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Breakfast with Socrates

An Extraordinary (Philosophical) Journey Through Your Ordinary Day

by Robert Rowland Smith ...

What is the philosophy of sweat? Reality TV? Domestic warfare? Making up and having sex? Take a sparkling ride through an ordinary day with hilarious philosophical gadfly Robert Rowland Smith in Breakfast with Socrates.Ever want to have a bagel with Hegel? Eggs with Bacon? Or spend a day with Socrates, Mill, Herodotus, or Kant, able to pick their brains about the most mundane moments of your life? ... Read more

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What is the philosophy of sweat? Reality TV? Domestic warfare? Making up and having sex? Take a sparkling ride through an ordinary day with hilarious philosophical gadfly Robert Rowland Smith in Breakfast with Socrates.Ever want to have a bagel with Hegel? Eggs with Bacon? Or spend a day with Socrates, Mill, Herodotus, or Kant, able to pick their brains about the most mundane moments of your life?
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The Greek Romances of Heliodorus, Longus and Achilles Tatius

by Longus, Of Emesa Heliodorus, Achilles Tatius ...

Translated by Rowland Smith ...

The "Greek Romances of Heliodorus, Longus, and Achilles Tatius" is a rich tapestry of themes encompassing love, adventure, and the intricate tapestry of human emotion set against the backdrop of an ancient world. This anthology is a vibrant portrayal of the Hellenistic imagination, offering readers an immersive experience into the fervent yearnings and capricious fates that define classical ... Read more

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The "Greek Romances of Heliodorus, Longus, and Achilles Tatius" is a rich tapestry of themes encompassing love, adventure, and the intricate tapestry of human emotion set against the backdrop of an ancient world. This anthology is a vibrant portrayal of the Hellenistic imagination, offering readers an immersive experience into the fervent yearnings and capricious fates that define classical
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The Greek Romances of Heliodorus, Longus and Achilles Tatius

Exploring Ancient Greek Romance: Love, Adventure, and Myth

by Achilles Tatius, Longus, of Emesa Heliodorus ...

Translated by Rowland Smith ...

The Greek Romances of Heliodorus, Longus, and Achilles Tatius offers a captivating exploration of the intricacies of Greek literature through the lens of romance. This anthology presents readers with a kaleidoscope of narratives that weave together themes of love, adventure, and identity, all set against lush and vividly portrayed settings. The collection stands out for its rich blend of narrative ... Read more

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The Greek Romances of Heliodorus, Longus, and Achilles Tatius offers a captivating exploration of the intricacies of Greek literature through the lens of romance. This anthology presents readers with a kaleidoscope of narratives that weave together themes of love, adventure, and identity, all set against lush and vividly portrayed settings. The collection stands out for its rich blend of narrative
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Red Skies

10 Essential Conversations Exploring our Future as the Church

by Brian Sanders, L. Rowland Smith ...

When it is evening, you say, "It will be fair weather, for the sky is red." And in the morning, "It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening." You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.MATTHEW 16:2-3Our world is changing faster than ever. Digital culture is rapidly accelerating, climate change threatens the future of our ... Read more

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When it is evening, you say, "It will be fair weather, for the sky is red." And in the morning, "It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening." You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.MATTHEW 16:2-3Our world is changing faster than ever. Digital culture is rapidly accelerating, climate change threatens the future of our
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Driving with Plato

The Meaning of Life's Milestones

by Robert Rowland Smith ...

Learn to ride a bicycle with Einstein, have your first kiss with Kant, get your first job with Adam Smith, and weather midlife with Dante. Let history’s greatest minds illuminate life’s turning points.In Breakfast with Socrates, Robert Rowland Smith brought the power of philosophy down to earth by proving, in a very engaging and entertaining way, that human moments meet big ideas on a regular ... Read more

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Learn to ride a bicycle with Einstein, have your first kiss with Kant, get your first job with Adam Smith, and weather midlife with Dante. Let history’s greatest minds illuminate life’s turning points.In Breakfast with Socrates, Robert Rowland Smith brought the power of philosophy down to earth by proving, in a very engaging and entertaining way, that human moments meet big ideas on a regular
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On Modern Poetry

From Theory to Total Criticism

by Dr Robert Rowland Smith ...

All too often, the history of poetry criticism in the 20th Century is told as a tale of two sides. While 'Lit crit' pored over the author's every line, 'Theory' stood on the shoulder of texts to gaze into the metaphysical mists.Drawing on the key insights of both Lit crit and Theory, On Modern Poetry tries to get beyond the opposition between them, proposing instead a 'total criticism' that draws ... Read more

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All too often, the history of poetry criticism in the 20th Century is told as a tale of two sides. While 'Lit crit' pored over the author's every line, 'Theory' stood on the shoulder of texts to gaze into the metaphysical mists.Drawing on the key insights of both Lit crit and Theory, On Modern Poetry tries to get beyond the opposition between them, proposing instead a 'total criticism' that draws
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The Reality Test

Still relying on strategy?

by Robert Rowland Smith ...

