vacs library included a number of stark volumes of political philosophy such as the head and the hands , the art of governance , and the chessboard nation ; books of history such as the ancient and medieval history of falcon point , material and magical wealth of the worlds great cities , and the spirit of the falconers : a detailed sketch of how these people respond to tyranny ; as well as a number of classic romances from the citys distant past : the death of alvo , the lais of lemli , and cleovalc .