The Golden Number: Pythagorean Rites and Rhythms in the Development of Western Civilization
Paul Valery and Matila C. Ghyka
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The Golden Number, or Phi (PHI), is a geometric ratio found throughout nature, often underlying the...
How Paris Became Paris: The Invention of the Modern City
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At the beginning of the seventeenth century, Paris was known for isolated monuments but had not yet...
Doctor Faustus and Other Plays: Tamburlaine: Parts I and II: Doctor Faustus, A- and B-Texts; The Jew of Malta; Edward II
Christopher Marlowe, David Bevington and Eric Rasmussen
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Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), a man of extreme passions and a playwright of immense talent, is...
Dramatic Geography: Romance, Intertheatricality, and Cultural Encounter in Early Modern Mediterranean Drama
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Focusing on early modern plays which stage encounters between peoples of different cultures, this...
Representing War and Violence, 1250-1600
Joanna Bellis and Laura Slater
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War and violence took many forms in medieval and early modern Europe, from political and territorial...
The Classical Tradition: Greek and Roman Influences on Western Literature
Gilbert Highet and Harold Bloom
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Originally published in 1949, Gilbert Highet's seminal The Classical Tradition is a herculean feat...
Early Ships and Seafaring: Water Transport Beyond Europe
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In this volume Professor Sean McGrail introduces the reader to a relatively new branch of...
Europe and the Faith
Hilaire Belloc and Kerry Bolton
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Hilaire Belloc's Europe and the Faith will be of interest to all those - Catholic and non-Catholic...
Narwhals: Arctic Whales in a Melting World
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Among all the large whales on Earth, the most unusual and least studied is the narwhal, the...
Ostrich
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In many senses the ostrich looms large - the tallest and heaviest of any living bird, a fully grown...