Literature & anthologies
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Once overshadowed by Sartre, Camus has proved the more durable of the two most celebrated French writer-philosophers of the last century. This collection of his work makes the reasons for his survival...
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Opening up discussions of war, sexuality, personal angst, and national identity, this novel has become synonymous with modernism, both in theme and style. It is often used as either a starting point f...
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Marcus Aurelius (121-180 CE), philosopher-emperor, wrote the "Meditations" (his title was "The matters addressed to himself") in periods of solitude during military campaigns. His ethical, religious, ...
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In the didactic poetry of "Face Cosmetics," "Art of Love," and "Remedies for Love," Ovid (43 BCE-17 CE) demonstrates abstrusity and wit. His "Ibis" is an elegiac curse-poem. "Nux," "Halieutica," and "...
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The "Rhetorica ad Herrenium" was traditionally attributed to Cicero (106-43 BCE), and reflects, as does Cicero's "De Inventione," Hellenistic rhetorical teaching. But most recent editors attribute it ...
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We must be the change we wish to see in the world' - Mahatma Gandhi. 'In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity' - Albert Einstein. This series of gift books are filled with motivational words and ...
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In ancient times Menander (341-290 BC) was the most admired and quoted of the writers of Attic "New Comedy". This verse translation with explanatory notes and introduction attempts to fill some of the...
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