The Tale of Bygone Years (Povest’ vremennykh let) is the most important source for the history of early Rus’. This massive undertaking provides scholars and general readers with the first fully legible text that includes all of the known redactions of the Povest’.
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Dickinson’s poems, more than those of any other poet, resist translation into the medium of print. This elegant edition presents all of her... Læs mere
A collection of essays that locates ideas about democracy in three far-ranging contexts. It includes a companion collection on Philosophy, Politics, and Democracy.
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In the early twentieth century, mass media - popular newspapers, radio, film - exploded at the same time that millions of Britons received the vote... Læs mere
In his history, Polybius (ca. 200–118 BC) is centrally concerned with how and why Roman power spread. The main part of the work, a vital achievement despite the... Læs mere
Of the roughly seventy treatises in the Hippocratic Collection, many are not by Hippocrates (said to have been born in Cos in or before 460 BC), but... Læs mere