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A brand-new translation of a philosophical classic of the ancient world, The Teaching of Ptahhatp, written in Egypt 4,000 years ago. The Teaching of Ptahhatp,...
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From the Sunday Times bestselling author of A History of the Bible, this is the story of how the Bible has been translated, and why...
'China's first iconic modern intellectual. His lucid and prolific writings, touching on all major concerns in his own time and anticipating many in the future,...
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA LANDMARK NEW ACCOUNT OF THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT DAY OF WW2, IN THE WORDS OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED IT****...
Focusing on fifty diverse women artists, from Lavinia Fontana and Artemisia Gentileschi through Judy Chicago, Ana Mendieta and the Guerrilla Girls to Barbara Kruger, Cindy...
'Clear, cool, plainly written and devastating' Lucy Hughes-Hallett, Times Literary SupplementA major history of the rise and fall of Italian fascism: a dark tale of...
This publication has several modest goals: We shall describe how we conceptualised religious memory for the purposes of qualitative and quantitative survey...
Známý český historik a popularizátor historie vybral a poutavě napsal patnáct nejzajímavějších příběhů z české historie od nejstarších dob po současnost. Kniha určená zahraničním turistům...
Peaking in the 1960s, Pop Art began as a revolt against mainstream approaches to art and culture and evolved into a wholesale interrogation of modern...
Rise and Fall opens with the Akkadian Empire, which ruled over a vast expanse of the region of ancient Mesopotamia, then turns to the immense...
A modern guide to witchcraft from TikTok sensation Frankie Anne Castanea...
This concise yet thorough critical biography throws new light on the work of German novelist, short-story writer, essayist, and social critic Thomas Mann. It also...
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'A well-paced, thorough and often (darkly) humorous account of the two-year campaign season that began when Donald Trump announced he...
