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This book makes available Ronald Knox's hitherto unpublished lectures on Virgil's Aeneid delivered at Trinity College, Oxford, as part of a lecture course on Virgil in 1912. Written with Knox's…
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Percival Everett
Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist for the PEN / Faulkner Award for Fiction
A man visits his ageing father in a nursing home, where his father…
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One timber prefab building turns into a litany of conversations, research and essays on responsible yet habitable environments
The Proto-Habitat is both a theoretical and practical (built) experiment to explore…
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Plato
The Phaedrus, written by Plato, is a dialogue between Socrates, and Phaedrus, an interlocutor in several dialogues. The Phaedrus was presumably composed around 370 BCE, about the same time as…
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Phaedrus takes the form of a dialogue between Socrates and Phaedrus and its ostensible subject is love, especially homoerotic love. This translation is accompanied by an introduction and notes that…
Horace,Virgil,Phaedrus
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR’d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have…
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Virgil
Follow Aeneid as he flees a burning Troy with his family and sets out on a dangerous journey to found what will one day become The Roman Empire. Thrill with…
Sir Theodore Martin
"Horace" by Sir Theodore Martin is a comprehensive biography that delves into the life and works of the renowned Roman poet, Horace. In this meticulously researched work, Martin provides readers…
Andreas T. Zanker
This book discusses recent work on Horace by genre, moving from the early Satires through to the late Epistles. It also suggests new scholarly approaches to the author, and considers…
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Michael Share, Dirk Baltzly
This commentary records, through notes taken by Hermias, Syrianus' seminar on Plato's Phaedrus, one of the world's most influential celebrations of erotic beauty and love. It is the only Neoplatonic…
Susanna Morton Braund
The first synthesis and analysis of the translation history of Roman poet Virgil's works into European languages. A wide-ranging interdisciplinary investigation that contributes to western intellectual history and challenges classicists…
Virgil Henry
Welcome to Adjunct Hell, where second-class teachers do first-class work.
Virgil Abloh
Bringing together all the greats-from Air Jordan 1 to Air Presto-Nike and Virgil Abloh reinvented sneaker culture with the collaborative project The Ten and redesigned 10 sneaker icons. Experience engineering…
Flossy and Jim
Horace the hamster only likes cheese. But Horace really, really doesn't like trying new things. But Horace's friends are ready to get creative so he can try their delicious food.
Friedrich Schiller, Edward Bulwer Lytton
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
A J Macleane
Reprint of the original, first published in 1856.
Lytton
Judy Link Cuddehe
Svetllama, a fancy, bold, story-telling llama, and Horace, a modest, musical pony, find friendship and purpose together in a far-away land. This clever, endearing tale has a catchy, lyrical cadence…
Sophie May
"Captain Horace" by Sophie May is a captivating tale that brings readers into the adventurous world of young Horace Clifford. Set in a charming New England town, this story follows…
Pj Gardner
The final book in a young middle grade mystery-adventure series about Horace, an anxious Boston Terrier, and Bunwinkle, an exuberant potbellied pig, who team up to solve crimes in their…
David Lascelles
The first published biography of the architect of London's Tower Bridge
Charles Godfrey Leland
The Unpublished Legends of Virgil, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made…
Virgil Sturgeon
God's Wisdom and Virgil's Poetry in Rhyme by Virgil Sturgeon
Bruce Wm Stewart
This is the true story of Horace, the Raccoon. Its message is one of living peacefully with wild animals in cities and towns and how to treat wild animals that…
Joseph Trapp
The Preface to the Aeneis of Virgil (1718), a classical book, was published more than a century ago and has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that…
The internet is without a doubt one of the greatest creations of humanity. Through the internet, vital information can be accessed with ease, friends and family members can stay connected…
Inspired by Homer and inspiration for Dante and Milton, the Aeneid is an immortal poem at the heart of Western life and culture. Virgil took Aeneas as his hero and…
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A story of arms and heroism that follows the adventures of Aeneas, who flees the ashes of Troy to embark upon a tortuous course that brings him to Italy and…
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Thomas Chase
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.
Horace Wyatt
Motor Transports in War, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at…
Horace Bushnell
What then is the true idea of Christian or divine nurture, as distinguished from that which is not Christian? What is its aim? What its method of working? What its…
Horace Walpole
Reprint of the original, first published in 1843.
Horace Tenney
Horace White
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
Horace Andy
A companion album to the critically acclaimed ‘Midnight Rocker’, this is Adrian Sherwood’s ‘sound system’ take on the original sessions. Featuring new tracks; radical dancehall re-works with MC interjections from…
"Hieroglyphic Tales" by Horace Walpole transports readers into a fantastical realm of gothic literature, blending elements of ancient Egypt with mystical symbolism and Enlightenment satire. Walpole, a master of fiction…
