This illustrated history of paper invites children to jump aboard a paper boat that travels from China to Samarkand, Mexico to Paris, and many stops in between to see how paper was created.
A collection of precepts that together provide a powerful philosophy for daily life. With practical grace and wisdom, the Manual addresses living with integrity, self-management, and personal freedom. The Manual is considered to be the pinnacle of Stoic philosophy.
This collection retells the myths behind common words and expressions in English, bringing to life the heroes, monsters and gods whose... Læs mere
The book gathers the best of a thousand years of philosophy, history and literature, in a compilation of writing spanning from 800 BC to 200 AD. With selections from... Læs mere
This is the life of Alexander the Great as recounted by the prominent Greek philosopher and historian Plutarch in the first century CE.