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  • Jason and the Golden Fleece (The Argonautica)

    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    The Argonautica is the dramatic story of Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece and his relations with the dangerous Colchian princess, Medea. The only extant Greek epic poem to bridge the gap between Homer and late antiquity, it is a major product of the brilliant world of the Ptolemaic court at Alexandria, written by Apollonius of Rhodes in the 3rd century BC. Apollonius explores many of the ... Read more

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  • Real Business of IT

    How CIOs Create and Communicate Value

    If you're a general manager or CFO, do you feel you're spending too much on IT or wishing you could get better returns from your IT investments? If so, it's time to examine what's behind this IT-as-cost mind-set.In The Real Business of IT, Richard Hunter and George Westerman reveal that the cost mind-set stems from IT leaders' inability to communicate about the business value they create-so CIOs ... Read more

    $28.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Plato's Symposium

    Series series Oxford Approaches to Classical Literature
    Oxford Approaches to Classical Literature (Series Editors: Kathleen Coleman and Richard Rutherford) introduces individual works of Greek and Latin literature to readers who are approaching them for the first time. Each volume sets the work in its literary and historical context, and aims to offer a balanced and engaging assessment of its content, artistry, and purpose. A brief survey of the ... Read more

    $38.69 USD

  • The Measure of Homer

    The Ancient Reception of the Iliad and the Odyssey

    Homer was the greatest and most influential Greek poet. In this book, Richard Hunter explores central themes in the poems' reception in antiquity, paying particular attention to Homer's importance in shaping ancient culture. Subjects include the geographical and educational breadth of Homeric reception, the literary and theological influence of Homer's depiction of the gods, Homeric poetry and ... Read more

    $50.09 USD

  • Critical Moments in Classical Literature

    Studies in the Ancient View of Literature and its Uses

    Through a series of innovative critical readings Richard Hunter builds a picture of how the ancients discussed the meaning of literary works and their importance in society. He pays particular attention to the interplay of criticism and creativity by not treating criticism in isolation from the works which the critics discussed. Attention is given both to the development of a history of criticism, ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Hesiodic Voices

    Studies in the Ancient Reception of Hesiod's Works and Days

    Series series Cambridge Classical Studies
    This book selects central texts illustrating the literary reception of Hesiod's Works and Days in antiquity and considers how these moments were crucial in fashioning the idea of 'didactic literature'. A central chapter considers the development of ancient ideas about didactic poetry, relying not so much on explicit critical theory as on how Hesiod was read and used from the earliest period of ... Read more

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  • More Dollies

    Exploring Sibling Relationships in a Literary Tapestry of Loss, Resilience, and Reflection

    In "More Dollies," Richard Hunter intricately explores the interplay between childhood innocence and the complexities of adult emotions through the lens of a group of dolls and their imaginative owners. The book is distinguished by its lyrical prose and vivid imagery, drawing readers into a whimsical yet poignant narrative that traverses themes of loss, nostalgia, and the passage of time. Hunter ... Read more

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  • Plato and the Traditions of Ancient Literature

    The Silent Stream

    Exploring both how Plato engaged with existing literary forms and how later literature then created 'classics' out of some of Plato's richest works, this book includes chapters on such subjects as rewritings of the Apology and re-imaginings of Socrates' defence, Plato's high style and the criticisms it attracted, and how Petronius and Apuleius threaded Plato into their wonderfully comic texts. The ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Writing Proposals and Grants

    Writing Proposals and Grants (3rd ed.) takes readers through the entire proposal and grant writing process—from finding and analyzing requests for proposals to designing final deliverables. Writing Proposals and Grants (3rd ed.) offers an updated and expanded version of Writing Proposals (2nd ed.). This new edition maintains what so many readers loved about Writing Proposals (2nd ed.): its step-by ... Read more

    $21.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Real Business of IT

    How CIOs Create and Communicate Value

    Narrated by Peter Lerman ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 50 min

    If you're a general manager or CFO, do you feel you're spending too much on IT or wishing you could get better returns from your IT investments? If so, it's time to examine what's behind this IT-as-cost mind-set.In The Real Business of IT, Richard Hunter and George Westerman reveal that the cost mind-set stems from IT leaders' inability to communicate about the business value they create—so CIOs ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Ace

    A Novel

    Narrated by Richard Powers ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 46 min

    Four Americans—a twenty-year-old social outcast, a breezily iconoclastic Army officer, a ruthless US senator, and a guilt-ridden heiress—are inexorably drawn together in their struggles to deal with America's chaotic involvement in World War I. Their interwoven destinies lead from poverty-stricken slums through the opulence of 1917–1918 Washington, London, and Paris and, climactically, into the ... Read more

    $20.95 USD

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    Six Stories (Unabridged)

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    Unabridged

    4 hours 46 min

    Six short stories from the master of fantasy! George MacDonald was an influence on many famous fantasy writers, including C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Madeleine L'Engle. This fantasy story collection includes The Cruel Painter (a vampire story), The Castle, The Wow O'Riven (a love story), The Broken Swords (a tale of war and redemption), The Gray Wolf (a werewolf story) and Uncle Cornelius: ... Read more

    $4.99 USD