Ancient & Classical
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The Greek Plays 2: Ajax in Iraq, Kissing the Floor, Penelope, Mercury’s Footpath, and the Oresteia
$26.95 Add to cartEllen McLaughlin returns with a new collection of adaptations and modern reimaginings of classic Greek tragedies. Drawing on works by Sophocles, Homer, Aeschylus and more, these plays breathe fresh li
- Author: McLaughlin, Ellen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1559369914
- Language: English
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How to Make a Home: An Ancient Guide to Style and Comfort
$17.95 Add to cartAn entertaining and enlightening collection of ancient Roman writings about home design and decoration
The idea that our homes can communicate professional as well as personal identities may seem as n- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Vitruvius
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 12 2025
- ISBN10: 0691249121
- Language: English
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How to Have Willpower: An Ancient Guide to Not Giving in
$17.95 Add to cartLively new translations of two classical works that offer wise advice about how to resist temptation
How to Have Willpower brings together two profound ancient meditations on how to overcome pressures- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Prudentius
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: August 12 2025
- ISBN10: 0691220344
- Language: English
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EL ENCHIRIDION – ?De la lecci?n a la acci?n!
$14.99 Add to cartEsta edici?n totalmente adaptada y reescrita de “El Enchiridion” ofrece una actualizaci?n completa para satisfacer las necesidades de los lectores contempor?neos. Las caracter?sticas clave de esta edi… [more below]
- Author: Nusselt, Sam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 110
- Publish Date: September 11 2023
- ISBN10: 6500765028
- Language: Spanish
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Penelopiad
$16.95 Read moreMargaret Atwood’s acclaimed stage adaptation of Homer.
As portrayed in Homer’s Odyssey, Penelope – wife of Odysseus and cousin of the beautiful Helen of Troy – has become a symbol of wifely duty and- Series: Faber Drama
- Author: Atwood, Margaret
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 02 2007
- ISBN10: 0571239498
- Language: English
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Greek Philosophers
$16.99 Add to cartW.K.C. Guthrie has written a survey of the great age of Greek philosophy–from Thales to Aristotle–which combines comprehensiveness with brevity. Without pre-supposing a knowledge of Greek or the Cla
- Series: Harper Perennial Modern Thought
- Author: Guthrie, William K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 27 2023
- ISBN10: 0061310085
- Language: English
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The Ten Thousand Leaves: Poems from the Man’yoshu
$26.00 Add to cartA sweeping anthology of classical Japanese poetry, including poems about love, war, trees and mountains, everyday life, and so much more. One of the most important works of Japanese literature of all … [more below]
- Author: Levy, Ian Hideo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: July 15 2025
- ISBN10: 1681378906
- Language: English
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Oedipus Kolonos PB
$9.99 Add to cartAmong the most celebrated plays of ancient Athens, Oedipus at Kolonos is one of seven surviving dramas by the great Greek playwright, Sophocles, now available from Harper Perennial in a vivid and dyna
- Author: Sophocles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 07 2012
- ISBN10: 0062132105
- Language: English
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Wisdom Takes Work: Learn. Apply. Repeat.
$29.00 Add to cartIn this much-anticipated final installment in the Stoic Virtues series, Ryan Holiday makes the case for the virtue on which all other virtues depend.
Of all the stoic virtues – courage, discipline, ju- Series: The Stoic Virtues
- Author: Holiday, Ryan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 21 2025
- ISBN10: 0593191730
- Language: English
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Anaximander, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Plotinus, Lao-Tzu, Nagarjuna
$15.99 Add to cartTaken from the Great Philosphers, Volume II.
- Series: Harvest Book, Hb 288
- Author: Jaspers, Karl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 138
- Publish Date: October 23 1974
- ISBN10: 0156075008
- Language: English
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On Duties
$12.99 Add to cartON DUTIES deserves more attention than it gets, and it rewards the attention it receives, because it deals with the question of the well-lived life in a clear, thoughtful, accessible, and compelling m
- Series: Roman Road Classics
- Author: Cicero, Marcus Tullius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 244
- Publish Date: August 02 2016
- ISBN10: 1944482113
- Language: English
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The Symposium
$27.00 Add to cartThe perfect books for the true book lover, Penguin’s Great Ideas series features twelve more groundbreaking works by some of history’s most prodigious thinkers. Each volume is beautifully packaged wit… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Great Ideas
- Author: Plato
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: May 30 2006
- ISBN10: 0143037536
- Language: English
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Daodejing
$15.99 Read moreGrounded in a lifetime of research and interpretive work and informed by careful study of recent archeological discoveries of alternate versions of the text, Brook Ziporyn, one of the preeminent expli
- Author: Laozi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 27 2025
- ISBN10: 1324097280
- Language: English
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The Portable Plato
$26.00 Add to cartWriting in the fourth century B.C., in an Athens that had suffered a humiliating defeat in the Peloponnesian War, Plato formulated questions that have haunted the moral, religious, and political imagi… [more below]
- Series: Portable Library
- Author: Plato
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: March 01 1977
- ISBN10: 0140150404
- Language: English
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Buddha, Socrates, and Us: Ethical Living in Uncertain Times
$28.00 Add to cartA renowned Buddhist teacher turns to two of the most influential figures in history for guidance on how to face the ethical challenges of our time
The Buddha’s revolutionary teachings transformed Asi- Author: Batchelor, Stephen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 26 2025
- ISBN10: 0300275498
- Language: English
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Paradiso
$25.00 Add to cartMary Jo Bang’s translation of Paradiso completes her groundbreaking new version of Dante’s masterpiece, begun with Inferno and continued with Purgatorio. In Paradiso, Dante has been purified by his cl
- Author: Bang, Mary Jo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: July 08 2025
- ISBN10: 1644453452
- Language: English
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If a Mountain Lion Could Sing: The Lyric Poems of Xin Qiji
$22.00 Add to cartIf a Mountain Lion Could Sing stands as the first major English translation of poems written by China’s greatest lyric poet, Xin Qiji.
World-renowned translator Red Pine has found a new dance partner.
- Author: Qiji, Xin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 1556596863
- Language: English
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Right Thing, Right Now: Good Values. Good Character. Good Deeds.
$30.00 Add to cartIn his New York Times bestselling book, Discipline Is Destiny, Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case for a life of self-discipline. In this much-anticipated third installment in the Stoic Virtues series, h… [more below]
- Author: Holiday, Ryan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 0593943066
- Language: English
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Right Thing, Right Now: Good Values. Good Character. Good Deeds.
$28.00 Add to cartINSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
In his New York Times bestselling book, Discipline Is Destiny, Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case for a life of self-discipline. In this much-anticipated third insta- Series: The Stoic Virtues
- Author: Holiday, Ryan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 0593191714
- Language: English
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Selected Discourses – The Wisdom of Epictetus: The Stoic Classic
$14.99 Add to cartExplore the ancient Stoic way of thinking and the valuable lessons it holds for contemporary life
This new volume contains the Enchiridion and selected Discourses of the great Stoic philosopher Epicte
- Series: Capstone Classics
- Author: Epictetus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 03 2024
- ISBN10: 0857089951
- Language: English
