cosimo mai 2010 (33 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This title includes an introduction by Antonio Favaro.Italian astronomer and philosopher GALILEO GALILEI (1564-1642) is unquestionably one of the most influential forces upon the modern understanding of the physical world. But even few armchair scientists have discovered his writing in his own words.This is Galileo's final work, and the most mature explication of his scientific philosophies. Presented as a dialogue among three imaginary men who represent Galileo himself at different stages of his thought processes, it explores the two sciences, at their most basic, Galileo pioneered: engineering and the laws of motion, the latter of which anticipates Isaac Newton by half a century.This classic 1914 translation is by American physicist HENRY CREW (1859-1953) and Italian scholar of the Italian language ALFONSO DE SALVIO (1873-1938), both of whom were serving on the faculty of Northwestern University when they produced his work. Galileo himself could not publish this 1638 work throughout much of Europe after his conviction by the Inquisition, but this volume makes him readily accessible to lay scientists today.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - 'The report elegantly reframes much of Mr. Obama's domestic agenda as microeconomic nudges in the direction of this overall macroeconomic rebalancing.'-The EconomistBarack Obama took the Oval Office amidst an economic downturn deeper and more painful than any the United States has known in generations. How will the President direct the rescuing and rebuilding of the U.S. economy in the wake of the Great Recession What are the long-term fiscal challenges the U.S. faces How can we reform health care without breaking the bank What precautions can we take to prevent another similar collapse from occurring again in the future Each year, the Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers prepares a report presenting the Administration's domestic and international economic policies. The 2010 edition may be the most important such report in recent decades, as it lays out the blueprint for recovery that will impact all Americans, regardless of economic status. It is essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand the ongoing financial crisis and its potential solutions.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Fildes, Sir Samuel Luke (illustratore). Neuware - One of the most enduringly popular novelists of the Victorian era, English writer ANTHONY TROLLOPE (1815-1882) created entertainingly rambling fictional explorations of towering social issues, from class and money to politics and gender roles. Trollope has been a huge influence on modern storytelling, from the bumblings of the upper-crust of P.G Wodehouse's yarns to the intricate, interwoven, interpersonal narratives of television soap operas.In this satirical 1875 novel-acclaimed at the time as Trollope's best work-the author turns a scathing eye on the unbridled greed, intellectual dishonesty, and rampant financial scandals that he saw as plaguing England at the time. This tale of unscrupulous financier Augustus Melmotte and his crimes-which revolve around get-rich-quick schemes that lure in the rich and famous-is so reminiscent of today's bleak and grasping economic environment that it remains a supremely relevant read. Trollope's black tone and withering censure of this world make it a supremely satisfying read as well.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Like his more famous contemporary Upton Sinclair, American author BENJAMIN FRANKLIN NORRIS, JR. (1870-1902) also highlighted the corruption and greed of corporate monopolies in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. themes that continue to make his work riveting reading more than a century later.The Octopus, first published in 1901, is the tale of a war between wheat growers in California and the Railroad Trust. Rancher Magnus Derrick and railroad representative S. Behrman square off-to disastrous results-as poet Presley, a stand-in for Norris, observes and chronicles the tragedy.The first part of Norris's projected 'Trilogy of the Epic of the Wheat,' The Octopus is followed by 1903's The Pit, also available from Cosimo. (Norris died before he could write the third volume, The Wolf.).

