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The sophisticated schoolmaster.The importance of Isocrates for the study of Greek civilization of the fourth century BC is indisputable. From 403 to 393 he wrote speeches for Athenian law courts, and then became a teacher of composition for would-be orators. After setting up a school of rhetoric in Chios he returned to Athens and established there a free school of “philosophia” involving a practical education of the whole mind, character, judgment, and mastery of language. This school had famous pupils from all over the Greek world, such as the historians Ephorus and Theopompus and orators Isaeus, Lycurgus, and Hypereides. Isocrates also wrote in gifted style essays on political questions, his main idea being a united Greece to conquer the Persian empire. Thus in his fine Panegyricus (written for the 100th Olympiad gathering in 380) he urged that the leadership should be granted to Athens, possibly in conjunction with Sparta. In the end he looked to Philip of Macedon, but died just as Philip’s supremacy in Greece began. Twenty-one discourses by Isocrates survive; these include political essays, treatises on education and on ethics, and speeches for legal cases. Nine letters are also extant; they are concerned more with public than with private matters. The Loeb Classical Library edition of Isocrates is in three volumes. Volume I contains six discourses: To Demonicus, To Nicocles, Nicocles or The Cyprians, Panegyricus, To Philip, and Archidamus. Five are in Volume II: Areopagiticus, On the Peace, Panathenaicus, Against the Sophists, Antidosis. Volume III contains Evagoras, Helen, Busiris, Plataicus, Concerning the Team of Horses, Trapeziticus, Against Callimachus, Aegineticus, Against Lochites, and Against Euthynus, as well as the nine extant letters and a comprehensive index.

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In The Persian Expedition, Xenophon, a young Athenian noble who sought his destiny abroad, provides an enthralling eyewitness account of the attempt by a Greek mercenary army - the Ten Thousand - to help Prince Cyrus overthrow his brother and take the Persian throne. When the Greeks were then betrayed by their Persian employers, they were forced to march home through hundreds of miles of difficult terrain - adrift in a hostile country and under constant attack from the unforgiving Persians and warlike tribes. In this outstanding description of endurance and individual bravery, Xenophon, one of those chosen to lead the retreating army, provides a vivid narrative of the campaign and its aftermath, and his account remains one of the best pictures we have of Greeks confronting a 'barbarian' world.

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Qué sucedería si las espiritualidades y religiones antiguas no fueran simplemete leyendas? Y si hubiera algo viviendo y respirando por debajo de la superficie, si existiera una conexión tangible entre el pensamiento religioso y la espiritualidad, entre la ciencia y el mito, entre la interdimensionalidad y la dura y cruda realidad?Los antiguos libros del Génesis y de Enoc nos cuentan que unos seres espirituales conocidos con el nombre de los Vigilantes descendieron a la Tierra, mantuvieron relaciones con las mujeres y engendraron una descendencia híbrida llamada nefilim.Estos relatos son tan antiguos como la propia humanidad, narraciones acerca de unas razas subsiguientes que eran una mezcla entre alienígenas y humanos y que han llegado a formar gran parte de la mitología, la leyenda, la religión y también de nuestra superstición.Los nefilim caminaron entre nosotros... y lo siguen haciendo en la actualidad.

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Descripción: 20x18 cm.Encuadernacion:Cartone.Libro imprescindible para los amantes del chocolate. Recetas para preparar exquisitas delicadezas, desde budines, pasta, tartas, helados, hasta mousses y salsas, todos ellos unos sugerentes placeres celestiales.

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Los pájaros exóticos australianos son tan populares como especies de avicultura fuera de su país de origen, como entre los avicultores australianos. Los pájaros es son cada vez más populares, especialmente en entornos urbanos, donde su tranquilo canto no molesta a los vecinos sensibles. Añaden colorido al jardín o a la pajarera, siempre están llenos de vida y pueden se alojados junto a otras especies en un aviario con plantas, aunque también podemos tenerlos en jaulas relativamente pequeñas. Algunos como el resistente diamante mandarín son ideales para el principiante, mientras que otros como el diamante de Gould, necesitan un manejo especializado. Con los cuidados y atenciones que se explican en este manual, la mayoría se reproducirán con facilidad, proporcionándonos un interés duradero.

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Dentro de la serie "Excellence" presentamos el Pomerania, es una raza miniatura con una expresión característica que recuerda a la de un zorro. El Pomerania deja encantados a sus propietarios con su hermoso aspecto y su encantadora forma de ser, lo que añade elegancia y animación cualquier hogar, para una familia que busque una raza miniatura llena de energia, valiente y con una gran capacidad de adaptación.

