Ancient & Classical
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Tablets: Secrets of the Clay
$16.95 Add to cart“A bullet / then a siren / then ruins / then a bird song telling the truth”–Dunya Mikhail
In her marvelous new poetry collection Tablets: Secrets of the Clay, Dunya Mikhail transforms the world’s fir
- Author: Mikhail, Dunya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 0811237974
- Language: English
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The Art and Life of Fukuda Kodojin: Japan’s Great Poet and Landscape Artist
$39.99 Add to cartThe most comprehensive book on Kodojin’s art ever published–beautiful and mysterious–a collection of more than 100 paintings with English translations of the inscribed poems.
The Art and Life of Fuk- Author: Marks, Andreas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 4805317779
- Language: English
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Aristophanes: The Complete Plays
$18.00 Add to cartA brand-new translation of the world’s greatest satirist.
With a signature style that is at once bawdy and delicate, as well as a fearless penchant for lampooning the rich and powerful, Aristophanes re
- Author: Roche, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 715
- Publish Date: February 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0451214099
- Language: English
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Chinese Dress: From the Qing Dynasty to the Present Day
$29.99 Add to cartFeaturing over 450 archival photographs and line drawings, Chinese Dress traces the evolution of Chinese clothing from court and formal costumes to the everyday fashions of twenty-first century China.… [more below]
- Author: Garrett, Valery
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 28 2020
- ISBN10: 0804852561
- Language: English
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On the Soul: And Other Psychological Works
$14.95 Add to cart“…the more honourable animals have been allotted a more honourable soul…”
What is the nature of the soul? It is this question that Aristotle sought to answer in De Anima (On the Soul). In doing so- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Aristotle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 24 2018
- ISBN10: 019958821X
- Language: English
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The Echo Chamber: Poems
$16.00 Add to cartFrom Michael Bazzett, poet and translator of The Popol Vuh, a collection that explores the myth of Echo and Narcissus, offering a reboot, a remix, a reimagining.
“Narcissus was never one to see himself
- Author: Bazzett, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: October 12 2021
- ISBN10: 1571315381
- Language: English
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An Introduction to Japanese Kanji Calligraphy
$24.95 Add to cartThis step-by-step Japanese calligraphy book explains the systems of Japanese language and delves into details of written Japanese characters and techniques of kanji calligraphy.
The word calligraphy l- Author: Takezaki, Kunii
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: February 15 2008
- ISBN10: 4805309253
- Language: English
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Enchiridion
$12.95 Add to cartA HANDBOOK FOR LIFE
The Enchiridion, or Handbook of Epictetus, is a short manual of Stoic ethical advice which was compiled by Arrian, who was a 2nd-century disciple of the Greek philosopher Epictetus- Author: Epictetus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1722503823
- Language: English
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The Cambridge Companion to the Stoics
$63.75 Add to cartThis volume offers an odyssey through the ideas of the Stoics in three ways: through the historical trajectory of the school itself and its influence; the recovery of the history of Stoic thought; and… [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Companions to Philosophy (Hardcover)
- Author: Inwood, Brad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 450
- Publish Date: May 05 2003
- ISBN10: 0521779855
- Language: English
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Socrates: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartSocrates has a unique position in the history of philosophy; it is no exaggeration to say that had it not been for his influence on Plato, the whole development of Western philosophy might have been u… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Taylor, C. C. W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 01 2019
- ISBN10: 0198835981
- Language: English
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The Complete Euripides: Volume II: Iphigenia in Tauris and Other Plays
$16.98 Add to cartBased on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can best re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Tran… [more below]
- Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations (Paperback)
- Author: Burian, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: June 30 2010
- ISBN10: 0195388690
- Language: English
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The Complete Sophocles, Volume II: Electra and Other Plays
$16.98 Add to cartBased on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New … [more below]
- Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations (Paperback)
- Author: Sophocles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: November 20 2009
- ISBN10: 0195373308
- Language: English
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Essays
$16.00 Read moreSelections from one of the greatest essayists of the Graeco-Roman world
Plutarch used an encyclopedic knowledge of the Roman Empire to produce a compelling and individual voice. In this superb selecti- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Plutarch
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: April 06 1993
- ISBN10: 0140445641
- Language: English
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The Wisdom of the Myths: How Greek Mythology Can Change Your Life
$18.99 Add to cart“A marvelously wise and expansive book. . . . Ferry writes with warmth, wit, and energy; one could call his prose conversational, but it’s rare to have a conversation quite this wonderful.” — Boston
- Series: Learning to Live
- Author: Ferry, Luc
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: January 07 2014
- ISBN10: 0062215450
- Language: English
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Women of Trakhis: A New Translation
$8.99 Add to cartAmong the most celebrated plays of ancient Athens, Women of Trakhis is one of seven surviving dramas by the great Greek playwright, Sophocles, now available from Harper Perennial in a vivid and dynami
- Author: Sophocles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 07 2012
- ISBN10: 0062132040
- Language: English
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The Art of War
$18.00 Read moreThe Art of War, by the Chinese general and philosopher Sun Tzu, is one of the most influential books of military strategy ever written. This hardcover edition is packaged distinctively with a beautif… [more below]
- Series: Signature Classics
- Author: Tzu, Sun
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1435172531
- Language: English
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Forefathers’ Eve
$36.99 Add to cartForefathers’ Eve Dziady] is a four-part dramatic work begun circa 1820 and completed in 1832 – with Part I published only after the poet’s death, in 1860. The drama’s title refers to Dziady, an ancie
- Author: Mickiewicz, Adam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 418
- Publish Date: November 09 2016
- ISBN10: 1911414011
- Language: English
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Julian’s Against the Galileans
$35.99 Add to cartFlavius Claudius Julianus, better known to history by the name imposed by his Christian opponents, Julian “the Apostate,” was a nephew of the first Christian emperor, Constantine I. Julian is one of t… [more below]
- Author: Julian Emperor of Rome
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 226
- Publish Date: November 01 2004
- ISBN10: 1591021987
- Language: English
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Euripides Ten Plays
$7.95 Read moreA modern translation exclusive to signet
From perhaps the greatest of the ancient Greek playwrights comes this collection of plays, including Alcestis, Hippolytus, Ion, Electra, Iphigenia at Aulis, I- Author: Euripides
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: October 01 1998
- ISBN10: 0451527003
- Language: English
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Dream of Reason: A History of Western Philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance
$24.95 Read moreAlready a classic, this landmark study of early Western thought now appears in a new edition with expanded coverage of the Middle Ages. This landmark study of Western thought takes a fresh look at the… [more below]
- Author: Gottlieb, Anthony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: August 30 2016
- ISBN10: 393352986
- Language: English
