Ancient & Classical
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Philosophy for Life and Other Dangerous Situations: Ancient Philosophy for Modern Problems
$19.95 Add to cartWhen philosophy rescued him from an emotional crisis, Jules Evans became fascinated by how ideas invented over two thousand years ago can help us today. He interviewed soldiers, psychologists, gangste… [more below]
- Author: Evans, Jules
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 15 2013
- ISBN10: 1608682293
- Language: English
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Stoicism and the Art of Happiness: Practical Wisdom for Everyday Life
$16.99 Add to cartThe stoics lived a long time ago, but they had some startling insights into the human condition-insights which endure to this day. The philosophical tradition, founded in Athens by Zeno of Citium in 3… [more below]
- Author: Robertson, Donald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 27 2018
- ISBN10: 1473674786
- Language: English
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Who Stole the Arms of the Venus de Milo?
$20.00 Add to cartWho Stole the Arms of the Venus de Milo? is an exhilarating, course-correcting account about one of the most iconic sculptures ever created.
Carved by an obscure Greek sculptor, Alexandros of Antioch,
- Author: Cousineau, Phil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 442
- Publish Date: December 01 2023
- ISBN10: 9798868926587
- Language: English
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
$24.99 Add to cartGustave Dore’s magnificent engravings for The Rime of the Ancient Mariner are among the later works of the great French illustrator. The intensely evocative poem provided Dor with the long-awaited op… [more below]
- Series: Dover Fine Art, History of Art
- Author: Dor?, Gustave
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 77
- Publish Date: June 01 1970
- ISBN10: 0486223051
- Language: English
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Chang Dai-Chien: Painting from Heart to Hand
$19.95 Read moreChang Dai-chien (1899-1983), one of the most celebrated Chinese painters of the twentieth century, is renowned for his stylistic variety and unparalleled productivity. This book explores three key art
- Author: Johnson, Mark Dean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 31 2020
- ISBN10: 0939117878
- Language: English
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Tao Te Ching
$16.95 Read moreThe pursuit of power, happiness, and life’s meaning is as old as history itself, as the Tao Te Ching (The Book of the Way and Its Virtue) attests. Dating from two and a half millennia ago, this timele… [more below]
- Author: Tzu, Lao
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: May 21 2020
- ISBN10: 0486841901
- Language: English
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Trojan Women
$16.98 Add to cartAmong surviving Greek tragedies only Euripides’ Trojan Women shows us the extinction of a whole city, an entire people. Despite its grim theme, or more likely because of the centrality of that theme t… [more below]
- Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations (Paperback)
- Author: Euripides
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: January 06 2009
- ISBN10: 0195179102
- Language: English
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The Discourses of Epictetus: The Handbook, Fragments
$9.95 Add to cartFor centuries, Stoicism was virtually the unofficial religion of the Roman world
The stress on endurance, self-restraint, and power of the will to withstand calamity can often seem coldhearted. It is- Series: Everyman Library
- Author: Epictetus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 02 1995
- ISBN10: 0460873121
- Language: English
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Gilgamesh: A Verse Narrative
$12.99 Add to cartThe most widely read and enduring interpretation of the classic Babylonian epic.
One of the oldest and most universal stories known in literature, the epic of Gilgamesh presents the grand, timeless th
- Author: Mason, Herbert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 08 2003
- ISBN10: 0618275649
- Language: English
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How to Be Content: An Ancient Poet’s Guide for an Age of Excess
$19.95 Add to cartWhat the Roman poet Horace can teach us about how to live a life of contentment
What are the secrets to a contented life? One of Rome’s greatest and most influential poets, Horace (65-8 BCE) has been- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Horace
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 20 2020
- ISBN10: 0691182523
- Language: English
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Plato: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThis lively and accessible book focuses on the philosophy and argument of Plato’s writings, drawing the reader into Plato’s way of doing philosophy and the general themes of his thinking. It discusses… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions #79
- Author: Annas, Julia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: May 15 2003
- ISBN10: 019280216X
- Language: English
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Oedipus the King and Other Tragedies: Oedipus the King, Aias, Philoctetes, Oedipus at Colonus
$14.95 Add to cartOedipus the King * Aias * Philoctetes * Oedipus at Colonus
Sophocles stands as one of the greatest dramatists of all time, and one of the most influential on artists and thinkers over the centuries. I- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Sophocles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0192806858
- Language: English
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Enchiridion
$5.00 Read moreAlthough he was born into slavery and endured a permanent physical disability, Epictetus (ca. 50-ca. 130 CE) maintained that all people are free to control their lives and live in harmony with nature…. [more below]
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Epictetus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: January 15 2004
- ISBN10: 0486433595
- Language: English
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Gorgias: The Transnational Politics of Contemporary Native Culture
$14.95 Add to cartWith a masterful sense of the place of rhetoric in both thought and practice and an ear attuned to the clarity, natural simplicity, and charm of Plato’s Greek prose, James H. Nichols, Jr., offers a pr
- Series: Agora Editions
- Author: Plato
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: October 15 1998
- ISBN10: 0801485274
- Language: English
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Crow with No Mouth
$14.00 Add to cartNew edition of best-selling Asian title presents the poems of a renowned Zen master.
- Author: Berg, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: September 01 2000
- ISBN10: 1556591527
- Language: English
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How to Drink: A Classical Guide to the Art of Imbibing
$16.95 Add to cartA spirited new translation of a forgotten classic, shot through with timeless wisdom
Is there an art to drinking alcohol? Can drinking ever be a virtue? The Renaissance humanist and neoclassical poet- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Obsopoeus, Vincent
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 14 2020
- ISBN10: 0691192146
- Language: English
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The Nicomachean Ethics
$17.00 Add to cartA new translation of one of the most important philosophical works of all time
A Penguin Classic Aristotle’s classic treatise is based on his famous doctrine of the golden mean, which advocates takin- Author: Aristotle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: August 11 2020
- ISBN10: 0140455477
- Language: English
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The Iliad and the Odyssey Boxed Set: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
$39.00 Add to cartGripping listeners and readers for more than 2,700 years, The Iliad is the story of the Trojan War and the rage of Achilles. Combining the skills of a poet and scholar, Robert Fagles brings the energy… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
- Author: Homer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1264
- Publish Date: November 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0147712556
- Language: English
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Stoic Wisdom: Ancient Lessons for Modern Resilience
$29.99 Add to cartHow do we find calm in times of stress and uncertainty? How do we cope with sudden losses or find meaning in a world that can easily rob us of what we most value? Drawing on the wisdom of Epictetus, M… [more below]
- Author: Sherman, Nancy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 11 2021
- ISBN10: 0197501834
- Language: English
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Simple Shelters: Tents, Tipis, Yurts, Domes and Other Ancient Homes
$7.95 Read moreHow do you build a yurt? A Bedouin tent? What about a kathe? What’s a yaranga? How about a hogan? Can you stay warm in an igloo? Are there secrets to living, thriving and surviving in specific climate… [more below]
- Series: Wooden Books North America Editions
- Author: Horning, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: March 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1952178193
- Language: English