How is it that the most carefully-laid business strategies can go horribly wrong when put into practice? Robert Rowland Smith's answer, based on years of experience in high-level consultancy, is that 'reality eats strategy for breakfast': strategy, based on projections and assuming business is a rational pursuit, can't deal with the messy reality of life.More helpful are these practical questions ... Read more

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How is it that the most carefully-laid business strategies can go horribly wrong when put into practice? Robert Rowland Smith's answer, based on years of experience in high-level consultancy, is that 'reality eats strategy for breakfast': strategy, based on projections and assuming business is a rational pursuit, can't deal with the messy reality of life.More helpful are these practical questions
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Lila

An Inquiry Into Morals

by Robert Pirsig ...

In this bestselling new book, his first in seventeen years, Robert M. Pirsig, author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, takes us on a poignant and passionate journey as mysterious and compelling as his first life-changing work.Instead of a motorcycle, a sailboat carries his philosopher-narrator Phaedrus down the Hudson River as winter closes in. Along the way he picks up a most unlikely ... Read more

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In this bestselling new book, his first in seventeen years, Robert M. Pirsig, author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, takes us on a poignant and passionate journey as mysterious and compelling as his first life-changing work.Instead of a motorcycle, a sailboat carries his philosopher-narrator Phaedrus down the Hudson River as winter closes in. Along the way he picks up a most unlikely
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Stranger Than We Can Imagine

Making Sense of the Twentieth Century

by John Higgs ...

**“An illuminating work of massive insight” on the complex ideas and events that initiated the historical shift between the 19th and 20th centuries (Alan Moore, author of V for Vendetta and Watchmen).“An always-provocative view of an era that many people would just as soon forget . . . an absorbing tour of the 20th century.” —Kirkus Reviews**In Stranger Than We Can Imagine, John Higgs argues that ... Read more

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**“An illuminating work of massive insight” on the complex ideas and events that initiated the historical shift between the 19th and 20th centuries (Alan Moore, author of V for Vendetta and Watchmen).“An always-provocative view of an era that many people would just as soon forget . . . an absorbing tour of the 20th century.” —Kirkus Reviews**In Stranger Than We Can Imagine, John Higgs argues that
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The Practicing Mind

Developing Focus and Discipline in Your Life ? Master Any Skill or Challenge by Learning to Love the Process

by Thomas M. Sterner ...

Early life is all about trial-and-error practice. If wed given up in the face of failure, repetition, and difficulty, wed never have learned to walk, tie our shoes, or ride a bike. So why, as adults, do we often throw in the towel when at first we dont succeed? Modern lifes technological speed, habitual multitasking, and promises of instant gratification dont help. But in his study of how we learn ... Read more

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Early life is all about trial-and-error practice. If wed given up in the face of failure, repetition, and difficulty, wed never have learned to walk, tie our shoes, or ride a bike. So why, as adults, do we often throw in the towel when at first we dont succeed? Modern lifes technological speed, habitual multitasking, and promises of instant gratification dont help. But in his study of how we learn
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Mastery

by Robert Greene ...

From the bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power and The Laws of Human Nature, a vital work revealing that the secret to mastery is already within you.Each one of us has within us the potential to be a Master. Learn the secrets of the field you have chosen, submit to a rigorous apprenticeship, absorb the hidden knowledge possessed by those with years of experience, surge past competitors to ... Read more

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From the bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power and The Laws of Human Nature, a vital work revealing that the secret to mastery is already within you.Each one of us has within us the potential to be a Master. Learn the secrets of the field you have chosen, submit to a rigorous apprenticeship, absorb the hidden knowledge possessed by those with years of experience, surge past competitors to
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Empire of Deception

The Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Seduced a City and Captivated the Nation

by Dean Jobb ...

It was a time of unregulated madness. And nowhere was it madder than in Chicago at the dawn of the Roaring Twenties. Enter a slick, smooth-talking, charismatic lawyer named Leo Koretz, who enticed hundreds of people to invest as much as $30 million—upward of $400 million today—in phantom timberland and nonexistent oil wells in Panama. This rip-roaring tale of greed, financial corruption, dirty ... Read more

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It was a time of unregulated madness. And nowhere was it madder than in Chicago at the dawn of the Roaring Twenties. Enter a slick, smooth-talking, charismatic lawyer named Leo Koretz, who enticed hundreds of people to invest as much as $30 million—upward of $400 million today—in phantom timberland and nonexistent oil wells in Panama. This rip-roaring tale of greed, financial corruption, dirty
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