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Sources of the Self: The Making of the Modern Identity (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Taylor shows that the modern turn inward is not disastrous but is in fact the result of our long efforts to define and reach the good. At the heart... Læs mere
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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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The Inner Citadel: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Written by the Roman emperor for his own private guidance and self-admonition, the Meditations set forth principles for living a good and just life.... Læs mere
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Capital in the Twenty-First Century (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Translation of the author's Le capital au XXIe siaecle.
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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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Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian Revolution (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The first and only successful slave revolution in the Americas began in 1791 when brutally exploited slaves rose up against their masters on... Læs mere
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Graphesis: Visual Forms of Knowledge Production (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Fusing digital humanities with media studies and graphic design history, Graphesis offers a critical language for analysis of graphical knowledge and... Læs mere
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