Immerse yourself in the world of Florent Quenu, a man wrongly accused of plotting to overthrow the French government and exiled from his beloved Paris. As he makes his way back home, Quenu envelopes us a richly detailed commentary on food and social class, or what he calls "the fat and the thin." Zola's masterpiece is just as thrilling as it is educational, and the succulent descriptions of food on nearly every page will make you hungry for more.--Provided...

Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison pulled off the incredible feat of outlining an entire democratic government with rhetorical and syntactical flair in this collection of 85 articles and essays. Written under a pseudonym, and meant to persuade a skittish collection of former colonists to ratify the United States Constitution, this book lays bare the underpinnings of many aspects of our government that we now take for granted - from checks...

In Nietzsche's classic philosophical novel the prophet Zarathustra has come down from the mountains to offer his wisdom and philosophy to the world. Impress all your friends by actually knowing the context for some of Nietzsche's most famous ideas, such as the Ubermensche ("overman"), the will to power, and the pronouncement that "God is Dead." Written in alternating epigrams and bracing prose, this work is certainly not for the faint of heart, but...