Harvard University Press Forlag
Visning: Type : Alle | Sprog : Alle | Format : Alle
-
The Persian Wars, Volume II: Books 3–4 (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.
Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage -
The Orange Trees of Marrakesh: Ibn Khaldun and the Science of Man (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
The Arab Muslim Ibn Khaldun developed a method of evaluating historical evidence that allowed him to explain the underlying causes of... Læs mere
Status: Skaffevare (forvent 3 - 8 uger) -
History of the Wars, Volume V: Books 7.36–8 (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
History of the Wars by Procopius (late fifth century to after AD 558) consists largely of sixth-century military history, with much information about peoples,... Læs mere
Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage -
Prudentius, Volume I: Preface. Daily Round. Divinity of Christ. Origin of Sin. Fight for Mansoul. Against Symmachus 1 (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Prudentius used allegory and classical Latin verse forms in service of Christianity. His works include the... Læs mere
Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage -
Selected Orations, Volume II: Orations 2, 19-23, 30, 33, 45, 47-50 (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Libanius, one of the last great publicists and teachers of Greek paganism, has much to tell us about the tumultuous world of the fourth century AD. His works include Orations, the first of which is an autobiography, and Letters.
Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage -
Memorable Doings and Sayings, Volume I: Books 1–5 (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Valerius Maximus compiled his handbook of notable deeds and sayings in the reign of Tiberius (AD 14–37). His professedly practical work contains a clear moral element and is informative about first-century AD Roman attitudes toward religion and morality.
Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage -
Pride and Prejudice: An Annotated Edition (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Provides notes on literary and historical contexts, allusions, and language of Jane Austen's most popular novel "Pride and Prejudice" (1813). This title explores... Læs mere
Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage -
The War with Catiline. The War with Jugurtha (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Sallust’s two extant monographs take as their theme the moral and political decline of Rome, one on the conspiracy of Catiline and the other on the war with... Læs mere
Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage -
The Age of Confucian Rule: The Song Transformation of China (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Just over a thousand years ago, the Song dynasty emerged as the most advanced civilization on earth. Within two centuries, China was home to nearly half of all humankind. This book is an essential introduction to this transformative era.
Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage -
Observation and Experiment: An Introduction to Causal Inference (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage
-
The Republic of Arabic Letters: Islam and the European Enlightenment (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage
