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No areaof Greek life was wholly untouched by religion, and a basic knowledge ofthis aspect of life is essential to anyone seeking a proper understanding ofthe classical world. In this engaging survey...

The religious imagination of the Greeks, Robert Garland observes, was populated by divine beings whose goodwill could not be counted upon, and worshipers faced a heavy burden of choice among...

The U.S. death penalty is a peculiar institution, and a uniquely American one. Despite its comprehensive abolition elsewhere in the Western world, capital punishment continues in dozens of American...

First edition. German literature and related matters, from about 800 AD. Authors, works, characters, literary concepts and movements, philosophers, artists and composers, historical figures, etc...

An entertaining and enlightening book about how ancient peoples dealt with death—and what we might learn from themA lively story of death, What to Expect When You’re Dead explores the fascinating...

Drawing on the most recent scholarship, this engaging, accessible volume brings ancient Greek society -- from food and drink to literacy, the plight of the elderly, the treatment of slaves, and much...

A core text of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, presented in English for the first time, with commentary by Jamgön Mipham, one of the Nyingma tradition's most lucid and brilliant minds.A...

"A work of meticulous historical scholarship that reads with all the inherent reader engagement of an extended saga..." -- Midwest Book ReviewThe legends of early Rome are among the most memorable of...

Offers selected excerpts from the works of English, American, and Canadian authors such as Frances Browne, Hesba Stretton, Jean Webster, Susan Coolidge, James DeMille, W.A. Fraser, and others. The...

Edited By Garland Cannon. Bibliography: P. 939-948.

This is the delightfully warm and enjoyable story of an old Parisian named Armand, who relished his solitary life. Children, he said, were like starlings, and one was better off without them.But the...

Named a Best Gift Book for Gardeners by The New York Times Book Review, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Times, Domino magazine, and Goop.The team behind the inspirational design...

WINNER OF THE 2021 PULITZER PRIZE IN POETRYFINALIST FOR THE 2020 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR POETRYNatalie Diaz’s highly anticipated follow-up to When My Brother Was an Aztec, winner of an American Book...

Two novellas about family life and fraudsters by one of the twentieth century's best Italian novelists.Valentino and Sagittarius are two of Natalia Ginzburg’s most celebrated works: tales of love,...

Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023 "Haynes is master of her trade . . . She succeeds in breathing warm life into some of our oldest stories."--Telegraph (UK) The national bestselling...

Cities define the lives of all those who call them home: where we go, how we get there, how we spend our time. But what if we rethink the ways we plan, live in, and move around our cities? What if we...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A powerful memoir from Katalin Karikó, winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, whose decades-long research led to the COVID-19 vaccines“Katalin Karikó’s story...