Throughout history, some books have changed the world.
Inspired by the Myth of a man condemned to ceaselessly push a rock up a mountain and watch it roll back to the valley below, The Myth of Sisyphus transformed twentieth-century philosophy with its impassioned argument for the value of life in a world without religious meaning..
Now Penguin brings you the works of the Great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.
They have enriched lives – and destroyed them.
They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted.
They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution.
They have transformed the way we see ourselves – and each other.
Throughout history, some books have changed the world
