Ancient & Classical
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The Barefoot Architect
$29.95 Add to cartTake a greener approach to building with this informative, easy-to-follow handbook–more than 200,000 copies sold internationally!
Whether you’re a DIY builder or simply want to understand construction
- Author: Van Lengen, Johan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 720
- Publish Date: October 28, 2007
- ISBN10: 0936070420
- Language: English
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The Art of Happiness
$17.00 Add to cartThe brilliant writings of a highly influential Greek philosopher, with a foreword by Daniel Klein, author of Travels with Epicurus
The teachings of Epicurus–about life and death, religion and science,… [more below]- Author: Epicurus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: December 24, 2012
- ISBN10: 0143107216
- Language: English
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Plato of Athens: A Life in Philosophy
$28.99 Add to cartThe first ever biography of the founder of Western philosophy
Considered by many to be the most important philosopher ever, Plato was born into a well-to-do family in wartime Athens at the end of the- Author: Waterfield, Robin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: May 30 2023
- ISBN10: 0197564755
- Language: English
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The Divine Comedy: The Unabridged Classic
$18.00 Add to cartThe complete Divine Comedy (Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso) in one volume from Vintage Classics. The greatest poem of the Middle Ages, in the standard Carlyle-Okey-Wickstead translation, with full note… [more below]
- Series: Vintage Classics
- Author: Alighieri, Dante
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: May 14 2013
- ISBN10: 0804169128
- Language: English
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The Winter’s Tale
$9.99 Add to cartThe authoritative edition of The Winter’s Tale from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers.The Winter’s Tale, one of Shakespear… [more below]
- Series: Folger Shakespeare Library
- Author: Shakespeare, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 14, 2021
- ISBN10: 1982122501
- Language: English
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Stung with Love: Poems and Fragments
$16.00 Add to cartMore or less 150 years after Homer’s Iliad, Sappho lived on the island of Lesbos, west off the coast of what is present Turkey. Little remains today of her writings, which are said to have filled nine… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Sappho
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0140455574
- Language: English
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The Basic Works of Aristotle
$26.00 Add to cartEdited by Richard McKeon, with an introduction by C.D.C. Reeve
Preserved by Arabic mathematicians and canonized by Christian scholars, Aristotle’s works have shaped Western thought, science, and reli- Series: Modern Library Classics
- Author: Aristotle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1520
- Publish Date: September 11 2001
- ISBN10: 0375757996
- Language: English
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How to Be a Leader: An Ancient Guide to Wise Leadership
$18.95 Add to cartTimeless advice on how to be a successful leader in any field
The ancient biographer and essayist Plutarch thought deeply about the leadership qualities of the eminent Greeks and Romans he profiled in- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Plutarch
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: November 05 2019
- ISBN10: 0691192111
- Language: English
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The Odyssey
$27.00 Add to cartHomer’s classic epic of survival, revenge, and homecoming, translated by E.V. Rieu, now in a stunning clothbound edition designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith, and featuring an Introduction by Peter V. J… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics Hardcover
- Author: Homer
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: March 10 2010
- ISBN10: 0141192445
- Language: English
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Inferno
$30.00 Add to cartPart of Penguin’s beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, ta… [more below]
- Series: Divine Comedy (Penguin Hardcover)
- Author: Alighieri, Dante
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: September 28, 2010
- ISBN10: 0141195878
- Language: English
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Great Dialogues of Plato
$7.95 Add to cart“Plato is philosophy, and philosophy, Plato.”–Emerson
The Republic and other great dialogues by the immortal Greek philosopher Plato are masterpieces that form part of the most important single body- Author: Plato
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: January 06 2015
- ISBN10: 0451471709
- Language: English
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How to Grow Old: Ancient Wisdom for the Second Half of Life
$18.95 Add to cartTimeless wisdom on growing old gracefully from one of ancient Rome’s greatest philosophers
Worried that old age will inevitably mean losing your libido, your health, and possibly your marbles too? Wel- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Cicero, Marcus Tullius
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: March 29 2016
- ISBN10: 0691167702
- Language: English
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How to Be a Friend: An Ancient Guide to True Friendship
$18.95 Add to cartA splendid new translation of one of the greatest books on friendship ever written
In a world where social media, online relationships, and relentless self-absorption threaten the very idea of deep an- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Cicero, Marcus Tullius
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 09 2018
- ISBN10: 0691177198
- Language: English
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Trivium: The Classical Liberal Arts of Grammar, Logic, & Rhetoric
$26.00 Read moreFollowing the success of Quadrivium, Sciencia, and Designa in the acclaimed Wooden Books series, Trivium is a compendium of writings on the classical subjects at the heart of a liberal education, brin
- Series: Wooden Books
- Author: Michell, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: October 11 2016
- ISBN10: 1632864967
- Language: English
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The Practicing Stoic: A Philosophical User’s Manual
$30.00 Add to cart“Farnsworth beautifully integrates his own observations with scores of quotations from Epictetus, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Montaigne and others. This isn’t just a book to read–it’s a book to return t
- Author: Farnsworth, Ward
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1567926118
- Language: English
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Tantra Illuminated: The Philosophy, History, and Practice of a Timeless Tradition
$39.95 Add to cartThis book takes readers on a fascinating journey to the very heart of Tantra: its key teachings, foundational lineages, and transformative practices. Since the West’s discovery of Tantra 100 years ago… [more below]
- Author: Wallis, Christopher D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 516
- Publish Date: August 15 2013
- ISBN10: 0989761304
- Language: English
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The Philosophy of Aristotle
$9.95 Add to cartMore than two thousand years ago, Aristotle established unique standards of philosophic inquiry, observation, and judgment. This book offers a contemporary reevaluation of the philosophy of the master… [more below]
- Series: Signet Classics
- Author: Aristotle
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: January 04 2011
- ISBN10: 0451531752
- Language: English
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The Nicomachean Ethics
$14.95 Read moreA student of Plato and a teacher of Alexander the Great, Aristotle is one of the towering figures in Western thought. A brilliant thinker with wide-ranging interests, he wrote important works in physi… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Aristotle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 15 2009
- ISBN10: 0199213615
- Language: English
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Twinkind: The Singular Significance of Twins
$35.00 Add to cartAn arresting illustrated history of twins in mythology, science, and visual culture
Twins have captivated the imagination for centuries, occupying a unique place in our cultural and scientific history- Author: Viney, William
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 09, 2024
- ISBN10: 0691254753
- Language: English
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View with a Grain of Sand: Selected Poems
$18.99 Add to cartWINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
A remarkable, graceful collection from one of Europe’s most prominent and celebrated poets.
In these 100 poems, Wislawa Szymborska portrays a world of astonishin
- Author: Szymborska, Wislawa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 25 2024
- ISBN10: 0156002167
- Language: English