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Esta nueva obra de la colección "Excellence. Razas de hoy" proporciona la más actual y completa información sobre los orígenes, estándar, temperamento y características del Bulldog Inglés. Junto a un texto altamente informativo, escrito con claridad y precisión se presentan innumerables fotografías a todo color, así como un gran número de tablas y cuadros resaltados para una fácil y rápida consulta.

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With a focus on presidential leadership, Edwards, Mayer and Wayne address the capacity of chief executives to fulfill their tasks, exercise their powers, and utilize their organizational structures to affect the output of government. Richly illustrated with timely, fascinating examples, this text examines all aspects of the presidency.

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This is the first study of business ethics to take into consideration the plethora of issues raised by the Information Age. The first study of business ethics to take into consideration the plethora of issues raised by the Information Age. Explores a wide range of topics including marketing, privacy, and the protection of personal information; employees and communication privacy; intellectual property issues; the ethical issues of e-business; Internet-related business ethics problems; and the ethical dimension of information technology on society. Uncovers previous ignored ethical issues. Underlines the need for public discussion of the issues. Argues that computers and information technology have not necessarily developed in the most ethical manner possible.

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This is the first study of business ethics to take into consideration the plethora of issues raised by the Information Age. The first study of business ethics to take into consideration the plethora of issues raised by the Information Age. Explores a wide range of topics including marketing, privacy, and the protection of personal information; employees and communication privacy; intellectual property issues; the ethical issues of e-business; Internet-related business ethics problems; and the ethical dimension of information technology on society. Uncovers previous ignored ethical issues. Underlines the need for public discussion of the issues. Argues that computers and information technology have not necessarily developed in the most ethical manner possible.

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This updated guidebook features seventy-five of the best trails the Empire State has to offer—from the 4,000-foot peaks of the Adirondacks and the lore of Rip Van Winkle’s Catskills, to the glacier-gouged landscape of the Finger Lakes region. Each featured hike includes detailed hike specs and descriptions, trailhead location and GPS coordinates, mile-by-mile directional cues, gorgeous full-color photography, and a detailed map.

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California's last large pottery producer, Treasure Craft, became a major force in the giftware market from the late 1940s until 1995. The firm's Hawaiian plant and Pottery Craft stoneware art lines were enormously popular. Over 650 beautiful color photographs present widely varied ceramic collectibles produced by Treasure Craft from the late 1940s until 1995, including Disneyana items, over two hundred novelty cookie jars, Hawaiiana, figurines including Lucky California Sprites and their predecessors Naughty Gnomes, and dinnerware lines. Among the wares displayed are works by notable sculptors Ray Murray, Don Winton, and Robert Maxwell. This new book presents material on manufacturer's marks, and look-alike products. Values in the captions round out this thorough presentation.

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La rebellió dels animals, un dels clàssics més importants de la literatura universal, és una faula senzilla i tràgica que relata la rebellió dels animals del mas dels Jones contra els seus amos. És la història "d'una revolució que va acabar malament i de les excellents excuses que es van anar inventant pas a pas per jsutificar la perversió de la doctrina original", tal i com va escriure Orwell a la solapa de la primera edició del llibre, el 1945. Concebuda com una sàtira de l'estalinisme, el caràcter universal del seu missatge fa d'aquesta obra mestra una anàlisi extraordinària de la corrupció que engendra el poder i una crítica del totalitarisme.

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There’s nothing like a funeral to set the old adrenaline on edge, especially when questions about the afterlife arise. It is the spring of 1997. Tiger Woods has just crushed the Masters. Michael Jordan and the Bulls have embarked on yet another championship run. For Vance Chelan, a jaundiced media pro, things have never looked so good. Confident and capable, in total command of his television career, Vance happily straddles a romantic tightrope between each of the women in his life—until he gets a jolt for the ages. The death of a client unearths a boatload of questions about his shaky prospects for success in the hereafter. Now, confronted for the first time with his own immortality, Vance mounts a bizarre plan of redemption designed to ensure a ritzy place in Heaven. But the road to the pearly gates is strewn with devilish potholes. Grappling for answers, the things he holds near and dear start slipping through his fingers. Then one night in Las Vegas, at an industry convention, he reignites feelings for a hard-charging anchorwoman, who demands a choice of epic proportions. What will his decision be? One thing is certain: whatever, it will have eternal consequences.

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