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - One of the most enduringly popular novelists of the Victorian era, English writer ANTHONY TROLLOPE (1815-1882) created entertainingly rambling fictional explorations of towering social issues, from class and money to politics and gender roles. Trollope has been a huge influence on modern storytelling, from the bumblings of the upper-crust of P.G Wodehouse's yarns to the intricate, interwoven, interpersonal narratives of television soap operas.Barchester Towers, first published in 1857, is Part II of Trollope's Chronicles of Barsetshire, a series of six novels set in the invented county of Barsetshire. When the beloved bishop of the cathedral town of Barchester dies, social intrigue develops over who will ascend to his position: will it be Archdeacon Grantly-whom the great 20th-century English novelist Hugh Walpole deemed one of 'the great figures in English fiction'-or will it be a politically connected newcomer to the town Expansive, addictive reading, this prototypical Trollope novel is a rousing tale of a not-so-genteel battle for social dominance that reminds us-in the most pleasurable manner-that bullies and tyrants are found even in the most rarefied of circles.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Few men stand with as towering a stature in the annals of American legend as THOMAS JEFFERSON (1743-1826). Author of the Declaration of Independence and third president of the United States, he ranks as one of the most significant of the United States' Founding Fathers, his political philosophies continuing to impact the nation to this day.In the late 19th century American biographer PAUL LEICESTER FORD (1865-1902) assembled this collection of Jefferson's most important, most influential, and most revealing writings. This replica of the 12-volume 'Federal Edition' of 1904 is considered a masterpiece of historical scholarship, praised for its attention to detail as well as its objective dispassion toward its subject.Here, in Volume VII, discover:¿ Jefferson's itinerary and chronology, 1792-1793¿ letters from 1792-1793 to such persons as James Madison, Thomas Mann Randolph, Thomas Pinckney, Jean Baptiste Ternant, Alexander Hamilton, and others¿ papers including 'Opinion on Fugitive Slaves,' 'Cabinet Opinion on Filibusters,' and others.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Few men stand with as towering a stature in the annals of American legend as THOMAS JEFFERSON (1743-1826). Author of the Declaration of Independence and third president of the United States, he ranks as one of the most significant of the United States' Founding Fathers, his political philosophies continuing to impact the nation to this day.In the late 19th century American biographer PAUL LEICESTER FORD (1865-1902) assembled this collection of Jefferson's most important, most influential, and most revealing writings. This replica of the 12-volume 'Federal Edition' of 1904 is considered a masterpiece of historical scholarship, praised for its attention to detail as well as its objective dispassion toward its subject.Here, in Volume II, discover:¿ more correspondence and miscellaneous writings, 1760-1774¿ drafts of the Declaration of Independence¿ notes on rules for the Continental Congress¿ drafts of numerous bills¿ correspondence to George Washington¿ and much more.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Few men stand with as towering a stature in the annals of American legend as THOMAS JEFFERSON (1743-1826). Author of the Declaration of Independence and third president of the United States, he ranks as one of the most significant of the United States' Founding Fathers, his political philosophies continuing to impact the nation to this day.In the late 19th century American biographer PAUL LEICESTER FORD (1865-1902) assembled this collection of Jefferson's most important, most influential, and most revealing writings. This replica of the 12-volume 'Federal Edition' of 1904 is considered a masterpiece of historical scholarship, praised for its attention to detail as well as its objective dispassion toward its subject.Here, in Volume XI, discover:¿ Jefferson's itinerary and chronology, 1808-1816¿ letters from 1808-1816 to such persons as General Benjamin Smith, Meriwether Lewis, Henry Dearborn, the Emperor of Russia, the Marquis De Lafayette, John Jacob Astor, and others¿ papers including 'Special Message on British Negotiation,' 'Message on Public Defence,' and others.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Few men stand with as towering a stature in the annals of American legend as THOMAS JEFFERSON (1743-1826). Author of the Declaration of Independence and third president of the United States, he ranks as one of the most significant of the United States' Founding Fathers, his political philosophies continuing to impact the nation to this day.In the late 19th century American biographer PAUL LEICESTER FORD (1865-1902) assembled this collection of Jefferson's most important, most influential, and most revealing writings. This replica of the 12-volume 'Federal Edition' of 1904 is considered a masterpiece of historical scholarship, praised for its attention to detail as well as its objective dispassion toward its subject.Here, in Volume IX, discover:¿ Jefferson's letters from 1799-1801 to such persons as Aaron Burr, James Monroe, James Madison, Joseph Priestley, Samuel Adams, Pierce Butler, Thomas Paine, and others¿ his 1801 inaugural address.