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Achilles in Vietnam : Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character
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Achilles in Vietnam : Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character

by Shay, Jonathan

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New York: Simon & Schuster/Touchstone, 1995 Book. Near Fine. Trade Paperback. "In this strikingly original and groundbreaking book, Dr. Shay examines the psychological devastation of war by comparing the soldiers of Homer's Iliad with Vietnam veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Although the Iliad was written twenty-seven centuries ago it has much to teach about combat trauma , as do the more recent, compelling voices and experiences of Vietnam vets." 246p. bibliography.index Remainder mark, else fine.
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Alexander the Great's Art of Strategy: The Timeless Leadership Lessons of History's...
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Alexander the Great's Art of Strategy: The Timeless Leadership Lessons of History's Greatest Empire Builder

by Bose, Partha Sarathi

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Gotham Books, 2003 Book. As New. Soft cover. Uncorrected Proof.. The chief marketing officer of an international consulting firm reveals how the strategy secrets of Alexander the Great can help you gain the competitive edge in today's tough business world. . He built cities and cultures that still exist today. Perhaps the greatest military strategist, tactician, and ruler in history, Alexander the Great has been an enduring influence on world business and military leaders for thousands of years. Ted Turner keeps a bust of him in his office. General Norman Schwarzkopf credits his brilliant tactical strategies as the inspiration for his troops' approach to Desert Storm, including the Hail Mary flanking move that inflicted the final defeat on Saddam Hussein's Iraqi army. His innovative strategies and winning philosophies (Aristotle was his mentor) are as relevant today as they were in 330 B.C., and Partha Bose presents an intelligent, well-researched examination of… Read More
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American Women and Classical Myths
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American Women and Classical Myths

by Staley, Gregory A. [ed.]

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Waco TX: Baylor University Press, 2008 Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st US Ed... A collection of essays that explores the paradoxical attitudes that women in the US have exhibited over a span of more than two centuries. It examines the attempts of several influential American women, including Margaret Fuller, Edith Hamilton and Hilda Doolittle, to interpret myth for an audience that distrusted it.281p, illus bibliography, Note on ffep else fine.
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The Ancient World in Film : Volume Two

by Reeves, Jonathan & Russell,Stephen

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Hamilton, Ontario: Radix Antiqua, 2017 Book. New. Soft cover. 1st Canadian Edition. A collection of texts from classical literature that served as inspiration for popular motion pictures. Compiled and translated by Jonathan Reeves and Stephen Russell. This is Volume 2 ONLY of a 2 volume set. Contains: Chapter 7 "Alexander the Great" citing Plutarch / Chapter 8 "Spartacus"citing Sallust, Cicero, Caesar and others/ Chapter 9 "A Funny thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," Plautus / Chapter 10 "I Claudius" citing Tacitus,Suetonius / Chapter 11 "Gladiator"citing Historia Augusta on Commodus /Chapter 12 "Coriolanus" citing Plutarch/ Chapter 13 / The Hunger Games" citing Plutarch, Thucydides , Catullus. 248p. 7284p. [Only ONE copy found in WorldCat].
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Ancient Education and Today

by Castle, E.B.

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London: Penguin/Pelican, 1967 Book. Very Good. Pbk. Reprint. n this book the author argues that ancient education from Greece, Roman and Palestine is as necessary today as it was then. For, quoting from the verso of the front panel " . in the current and necessary enthusiasm for technological instruction, many people have lost sight of the fact that education is not just a gadget for making of other gadgets, but the proper rearing of our children so that they become good men. The Greeks, Romans, and Hebrews never lost sight of this truth" day.218p. bibliography. index..
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Arion and the Dolphin : A Libretto By Vikram Seth
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Arion and the Dolphin : A Libretto By Vikram Seth

by Seth, Vikram

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London: Phoenix House, 1994 Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st UK Edition. "Arion and the Dolphin is an opera in 9 scenes for professional and community performers. The music is composed by Alec Roth and the libretto is by Vikram Seth. It was commissioned by the Baylis programme at the English National Opera and was first performed in Plymouth on June 1994 " 60 pages ( Libretto ONLY).
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Athena Sings: Wagner and the Greeks
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Athena Sings: Wagner and the Greeks

by Lee, M. Owen

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Downsview, Ontario, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 2003 Book. New. Soft cover. 1st Can Ed. Father Owen Lee (C.S.B.) was Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of Toronto and moonlighted as intermission commentator, pianist, and quiz panelist on the Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts. So this book, based on a talk given to the Wagner Society of Toronto, combined both his passions, and demonstrates the influence that Greek theatre and culture had on the most German of composers and his musical dramas.110p. bibliography. index.
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Black Athena : The Afrocentric Roots of Classical Civilization Volume I - The Fabrication of...
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Black Athena : The Afrocentric Roots of Classical Civilization Volume I - The Fabrication of Ancient Greece. 1785-1985

