Books published by publisher Pretorian Books

Dante Alighieri - The Divine Comedy: Inferno; Purgatorio; ParadisoIn Dante Alighieris world famous classic The Divine Comedy the roman poet Vergil guides through Inferno and Purgatorio and ultimately it’s his childhood friend Beatrice who guides through Paradise.The journey describes the symbolic path to God on a deeper level, while the reader is meeting the soules of countless decedents‘ like Horaz, Barbarossa and Ovid.Dante Alighieri and his epic drama The Divine Comedy helped the italian to it's breakthrough as literary language.

Frederick Douglass : Autobiographies : Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave / My Bondage and My Freedom / Life and Times of Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass was born as a slave. After changing his owners several times, he got lucky with one of their wifes, she treated him well and tought him to read and to write.Eventually he managed to escape and became an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. Frederick Douglassbecame a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, gaining note for his oratory and incisive antislavery writings.He was the most influencal African American of the 19th century. In three very notable autobiographies he wrote about his struggles and experiences:Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American SlaveMy Bondage and My FreedomLife and Times of Frederick Douglass

Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle BookThe Jungle Book is a collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear, though a principal character is the boy or "man-cub" Mowgli, who is raised in the jungle by wolves. The stories are set in a forest in India; one place mentioned repeatedly is "Seonee", in the central state of Madhya Pradesh.A major theme in the book is abandonment followed by fostering, as in the life of Mowgli, echoing Rudyard Kipling's own childhood. The theme is echoed in the triumph of protagonists including Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and The White Seal over their enemies, as well as Mowgli's. Another important theme is of law and freedom; the stories are not about animal behaviour, still less about the Darwinian struggle for survival, but about human archetypes in animal form. They teach respect for authority, obedience, and knowing one's place in society with "the law of the jungle", but the stories also illustrate the freedom to move between different worlds, such as when Mowgli moves between the jungle and the village.

Niccolo Machiavelli - The PrinceNiccolo Machiavelli - The PrinceNiccolo Machiavelli's famous book The Prince is one of the first of modern political philosophy. The author describes ways for gaining and keeping political power.His radical, recklessly utilitaristic views caused critics and even the prohibition of his work during parts of history.Though it might be 500 years old, the book's theories haven't lost their relevance.

Homer - The IliadHomer - The IliadThe Iliad is an ancient Greek epic poem, traditionally attributed to Homer. Set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy (Ilium) by a coalition of Greek states, it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles.Although the story covers only a few weeks in the final year of the war, the Iliad mentions or alludes to many of the Greek legends about the siege; the earlier events, such as the gathering of warriors for the siege, the cause of the war, and related concerns tend to appear near the beginning. Then the epic narrative takes up events prophesied for the future, such as Achilles' imminent death and the fall of Troy, although the narrative ends before these events take place. However, as these events are prefigured and alluded to more and more vividly, when it reaches an end the poem has told a more or less complete tale of the Trojan War.

Sun Tzu - The Art of WarSun Tzu - The Art of WarThe Art of War is an ancient Chinese military treatise dating from the Late Spring and Autumn Period. The work, which is attributed to the ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu (also spelled Sunzi), is composed of 13 chapters. Each one is devoted to an aspect of warfare and how it applies to military strategy and tactics. For almost 1500 years it was the lead text in an anthology that would be formalised as the Seven Military Classics by Emperor Shenzong of Song in 1080. The Art of War remains the most influential strategy text in East Asian warfare and has influenced both Eastern and Western military thinking, business tactics, legal strategy, lifestyles and beyond.The book contained a detailed explanation and analysis of the Chinese military, from weapons and strategy to rank and discipline. Sun Tzu also stressed the importance of intelligence operatives and espionage to the war effort. Because Sun Tzu has long been considered to be one of history's finest military tacticians and analysts, his teachings and strategies formed the basis of advanced military training for centuries to come.

H. P. Lovecraft - The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft / Lovecraft Collectionincluding the following works:The Case of Charles Dexter WardThe Call of CthulhuThe Dunwich HorrorAt the Mountains of MadnessThe Shadow over InnsmouthThe Colour out of SpaceThe Dream-Quest of Unknown KadathThe Beast in the CaveThe AlchemistThe TombDagonA Reminiscence of Dr.Samuel JohnsonPolarisBeyond the Wall of SleepMemoryOld BugsThe Transition of Juan RomeroThe White ShipThe StreetThe Doom That Came to SarnathThe Statement of Randolph CarterThe Terrible Old ManThe Cats of UltharThe TreeCelephaïsThe Picture in the HouseThe TempleFacts concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His FamilyFrom BeyondNyarlathotepThe Quest of IranonThe Music of Erich ZannEx OblivioneSweet ErmengardeThe Nameless CityThe OutsiderThe Moon-BogThe Other GodsAzathothHerbert West—ReanimatorHypnosWhat the Moon BringsThe HoundThe Lurking FearThe Rats in the WallsThe UnnamableThe FestivalUnder the PyramidsThe Shunned HouseThe Horror at Red HookHeIn the VaultCool AirPickman’s ModelThe Strange High House in the MistThe Silver KeyThe DescendantThe Very Old FolkThe History of the NecronomiconIbidThe Whisperer in DarknessThe Dreams in the Witch HouseThrough the Gates of the Silver KeyThe Thing on the DoorstepThe Evil ClergymanThe BookThe Shadow out of TimeThe Haunter of the Dark

Okakura Kakuzō - The Book of TeaAddressed to a western audience, it was originally written in English and is one of the great English tea classics. Okakura Kakuzō had been taught at a young age to speak English and was proficient at communicating his thoughts to the Western mind. In his book, he discusses such topics as Zen and Taoism, but also the secular aspects of tea and Japanese life. The book emphasizes how Teaism taught the Japanese many things; most importantly, simplicity. Kakuzō argues that this tea-induced simplicity affected art and architecture, and he was a long-time student of the visual arts. In the book, Kakuzō states that Teaism, in itself, is one of the profound universal remedies that two parties could sit down to. Kakuzō went on to mention that tea has been the subject of many historical events, such as peace treaties and the like. He ends the book with a chapter on Tea Masters, and spends some time talking about Sen no Rikyū and his contribution to the Japanese tea ceremony.

Frederick Douglass - My Bondage and My FreedomFrederick Douglass - My Bondage and My FreedomFrederick Douglass was born as a slave. After changing his owners several times, he got lucky with one of their wifes, she treated him well and tought him to read and to write.Eventually he managed to escape and became an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. Frederick Douglass became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, gaining note for his oratory and incisive antislavery writings.He was the most influencal African American of the 19th century. In My Bondage and My Freedom, one of three Autobiographies he wrote about his struggles and experiences.

Anna Sewell - Black BeautyAnna Sewell - Black BeautyThe story is narrated in the first person as an autobiographical memoir told by the titular horse named Black Beauty—beginning with his carefree days as a colt on an English farm with his mother, to his difficult life pulling cabs in London, to his happy retirement in the country. Along the way, he meets with many hardships and recounts many tales of cruelty and kindness. Each short chapter recounts an incident in Black Beauty's life containing a lesson or moral typically related to the kindness, sympathy, and understanding treatment of horses, with Anna Sewell's detailed observations and extensive descriptions of horse behaviour lending the novel a good deal of verisimilitude.