Self: Ancient and Modern Insights about Individuality, Life, and Death - Richard Sorabji

Reducere. DescriptionDrawing on classical antiquity and Western and Eastern philosophy, Richard Sorabji tackles in Self the question of whether there is such...

Works of fiction and popular history have promoted the idea that the Holy Grail symbolizes a physical bloodline resulting from the union of Jesus C...

Reducere. Meditations on the sources of formation in Christian approach to law, its application to contemporary living, and how our approach to the law shoul...

Is the Bible fundamentally at odds with science? Science and the Bible are often pitted against each other, causing many to either defend science a...

Steven Saunders takes the reader on a crash course through some of the most fascinating and effective tricks-of-the-mind ever assembled in one smal...

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This volume asks how and why the concept of nature has changed its meaning in modernity and whether a rearticulation of premodern ideas about natur...

Sport and Democracy in the Ancient and Modern Worlds - Paul Christesen

Reducere. Constitutionalism: Ancient and Modern explores the very roots of liberty by examining the development of modern constitutionalism from its ancient ...

Reducere. This is the first known collection of Krampus carols, printed in a large-format edition suitable for placing on music stands or sharing among frien...

This book relates three years (1921-1924) in the life of Gilbert Bagnani, a young Italian archaeologist in Greece, based on his letters to his moth...

Reducere. Every December churches find themselves putting on many carol services and concerts both within the church and in the local community. But the prov...

The arrangement of a table in terms of cutlery, arrangement, serving style, and timing of courses has changed a great deal over time and now is enj...

People living in Ireland do not expect to encounter a tornado. But, why not? They have been part of the Irish climate and have tracked across the l...

Reducere. An excellent source for spiritual reading today, ``Benedict's Way`` is actually a collection of practical principles for living developed back in t...

Reducere. In Moral Conscience through the Ages, Richard Sorabji brings his erudition and philosophical acumen to bear on a fundamental question: what is cons...

Conversations About Death is the result Sally Cant's twenty years in the death and dying industry. It contains a wealth of information that will ma...

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Publisher: Edition ReussAuthor(s): Lars KrutakIllustration(s): 334+ colour photosNumber of pages: 424Publication date: 2010Dimensions: 129 x 196 x ...

Reducere. Napoleon has said that in war the moral element is to all others as three is to one. Moreover, as du Picq impressively demonstrates, while all othe...

'This trot through German culture and history is an engrossing, informative and hilarious read' Sunday Times

Reducere. Here is a classic study of the feminine principle in myths, dreams, and religious symbolism. In presenting the archetypal foundations of feminine p...

Collects important papers written by one of the greatest modern scholars of ancient philosophy. Volume 4 offers more technical articles on Plato's ...

The Big Bend region of Texas-variously referred to as "El Despoblado" (the uninhabited land), "a land of contrasts, " "Texas' last frontier, " or s...

Reducere. Along with playing games, practice is essential for mastering go technique; namely, practice in analyzing positions and reading out all their varia...

DescriptionWestern democracy is now at a critical juncture. Some worry that power has been wrested from the people and placed in the hands of a sma...

The story of ancient cities from the end of the Bronze Age to the beginning of the Middle Ages: a tale of war and politics, pestilence and famine, ...

Reducere. The Turin Shroud is an intriguing scientific journey exploring one of the greatest mysteries of the world. It has captivated the curiosity of inter...

Reducere. 782The Turin Shroud is an intriguing scientific journey exploring one of the greatest mysteries of the world. It has captivated the curiosity of in...

"Stradley has]...a clipped, hard-hitting narrative style that makes no excuses and offers no apologies. Boxing fans interested in this...tragic fig...

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Reducere. The growth of the modern world urban system is the greatest episode of urban growth there has ever been, but it is not the first. Three thousand ye...

This book is a collection of papers originally presented at a conference of the same name in the International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden ...

Anne Conway was an extraordinary figure in a remarkable age. Her Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern Philosophy is the most interesting and o...

Reducere. In this innovative guidebook Julie Baretz takes readers to twenty-one off-the-beaten-path locations in Israel where Bible stories are said to have ...

Reducere. Completely redesigned for today's generation of cooks and food enthusiasts, the 25th Anniversary Edition of Food of Life: Ancient Persian and Moder...

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Haynes makes the point that our lives are infinitely richer if we take time to look at what the Greeks and Romans have given us in politics, law, r...