Ancient & Classical
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The Divine Comedy: Volume 2: Purgatory
$17.00 Add to cartThe second volume of Dante’s Divine Comedy
Beginning with Dante’s liberation from Hell, Purgatory relates his ascent, accompanied by Virgil, of the Mount of Purgatory – a mountain of nine levels, form- Series: Divine Comedy
- Author: Alighieri, Dante
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 30 1955
- ISBN10: 0140440461
- Language: English
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Meditations
$6.00 Add to cartOne of the world’s most famous and influential books, Meditations, by the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (A.D. 121-180), incorporates the stoic precepts he used to cope with his life as a warrior and
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Aurelius, Marcus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: July 11 1997
- ISBN10: 048629823X
- Language: English
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The Selected Poems of t’Ao Ch’ien
$11.00 Add to cartT’ao Ch’ien, (365 – 427, C.E.), one of the most revered poets in classical Chinese literature, is presented in a lucid translation with an introduction. “David Hinton is one of the most impressive of … [more below]
- Author: Chien, Tao
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: May 01 2000
- ISBN10: 1556590563
- Language: English
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How to Think about War: An Ancient Guide to Foreign Policy
$16.95 Read moreAn accessible modern translation of essential speeches from Thucydides’s History that takes readers to the heart of his profound insights on diplomacy, foreign policy, and war
Why do nations go to war- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Thucydides
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 05 2019
- ISBN10: 0691190151
- Language: English
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The Republic
$8.00 Add to cartOften ranked as the greatest of Plato’s many remarkable writings, this celebrated philosophical work of the fourth century B.C. contemplates the elements of an ideal state, serving as the forerunner f
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Plato
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 18 2000
- ISBN10: 0486411214
- Language: English
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The Aeneid
$17.00 Add to cart‘The most truthful translation ever, conveying as many nuances and whispers as are possible from the original’ The Times
After a century of civil strife in Rome and Italy, Virgil wrote the Aeneid to h- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Virgil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 29 2003
- ISBN10: 0140449329
- Language: English
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Aristotle’s Art of Rhetoric
$19.00 Add to cartFor more than two thousand years. Aristotle’s “Art of Rhetoric” has shaped thought on the theory and practice of rhetoric, the art of persuasive speech. In three sections, Aristotle discusses what rhe… [more below]
- Author: Aristotle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 12 2021
- ISBN10: 022678990X
- Language: English
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The Iliad: (The Stephen Mitchell Translation)
$22.00 Add to cartFrom the renowned translator of Rilke, Tao Te Ching, and Gilgamesh, a vivid new translation of Western civilization’s foundational epic: The Iliad.
Tolstoy called the Iliad a miracle; Goethe said tha- Author: Homer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: August 14 2012
- ISBN10: 1439163383
- Language: English
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Tutankhamun’s Trumpet: Ancient Egypt in 100 Objects from the Boy-King’s Tomb
$37.50 Add to cartIn 1922, after fifteen years of searching, archaeologists finally discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamun. There, buried alongside the king’s mummy, they found more than 5,000 unique objects, from the
- Author: Wilkinson, Toby
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0393531708
- Language: English
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One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer
$13.00 Add to cart‘One swallow does not make a summer; neither does one day. Similarly neither can one day, or a brief space of time, make a man blessed and happy’
What does it mean to be a good person? Ranging over ete- Series: Penguin Great Ideas
- Author: Aristotle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 08 2021
- ISBN10: 0241472865
- Language: English
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The 100 Best Poems of All Time
$17.99 Add to cartThis poetry companion puts favourite poetry and poets from around the world at your fingertips, enabling you to revisit the classics, encounter unfamiliar masterworks and rediscover old favorites.
Her- Author: Pockell, Leslie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: March 01 2001
- ISBN10: 0446676810
- Language: English
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Gorgias
$10.00 Add to cartTaking the form of a dialogue between Socrates, Gorgias, Polus and Callicles, GORGIAS debates perennial questions about the nature of government and those who aspire to public office.
Are high moral s- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Plato
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 155
- Publish Date: June 29 2004
- ISBN10: 0140449043
- Language: English
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The Odyssey
$17.00 Read moreThe epic tale of Odysseus’s journey home – one of the earliest and greatest works of Western literature
If the Iliad is the world’s greatest war epic, the Odyssey is literature’s grandest evocation o- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Homer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: April 29 2003
- ISBN10: 0140449116
- Language: English
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The Lais of Marie de France
$17.00 Add to cartThe leading edition of the work of the earliest known French woman poet–the subject of Lauren Groff’s bestselling novel Matrix
Marie de France (fl. late twelfth century) is the earliest known French- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: France, Marie de
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0140447598
- Language: English
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The Prophet: Bilingual Spanish and English Edition
$10.00 Add to cartA bilingual Spanish and English edition of The Prophet, with Gibran’s original drawings, in t te-b che format. The book follows Gibran’s original 1923 first edition, complete with his drawings, and ha
- Author: Gibran, Khalil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 202
- Publish Date: May 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1734114215
- Language: English
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Defending Socrates
$35.00 Read moreThe modern world began with a critique of ancient philosophy as unscientific and in a decisive attempt to progress beyond it. Over time, however, the promises of the early modern philosophers have bec
- Author: Priou, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: December 05, 2023
- ISBN10: 0881469149
- Language: English
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The Odyssey: A New Translation by Peter Green
$21.18 Add to cartThe Odyssey is vividly captured and beautifully paced in this swift and lucid new translation by acclaimed scholar and translator Peter Green. Accompanied by an illuminating introduction, maps, chapte… [more below]
- Author: Homer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 536
- Publish Date: April 23 2019
- ISBN10: 0520303369
- Language: English
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The Essential Marcus Aurelius
$15.00 Add to cartThis inaugural-and all new-Tarcher Cornerstone Edition presents a stunningly relevant and reliable translation of the thoughts and aphorisms of the Stoic philosopher and Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius,… [more below]
- Series: Tarcher Cornerstone Editions
- Author: Needleman, Jacob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 10 2008
- ISBN10: 1585426172
- Language: English
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La Llamada del Coraje / Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave
$21.95 Read moreLA LLAMADA DEL CORAJE NOS LLEGA A CADA UNO DE NOSOTROS UNA VEZ EN LA VIDA. SI NO RESPONDES T?, QUI?N LO HAR?? SI NO ES AHORA, CU?NDO?
Nada es posible sin la virtud del coraje. Desde los antiguos es- Series: Las Cuatro Virtudes Estoicas
- Author: Holiday, Ryan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 6073815263
- Language: Spanish
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The Republic: The Influential Classic
$15.00 Add to cartThe newest deluxe edition in the bestselling Capstone Classics Series
This ancient classic has had a make-over. In recent years these Capstone Classic deluxe editions have caught the book buying publi
- Series: Capstone Classics #16
- Author: Plato
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: May 14 2012
- ISBN10: 0857083139
- Language: English
