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- Yale University Press, 2022
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 160 páginas
PVP: 16,25 €
ISBN 978-0-300-26154-7
EAN 9780300261547
Perennial wisdom from one of history's most important but lesser-known Stoic teachers "He knew that all a philosopher could do was respond well-bravely, boldly, patiently-to what life threw at us. That's what we should be doing now."-Ryan Holiday, Reading List email The Stoic philosopher Musonius Rufus was one of the most influential teachers of his ...
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- Yale University Press, 2021
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 296 páginas
PVP: 19,00 €
ISBN 978-0-300-26144-8
EAN 9780300261448
Winner of the 2021 Lionel Gelber Prize: A provocative look at how today's trade conflicts are caused by governments promoting the interests of elites at the expense of workers"The authors weave a complex tapestry of monetary, fiscal and social policies through history and offer opinions about what went right and what went wrong . . ...
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Domina
The Women Who Made Imperial Rome
- Yale University Press, 2021
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 416 páginas
PVP: 17,50 €
ISBN 978-0-300-25484-6
EAN 9780300254846
A captivating popular history that shines a light on the notorious Julio-Claudian women who forged an empire Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero-these are the names history associates with the early Roman Empire. Yet, not a single one of these emperors was the blood son of his predecessor. In this captivating history, a prominent scholar ...
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The Polymath
A Cultural History from Leonardo da Vinci to Susan Sontag
- Yale University Press, 2021
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 352 páginas
PVP: 16,55 €
ISBN 978-0-300-26046-5
EAN 9780300260465
From Leonardo Da Vinci to Oliver Sacks: the first history of the western polymath, from the Renaissance to the present "An absorbing group portrait and intellectual history."-Kirkus Reviews"An admirable mixture of industry and erudition."-Robert Wilson, Wall Street Journal From Leonardo Da Vinci to John Dee and Comenius, from George Eliot to Oliver Sacks and Susan ...
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- Yale University Press, 2021
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 200 páginas
PVP: 22,00 €
ISBN 978-0-300-25191-3
EAN 9780300251913
A wonderfully accessible handbook to the art of writing and reading poetry-itself written entirely in verse How does poetry work? What should readers notice and look out for? Poet Lucy Newlyn demystifies the principles of the form, effortlessly illustrating key approaches and terms-all through her own original verse. Each poem exemplifies an aspect of poetic ...
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- Yale University Press, 2021
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 344 páginas
PVP: 37,05 €
ISBN 978-0-300-23041-3
EAN 9780300230413
The untold story of the greatest library of the Renaissance and its creator Hernando Colon This engaging book offers the first comprehensive account of the extraordinary projects of Hernando Colon, son of Christopher Columbus, which culminated in the creation of the greatest library of the Renaissance, with ambitions to be universal--that is, to bring together ...
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- Yale University Press, 2021
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 208 páginas
PVP: 29,50 €
ISBN 978-0-300-25350-4
EAN 9780300253504
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- Yale University Press, 2021
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 320 páginas
PVP: 16,50 €
ISBN 978-0-300-25503-4
EAN 9780300255034
A vital, engaging, and hugely enjoyable guide to poetry, from ancient times to the present, by one of our greatest champions of literature--selected as the literature book of the year by the London Times A fizzing, exhilarating book. Sebastian Faulks, Sunday Times, London Delightful.' New York Times Book Review What is poetry? If music is ...
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- Yale University Press, 2021
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 344 páginas
PVP: 33,50 €
ISBN 978-0-300-24849-4
EAN 9780300248494
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Vietnam
Rising Dragon
- Yale University Press, 2020
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 304 páginas
PVP: 19,20 €
ISBN 978-0-300-24963-7
EAN 9780300249637
A much-needed behind-the-scenes survey of an emerging Asian power The eyes of the West have recently been trained on China and India, but Vietnam is rising fast among its Asian peers. A breathtaking period of social change has seen foreign investment bringing capitalism flooding into its nominally communist society, booming cities swallowing up smaller villages, ...
