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