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Few men stand with as towering a stature in the annals of American legend as THOMAS JEFFERSON (1743-1826). Author of the Declaration of Independence and third president of the United States, he ranks as one of the most significant of the United States' Founding Fathers, his political philosophies continuing to impact the nation to this day.In the late 19th century American biographer PAUL LEICESTER FORD (1865-1902) assembled this collection of Jefferson's most important, most influential, and most revealing writings. This replica of the 12-volume 'Federal Edition' of 1904 is considered a masterpiece of historical scholarship, praised for its attention to detail as well as its objective dispassion toward its subject.Here, in Volume VIII, discover:¿ Jefferson's itinerary and chronology, 1793-1798¿ letters from 1793-1798 to such persons as Eli Whitney, Archibald Stuart, Edmond Charles Genet, Henry Tazewell, Edward Rutledge, and others¿ papers including 'Opinion on Neutral Trade,' 'Drafts of the Kentucky Resolutions of 1798,' and others.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Few men stand with as towering a stature in the annals of American legend as THOMAS JEFFERSON (1743-1826). Author of the Declaration of Independence and third president of the United States, he ranks as one of the most significant of the United States' Founding Fathers, his political philosophies continuing to impact the nation to this day.In the late 19th century American biographer PAUL LEICESTER FORD (1865-1902) assembled this collection of Jefferson's most important, most influential, and most revealing writings. This replica of the 12-volume 'Federal Edition' of 1904 is considered a masterpiece of historical scholarship, praised for its attention to detail as well as its objective dispassion toward its subject.Here, in Volume VI, discover:¿ Jefferson's itinerary and chronology, 1789-1792¿ letters from 1789-1792 to such persons as James Madison, John Jay, Marquis De Lafayette, Colonel Henry Lee, Noah Webster, and others¿ papers including 'Opinion on Foreign Debt,' 'Report on Western Lands,' and others.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Few men stand with as towering a stature in the annals of American legend as THOMAS JEFFERSON (1743-1826). Author of the Declaration of Independence and third president of the United States, he ranks as one of the most significant of the United States' Founding Fathers, his political philosophies continuing to impact the nation to this day.In the late 19th century American biographer PAUL LEICESTER FORD (1865-1902) assembled this collection of Jefferson's most important, most influential, and most revealing writings. This replica of the 12-volume 'Federal Edition' of 1904 is considered a masterpiece of historical scholarship, praised for its attention to detail as well as its objective dispassion toward its subject.Here, in Volume III, discover:¿ correspondence and miscellaneous writings, 1779-1781¿ the first part of 'Notes on Virginia,' Jefferson's only book-length work.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Few men stand with as towering a stature in the annals of American legend as THOMAS JEFFERSON (1743-1826). Author of the Declaration of Independence and third president of the United States, he ranks as one of the most significant of the United States' Founding Fathers, his political philosophies continuing to impact the nation to this day.In the late 19th century American biographer PAUL LEICESTER FORD (1865-1902) assembled this collection of Jefferson's most important, most influential, and most revealing writings. This replica of the 12-volume 'Federal Edition' of 1904 is considered a masterpiece of historical scholarship, praised for its attention to detail as well as its objective dispassion toward its subject.Here, in Volume V, discover:¿ Jefferson's itinerary and chronology, 1786-1789¿ letters from 1786-1789 to such persons as James Madison, James Monroe, John Adams, Francis Hopkinson, George Washington, Martha Jefferson, and others.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name 'Harvard Classics,' this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as 'Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf,' it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf.Volume XLVI features four of the masterpiece tragedies by the greatest playwright in the English language-WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616)'s Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, and The Tempest, all written between 1599 and 1611. Also included in this volume is Edward the Second, a 1592 drama of court intrigue, by CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE (1564-1593), who greatly influenced Shakespeare's writing and who-some speculate-may actually have penned the plays credited to Shakespeare after faking his own death and taking on an assumed name.