Biography Books
Harvard University Press Description of Greece Volume IV
Book SynopsisPausanias, one of the Roman world's great travelers, sketches in Description of Greece the history, geography, landmarks, legends, and religious cults of all the important Greek cities. He shares his enthusiasm for great sites, describing them with care and an accuracy confirmed by comparison with monuments that still stand today.
£23.70
Harvard University Press Philo Volume VI
Book SynopsisThe philosopher Philo, born about 20 BC to a prominent Jewish family in Alexandria, was trained in Greek as well as Jewish learning. In attempting to reconcile biblical teachings with Greek philosophy he developed ideas that had wide influence on Christian and Jewish religious thought.
£23.70
Fitzrovia Press The Eight Elements
Book SynopsisRanchor Prime shares his spiritual journey exploring ancient Hindu cosmology through the eight elements. Illustrated with his own pencil drawings, the book reflects on nature, spirit, and the author's quest for wisdom.
£8.49
Eyewear Publishing Off The Road
Book SynopsisOff the Roadtells the intimate story of two of the most famous, and yet enigmatic, figures in modern literature - Jack Kerouac and his friend, travelling companion and hero, Neal Cassady. Written by the woman who loved them both - as wife of Cassady, lover of Kerouac - it is the remarkable record of marriage to the man whose exploits, as Dean Moriarty inOn the Road, caught the imagination of a generation and fired the Beat movement.Carolyn Cassady''s book spans one of the most vital areas in twentieth-century literature and culture. It begins in the early days of Kerouac and Cassady''s friendship, when the former was a struggling author trying to make his way with his first novel, and goes on to the explosive success ofOn the Roadand Ginsberg''sHowl, the flowering of the ''Beat generation'', and the social revolution of the 1960s which saw Kerouac and Cassady - by then famed as driver of Ken Kesey''s legendary Merry Pranksters ''bus'' taken up as founding fathers of the emerging worldw
£9.45
Revel Barker Joyce McKinney And The Case Of The Manacled Mormon
£12.84
