Presents Paine's landmark pamphlet about British rule that eventually converted millions to the idea of American independence.

Examines the theory and goals expounded by Marx in the Communist Manifesto and the influence on Marx of Hegel, Feuerbach, and other philosophers. Second presentation explores Rousseau's concept of social order and its implications for individual freedom and the good of society.

"In the Social Contract, Jean-Jacques Rousseau declares, 'Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains. Those who think themselves the masters of others are indeed greater slaves than they.' His solution is to base all government on the consent--whether direct or implied--of the governed. The Social Contract argues against the idea that monarchs were divinely empowered to legislate. Rousseau asserts that only the people, who are sovereign, have...

Juliette has escaped to Omega Point, the headquarters of the rebel resistance and a safe haven for people with abilities like hers. She is finally free from The Reestablishment and their plans to use her as a weapon, but Warner, her former captor, won't let her go without a fight.

Ryland Grace has been asleep for a very, very long time. He's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company. He can't remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. Alone on this tiny ship that's been cobbled together by every government and space agency on the planet and hurled into the depths of space, it's up to him to conquer an extinction-level threat...

Soldier and adventurer John Carter tells the story of how he returns to the planet Mars to be reunited with his love, the Martian princess Dejah Thoris. With his great friend Tars Tarkas, mighty Jeddak of Thark, Carter sets out in search of his princess. But Dejah Thoris has vanished. And Carter becomes trapped in the legendary Eden of Mars, from which none has ever escaped alive.

Metropolis is the novel that expands and deepens the narrative world of the iconic 1927 film of the same name, written by Thea von Harbou. Set in a vast futuristic city, the story portrays a sharply divided society: above ground, a privileged elite enjoys wealth, leisure, and technological advancement; below ground, an oppressed working class labors endlessly to keep the city's machines running. The plot follows Freder, the son of Metropolis's authoritarian...

This collection contains twenty-one stories that span the iconoclastic science fiction writer's entire career.