All the major leaders and rulers used to engross themselves in “The Psychology of Peoples” and “The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind”: Lenin, Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini. The books comprised one of the first and top rank concepts of the mass society, developed by Gustave Le Bon (1841 – 1931), a French psychologist, sociologist, anthropologist, and historian. The author stated his conclusions on the race and crowd psychology, which he made during his journeys, at the same time considering the group psychology as a behavior motivation and reasons behind historic events. In Russia, both works were published together. Now, enclosed in a worthy cover of a collectors’ edition, they can make a perfect gift for a successful politician, an advertisement expert, or a public person.

To the uninitiated reader, the book “Russian electrical engineering of the second half of the nineteenth century” may seem uninteresting. However unduly so. Its author, Mikhail Andreevich Shatelen (1866 – 1957), describes not only the largest Russian electrical engineers, but also facts, inventions and discoveries, many of which he personally witnessed. The entire second half of the 19th century went down in history as a period of rapid growth in electrical engineering. It was during this period that the foundations were laid for the development of the national economic life of the whole world. The gift edition will appeal to people who are genuinely interested in science and technology.

The master of a magical and satirical fairy tale of the 18th century, Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776 – 1822) was the author of many outstanding literary works, and The Royal Bride is one of the most characteristic of them. The mystical plot is ironic and intricate, but behind it lies a meamingful moral: it does not matter which horse the prince mounts. What matters is who rides the horse. It may be that the real prince will appear in the image of a gnome. And therefore one should not strive for easy money: the intricacies of fate are much more complex than we think. A beautiful piece in a beautiful mounting of the gift edition will delight any collector.

In his work “On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation”, David Ricardo (1772 – 1823), a famous English researcher, economist and classic of political economy provided his point of view on the economic theory. The follower and at the same time the opponent of Adam Smith, he outlined the labor costs theory and defined the rules affecting distribution of rent, wages, and profits among owners, workers, and industrialists. This edition in an elegant gift cover will find its rightful place in the shelf of any person involved in business, finance, and economics.

“The Will to Power” is a book by Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 – 1900), nearly iconic and believed to be his most important work, although it is an edition comprising the author’s notes published by his sister. Quite literally, one can say that this work produced almost every modern school of thought. Calling the morality of the day false, Nietzsche associated will to power with will to live. He saw it as the major impetus and the prime human ability. The will to power – this is the basis of the world, the most internal essence of existence. The author calls to radical reappraisal of cultural, philosophic, and religious values.

This gift book is intended for a Superman, powerful, strong, successful, having a will to succeed.

“The Prince” is one of the most important and famous political works by Niccolo Machiavelli (1469 – 1527), a Florentine thinker, philosopher, writer, and politician. Many rulers used it as a table-top book. Machiavelli developed a theory of a secular state devoid of the ecclesial morality. He insisted that any means were good in struggling for a sound state – violence, treachery, and deception, in particular. This might shock with its cruelty, but if you read carefully, you will see that many points of the book can really be taken for granted. They have indeed found their levels today. The book also includes “The Art of War” tractate, a sample of rough and practical approach to the tactics and strategy of war.

“War is a continuation of politics by other, violent means,” – asserts the Prussian officer Carl von Clausewitz (1780 – 1831). He worked on the famous treatise On War half of his life – from 1816 till his death in 1831. The work was not completed, and was published by the widow Clausewitz. The book had an enormous influence on military leaders of the 19-20th centuries and had made a revolution in the theory of war. Criticizing many military events, the author pays much attention to politics and its influence on the course of the war, as well as the dependence of the outcome on the personal qualities of politicians and military leaders. A collector’s edition, it will be a perfect gift to a person who has to make crucial decisions.

Édouard Schuré (1841 – 1929), a French writer, philosopher, and music expert, author of novels, plays, as well as historic, poetic, and philosophic works, created his major work “The Great Initiates” to share his thoughts on the possibility and need of reconciliation between science and religion as related to esotery. In his work, he considers the matters of conflicts between religion and science, aberrant concepts of truth and progress, unity of the theory of mysteries and unconscious progression of science toward theosophy. Schuré described the way that ancient philosophers and old masters have followed in pursuit of truth: Ramah, Krishna, Hermes, Moses, Orpheus, Pythagoras, Plato, and even Jesus Christ.

This work is dedicated to the author’s lady friend Margaret Albana Mignaty.