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For Love of Insects (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Imagine beetles ejecting defensive sprays as hot as boiling water; female moths holding their mates for ransom; caterpillars disguising themselves as flowers by fastening petals to... Læs mere
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Amphitryon. The Comedy of Asses. The Pot of Gold. The Two Bacchises. The Captives (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
The comedies of Plautus , who brilliantly adapted Greek plays for Roman audiences ca. 205–184 BC, are the earliest Latin... Læs mere
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The Race between Education and Technology (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
This book provides an historical analysis of the co-evolution of educational attainment and U.S. wage structure through the 20th century. During the first 80... Læs mere
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Laws, Volume I: Books 1–6 (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
The great Athenian philosopher Plato was born in 427 BC and lived to be eighty. Acknowledged masterpieces among his works are the Symposium, which explores love in its many... Læs mere
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The Library, Volume I: Books 1–3.9 (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Attributed to Apollodorus of Athens (born ca. 180 BC) but probably composed in the first or second century AD, the Library provides an expansive summary of Greek myths and heroic legends about the origin and early history of the world.
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Pro Lege Manilia. Pro Caecina. Pro Cluentio. Pro Rabirio Perduellionis Reo (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
We know more of Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BC), lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, than of any other Roman. Besides... Læs mere
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Florence and Baghdad: Renaissance Art and Arab Science (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
The theory of perspective, which allowed Florentine artists to depict the world from a spectator’s point of view, originated in Baghdad with an... Læs mere
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Sufi Lyrics: Selections from a World Classic (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Bullhe Shah’s work is among the glories of Panjabi literature, and the iconic eighteenth-century poet is widely regarded as a master of mystical Sufi poetry. This striking new translation is the most authoritative and engaging introduction to an enduring South Asian classic.
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Ambiguous Loss: Learning to Live with Unresolved Grief (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
What happens when there is mourning with no closure, when a family member or a friend who may be still alive is lost to us nonetheless? How, for... Læs mere
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Historical Ontology (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Hacking here offers his reflections on the philosophical uses of history. The focus of this volume, which collects both recent and now-classic essays, is the historical emergence of... Læs mere
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Notes on the Synthesis of Form (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
“These notes are about the process of design: the process of inventing things which display new physical order, organization, form, in response to function.” This book, opening with these words, presents an entirely new theory on the process of design.
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Metamorphoses (The Golden Ass), Volume I: Books 1–6 (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
The Metamorphoses (Golden Ass) of Apuleius is a romance combining realism and magic. Lucius wants the sensations of a bird, but by pharmaceutical accident... Læs mere
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