by Bernal, Martin

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New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1987 Book. As New. Soft cover. Reprint. Imaginative thesis that "challenges the whole basis of the question of what is classical about Classical civilization, arguing that it has deep roots in Afroasiatic cultures with these influences being systematically ignored, denied or suppressed since the eighteenth century - chiefly for racist reasons." 575p.bibliography. index..
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Chippendale and His Contemporaries
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Chippendale and His Contemporaries

by Kenworthy-Browne, John Anthony

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London: Orbis Publishing, 1975 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st UK Ed... Nicely illustrated book on English furniture of the Georgian/Regency period. Includes Neo-Hellenic designs 64p.illus.decrated end papers..
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The Classic Myths in English Literature and Art

by Gayley, Charles Mills

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New York: Ginn & Co, 1911 Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. Revised Edition. "Based originally on Bulfinch's Age of the fable. Accompanied by an interpretive and illustrative commentary" Foldout genealogical chart of Greek Gods. 597p. illus. glossary, mythology and source indexes..
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Goddesses in Every Woman: A New Psychology of Women.
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Goddesses in Every Woman: A New Psychology of Women.

by Bolen, Jean Shinoda

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New York: Harper/Colophon Books, 1985 Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Pbk.Ed... The author uses seven archetypal goddesses, or personality types, and shows readers how to identify their ruling goddesses, how to decide which to cultivate and which to overcome, and how to tap the power of these enduring archetypes to become better 'heroines' in their own life stories. Foreword by Gloria Steinem. 334p. bibliography.index. Name of previous owner on ffep, else fine..
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Greece : A Literary Companion

by Garrett, Martin

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London: John Murray., 1994 Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st.UK Ed... Gazetteer of Greek places as described by poets and writers through the ages. 228p. bibliography. index. Review copy - publisher's label on ffep..
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Greek Fire
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Greek Fire

by Taplin Oliver

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London: Jonathan Cape, 1989 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st UK Ed... "The book explores what has been made of ancient Greece, and how the modern world has been inspired by, reacted against, imitated, transformed, parodied, recycled, subverted or received Greek culture" Published in conjunction with the multi-part TV programme produced by Channel Four in the UK. 274p. plates [some.col ) bibliography. index, Parthenon on the end papers. Some shelfwear. [ NOTE : Ask about the VHS video Cassettes of episodes of the original "Greek Fire" TV series].
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The Greek Legacy

by Robinson, T.M.

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Toronto: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1979 Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st.Can Ed... "Greek Legacy is based on a five-part radio broadcast that was originally aired in the fall of 1978 as part of CBC's "IDEAS" Series." 134p, bibliography.
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Hellenism & the Modern World: Six Talks on the Radio-Diffusion Francaise & the B.B.C.

by Murray, Gilbert

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London: George Allen & Unwin., 1953 Book. Fine. Original Wraps. First Thus. 60p..
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If Aristotle Ran General Motors : The New Soul Of Business
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If Aristotle Ran General Motors : The New Soul Of Business

by Morris, Tom

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New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1997 Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st US Edition.. If Aristotle Ran General Motors presents the most compelling case of any book yet written for a new ethics in business and for a workplace where openness and integrity are the rule rather than the exception. It offers an optimistic vision for the future and a plan for reinvigorating the corporate spirit and bringing the soul back into our professional lives. 216p..
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Inventing Paradise : The Greek Journey 1937-1947
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Inventing Paradise : The Greek Journey 1937-1947

by Keeley Edmund

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New York: Farrar,Strauss & Giroux, 1999 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st.US Ed... In pre-war Greece Lawrence Durrell and Henry Miller discovered Greek literature and poetry from their friendship with George Seferis and George Katsimbalis..
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It's Greek to Me ! Brush Up Your Classics
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It's Greek to Me ! Brush Up Your Classics

by Macrone,Michael

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New York: Harper/Perennial, 1991 Book. As New. Soft cover. A treasure trove of information about words and phrases that originated in Greek and Roman texts.239p. illus.map.indes..
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It's Greek to Me ! Brush Up Your Classics
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It's Greek to Me ! Brush Up Your Classics

by Macrone, Michael

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New York: Harper/Perennial, 1991 Book. As New. Hardcover. A treasure trove of information about words and phrases that originated in Greek and Roman texts.239p. illus.map.indes..
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Land of Lost Gods : The Search for Classical Greece

by Stoneman, Richard

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London: Hutchinson, 1987 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st UK Edition.. The various travellers - antiquarian, archaological, architectural, acquisitive, artistic, the pilgrims and philhellenes or the merely curious, who visited and described what they saw and found in Greece. 364p.+ plates, maps bibliography, index. maps on end papers , .
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