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Library of History is in three parts: mythical history to the Trojan War; history to Alexander's death (323 BC); history to…

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Many Americans fear the power of unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats-the "deep state." Cass Sunstein and Adrian Vermeule…

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In Fishing, Oppian discusses fish and gives angling instructions. The Chase, on hunting, may be the work of a Syrian…

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Perhaps nothing has ever been so frightening to people of faith as ˘€the modern.˘€ Pluralistic and rationalizing, modernity…

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As they immerse themselves in foreign cultures, trained anthropologists find that accepting difference is one thing,…

\nMoses Chao argues that activity in the peripheral nervous system predicts the onset of neurological and psychiatric…

The Market has deified itself, according to Harvey Cox\'s brilliant exegesis. And all of the world\'s problems-widening…

\nThis data-rich sociological study uses everything from census figures to Who’s Who to analyze how, over 125 years, the…

\nWritings on Body and Soul includes a selection of the theological, historical, and devotional works of Aelred, the…

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\nIn 1932 Sigmund Freud and diplomat William Bullitt completed a well-informed psychobiography of Woodrow Wilson, inspired…

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Produkt Fragmentary Republican Latin, Volume VII - Pacuvius zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele Harvard University Press.…

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After personal inquiry and study of hearsay and other evidence, Herodotus (born ca. 484 BC) gives us in his famous history…

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The major works by Josephus are History of the Jewish War, from 170 BC to his own time, and Jewish Antiquities, from…

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History of the Wars by Procopius (late fifth century to after AD 558) consists largely of sixth-century military history,…

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The only extant work by Livy is part of his history of Rome from the foundation of the city to 9 BC. Of its 142 books 1-10,…

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Plutarch (ca. AD 45-120) wrote on many subjects. His extant works other than the Parallel Lives are varied, about sixty in…

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A series of dinner parties at which the guests quote extensively from Greek literature. The work provides quotations from…

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The only extant work by Livy is part of his history of Rome from the foundation of the city to 9 BC. Of its 142 books, 1-10,…

\nIn antebellum New Orleans, whites and Blacks died in droves from yellow fever. But the fortunes of survivors were less…

In 1865, in the aftermath of civil war, the North and South of America began a slow process of reconciliation. This book…

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Must the sins of America's past poison its hope for the future? Lately the American Left, withdrawing into the halls of…

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At a time when people are living into their tenth decade, the longest longitudinal study of human development ever…

Presents the author's recollection of his childhood in an upper-middle-class Jewish home in Berlin's West End. This book…

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Produkt Cosmopolitan Tradition - Nussbaum, Martha C. zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele Harvard University Press.…

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Produkt Short History of European Law - Herzog, Tamar zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele Harvard University Press.…

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An award-winning genetic researcher and a tenacious journalist examine each phase of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, the…

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The main aim of Roman Antiquities, which began to appear in 7 BC, was to reconcile Greeks to Roman rule. Of the twenty books…

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The Iliad and the Odyssey of Homer (eighth century BC) are the two oldest European epic poems. The former tells of Achilles'…

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Of the roughly seventy treatises in the Hippocratic Collection, many are not by Hippocrates (said to have been born in Cos…

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Library of History is in three parts: mythical history to the Trojan War; history to Alexander's death (323 BC); history to…

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Cyropaedia is a historical romance on the education of the sixth-century BC Persian king Cyrus the Great that reflects…

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This epic poem concerns Dionysus' earthly career from birth at Thebes to reception on Olympus. In a poem full of mythology,…

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Velleius Paterculus, soldier and senator, chronicles in concise fashion the story of Rome and Roman culture from the fall of…

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Exploring themes that preoccupied Albert Camus--absurdity, silence, revolt, fidelity, and moderation--Robert Zaretsky…

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\nBullhe Shah\'s work is among the glories of Panjabi literature, and the iconic eighteenth-century poet is widely regarded…

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Produkt Globalists - Slobodian, Quinn zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele Harvard University Press.…

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Branko Milanovic presents a bold account of the dynamics that drive inequality on a global scale. Using vast data sets, he…

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Branko Milanovic charts 200 years of the fascinating history of the discourse on inequality through portraits of six key…

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In succinct and engaging fashion Michael Walzer demystifies the activity of the social critic, providing a philosophical…

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The Chinese overseas now number 25 to 30 million, yet the 2,000-year history of the Chinese's attempts to venture abroad and…

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Whiskerology traces how hair became a significant marker of identity and belonging in nineteenth-century America. Viewed…

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Carmina Burana, the largest surviving collection of secular Medieval Latin verse, features poems on subjects ranging from…

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Andrea Navagero (1483-1529), among the principal poets of Venice, pioneered the Renaissance pastoral epigram genre.…

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Peter of Atroa (773-837 CE) was cofounder and abbot of the influential monastery of Saint Zachariah. He resisted Iconoclast…