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The Joy of Reading
Культурология

The Joy of Reading

Автор: Doren Charles Van
Язык: английский
Год: 2010
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"Charles Van Doren has laid a feast before all of us that is irresistible." --Mortimer J. Adler This engaging love letter to reading follows the great authors and classics that transformed the world--from Aristotle and Herodotus in ancient Greece to...
The Meaning of Happiness
Культурология

The Meaning of Happiness

Автор: Watts Alan , Уотс Алан
Язык: английский
Год: 1940
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Deep down, most people think that happiness comes from having or doing something. Here, in Alan Watts's groundbreaking second book (originally published in 1940), he offers a more challenging thesis: authentic happiness comes from embracing life as...
Catherine the Great & Potemkin: The Imperial Love Affair
История, Культурология

Catherine the Great & Potemkin: The Imperial Love Affair

Автор: Себаг-Монтефиоре Саймон Джонатан
Язык: английский
Год: 2021
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From the author of *The Romanovs* : a vivid account of history's most successful political partnership--as sensual and fiery as it was creative and visionary. Catherine the Great was a woman of notorious passion and imperial ambition. Prince...
The World [A Family History of Humanity]
История, Культурология

The World [A Family History of Humanity]

Автор: Себаг-Монтефиоре Саймон Джонатан
Язык: английский
Год: 2022
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From the New York Times best-selling author of The Romanovs—a magisterial world history unlike any other that tells the story of humanity through the one thing we all have in common: families Around 950,000 years ago, a family of five walked along...
Seneca: A Life
Культурология

Seneca: A Life

Автор: Wilson Emily
Язык: английский
Год: 2016
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By any measure, Seneca (?4-65AD) is one of the most significant figures in both Roman literature and ancient philosophy. His writings are voluminous and diverse, ranging from satire to disturbing, violent tragedies, from metaphysical theory to moral...