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The New Despotism (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
One day they’ll be like us. That was once the West’s complacent assumption about countries emerging from poverty, imperial rule, or communism. But many have hardened into something... Læs mere
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Political Political Theory: Essays on Institutions (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Political theorists focus on the nature of justice, liberty, and equality while ignoring the institutions through which these ideals are achieved.... Læs mere
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The Great Cauldron: A History of Southeastern Europe (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
We often think of the Balkans as a region beset by turmoil and backwardness, but from late antiquity to the present it has been a dynamic meeting... Læs mere
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Good Enough: The Tolerance for Mediocrity in Nature and Society (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Philosopher Daniel Milo offers a vigorous critique of the quasi-monopoly that Darwin’s natural selection has on our idea of the natural... Læs mere
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Oresteia: Agamemnon. Libation-Bearers. Eumenides (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Aeschylus (ca. 525–456 BC) is the dramatist who made Athenian tragedy one of the world’s great art forms. Seven of his eighty or so plays survive complete,... Læs mere
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Physics, Volume II: Books 5–8 (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Nearly all the works Aristotle (384–322 BC) prepared for publication are lost; the priceless ones extant are lecture-materials, notes, and memoranda (some are spurious). They can be categorized as practical; logical; physical; metaphysical; on art; other; fragments.
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Dionysiaca, Volume I: Books 1–15 (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
This epic poem concerns Dionysus’ earthly career from birth at Thebes to reception on Olympus. In a poem full of mythology, astrology, and magic, Nonnos relates the god’s conquest of the East and also, sensually and explicitly, his amorous adventures.
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Historical Miscellany (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Aelian’s Historical Miscellany (Varia Historia) is a pleasurable example of light reading for Romans of the early third century. Offering engaging anecdotes about historical... Læs mere
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The Jewish War, Volume II: Books 3–4 (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
The major works by Josephus are History of the Jewish War, from 170 BC to his own time, and Jewish Antiquities, from creation to AD 66. Also by him are an autobiographical Life and a treatise Against Apion.
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Apollonius of Tyana, Volume II: Books 5–8 (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
In his Life of Apollonius Philostratus (second to third century AD) chronicles the miracles of first-century AD teacher, religious reformer, and perceived rival to Jesus of Nazareth, Apollonius of Tyana.
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Romanland: Ethnicity and Empire in Byzantium (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Was there ever such a thing as Byzantium? Certainly no emperor ever called himself Byzantine. While the identities of eastern minorities were clear, that of... Læs mere
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Inside the Lost Museum: Curating, Past and Present (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Museum lovers know that energy and mystery run through every exhibition. Steven Lubar explains work behind the scenes—collecting, preserving, displaying,... Læs mere
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