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Few men stand with as towering a stature in the annals of American legend as THOMAS JEFFERSON (1743-1826). Author of the Declaration of Independence and third president of the United States, he ranks as one of the most significant of the United States' Founding Fathers, his political philosophies continuing to impact the nation to this day.In the late 19th century American biographer PAUL LEICESTER FORD (1865-1902) assembled this collection of Jefferson's most important, most influential, and most revealing writings. This replica of the 12-volume 'Federal Edition' of 1904 is considered a masterpiece of historical scholarship, praised for its attention to detail as well as its objective dispassion toward its subject.Here, in Volume I, discover:¿ Jefferson's itinerary and chronology, 1743-1770¿ his autobiography of 1743-1790¿ 'The Anas,' notes and memoranda, 1791-1806¿ correspondence and miscellaneous writings, 1760-1770¿ and much more.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Few men stand with as towering a stature in the annals of American legend as THOMAS JEFFERSON (1743-1826). Author of the Declaration of Independence and third president of the United States, he ranks as one of the most significant of the United States' Founding Fathers, his political philosophies continuing to impact the nation to this day.In the late 19th century American biographer PAUL LEICESTER FORD (1865-1902) assembled this collection of Jefferson's most important, most influential, and most revealing writings. This replica of the 12-volume 'Federal Edition' of 1904 is considered a masterpiece of historical scholarship, praised for its attention to detail as well as its objective dispassion toward its subject.Here, in Volume IV, discover:¿ the second part of 'Notes on Virginia,' Jefferson's only book-length work¿ correspondence and miscellaneous writings, 1783-1786¿ and much more.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Translator name not noted above: William Benham. Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name 'Harvard Classics,' this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as 'Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf,' it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf. Volume VII features two of the most influential works of Christian spirituality and philosophy. The Confessions of Algerian bishop SAINT AUGUSTINE (354-430) is a foundational work of Western theology and one of the earliest autobiographies, offering keen insight into the workings of the medieval mind. The Imitation of Christ, by THOMAS À KEMPIS (1380-1471), is perhaps second only to the Bible in importance in Christian thought, offering the wisdom needed to find a direct path to a relationship with God.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Author names not noted above: Aesop and Hans Christian Andersen.Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name 'Harvard Classics,' this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as 'Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf,' it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf.Volume XVII features three collections of the greatest fairy tales of Western literature:¿ Fables, 82 of the most popular allegories and cautionary tales by Greek writer AESOP (620-560 BC), including 'The Wolf and the Lamb,' 'The Fox and the Grapes,' 'The Goose with the Golden Eggs,' and others¿ Household Tales, 42 stories by German folklorists and linguists JACOB (1785-1863) and WILHELM GRIMM (1786-1859), including 'The Frog-King,' 'Rapunzel,' 'Cinderella,' and others¿ Tales, 20 of the most beloved tales by Danish folklorist HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN (1805-1875), including 'The Ugly Duckling,' 'The Emperor's New Clothes,' 'The Little Sea-Maid,' and others.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name 'Harvard Classics,' this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as 'Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf,' it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf.Volume L features Eliot's introduction, a reader's guide, and the complete indexes for the entire collection: an index to the first lines of every piece of verse, a general index, and a chronological index.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Few men stand with as towering a stature in the annals of American legend as THOMAS JEFFERSON (1743-1826). Author of the Declaration of Independence and third president of the United States, he ranks as one of the most significant of the United States' Founding Fathers, his political philosophies continuing to impact the nation to this day.In the late 19th century American biographer PAUL LEICESTER FORD (1865-1902) assembled this collection of Jefferson's most important, most influential, and most revealing writings. This replica of the 12-volume 'Federal Edition' of 1904 is considered a masterpiece of historical scholarship, praised for its attention to detail as well as its objective dispassion toward its subject.Here, in Volume X, discover:¿ Jefferson's itinerary and chronology, 1803-1807¿ letters from 1803-1807 to such persons as William Duane, John Dickinson, De Witt Clinton, Mrs. John Adams, Albert Gallatin, Thomas Paine, Levi Lincoln, and others¿ papers including 'Drafts of an Amendment to the Constitution,' 'Rules of Etiquette,' and others.