Author: Arjan Zuiderhoek
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Greece and Rome were quintessentially urban societies. Ancient culture, politics and society arose and developed in the context of the polis and the civitas. In modern scholarship, the ancient city has been the subject of intense debates due to the strong association in Western thought between urbanism, capitalism and modernity. In this book, Arjan Zuiderhoek provides a survey of the main issues at stake in these debates, as well as a sketch of the chief characteristics of Greek and Roman cities. He argues that the ancient Greco-Roman city was indeed a highly specific form of urbanism, but that this does not imply that the ancient city was somehow superior or inferior to forms of urbanism in other societies, just (interestingly) different. The book is aimed primarily at students of ancient history and general readers, but also at scholars working on urbanism in other periods and places.
Author: P. D. Ouspensky
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The Library of Alexandria is an independent small business publishing house. We specialize in bringing back to live rare, historical and ancient books. This includes manuscripts such as classical fiction, philosophy, science, religion, folklore, mytholog
Author: Charlie Brooker
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Brooker on the BNP Party Political Broadcast Nick Griffins first line is Dont turn it off!, which in terms of opening gambits is about as enticing as hearing someone shout Try not to be sick! immediately prior to intercourse.Brooker on Philip from The Apprentice If it were legal or even possible to do so, hed probably marry himself, then conduct a long-term affair with himself behind himselfs back, eventually fathering nine children with himself, all of whom would walk and talk like him. And then hed lock those mini-hims in a secret underground dungeon to have his sick way with his selves, undetected, for decades.Brooker on Royal Ascot Every year its the same thing a 200-year-old countess youve never heard of, who closely resembles a Cruella De Vil mannequin assembled entirely from heavily wrinkled scrotal tissue thats been soaked in tea for the past eight decades, attempts to draw attention away from her sagging neck - a droopy curtain of skin that hangs so low she has to repeatedly kick it out of her path as she crosses the royal compound - by balancing the millinery equivalent of Bilbaos Guggenheim museum on her head.**
Author: Erdmut Wizisla
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A fascinating account of the friendship between two of the most brilliant minds of the twentieth centuryGermany in the mid 1920s, a place and time of looming turmoil, brought together Walter Benjaminacclaimed critic and extraordinary literary theoristand Bertolt Brecht, one of the twentieth centurys most influential playwrights. It was a friendship that would shape their writing for the rest of their lives.In this groundbreaking work, Erdmut Wizisla explores what this relationship meant for them personally and professionally, as well as the effect it had on those around them. From the first meeting between Benjamin and Brecht to their experiences in exile, these eventful lives are illuminated by personal correspondence, journal entries and private miscellanyincluding previously unpublished materialsdetailing the friends electric discussions of their collaboration. Wizisla delves into the archives of other luminaries in the distinguished constellation of writers and artists in Weimar Germany, which included Margarete Steffin, Theodor Adorno, Ernst Bloch and Hannah Arendt. Wizislas account of this friendship opens a window on nearly two decades of European intellectual life.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Author: Barry J. Kemp
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This comprehensive survey of Egyptian society and history transforms our understanding of this remarkable civilisation.span Apple-style-span normalReviewspanIts originality should make it required reading for all students of ancient Egypt. - Times Literary SupplementThe most provocative, thoughtful and outstanding synthesis on Ancient Egypt available in the English language. - ChoiceThis study of ancient Egypt is a healthy combination of meticulous scholarly argument and imagination. This is the first Egyptological study to find a satisfactory way of accommodating into the flow of Egyptian art history those works of art and architecture which, although clearly dated to various times throughout the dynastic period, retained the spirit of Predynastic art. - ApolloFor an Egyptologist this fine book is consistently informative, provocative and stimulating its vision of Egypt, even without the Pharaohs in their oriental glamour, will not fail to enthrall a more general reader seeking the best academic introduction. - Antiquityspan Apple-style-span normalAbout the AuthorspanBarry J. Kemp is Lecturer in Egyptology at the University of Cambridge, and Field Director of the Egypt Exploration Societys excavations at el-Amarna.