Ancient & Classical
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Dialogues and Essays
$18.95 Add to cartAlain de Botton’s bestselling The Consolations of Philosophy–later made into a six-part TV series–has helped popularize ancient philosophy and especially the work of Seneca. This superb volume offer… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Seneca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 31 2009
- ISBN10: 0199552401
- Language: English
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Ethics 101: From Altruism and Utilitarianism to Bioethics and Political Ethics, an Exploration of the Concepts of Right and Wrong
$16.99 Add to cartExplore the mysteries of morality and the concept of right and wrong with this accessible, engaging guide featuring basic facts along with an overview of modern-day issues ranging from business ethics… [more below]
- Series: Adams 101
- Author: Boone, Brian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 07 2017
- ISBN10: 1507204930
- Language: English
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The Mountain Poems of Stonehouse
$17.00 Add to cartWinner of the 2015 Washington State Book Award in Poetry Translation
“The Mountain Poems of Stonehouse [is] a tough-spirited book of enlightened free verse.”–Kyoto Journal
The Zen master and mountain h
- Author: Pine, Red
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 228
- Publish Date: May 27 2014
- ISBN10: 1556594550
- Language: English
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Sayings and Anecdotes: With Other Popular Moralists
$15.95 Add to cartDiogenes the Cynic is famed for walking the streets with a lamp in daylight, looking for an honest man. His biting wit and eccentric behavior were legendary, and it was by means of his renowned aphori… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Diogenes the Cynic
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 16 2012
- ISBN10: 0199589240
- Language: English
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Inside Pompeii
$125.00 Add to cartA visually stunning, intimate photographic tour of Pompeii’s spaces, including many that have never been seen by the public.
Pompeii, one of the most astonishing and well-preserved sites of classical- Author: Spina, Luigi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1606068903
- Language: English
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Bakkhai
$14.95 Read moreAnne Carson writes, “Euripides was a playwright of the fifth century BC who reinvented Greek tragedy, setting it on a path that leads straight to reality TV. His plays broke all the rules, upended con… [more below]
- Author: Carson, Anne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: December 12 2017
- ISBN10: 0811227103
- Language: English
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Egyptian Art
$20.00 Add to cartThe art of ancient Egypt that has been handed down to us bears no names of its creators, and yet we value the creations of these unknown masters no less than the works of later centuries, such as stat
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Hagen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: January 31 2018
- ISBN10: 3836549174
- Language: English
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Essential Rumi – reissue
$16.99 Read more- Author: Barks, Coleman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: June 13 2016
- ISBN10: 0062149970
- Language: English
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The Art of the Interesting: What We Miss in Our Pursuit of the Good Life and How to Cultivate It
$30.00 Add to cartReady to live your best possible life? It’s time to make it interesting.
Do you know anyone who’s truly living The Good Life? Traditionally, philosophers and psychologists have thought of the Good- Author: Besser, Lorraine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 1538743205
- Language: English
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Catullus: Selected Poems
$26.00 Add to cartA vivid and musical rendering of the poetry of Catullus, whose passionate verses have captivated readers for centuries
In the fourteenth century, a manuscript surfaced in Verona that had been lost fo- Author: Catullus, Gaius Valerius
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 0300275293
- Language: English
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How to Be Queer: An Ancient Guide to Sexuality
$17.95 Add to cartAn irresistible anthology of ancient Greek writings that explore queer desire and love
Eros, limb-loosening, whirls me about again,
that bittersweet, implacable creature.
—Sappho The idea of sexual fl- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Nooter, Sarah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 0691248613
- Language: English
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Reasons Not to Worry: How to Be Stoic in Chaotic Times
$18.99 Add to cart- Author: Delaney, Brigid
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 0063314835
- Language: English
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Early Socratic Dialogues
$17.00 Read moreRich in drama and humour, the Early Socratic Dialogues include the controversial Ion, a debate on poetic inspiration; Laches, in which Socrates seeks to define bravery; and Euthydemus, which considers… [more below]
- Author: Plato
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: December 27 2005
- ISBN10: 0140455035
- Language: English
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Lysistrata
$4.99 Add to cartLysistrata and Other Plays centers a disgruntled woman whose attempt to end a war takes the battle from an open field to the soldier’s bedroom. Wives from both camps deny their husbands basic affectio
- Series: Mint Editions (Plays)
- Author: Aristophanes
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 50
- Publish Date: November 24 2020
- ISBN10: 1513267949
- Language: English
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Legion: Life in the Roman Army
$45.00 Read moreFollow the life of an ordinary Roman soldier–from enlistment to the battlefield–in this intimate look at everyday life in the Roman army.
- Author: Abdy, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 26 2024
- ISBN10: 1606069187
- Language: English
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How to Make Money: An Ancient Guide to Wealth Management
$17.95 Add to cartAn enriching collection of classical writings about how ancient Romans made–and thought about–money
Ancient Romans liked money. But how did they make a living and sometimes even become rich? The Rom- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Grillo, Luca
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 0691239126
- Language: English
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Meditations
$14.99 Add to cartA timeless guide to Stoic philosophy, Meditations by Marcus Aurelius offers invaluable insights into life, virtue, and resilience. This influential work offers a window into the mind of a Stoic philo
- Author: Aurelius, Marcus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 15 2023
- ISBN10: 9354407269
- Language: English
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The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life
$22.00 Add to cartFrom the celebrated British author and historian: a brilliant new book combining historical inquiry and storytelling lan to paint an unprecedentedly vivid portrait of Socrates and the Golden Age of c… [more below]
- Author: Hughes, Bettany
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: February 14 2012
- ISBN10: 1400076013
- Language: English
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Out of One, Many: Ancient Greek Ways of Thought and Culture
$35.00 Add to cartA sweeping new account of ancient Greek culture and its remarkable diversity
Covering the whole of the ancient Greek experience from its beginnings late in the third millennium BCE to the Roman conque- Author: Roberts, Jennifer T.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: May 21 2024
- ISBN10: 0691181470
- Language: English
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How to Get Over a Breakup: An Ancient Guide to Moving on
$18.95 Add to cartA modern translation of the ancient Roman poet Ovid’s Remedies for Love–a witty and irreverent work about how to fall out of love
Breakups are the worst. On one scale devised by psychiatrists, only a- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Ovid
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 0691220301
- Language: English
