in 1909 by Karl von Eckartshausen, a Catholic mystic and philosopher. The work was later adopted by occultists, given high status in the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and drawing Aleister Crowley to join the order.

  Das Kapital, Kritik der politischen Ökonomie (German pronunciation: [das kapi?ta?l]; Capital: Critique of Political Economy), by Karl Marx, is a critical analysis of capitalism as political economy, meant to reveal the economic laws of the capitalist...