Why Read The Classics
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Why Read The Classics
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Author : Italo Calvino
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 2014-12-16
Why Read The Classics written by Italo Calvino and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-16 with Literary Collections categories.
A posthumously published collection of thirty-six essays offering Italo Calvino's invigorating and illuminating analysis of his most treasured literary classics.
The Complete Cosmicomics
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Author : Italo Calvino
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 2014-09-16
The Complete Cosmicomics written by Italo Calvino and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-16 with Fiction categories.
The complete collection of “nimble and often hilarious” short stories exploring the cosmos by the acclaimed author of Invisible Cities (Colin Dwyer, NPR). Italo Calvino’s beloved cosmicomics cross planets and traverse galaxies, speed up time or slow it down to the particles of an instant. Through the eyes of a “cosmic know-it-all” with the unpronounceable name of Qfwfq, Calvino explores natural phenomena and tells the story of the origins of the universe. Relating complex scientific and mathematical concepts to our everyday world, they are an indelible and delightful literary achievement. Originally published in Italian in three separate volumes—including the Asti d’Appello Prize-winning first volume, Cosmicomics—these thirty-four dazzling stories are collected here in one definitive English-language anthology. “Trying to describe such a diverse and entertaining mix, I have to admit, just as Calvino does so often, that my words fail here, too. There’s no way I—or anyone, really—can muster enough of them to quite capture the magic of these stories . . . Read this book, please.” —Colin Dwyer, NPR
Rescuing Socrates
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Author : Roosevelt Montás
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2021-11-16
Rescuing Socrates written by Roosevelt Montás and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-16 with Education categories.
A Dominican-born academic tells the story of how the Great Books transformed his life—and why they have the power to speak to people of all backgrounds What is the value of a liberal education? Traditionally characterized by a rigorous engagement with the classics of Western thought and literature, this approach to education is all but extinct in American universities, replaced by flexible distribution requirements and ever-narrower academic specialization. Many academics attack the very idea of a Western canon as chauvinistic, while the general public increasingly doubts the value of the humanities. In Rescuing Socrates, Dominican-born American academic Roosevelt Montás tells the story of how a liberal education transformed his life, and offers an intimate account of the relevance of the Great Books today, especially to members of historically marginalized communities. Montás emigrated from the Dominican Republic to Queens, New York, when he was twelve and encountered the Western classics as an undergraduate in Columbia University’s renowned Core Curriculum, one of America’s last remaining Great Books programs. The experience changed his life and determined his career—he went on to earn a PhD in English and comparative literature, serve as director of Columbia’s Center for the Core Curriculum, and start a Great Books program for low-income high school students who aspire to be the first in their families to attend college. Weaving together memoir and literary reflection, Rescuing Socrates describes how four authors—Plato, Augustine, Freud, and Gandhi—had a profound impact on Montás’s life. In doing so, the book drives home what it’s like to experience a liberal education—and why it can still remake lives.
The Pavilion On The Links
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Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
language : en
Publisher: Auroralit Edition
Release Date : 1913
The Pavilion On The Links written by Robert Louis Stevenson and has been published by Auroralit Edition this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1913 with Fiction categories.
The Pearl
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Author : John Steinbeck
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
The Pearl written by John Steinbeck and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Avarice categories.
This moving parable of wealth and the evil it can bring is based on a Mexican folktale. The simple life of Kino, a pearl fisher, changes for ever when he finds a great pearl, a pearl as large as a seagull's egg. The story is of the finding of the pearl, the dreams it represents and its loss. Kino is blind to the greed, fear and even violence the pearl arouses in his neighbours - and in himself - and the promise of great wealth and a better life for Kino and his family brings nothing but misfortune and enemies.
How To Win Friends And Influence People
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Author : Dale Carnegie
language : en
Publisher: Manjul Publishing
Release Date : 2017
How To Win Friends And Influence People written by Dale Carnegie and has been published by Manjul Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Self-Help categories.
Invitation To The Classics
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Author : Louise Cowan
language : en
Publisher: Baker Books
Release Date : 2006-08-01
Invitation To The Classics written by Louise Cowan and has been published by Baker Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-08-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
Motivation and direction for reading and understanding the great authors and works of Western culture.
A Christian Guide To The Classics
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Author : Leland Ryken
language : en
Publisher: Crossway
Release Date : 2015-08-17
A Christian Guide To The Classics written by Leland Ryken and has been published by Crossway this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-17 with Religion categories.
Most people are familiar with the classics of Western literature, but few have actually read them. Written to equip readers for a lifetime of learning, this beginner's guide to reading the classics by renowned literary scholar Leland Ryken answers basic questions readers often have, including "Why read the classics?" and "How do I read a classic?" Offering a list of some of the best works from the last 2,000 years and time-tested tips for effectively engaging with them, this companion to Ryken's Christian Guides to the Classics series will give readers the tools they need to read, interact with, and enjoy some of history's greatest literature.
Uses And Abuses Of The Classics
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Author : Jorge J. E. Gracia
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-11-22
Uses And Abuses Of The Classics written by Jorge J. E. Gracia and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-22 with Philosophy categories.
From very early on, Western philosophers have been obsessed with the understanding of a relatively few works of philosophy which have played a disproportionately large and fundamental role in developing the Western philosophical canon, dominating the curriculum in the past and in the present; there is no indication that they will not do so in the future. Uses and Abuses of the Classics examines the various ways in which the different periods of the history of philosophy have approached these texts. The editors have chosen for analysis some of the major philosophers from periods of the history of philosophy in which the interpretation of the classics has been particularly significant. Contributions to this book include entries on: Aristotle's reading of Plato; Averroes on Aristotle; Nietzsche on the Beginnings of Western Philosophy; and Thomas Aquinas's Commentary on Aristotle's Metaphysics.