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Translator names not noted above: John Florio and Thomas Kingsmill Abbott.Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name 'Harvard Classics,' this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as 'Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf,' it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf.Volume XXXII features works of French, German, and Italian philosophy and literary criticism from the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries:¿ 'That We Should Not Judge of Our Happiness Until After Our Death,' 'That to Philosophize Is to Learn How to Die,' 'Of the Institution and Education of Children,' 'Of Friendship,' and 'Of Books,' by Montaigne¿ 'Montaigne' and 'What is a Classic ' by Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve¿ 'The Poetry of the Celtic Races' by Ernest Renan¿ 'The Education of the Human Race' by Cotthold Ephraim Lessing¿ 'Letters Upon the Aesthetic Education of Man' by J.C. Friedrich Von Schiller¿ 'Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals, and Transition From Popular Moral Philosophy to the Metaphysic of Morals' by Immanuel Kant¿ 'Byron and Goethe' by Giuseppe Mazzini.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Few men stand with as towering a stature in the annals of American legend as THOMAS JEFFERSON (1743-1826). Author of the Declaration of Independence and third president of the United States, he ranks as one of the most significant of the United States' Founding Fathers, his political philosophies continuing to impact the nation to this day.In the late 19th century American biographer PAUL LEICESTER FORD (1865-1902) assembled this collection of Jefferson's most important, most influential, and most revealing writings. This replica of the 12-volume 'Federal Edition' of 1904 is considered a masterpiece of historical scholarship, praised for its attention to detail as well as its objective dispassion toward its subject.Here, in Volume XII, discover:¿ Jefferson's itinerary and chronology, 1816-1826¿ letters from 1816-1826 to such persons as Thomas Appleton, Baron F. H. Alexander Von Humboldt, Samuel Adams Wells, Doctor Benjamin Waterhouse, Martin Van Buren, Henry Lee, and others¿ papers including 'Thoughts on Lotteries,' Jefferson's will, and others.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Translator names not noted above: Stephen Paget, Robert Willis, F. Faulkner, D.C. Robb, and H.C. Ernst.Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name 'Harvard Classics,' this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as 'Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf,' it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf.Volume XXXVIII includes important foundational works of science and medicine:¿ 'The Oath' of Hippocrates, dating from the 4th century BC¿ 'Journeys in Diverse Places,' by Ambroise Paré, the 16th-century army doctor who pioneered battlefield medicine¿ 'On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals,' by William Harvey, the 1628 paper that examined the operation of the biological circulatory system¿ 'The Three Original Publications on Vaccination Against Smallpox,' by Edward Jenner, who established the field of immunology¿ 'The Contagiousness of Puerperal Fever,' the 1843 article by physician Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. that proposed the germ theory of disease¿ 'On the Antiseptic Principle of the Practice of Surgery,' by Joseph Lister, an 1867 essay that promoted sterile surgical practices¿ 'Scientific Papers,' by Louis Pasteur, the 19th-century French chemist¿ 'Scientific Papers,' by Charles Lyell, the 19th-century British geologist.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Translator name not noted above: E.H. Palmer.Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name 'Harvard Classics,' this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as 'Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf,' it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf.Volume XLV is the second of two volumes to feature sacred writings from around the globe, those not merely essential to believers but enjoyed by secular readers as great works of literature. Included here:¿ from Christian tradition, the New Testament books Corinthians I and II, plus a selection of hymns ancient and modern¿ Buddhist writings that elucidate the life and teachings of the beloved 5th century BC prophet Siddhartha Gautama, aka the Buddha¿ the Bhagavad-Gita, the 'Song Celestial,' one of the gems of Hindu philosophy¿ selections from the Koran, touching on the most important of Mohammed's revelations.