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Philip Ward's a Lifetime's Reading: The World's 500 Greatest Books - Page 5

A fifty-year reading guide by a librarian to the world's greatest books, eastern and western, ancient and modern.
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The Presocratic Philosophers (G. S. Kirk, J. E. Raven)
The Presocratic Philosophers
161
G. S. Kirk, J. E. Raven
Don Carlos
Don Carlos
162
The Water Margin (Shi Naians)
The Water Margin
163
Shi Naians
Selected Works (Hugo Von Hofmannsthal)
Selected Works
164
Hugo Von Hofmannsthal
Capital- Karl Marx
Capital- Karl Marx
165
Shaking the Pumpkin (Jerome Rothenberg)
Shaking the Pumpkin
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Jerome Rothenberg
The Autobiography of Goethe: Truth and Poetry, From My Own Life (Goethe)
The Autobiography of Goethe: Truth and Poetry, From My Own Life
167
Goethe
The Thinking Eye (Paul Klee, Tr. Ralph Manheim)
The Thinking Eye
168
Paul Klee, Tr. Ralph Manheim
The Nature of Nature (Paul Klee)
The Nature of Nature
169
Paul Klee
Collected Works (Franz Kafka)
Collected Works
170
Franz Kafka
Selections From a Sung Dynasty Poet (Su Tung-P'o, Tr. Burton Watson)
Selections From a Sung Dynasty Poet
171
Su Tung-P'o, Tr. Burton Watson
The Glass Bead Game (Hermann Hesse)
The Glass Bead Game
172
Hermann Hesse
The Interpretation of Dreams (Sigmund Freud)
The Interpretation of Dreams
173
Sigmund Freud
La Celestina (Fernando De Rojas)
La Celestina
174
Fernando De Rojas
Poems (Hans Magnus Enzensberger)
Poems
175
Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
176
Herman Melville
Five Plays (Gerhardt Hauptmann)
Five Plays
177
Gerhardt Hauptmann
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Poems (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Poems
178
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Confessions (Saint Augustine)
Confessions
179
Saint Augustine
The Penguin Book of Greek Verse (Editors)
The Penguin Book of Greek Verse
180
Editors
Great Sanskrit Plays in Modern Translation (P. Lal)
Great Sanskrit Plays in Modern Translation
181
P. Lal
Guide to Greece 1: Central Greece (Pausanias)
Guide to Greece 1: Central Greece
182
Pausanias
Odyssey (Homer)
Odyssey
183
Homer
Sons and Lovers (D.H. Lawrence)
Sons and Lovers
184
D.H. Lawrence
Politics (Aristotle)
Politics
185
Aristotle
The Republic (Plato)
The Republic
186
Plato
The Book of Songs (Shijing)
The Book of Songs
187
Shijing
The Selected Poems of Osip Mandelstam (Osip Mandelstam)
The Selected Poems of Osip Mandelstam
188
Osip Mandelstam
Cyropaedia (Xenophon)
Cyropaedia
189
Xenophon
The Complete Poems and Songs of Robert Burns (Robert Burns)
The Complete Poems and Songs of Robert Burns
190
Robert Burns
Tragedies (Euripides)
Tragedies
191
Euripides
Leonardo Da Vinci--Notebooks
Leonardo Da Vinci--Notebooks
192
The Essential Epicurus (Epicurus)
The Essential Epicurus
193
Epicurus
Iliad (Homer)
Iliad
194
Homer
Major Plays (Chikamatsu Monzaemon)
Major Plays
195
Chikamatsu Monzaemon
Tragedies (Sophocles)
Tragedies
196
Sophocles
Kathasaritsagara (Somadeva)
Kathasaritsagara
197
Somadeva
Selected Poems (Nazim Hikmet)
Selected Poems
198
Nazim Hikmet
The Gulistan (Shekh Muslihu'd-Din Sadi of Shiraz)
The Gulistan
199
Shekh Muslihu'd-Din Sadi of Shiraz
Leyla and Majnun (Fuzuli)
Leyla and Majnun
200
Fuzuli
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