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Paperback. Condizione: Good. Among the greatest names in Roman--and European--poetry has always been that of Horace. Through all the centuries since his death in 8 B.C., his superb poetic craftsmanship has remained unassailable. Yet the full range and depth of his humanity continue to prove curiously elusive, especially for the nonspecialist reader to whom above all this book is directed. In the days when Latin was generally read, Horace was too often seen as the poet of establishments, whether the establishment involved was the imperial Roman court, the aristocracy of Augustan England, or the nineteenth-century educational system, and something of that reputation has lingered on even into our own day. To see him thus is the entire aim of David Armstrong's new study. From it emerges not just the illustrious master (famous, calm, and dead) in the arts of lyric and satiric poetry, but the freedman's son who struggled through the terrible upheavals of the collapsing Roman Republic to become, by sheer force of genius, a member of the brilliant circle surrounding the Emperor Augustus. To the very end of that adventurous career on the fringes of power, Horace retained an extraordinary candor, independence, and common sense. It is as the ultimate critic and connoisseur, not merely of literature but also of love and life itself, that he surveys the Augustan scene: the tragicomedy of bisexual politics in the demi-monde, the pretentious fashions of middle-class dinner parties, the pomposity of jurists and philosophers, the idiocies of the literati, and not least the grandeur and terror of a novel political entity--an empire almost coextensive with the known world. The poetry thus restored to life proves to be a poetry for all thinking and feeling people.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. One of the far-reaching mysteries, work is not just a way of earning money--it is also one of the things that makes life worth living. Douglas Thorpe has assembled an array of fine writing from classical times to the present to explore the age-old meaning what work can offer. Contributors include William Blake, Lao-tzu, Studs Terkel, Walt Whitman, and others.…

Condizione: very_good. Pages are clean with no markings. May show minor signs of wear or cosmetic defects marks, cuts, bends, or scuffs on the cover, spine, pages, or dust jacket. May have remainder marks on edges.

hardcover. Condizione: Good.

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. This provocative and timely work, based on Charles and Caroline Muir's popular seminars, offers modern couples ancient Tantric secrets for deepening relationships, intimacy, and passion. With the fear of AIDS and with couples too tired to tango because of double careers and parenting, sex is losing its luster. This unprecedented book familiarises readers with physical, spiritual, and emotional methods of achieving ecstasy in love.…

Hardback. Condizione: Good. This provocative and timely work, based on Charles and Caroline Muir's popular seminars, offers modern couples ancient Tantric secrets for deepening relationships, intimacy, and passion. With the fear of AIDS and with couples too tired to tango because of double careers and parenting, sex is losing its luster. This unprecedented book familiarises readers with physical, spiritual, and emotional methods of achieving ecstasy in love.…

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. This provocative and timely work, based on Charles and Caroline Muir's popular seminars, offers modern couples ancient Tantric secrets for deepening relationships, intimacy, and passion. With the fear of AIDS and with couples too tired to tango because of double careers and parenting, sex is losing its luster. This unprecedented book familiarises readers with physical, spiritual, and emotional methods of achieving ecstasy in love.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. This provocative and timely work, based on Charles and Caroline Muir's popular seminars, offers modern couples ancient Tantric secrets for deepening relationships, intimacy, and passion. With the fear of AIDS and with couples too tired to tango because of double careers and parenting, sex is losing its luster. This unprecedented book familiarises readers with physical, spiritual, and emotional methods of achieving ecstasy in love.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. This provocative and timely work, based on Charles and Caroline Muir's popular seminars, offers modern couples ancient Tantric secrets for deepening relationships, intimacy, and passion. With the fear of AIDS and with couples too tired to tango because of double careers and parenting, sex is losing its luster. This unprecedented book familiarises readers with physical, spiritual, and emotional methods of achieving ecstasy in love.…

Condizione: very_good. Book is in very good condition and may include minimal underlining highlighting. The book can also include "From the library of" labels. May not contain miscellaneous items toys, dvds, etc. . We offer 100% money back guarantee and 24 7 customer service.

Condizione: very_good. Book is in very good condition and may include minimal underlining highlighting. The book can also include "From the library of" labels. May not contain miscellaneous items toys, dvds, etc. . We offer 100% money back guarantee and 24 7 customer service.

Condizione: good. Book is in good condition and may include underlining highlighting and minimal wear. The book can also include "From the library of" labels. May not contain miscellaneous items toys, dvds, etc. . We offer 100% money back guarantee and 24 7 customer service.

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Condizione: very_good. Cover may have light wear, pages in very good condition and binding is sturdy; may have other light shelf wear or creases. May have notes or highlighting.

Condizione: Acceptable. Item in acceptable condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. McLoughlin, Marlene (illustratore).

Condizione: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. McLoughlin, Marlene (illustratore).

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way. McLoughlin, Marlene (illustratore).

Condizione: Good. Item in good condition and has highlighting/writing on text. Used texts may not contain supplemental items such as CDs, info-trac etc.

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Condizione: good. Book is in good condition and may include underlining highlighting and minimal wear. The book can also include "From the library of" labels. May not contain miscellaneous items toys, dvds, etc. . We offer 100% money back guarantee and 24 7 customer service.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Who owns the West? All of us, of course, says William Kittredge, but this simple answer. is sort of beside the point when we get down to considering questions of fairness. Stay joyous under the sun and moon, in the rain and out; that's another halfway answer. Kittredge gives us not easy answers but a sustained meditation on what it means to be a Westerner today. The three essays in Who Owns the West? compose both a celebration of the new West and an elegy for an old West that is fading. Noting that our ideas of paradise originate in childhood, Kittredge describes, in Heaven on Earth, growing up in the highland desert country of east Oregon, an ancient horseback world that is mostly gone. Next, in Lost Cowboys and Other Westerners, he gives us a series of portraits of inhabitants of the region. Finally, in Departures, Kittredge turns his eye to the West today, the new heartland nation that is being born from the pain and the glory of the past and the struggles and anger of the present. …

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Who owns the West? All of us, of course, says William Kittredge, but this simple answer. is sort of beside the point when we get down to considering questions of fairness. Stay joyous under the sun and moon, in the rain and out; that's another halfway answer. Kittredge gives us not easy answers but a sustained meditation on what it means to be a Westerner today. The three essays in Who Owns the West? compose both a celebration of the new West and an elegy for an old West that is fading. Noting that our ideas of paradise originate in childhood, Kittredge describes, in Heaven on Earth, growing up in the highland desert country of east Oregon, an ancient horseback world that is mostly gone. Next, in Lost Cowboys and Other Westerners, he gives us a series of portraits of inhabitants of the region. Finally, in Departures, Kittredge turns his eye to the West today, the new heartland nation that is being born from the pain and the glory of the past and the struggles and anger of the present.…

Paperback. Condizione: Fair.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Printing History. With dust jacket. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Condizione: very_good. Fast Free Shipping â" Very Good condition book with a firm cover and clean pages. Shows normal use and some light wear or limited notes markings. A solid, nice copy to enjoy.

Condizione: very_good. Fast Free Shipping â" Very Good condition book with a firm cover and clean pages. Shows normal use and some light wear or limited notes markings. A solid, nice copy to enjoy.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Reprint. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. Second. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. Some creasing on pages. Otherwise Good Paperback 0916515869.

Condizione: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.