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name 'Harvard Classics,' this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as 'Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf,' it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf.Volume XXIV features four philosophical works by Irish statesman EDMUND BURKE (1729-1797):¿ 'On Taste,' a 1756 consideration of critical reasoning¿ 'On the Sublime and Beautiful,' a 1757 essay on aesthetics that would influence Immanuel Kant¿ 'Reflections on the French Revolution,' a 1790 argument against that budding uprising, which continues to inform anticommunist and antisocialist debates¿ 'A Letter to a Noble Lord,' a 1796 missive that is a classic political tirade.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name 'Harvard Classics,' this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as 'Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf,' it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf.Volume XLVII features a selection of Elizabethan drama spanning the breadth of that newly mature domain:¿ The Shoemaker's Holiday, a 1599 comedy of manners and romance by THOMAS DEKKER (1572-1632)¿ The Alchemist, the 1610 play considered the best comedy by BEN JONSON (1572-1637)¿ Philaster, by FRANCIS BEAUMONT (1584-1616) and JOHN FLETCHER (1579-1625), a tragicomedy dating from around 1610¿ The Duchess of Malfi, by JOHN WEBSTER (c. 1580-c. 1634), a violent, tragic horror tale¿ A New Way to Pay Old Debts, the 1625 satire by PHILIP MASSINGER (1583-1640), which invented a villain-Sir Giles Overreach-who endured to become a 19th-century icon.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name 'Harvard Classics,' this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as 'Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf,' it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf.Volume XXXIX features the prefaces and prologues to works that have since been superceded, though their author's introductions to which still retain vital importance. Discover here, in otherwise hard-to-find form, the unexpected enthusiasms and insights of writers including:William Caxton, John Calvin, Nicolaus Copernicus, John Knox, Edmund Spenser, Sir Walter Raleigh, Francis Bacon, John Heminge, Henrie Condell, Sir Isaac Newton, John Dryden, Henry Fielding, Samuel Johnson, J.W. von Goethe, William Wordsworth, Victor Hugo, Walter Whitman, and H.A. Taine.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Translator names not noted above: Eirikr Magnusson, William Morris, and Whitley Stokes.Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name 'Harvard Classics,' this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as 'Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf,' it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf.Volume XLIX features the earliest works of European literature, epic heroic poems of kings and dragon slayers that created the foundations of much of the literature and popular entertainment that came in the centuries after:¿ the Old English Beowulf, the best-known work of Anglo-Saxon tradition¿ The Song of Roland, the oldest surviving work from medieval France¿ The Destruction of Dá Derga's Hostel, from Old Irish mythology¿ The Story of the Volsungs, from the Icelandic sagas¿ Niblungs, from Germanic tradition.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name 'Harvard Classics,' this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as 'Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf,' it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf.Volume LI, the final volume, features 60 fascinating lectures on the wide range of knowledge the series covers-history, poetry, natural science, philosophy, biography, prose fiction, criticism and the essay, education, political science, drama, voyages and travel, and religion-that put this extraordinary survey of human knowledge in context. They are the collective capstone on a bookshelf reading course unparalleled in comprehensiveness and authority.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name 'Harvard Classics,' this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as 'Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf,' it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf.Volume XLIV is the first of two volumes to feature sacred writings from around the globe, those not merely essential to believers but enjoyed by secular readers as great works of literature. Included here:¿ the Sayings of Confucius, the wisdom of the 5th century BC philosopher whose teachings suffuse Chinese culture to this day¿ from Hebrew tradition, the Books of Job, Psalms, and Ecclesiastes, which form the core of the Old Testament¿ from Christian mythology, the Book of Luke and Acts.