Many thousands of people kill themselves every year, and many more are left behind to grieve. This book recounts individual suicide cases from the Bible and ancient Greeks to the present day and analyzes how ideas about suicide have changed over time.
The first part of a sweeping multivolume history of the devastation brought to bear on Indian nations by U.S. expansion
A collection of extra-biblical scriptures written by the gnostics, updated with three ancient texts including the recently discovered Gospel of Judas
Describes and cites examples of pitch-class sets and relations in atonal music.
'How had the pair of elderly Jewish lesbians survived the Nazis?' The author asks at the beginning of this work of literary biography and investigative journalism. The pair,... Læs mere
Clarence H. Miller's translation of "The Praise of Folly", based on the definitive Latin text, seeks to echo Erasmus' own lively style while retaining the nuances of the original... Læs mere
A timely and illuminating history of Tibet, from the seventh century to what it means to be Tibetan today
An anthology of Ancient Egyptian literature, revised to offer fresh translations of all the texts... Læs mere
The first major English translation of a masterful seriocomic theatrical work by one of the most prominent writers of the Soviet epoch