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Eros the Bittersweet: An Essay by Anne Carson
Category: Philosophy | Series: Princeton Classics Ser.
Named one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time by the Modern Library Anne Carson's remarkable first book about the paradoxical nature of romantic love Since it was first published, Eros the Bittersweet, Anne Carson's lyrical meditation on love in ancient Greek literature and philosophy, has ...Show more
Eugene Onegin - A Novel in Verse by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin; Vladímir Nabokov (Introduction by, Translator); Brian Boyd
Category: Gift | Series: Princeton Classics Ser.
When Vladimir Nabokov's translation of Pushkin's masterpiece Eugene Onegin was first published in 1964, it ignited a storm of controversy that famously resulted in the demise of Nabokov's friendship with critic Edmund Wilson. While Wilson derided it as a disappointment in the New York Review of Books, o ...Show more
Men, Women, and Chain Saws - Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover (Preface by)
Category: Performing Arts | Series: Princeton Classics Ser.
Do the pleasures of horror movies really begin and end in sadism? So the public discussion of film assumes, and so film theory claims. Carol Clover argues, however, that these films work mainly to engage the viewer in the plight of the victim-hero, who suffers fright but rises to vanquish the forces of ...Show more
Reasons of Love (The) by Harry G. Frankfurt
Category: Self-Help | Series: Princeton Classics Ser.
A clear, accessible exploration of how and why we love by prominent philosopher and bestselling author Harry FrankfurtIn The Reasons of Love, leading moral philosopher and bestselling author Harry Frankfurt argues that the key to a fulfilled life is to pursue wholeheartedly what one cares about, that lo ...Show more
Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy by Mircea Eliade
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Princeton Classics Ser.
The foundational work on shamanism now available as a Princeton Classics paperback Shamanism is an essential work on the study of this mysterious and fascinating phenomenon. The founder of the modern study of the history of religion, Mircea Eliade, surveys the tradition through two and a half millennia ...Show more
The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality by Angus Deaton
Category: No Category | Series: Princeton Classics Ser.
The world is a better place than it used to be. People are wealthier and healthier. Yet the escapes from destitution by so many have left gaping inequalities between people and between nations. This book tells the story of how, some parts of the world began to experience sustained progress, and set the ...Show more
The Open Society and Its Enemies by Karl R. Popper
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Princeton Classics Ser.
One of the most important books of the twentieth century, The Open Society and Its Enemies is an uncompromising defense of liberal democracy and a powerful attack on the intellectual origins of totalitarianism. An immediate sensation when it was first published, Karl Popper's monumental achievement has ...Show more
Twelve Who Ruled : The Year of Terror in the French Revolution by R. R. Palmer; Isser Woloch
Category: History | Series: Princeton Classics Ser.
The Reign of Terror continues to fascinate scholars as one of the bloodiest periods in French history, when the Committee of Public Safety strove to defend the first Republic from its many enemies, creating a climate of fear and suspicion in revolutionary France. R. R. Palmer’s fascinating narrative fol ...Show more
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