How to Be a Friend: An Ancient Guide to True Friendship (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
By: Marcus Tullius Cicero
3.87
Format: 188 pages, Hardcover
A splendid new translation of one of the greatest books on friendship ever written In a world wh…
Want to Read $ 9.99"The reward of friendship is friendship itself."-Marcus Tullius Cicero, How to Be a Friend: An Ancient Guide to True Friendship (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
"Few are those who wish to be endowed with virtue rather than to seem so."-Marcus Tullius Cicero, How to Be a Friend: An Ancient Guide to True Friendship (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
"Quanto più uno ha fiducia in sé, quanto più è armato di virtù e di saggezza, in modo da non aver bisogno di nessuno e da considerare ogni suo bene un fatto interiore, tanto più eccelle nel cercare e nel coltivare le amicizie."-Marcus Tullius Cicero, How to Be a Friend: An Ancient Guide to True Friendship (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
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1. L'arte di essere felici
By: Seneca , Mario Scaffidi Abbate
3.85
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Una condizione di beatitudine così profonda che non si può nemmeno esprimere a parole, che si può s… read more
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- audiobook
- classics
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- psychology
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- nonfiction
- essays
- self help
2. Adelphoe
By: Terence , Richard H. Martin , R.H. Martin , Publius Terentius Afer
3.27
Format: 259 pages, Paperback
The Adelphoe (The Brothers) of Terence is a Latin adaptation of a comedy of the same name by the Gr… read more
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- classics
3. Lysistrata
By: Aristophanes , Sarah Ruden
3.87
Format: 132 pages, Paperback
Aristophanes' comic masterpiece of war and sex remains one of the greatest plays ever written. Led … read more
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- classics
"Sənət çörək arxasınca qaçarsa, alçalar"-Aristophanes, Lysistrata
"Lysistrata: To seize the treasury; no more money, no more war."-Aristophanes, Lysistrata
"Queste donne micidiali, non si può vivere nè con loro nè senza di loro."-Aristophanes, Lysistrata
"Chorus of old men: How true the saying: 'Tis impossible to live with the baggages, impossible to live without 'em."-Aristophanes, Lysistrata
4. The Renaissance (The Story of Civilization, #5)
By: Will Durant
3.65
Format: None pages,
A colorful pageant of princes & kings, painters & philosophers, scientists & architects comes to li… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- history
5. The Consolation of Philosophy
By: Boethius , None
4.27
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
Boethius was an eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, and an exceptional Greek … read more
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- nonfiction
- classics
- history
6. The Art of Happiness
By: Epicurus , George K. Strodach
4.19
Format: 294 pages, ebook
New to Penguin Classics and the perfect companion volume to bestselling author Daniel Klein's new b… read more
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- classics
- philosophy
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- self help
7. Dammi mille baci. Veri uomini e vere donne nell'antica Roma
By: Eva Cantarella
3.79
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Dopo la ricognizione sull'eros greco, Eva Cantarella, parla dell'amore al tempo dei romani. Per un … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
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- philosophy
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- nonfiction
9. Odes and Epodes
By: Horatius , Niall Rudd
3.99
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The poetry of Horace (born 65 bc) is richly varied, its focus moving between public and private con… read more
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- philosophy
- classics
10. Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)
By: Aeschylus , Patricia E. Easterling , John Harrison , Judith Affleck , None
3.83
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Treating ancient plays as living drama. Classical Greek drama is brought vividly to life in this se… read more
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- classics
"Every medicine is vain."-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)
"A curse burns bright on crime."-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)
"There is no avoidance in delay."-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)
"In war, the first casualty is truth."-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)
11. Tragedies, Volume I: Hercules. Trojan Women. Phoenician Women. Medea. Phaedra
By: Seneca , None
0.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Seneca is a figure of first importance in both Roman politics and literature: a leading adviser to … read more
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12. On the Shortness of Life
By: Seneca , Charles Desmond Nuttall Costa
0.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Stoic writings of the philosopher Seneca offer powerful insights into the art of living, the im… read more
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13. La malora
By: Beppe Fenoglio , Maria Antonietta Grignani
3.80
Format: 212 pages,
Pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1954 nella collana dei <>, due anni dopo I ventitre giorni della … read more
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14. Works and Days (Academic Monograph Reprint)
By: Hesiod , None
3.60
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Hesiod was an early Greek poet and rhapsode, who presumably lived around 700 BC. His writings serve… read more
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15. History of the Peloponnesian War
By: Thucydides , Moses I. Finley , Rex Warner
3.94
Format: 648 pages, Paperback
Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the lo… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- classics
- history
"Friendship or enmity is everywhere an affair of time and circumstance"-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage."-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
"Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear."-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
"Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must."-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
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17. La Locandiera
By: Carlo Goldoni , Guido Davico Bonino , None
3.95
Format: 473 pages, Paperback
Messa per la prima volta in scena sul palcoscenico del Teatro Sant'Angelo a Venezia nel 1753, La lo… read more
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18. De Bello Gallico I
By: Gaius Julius Caesar
3.71
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Reprint of the 1957 edition. Book I of Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War starts with an accou… read more
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19. Il sorriso di Angelica (Commissario Montalbano, #17)
By: Andrea Camilleri
2.56
Format: 201 pages, Paperback
Una banda di ladri ripulisce gli appartamenti di alcuni facoltosi professionisti di Vigata. Le moda… read more
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21. On Anger
By: Seneca
4.21
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Roma’nın belki de en tartışmalı imparatorlarından Nero’nun eğitmenliğini yapmış, Roma’nın o çetin v… read more
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- audiobook
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- self help
"My anger is more likely to do me more harm than your wrong."-Seneca, On Anger
"We often are angry," says our adversary, "not with men who have hurt us, but with men who are going to hurt us: so you may be sure that anger is not born of injury."-Seneca, On Anger
"If any one is angry with you, meet his anger by returning benefits for it: a quarrel which is only taken up on one side falls to the ground: it takes two men to fight."-Seneca, On Anger
"El mejor remedio para la ira es el tiempo. No le pidas al principio que perdone, sino que juzgue; si espera, se disipa. No trates de comprimirla de un solo golpe; su primer arrebato es demasiado enér…"-Seneca, On Anger
22. Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor
By: Donald J. Robertson
4.33
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
Experience the world of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and the tremendous challenges he faced and ov… read more
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- history
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
23. After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations
By: Eric H. Cline
3.84
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened a… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
24. How to Be a Friend: An Ancient Guide to True Friendship (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
By: Marcus Tullius Cicero
3.87
Format: 188 pages, Hardcover
A splendid new translation of one of the greatest books on friendship ever written In a world wh… read more
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- audiobook
- relationships
- classics
- history
- psychology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- essays
- italian literature
- self help
"The reward of friendship is friendship itself."-Marcus Tullius Cicero, How to Be a Friend: An Ancient Guide to True Friendship (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
"Few are those who wish to be endowed with virtue rather than to seem so."-Marcus Tullius Cicero, How to Be a Friend: An Ancient Guide to True Friendship (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
"Quanto più uno ha fiducia in sé, quanto più è armato di virtù e di saggezza, in modo da non aver bisogno di nessuno e da considerare ogni suo bene un fatto interiore, tanto più eccelle nel cercare e …"-Marcus Tullius Cicero, How to Be a Friend: An Ancient Guide to True Friendship (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
25. The Practicing Stoic
By: Ward Farnsworth
4.35
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
The great insights of the Stoics are spread over a wide range of ancient sources. This book brings … read more
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- nonfiction
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"If you would attain real freedom, you must be the slave of philosophy. Epicurus, quoted in Seneca, Epistles 8.7"-Ward Farnsworth, The Practicing Stoic
"The first principle of practical Stoicism is this: we don’t react to events; we react to our judgments about them, and the judgments are up to us."-Ward Farnsworth, The Practicing Stoic
26. Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World
By: Ryan Holiday
4.21
Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition
In his New York Times bestselling book, Discipline Is Destiny, Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case for… read more
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27. La bottega del caffè
By: Carlo Goldoni
3.48
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Le numerose edizioni settecentesche che s’intersecano l’una con l’altra, la mancanza degli autograf… read more
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- italian literature
28. Amphitryon
By: Plautus
3.50
Format: 52 pages, Paperback
Translation by Sir Robert Allison. The legendary birth of the demigod Hercules treated as riotous, … read more
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29. Paralel Hayatlar: Demosthenes - Cicero
By: Plutarch
3.85
Format: 93 pages, Paperback
Plutarkhos (46-119?): Eserleri 16. yüzyıldan 19. yüzyıla kadar Avrupa’da tarih ve deneme yazımını b… read more
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30. The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America
By: Jeffrey Rosen
4.36
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating examination of what “the pursuit of happiness” meant to our nation’s Founders and how… read more
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"If you had to sum it up in one sentence, the classical definition of the pursuit of happiness meant being a lifelong learner, with a commitment to practicing the daily habits that lead to character i…"-Jeffrey Rosen, The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America
31. Authentically Mexican: A Family History in Six Dishes
By: JP Brammer
3.83
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
¡Hola Papi! columnist John Paul Brammer’s Authentically Mexican is the hilarious and heartfelt stor… read more
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