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Works and Days; Theogony; The Shield of Herakles
Av Hesiod
Häftad, 1991
248 kr
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Epic poems by one who has been called the first Greek philosopher and theologian
Manifestoes of Surrealism
Av André Breton
Häftad, 1969
286 kr
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Manifestoes of Surrealism is an essential text by André Breton, a French writer and poet, and co-founder of the Surrealist movement. This volume includes Breton’s 1924 surrealist manifesto, his second manifesto from 1930, and extracts from other letters and works. Drawing on Freudian …
March Up Country
a translation of Xenophon's Anabasis
Av Xenophon
Häftad, 1957
302 kr
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In 401 B.C. the Middle East was as much the center of the world attention as it is today. Ten thousand Greeks joined the army of Cyros marching on Babylon to overthrow the great King of the Persians, Artaxerxes. Among the Greeks was an Athenian gentleman, Xenophon, who went along as a sightseer but …
Desert Fathers
Häftad, 1956
270 kr
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The words of the 4th-century monastics who founded the Desert Rule
Praise of Folly
Häftad, 1958
285 kr
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The Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus is an enduring classic that satirically critiques the societal and religious norms of its time. Translated by John Wilson in 1668, this seminal work uses wit and humor to examine the folly prevalent in various human behaviors and institutions, making it a …
Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions
Together with Death's Duel
Av John Donne
Häftad, 1959
337 kr
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Devotions upon Emergent Occasions, together with Death's Duel, by John Donne, is a profound collection of meditations and sermons that reflect on the human condition, mortality, and spirituality. Written during a severe illness in 1623, the Devotions are a series of reflections that combine …
Life of Charlemagne
Av Einhard
Häftad, 1960
215 kr
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A vivid life of Charlemagne, written ca A.D. 830 by a member of his court
Nature of True Virtue
Häftad, 1960
248 kr
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A major work in moral philosophy by the noted Puritan divine
Heloise and Abelard
Häftad, 1960
302 kr
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Heloise and Abelard by Etienne Gilson explores the intense and tragic love affair between twelfth-century philosopher Peter Abelard and his brilliant student Heloise. Translated by L. K. Shook, the book delves into the intellectual and personal dynamics of their relationship, set against the …
Metaphysics
Av Aristotle
Häftad, 1952
217 kr
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Aristotle's great work translated into English with an index giving Greek, Latin, and English forms of key terms
Education
Häftad, 1960
259 kr
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Education presents Immanuel Kant’s profound reflections on the theory and practice of education. He argues that education is an essential process that distinguishes humans from animals, emphasizing that humans require nurturing, discipline, teaching, and culture to develop their innate potential. …
Image
Knowledge in Life and Society
Häftad, 1956
248 kr
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Behavior depends on the image—the sum of what we think we know and what makes us act the way we do. The image lies behind the actions of every individual. It accounts for the growth of every cause. To recognize the image is to begin to understand the scientist, the believer, the crusader, the …
Gateway to the Middle Ages
Monasticism
Häftad, 1988
395 kr
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In an era when the sounds of monasticism's interior life speak to a new generation, Eleanor Shipley Duckett offers an illuminated description of its development under such figures as Columban, "the saint afire with Irish enthusiam"; St. Benedict, greatest of the monks, who established a pattern of …
Voices of the Industrial Revolution
Selected Readings from the Liberal Economists and Their Critics
Av John Bowditch, Clement Ramsland
Häftad, 1961
274 kr
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Studies social and economic issues through the writings of great thinkers of the age
Russian Revolution and Leninism or Marxism?
Häftad, 1961
270 kr
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Rosa Luxemburg (1870-1919), one of the most remarkable and controversial personalities in the Marxist movement, opposes in this book not the Bolshevik’s quest for power but the way they took power, the way they held power, the way they justified themselves in doing both. In the light of the soviet …
Scenes from the Bathhouse
And Other Stories of Communist Russia
Häftad, 1959
348 kr
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Uproariously funny stories that give a behind-the-scenes look at daily life in the Soviet Union of Zoshchenko's time
Merchant Class of Medieval London
1300-1500
Häftad, 1948
488 kr
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The Merchant Class of Medieval London by Sylvia L. Thrupp explores the social context in which London merchants operated, focusing on their economic, political, and social roles. This book delves into the merchants' dominant position in the city, their control over municipal government, and their …
Mountain Wolf Woman, Sister of Crashing Thunder
The Autobiography of a Winnebago Indian
Häftad, 1961
208 kr
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From pony to airplane, from medicine dance to Christian worship, Mountain Wolf Woman, Sister of Crashing Thunder is the life story of a Winnebago woman, told in her own words to her adopted kinswoman, Nancy Lurie. This retelling of more than seventy-five years of Native American life is both a …
Negro Thought in America, 1880-1915
Racial Ideologies in the Age of Booker T. Washington
Av August Meier
Häftad, 1963
441 kr
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An analysis of the ideas of Booker T. Washington, Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. DuBois, and other black leaders from the turn of the century
Joan of Arc
Häftad, 1967
232 kr
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The holy mission of the Maid of Orleans is recreated in this, one of the greatest of the books on Joan. Jules Michelet captures the hardships of battle, the glory of victory, the disillusion of imprisonment. Her betrayal and martyrdom at the stake have an enduring mood of beauty and brutality. …
Wife of His Youth and Other Stories
Häftad, 1968
267 kr
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Chesnutt writes of the black search for identity in the period between the Civil War and the turn of the century
Four Comedies
Av Aristophanes, William Arrowsmith
Häftad, 1969
233 kr
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Contains Lysistrata, The Congresswomen, The Acharnians, and The Frogs
Three Comedies
Av Aristophanes, William Arrowsmith
Häftad, 1969
233 kr
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Contains The Birds, The Clouds, and The Wasps
Conjure Woman
Häftad, 1969
217 kr
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First published in 1899, these folk tales within a tale provide commentary on the social attitudes of the period
Carolingian Portraits
A Study in the Ninth Century
Häftad, 1988
519 kr
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Recreates the 9th-century world of Charlemagne through portraits of outstanding figures of the age
Poetics
Av Aristotle
Häftad, 1967
202 kr
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Aristotle's Poetics is a work of transcendent importance, both for the history of literary criticism and in its own right.In his masterful translation and accompanying notes, Dr. Else makes a special effort to achieve maximum clarity, while remaining faithful to the original. His constant aim is to …
Death and Life in the Tenth Century
Häftad, 1988
519 kr
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A vivid portrait of political and cultural life in the 10th century
Matthew Arnold and the Classical Tradition
Häftad, 1989
437 kr
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To be born into the middle or upper classes of Matthew Arnold's England was in a sense to be born into the classical tradition. The precise contour and uses of the tradition, in Arnold's thought and writing, are the subject of this unique study by Warren D. Anderson. In Matthew Arnold and the …
Carolingian Chronicles
Royal Frankish Annals and Nithard's Histories
Häftad, 1970
270 kr
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The most comprehensive contemporaneous record of the rise and fall of the Carolingian Empire
Bolshevik Visions
First Phase of the Cultural Revolution in Soviet Russia, Part 1
Häftad, 1990
323 kr
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The first volume of a collection of writings by early Soviet critics and theorists
