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A Secular Age (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
The place of religion in society has changed profoundly in the last few centuries, particularly in the West. In what will be a defining book for our time, Taylor takes up the question of... Læs mere
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Age of Conquests: The Greek World from Alexander to Hadrian (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
The world that Alexander remade in his lifetime was transformed once again by his death in 323 BCE. Over time, trade and intellectual... Læs mere
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Nicomachean Ethics (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Nearly all the works that Aristotle (384–322 BC) prepared for publication are lost; the priceless ones extant are lecture-materials, notes, and memoranda (some are spurious). Nicomachean Ethics is antiquity's most influential account of life's Supreme Good.
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Born to Rule: The Making and Remaking of the British Elite (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
This data-rich sociological study uses everything from census figures to Who’s Who to analyze how, over 125 years, the British elite have used... Læs mere
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The Civil War (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
In his epic The Civil War, Lucan (AD 39–65) carries us from Caesar’s fateful crossing of the Rubicon, through the Battle of Pharsalus, Pompey’s death, and Cato’s leadership in Africa, to Caesar victorious in Egypt. The poem is also called Pharsalia.
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Homeric Hymns. Homeric Apocrypha. Lives of Homer (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
In addition to the Homeric Hymns, this volume contains fragments of five comic poems that were connected with Homer's name in or just after the Classical period, along with several ancient accounts of the poet's life.
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Lives of the Caesars, Volume I: The Deified Julius. The Deified Augustus. Tiberius. Gaius Caligula (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Enriched by anecdotes, gossip, and details of character and personal appearance, Lives of the Caesars by Suetonius (born ca. AD 70)... Læs mere
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Marcus Aurelius (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Marcus Aurelius (AD 121–180), philosopher-emperor, wrote the Meditations (his title was “The matters addressed to himself”) in periods of solitude during military campaigns. His ethical,... Læs mere
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Tusculan Disputations (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
We know more of Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BC), lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, than of any other Roman. Besides much else, his work conveys the turmoil of his time,... Læs mere
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The Rhetorical Exercises of Nikephoros Basilakes: Progymnasmata from Twelfth-Century Byzantium (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Progymnasmata, exercises in the study of declamation, were the cornerstone of elite education from... Læs mere
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Lives of the Caesars, Volume II: The Deified Claudius. Nero. Galba, Otho, Vitellius. Vespasian, Titus, Domitian. Lives of Illustrious Men (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Enriched by anecdotes, gossip, and details of character and personal... Læs mere
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Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Can Make You Sick—or Keep You Well (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Buildings can make us sick or keep us well. Diseases and toxins course through indoor spaces, making us ill. Meanwhile, better air... Læs mere
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