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The Library, Volume II: Books 3.10–End. Epitome (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Attributed to Apollodorus of Athens (born ca. 180 BC) but probably composed in the first or second century AD, the Library provides an expansive summary of Greek myths and heroic legends about the origin and early history of the world.
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Moral Essays, Volume I: De Providentia. De Constantia. De Ira. De Clementia (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
In Moral Essays, Seneca expresses his Stoic philosophy on providence, steadfastness, anger, forgiveness, consolation, the happy life, leisure, tranquility, the brevity of life, and gift-giving.
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Tragedies, Volume I: Hercules. Trojan Women. Phoenician Women. Medea. Phaedra (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Seneca (ca. AD 4 65) authored verse tragedies that strongly influenced Shakespeare and other Renaissance dramatists. Plots are... Læs mere
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Cold War Crucible: The Korean Conflict and the Postwar World (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
After World War II, the major powers faced social upheaval at home and anticolonial wars around the globe. Alarmed by conflict in Korea that... Læs mere
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Genealogy of the Pagan Gods: Books I-V (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
The goal of Boccaccio’s Genealogy of the Pagan Gods is to plunder ancient and medieval literary sources to create a massive synthesis of Greek and Roman mythology. This is... Læs mere
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Daughters of Alchemy: Women and Scientific Culture in Early Modern Italy (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Meredith Ray shows that women were at the vanguard of empirical culture during the Scientific Revolution. They experimented with... Læs mere
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Converts to the Real: Catholicism and the Making of Continental Philosophy (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Phenomenology has the strongest claim to the mantle of continental philosophy. Edward Baring shows that credit for its... Læs mere
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The Empire That Would Not Die: The Paradox of Eastern Roman Survival, 640–740 (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
The eastern Roman Empire was the largest state in western Eurasia in the sixth century. A century later, it was a fraction of... Læs mere
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Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Morrison brings her genius to this personal inquiry into the significance of African-Americans in the American literary imagination. Through... Læs mere
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Persuasion: An Annotated Edition (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
This richly illustrated annotated edition brings unmatched vitality to Austen’s most passionate and introspective love story. Commentary alongside the text explains difficult allusions, while... Læs mere
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