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The Cynic Philosophers: from Diogenes to Julian
A unique new volume illuminating the philosophy of the ancient Greek and Roman Cynics From their founding in the fifth century BC and for over 800 years, the Cynic philosophers...
How to Say No: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Cynicism
Author: Diogenes Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 248 An entertaining and enlightening collection of ancient writings about the philosophers who advocated simple living and rejected unthinking conformity. The Cynics were...
The Book Of Dead Philosophers
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Pathogenesis: How germs made history
Humans did not make history - we played host. This major new history of the world, a Radio 4 Book of the Week, has had unanimous praise from critics and...
Stand out of our Light: Freedom and Resistance in the Attention
Former Google advertising strategist, now Oxford-trained philosopher James Williams launches a plea to society and to the tech industry to help ensure that the technology we all carry with us...
Tyrant
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Sicily 412 BC: the infinite duel between a man and a superpower begins. The man is Dionysius, who has just made himself Tyrant of Syracuse. The superpower Carthage, mercantile megalopolis...
The Acharnians
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Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed , price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThis classic of ancient Greek comedy, The Acharnians, presents a biting satire...
Reading Genesis
A brilliant and dramatic close reading of the first book of the Bible focussing on the complex relationship with humankind'A work of exceptional wisdom and imagination' DR ROWAN WILLIAMS, DAILY...
Juno's Aeneid: A Battle for Heroic Identity
Author: Joseph Farrell Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 A major new interpretation of Vergil's epic poem as a struggle between two incompatible versions of the Homeric heroThis compelling book...
In The Blood: God, Genes And Destiny
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn The Blood: God, Genes And Destiny offers a compelling scientific and philosophical inquiry...
The Aeneid
From the award-winning translator ofThe IliadandThe Odysseycomes a brilliant new translation of Virgil's great epic Fleeing the ashes of Troy, Aeneas, Achilles' mighty foe in theIliad, begins an incredible journey...
Genesis: The Story of How Everything Began
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This Earthly Globe: A Venetian Geographer and the Quest to Map the World
'A dazzling tale, brilliantly told' Peter Frankopan'A wonderful book' Sunday Telegraph, 5*'Triumphant' Literary ReviewDURING THE AGE OF DISCOVERY, in the autumn of 1550, an anonymously authored volume containing a wealth...
Reading Genesis
A brilliant and dramatic close reading of the first book of the Bible focussing on the complex relationship with humankind'A work of exceptional wisdom and imagination' DR ROWAN WILLIAMS, DAILY...
Dante's Divine Comedy: A Biography
Written during his exile from Florence in the early 1300s, Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy describes the poet's travels through hell, purgatory, and paradise, exploring the state of the human soul...
In The Blood: God, Genes And Destiny
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Author: Steve JonesBinding: PaperbackPublished: Harper Collins, London, 1996Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the Blood: God, Genes And Destiny presents a compelling...
P. Vergili Maronis Aeneidos Lib. Ii
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Author: P. Vergili MaronisBinding: HardbackPublished: MACMILLAN AND CO, LIMITED, 1927Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Previous owner's writing...
The Divine Comedy: Purgatory
'The most moving lines literature has achieved' Jorge Luis Borges Beginning with Dante's liberation from Hell, Purgatory relates his ascent, accompanied by Virgil, of the Mount of Purgatory - a...
The Genesis Plague: An Ancient Myth, A Deadly Curse, a perfect
At the dawn of civilization ... An exotic stranger appears in a Mesopotamian village and is venerated as a goddess ... until she unleashes a horror beyond anything humankind has...
Dirty Genes: A Breakthrough Program to Treat the Root Cause of Illness
Instant National Bestseller After suffering for years with unexplainable health issues, Dr. Ben Lynch discovered the root cause-"dirty" genes. Genes can be "born dirty" or merely "act dirty" in response...
Astonishing X-men Xenogenesis
Children of the Atom, or something else A small African town has been hit with a series of bizarre occurrences, as children are born possessing strange and powerful abilities. With...
The Aeneid
W. F. Jackson Knight's prose translation captures the vitality and music of the original, while his introduction discusses Virgil's life and literary career, and his poetic style and vision. Aeneas...
Pop Goes the Weasel: DI Helen Grace 2
DI Helen Grace - heroine of Eeny Meeny - returns in this furiously paced new thriller. A man's body is found in an empty house. His heart has been cut...