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Alexander the Great's Art of Strategy: The Timeless Leadership Lessons of History's Greatest Empire Builder
by Bose, Partha Sarathi
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- 2003
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Gotham Books, 2003 Book. As New. Soft cover. Uncorrected Proof.. The chief marketing officer of an international consulting firm reveals how the strategy secrets of Alexander the Great can help you gain the competitive edge in today's tough business world. . He built cities and cultures that still exist today. Perhaps the greatest military strategist,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Sokrates Yontemi; Zihno En Ust Derecede Kullanmanin Yedi Temel Anahtari
by Gross, Ronald
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- 2006
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Istanbul: Pegasus Yayinlari, 2006 Book. Illus. by Trans. Ibrahim Sener. As New. Soft cover. 1st Turkish Edition.. "Socrates has inspired and guided the brightest men and women for more than two thousand years. Now readers can meet Socrates face-to-face and learn how he changes people's lives. The book provides step-by-step guidance on how to harness his methods to vastly… Read more about this item Item Price
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Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea : Why the Greeks Matter (The Hinges of History Ser., Vol. 4)
by Cahill, Thomas
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New York: Anchor Books, 2003 Book. New. Trade Paperback. 1st.US Edition.. Thomas Cahill brings his characteristic wit and style to a fascinating tour of ancient Greece. Explore the legacy, good and bad, of the ancient Greeks. the Greeks invented everything from Western warfare to mystical prayer, from logic to statecraft. Many of their achievements, particularly in art and philosophy, are… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Oldest Dead White European Males And Other Reflections on the Classics
by Knox, Bernard
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- 1993
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New York: W.W.Norton, 1993 Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. " In three erudite essays originally delivered as lectures, Knox stresses the relevance of the ancient Greeks (the "dead white males" of the title) to the modern world. Former director of Harvard's Center for Hellenic Studies, Knox defends the modern teaching of the humanities as "an education for democracy." While acknowledging… Read more about this item Item Price
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Land of Lost Gods : The Search for Classical Greece
by Stoneman, Richard
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- 1987
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London: Hutchinson, 1987 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st UK Edition.. The various travellers - antiquarian, archaological, architectural, acquisitive, artistic, the pilgrims and philhellenes or the merely curious, who visited and described what they saw and found in Greece. 364p.+ plates, maps bibliography, index. maps on end papers , . Item Price
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The Rule of Taste from George I to George IV
by Steegman, John
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- 1986
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London: Century / National Trust, 1986 Book. As New. Soft cover. Facsimile Reprint. Reprint of book first publshed by Macmillan in 1936. "...entertaining study traces the various changes in the art of gardening, architecture and painting from the early eighteenth century to the early nineteenth century.... gives an unprecedented inight into the minutiae of classsical living during the Georgian… Read more about this item Item Price
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Mediterranean Heritage
by Fox, David Scott
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- 1978
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London: Routledge, Kegan Paul, 1978 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st UK Ed... Surveys the influence of Mediterranean cultures (Greek , Roman, Renaissance ) on English architecture and painting.Neast tight vris copy.179p. plates bibliography.index. Item Price
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The Oldest Dead White European Males And Other Reflections on the Classics
by Knox, Bernard
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New York: W.W.Norton, 1993 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st US Edition.. " In three erudite essays originally delivered as lectures, Knox stresses the relevance of the ancient Greeks (the "dead white males" of the title) to the modern world. Former director of Harvard's Center for Hellenic Studies, Knox defends the modern teaching of the humanities as "an education for democracy."… Read more about this item Item Price
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Arion and the Dolphin : A Libretto By Vikram Seth
by Seth, Vikram
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- 1994
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London: Phoenix House, 1994 Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st UK Edition. "Arion and the Dolphin is an opera in 9 scenes for professional and community performers. The music is composed by Alec Roth and the libretto is by Vikram Seth. It was commissioned by the Baylis programme at the English National Opera and was first performed in Plymouth on June… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Classic Myths in English Literature and Art
by Gayley, Charles Mills
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- 1911
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New York: Ginn & Co, 1911 Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. Revised Edition. "Based originally on Bulfinch's Age of the fable. Accompanied by an interpretive and illustrative commentary" Foldout genealogical chart of Greek Gods. 597p. illus. glossary, mythology and source indexes.. Item Price
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Chippendale and His Contemporaries
by Kenworthy-Browne, John Anthony
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- 1975
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London: Orbis Publishing, 1975 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st UK Ed... Nicely illustrated book on English furniture of the Georgian/Regency period. Includes Neo-Hellenic designs 64p.illus.decrated end papers.. Item Price
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Hellenism & the Modern World: Six Talks on the Radio-Diffusion Francaise & the B.B.C.