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Epidemics and Society
From the Black Death to the Present
- Yale University Press, 2020
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 608 páginas
PVP: 25,20 €
ISBN 978-0-300-25639-0
EAN 9780300256390
This sweeping exploration of the impact of epidemic diseases looks at how mass infectious outbreaks have shaped society, from the Black Death to today, and in a new preface addresses the global threat of COVID-19. In a clear and accessible style, Frank M. Snowden reveals the ways that diseases have not only influenced medical science ...
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- Yale University Press, 2020
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 760 páginas
PVP: 25,00 €
ISBN 978-0-300-25486-0
EAN 9780300254860
Drawing on vital new evidence, a top historian dramatically reinterprets the ruler of the world's first transatlantic empire The life of Emperor Charles V (1500-1558), ruler of Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, and much of Italy and Central and South America, has long intrigued biographers. But the elusive nature of the man (despite an abundance of ...
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- Yale University Press, 2020
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 288 páginas
PVP: 37,05 €
ISBN 978-0-300-24982-8
EAN 9780300249828
A wealthy Moscow textile merchant, Morozov started buying art in a modest way in 1900 until, on a trip to Paris, he developed a taste for the avant-garde. Meticulous and highly discerning, he acquired works by the likes of Monet, Pissarro, and Cezanne. Unlike his friendly rival Sergei Shchukin, he collected Russian as well as ...
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Robert Schumann
Life and Death of a Musician
This candid, intimate, and compellingly written new biography offers a completely fresh account of Robert Schumann's life. It confronts the traditional perception of the doom-laden Romantic, forced by depression into a life of helpless, poignant sadness. John Worthen's scrupulous attention to the original sources reveals Schumann to have been an astute, witty, articulate and immensely ...
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MI9
A History of the Secret Service for Escape and Evasion in World War Two
- Yale University Press, 2020
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 352 páginas
PVP: 29,70 €
ISBN 978-0-300-23320-9
EAN 9780300233209
When Allied fighters were trapped behind enemy lines, one branch of military intelligence helped them escape: MI9. The organization set up clandestine routes that zig-zagged across Nazi-occupied Europe, enabling soldiers and airmen to make their way home. Secret agents and resistance fighters risked their lives and those of their families to hide the men.Drawing on ...
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Delocque, André; Semenova, Natalya
The Collector
The Story of Sergei Shchukin and His Lost Masterpieces
- Yale University Press, 2020
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 304 páginas
PVP: 17,85 €
ISBN 978-0-300-25481-5
EAN 9780300254815
A fascinating life of Sergei Shchukin, the great collector who changed the face of Russia's art world Sergei Shchukin was a highly successful textiles merchant in the latter half of the nineteenth century, but he also had a great eye for beauty. He was one of the first to appreciate the qualities of the Impressionists ...
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- Yale University Press, 2020
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 320 páginas
PVP: 15,00 €
ISBN 978-0-300-25483-9
EAN 9780300254839
An authoritative new history of the vampire, two hundred years after it first appeared on the literary scene Published to mark the bicentenary of John Polidori's publication of The Vampyre, Nick Groom's detailed new account illuminates the complex history of the iconic creature. The vampire first came to public prominence in the early eighteenth century, ...
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- Yale University Press, 2020
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 968 páginas
PVP: 29,70 €
ISBN 978-0-300-25482-2
EAN 9780300254822
An invaluable guide for lovers of classical music designed to enhance their enjoyment of the core orchestral repertoire from 1700 to 1950 Robert Philip, scholar, broadcaster, and musician, has compiled an essential handbook for lovers of classical music, designed to enhance their listening experience to the full. Covering four hundred works by sixty-eight composers from ...
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- Yale University Press, 2020
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 176 páginas
PVP: 25,20 €
ISBN 978-0-300-24561-5
EAN 9780300245615
Is Britain a part of Europe? The British have been ambivalent on this question since the Second World War, when the Western European nations sought to prevent the return of fascism by creating strong international ties throughout the Continent. Britain reluctantly joined the Common Market, the European Community, and ultimately the European Union, but its ...
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