Experience the world of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and the tremendous challenges he faced and overcame with the help ......more

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A brilliant, fascinating portrait of the intellectual tradition of Greek writers and thinkers during the Age of Rome. In......more

He burst on the fusty corridors of Victorian spirituality like a breath of fresh air, regaling one prime minister with h......more

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice "Charming and brilliant." --Times Literary Supplement "Provocative, stimula......more

Peter " Pete" Maloff was born in Saskatchewan in 1900, the year after the first Doukhobors, including his parents, immig......more

An entertaining guide to history’s most fascinating philosophers - from Sappho to Kant, and Aristotle to Simone de Beauv......more

"The duel between Nietzsche and civilisation is long since over; and that high poet and calamitous philosopher is now to......more