by Murray, Gilbert
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- 1953
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London: George Allen & Unwin., 1953 Book. Fine. Original Wraps. First Thus. 60p.. Item Price
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The Ancient World in Film : Volume Two
by Reeves, Jonathan & Russell,Stephen
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- 2017
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Hamilton, Ontario: Radix Antiqua, 2017 Book. New. Soft cover. 1st Canadian Edition. A collection of texts from classical literature that served as inspiration for popular motion pictures. Compiled and translated by Jonathan Reeves and Stephen Russell. This is Volume 2 ONLY of a 2 volume set. Contains: Chapter 7 "Alexander the Great" citing Plutarch / Chapter 8 "Spartacus"citing Sallust,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Travels with Epicurus : Meditations from a Greek Island on the Pleasures of Old Age
by Klein , Daniel
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- 2014
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London: Oneworld, 2014 Book. As New. Soft cover. Reprint.. Asking whether it is better to be forever young or grin toothlessly and authentically into old age, Daniel Klein journeys to the Greek island of Hydra to see a different side to aging, drawing on the lives of the Octogenarian Greek locals and philosophers from Epicurus to Sartre, to discover the… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Sea! The Sea! : The Shout of the Ten Thousand in the Modern Imagination
by Rood, Tim
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- 2005
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New York: Duckworth Overlook, 2005 Book. As New. Soft cover. ARC/Advance Reading Copy.. "'The Sea! The Sea! ' tells the story of 'Thalatta! Thalatta!', the shout first uttered on a mountains in eastern Turkey by the famous Ten Thousand, the army of Greek mercenaries whose adventures in what are now Turkey, Syria and Iraq were described by the Athenian historian… Read more about this item Item Price
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Ancient Education and Today
by Castle, E.B.
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- 1967
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London: Penguin/Pelican, 1967 Book. Very Good. Pbk. Reprint. n this book the author argues that ancient education from Greece, Roman and Palestine is as necessary today as it was then. For, quoting from the verso of the front panel " . in the current and necessary enthusiasm for technological instruction, many people have lost sight of the fact that education… Read more about this item Item Price
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Achilles in Vietnam : Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character
by Shay, Jonathan
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- 1995
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New York: Simon & Schuster/Touchstone, 1995 Book. Near Fine. Trade Paperback. "In this strikingly original and groundbreaking book, Dr. Shay examines the psychological devastation of war by comparing the soldiers of Homer's Iliad with Vietnam veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Although the Iliad was written twenty-seven centuries ago it has much to teach about combat trauma , as do… Read more about this item Item Price
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It's Greek to Me ! Brush Up Your Classics
by Macrone, Michael
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- 1991
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New York: Harper/Perennial, 1991 Book. As New. Hardcover. A treasure trove of information about words and phrases that originated in Greek and Roman texts.239p. illus.map.indes.. Item Price
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Greek Fire
by Taplin Oliver
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- 1989
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- 9780224026833
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1989 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st UK Ed... "The book explores what has been made of ancient Greece, and how the modern world has been inspired by, reacted against, imitated, transformed, parodied, recycled, subverted or received Greek culture" Published in conjunction with the multi-part TV programme produced by Channel Four in the UK. 274p. plates [some.col ) bibliography.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Black Athena : The Afrocentric Roots of Classical Civilization Volume I - The Fabrication of Ancient Greece. 1785-1985
by Bernal, Martin
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- 1987
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New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1987 Book. As New. Soft cover. Reprint. Imaginative thesis that "challenges the whole basis of the question of what is classical about Classical civilization, arguing that it has deep roots in Afroasiatic cultures with these influences being systematically ignored, denied or suppressed since the eighteenth century - chiefly for racist reasons." 575p.bibliography. index..… Read more about this item Item Price
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