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The days of Knight and Squires, of exciting adventures and romances come alive in the hilarious account of Don Quixotes travels. A small time poor land owner, Don Quixote imagines himself placed in the world of knights. He convinces Sancho Panza, a good for nothing fellow from the same village, to be his squire. And together they set out to seek their fortune, eager to be the best chivalrous knight. This delightful story of chivalry is all the fun and pleasure, laughter and excitement, farce and suspense.... less

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GUY DE MAUPASSANT was a master of the short story... more

GUY DE MAUPASSANT was a master of the short story. This collection reflects his remarkable diversity, with stories that vary in theme and tone, and range from tragedy and satire to comedy and farce. With a simplicity of style that masks complex philosophy, Maupassant can illuminate an entire code of values by means of a few telling details. He exposes the brutality of war and the hypocrisy it spawns, and depicts the petty limitations, the dissimulations and the vanities inherent at different levels of society. His stories are linked by a trenchant irony and by a preoccupation with the frailty of human nature and the futility of so many lives.... less

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Edward de Bono believes in freedom, but he poses the question: If you cannot see clearly, are you making a free choice? That question is at the heart of his new book. De Bono has devoted his life and career to getting his readersbusiness leaders, educators, and politicians among othersto understand that clarity of thinking is essential to a free society. It is not enough to simply be free from coercion. De Bono argues that there is no true freedom without the ability to see correctly the options we have. And, to see these options requires thinkingthinking of a kind that De Bono says is not the norm and which urgently needs to be emphasized and taught.The best short introduction to his work, The Free Mind uses anecdote to convey his ideas and provides numerous examples that illustrate his thesis: to be free means to understand the choices we make, and this understanding can only come through improving the way we think.... less

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