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Learned Banqueters, Volume IV: Books 8–10.420e(2008) ATHENAEUSA series of dinner parties at which the guests quote extensively from Greek literature. The work provides quotations from works now lost, and preserves information about wide range of information about Greek culture.Vezava: Trda44,47 € -
Letters to Atticus, Volume I(1999) CICEROIn letters to his friend Atticus, Cicero (106–43 BC) reveals himself as to no other of his correspondents except perhaps his brother, and vividly depicts a momentous period in Roman history, marked by the rise of Julius Caesar and the downfall of the RepuVezava: Trda44,47 € -
Pops: Fatherhood in Pieces(2019) CHABON, MICHAELMichael Chabon, author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Manhood for Amateurs and Moonglow, returns with a collection of heartfelt, humorous and insightful essays on the meaning of fatherhood.Vezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Apology. De Spectaculis. Minucius Felix: Octavius(1931) TERTULLIAN,MINUCIUS FELIXTertullian founded a Christian Latin language and literature, strove to unite the demands of the Bible with Church practice, defended Christianity, attacked heresy, and pondered morality. Octavius by Minucius Felix, an early Christian writer of unknown daVezava: Trda44,47 € -
Theological Tractates. The Consolation of Philosophy(1973) BOETHIUSThe classical and Christian worlds meet in Boethius (ca. AD 480–524), the last writer of purely literary Latin from antiquity. His Tractates examine the trinity and incarnation in Aristotelian terms. His Consolation of Philosophy, a dialogue between himseVezava: Trda44,47 € -
Public Confessions of a Middle-Aged Woman(2012) TOWNSEND, SUECovers everything from hosepipe bans to Spanish restaurants, from writer's block to slug warfare, from slob holidays to the banning of beige. This book reveals the author, ourselves and the nation in a new light.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Orator’s Education, Volume IV: Books 9–10(2002) QUINTILIANQuintilian, born in Spain about AD 35, became a renowned and successful teacher of rhetoric in Rome. In The Orator’s Education (Institutio Oratoria), a comprehensive training program in twelve books, he draws on his own rich experience. It provides not onVezava: Trda44,47 € -
Food for Thought(2020)A gorgeous anthology of poetry, fiction and essays about food from your favorite classic authors.Vezava: Trda15,41 € -
Hard Road to Renewal(2021) HALL, STUARTA timely reissue of a classic collection from the 1980s by one of Britain most radical cultural commentatorsVezava: Mehka20,07 € -
Politics and the English Language(2021) ORWELL, GEORGEIn Politics and the English Language, Orwell takes aim at the language used in politics, which, he says, 'is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind'. This essay is just as relevant tVezava: Mehka7,72 € -
Why I Write(2021) ORWELL, GEORGEIn Why I Write, Orwell describes his journey to becoming a writer, and his movement from writing poems to short stories to the works we remember him for. Why I Write is a unique opportunity to look into Orwell's mind, and it grants the reader an entirelyVezava: Mehka7,72 € -
On Animals(2022) ORLEAN, SUSANA delightful and entertaining collection of a lifetime of musings, meditations and in-depth profiles about animals, by the bestselling author of The Orchid Thief and The Library Book.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Oppositions(2021) GAITSKILL, MARYA collection of provocative and searchingly analytical essays by the author of Bad Behavior, This is Pleasure, and Lost Cat.Vezava: Trda27,32 € -
Surrender(2019) POCOCK, JOANNABlending personal memoir with reportage, Surrender is a narrative nonfiction work on the changing landscape of the West and the scavenger, rewilder and ecosexual communities, inspired by a two-year stay in Montana.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
