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A Loeb Classical Library Reader (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
This selection of lapidary nuggets drawn from 33 of antiquity’s major authors includes poetry, dialogue, philosophical writing, history, descriptive reporting, satire, and fiction—giving a glimpse at the wide range of arts and sciences, thought and styles, of Greco-Roman culture.
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The World Republic of Letters (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
In this book, Casanova shows us the state of world literature behind the stylistic refinements—a world of letters relatively independent from economic and political realms, and in which language systems, aesthetic orders, and genres struggle for dominance.
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Lives of the Popes (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Imprisoned for conspiring against Pope Paul II, Platina (1421–1481) returned to favor under Pope Sixtus IV, and composed this biographical compendium of the Roman... Læs mere
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The Art and Science of Negotiation (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Using a vast array of specific cases and clear, helpful diagrams, Raiffa not only elucidates the step-by-step processes of negotiation but also translates this deeper understanding into practical guidelines for negotiators and "intervenors."
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Galileo Goes to Jail and Other Myths about Science and Religion (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Ronald Numbers has recruited the leading scholars in this new history of science to puncture the myths, from Galileo’s incarceration to... Læs mere
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Political Emotions: Why Love Matters for Justice (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Martha Nussbaum asks: How can we sustain a decent society that aspires to justice and inspires sacrifice for the common good? Amid negative emotions... Læs mere
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The Persian Wars, Volume I: Books 1–2 (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
After personal inquiry and study of hearsay and other evidence, Herodotus (born ca. 484 BC) gives us in his famous history of warfare between the Greeks and the Persians a not uncritical estimate of the best that he could find.
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Recognizing Public Value (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Moore’s classic Creating Public Value offered advice to managers about how to create public value, but left unresolved the question how one could recognize when public value had... Læs mere
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Justice for Hedgehogs (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The fox knows many things, the Greeks said, but the hedgehog knows one big thing. In this title, the author argues that value in all its forms is one big thing: that what truth is,... Læs mere
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Creating Capabilities: The Human Development Approach (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
This is a primer on the Capabilities Approach, Martha Nussbaum’s innovative model for assessing human progress. She argues that much humanitarian... Læs mere
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Stichus. Three-Dollar Day. Truculentus. The Tale of a Traveling-Bag. Fragments (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
The comedies of Plautus, who brilliantly adapted Greek plays for Roman audiences ca. 205–184 BC, are the earliest Latin works... Læs mere
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