The definitive translation of Plato's Republic**, the most influential text in the history of Western philosophy.**“To read The Republic as Bloom means it to be read is to question everything we think we know about government, politics, the best human life, and the nature of truth.” —Adam Kirsch, from the introductionA cornerstone of Western thought, The Republic remains a...

The definitive translation of Plato's Republic**, the most influential text in the history of Western philosophy.**“To read The Republic as Bloom means it to be read is to question everything we think we know about government, politics, the best human life, and the nature of truth.” —Adam Kirsch, from the introductionA cornerstone of Western thought, The Republic remains a...

Il semble clair que Shakespeare a véritablement et consciemment conçu ses oeuvres comme les vecteurs de sa sagesse politique — ses pièces historiques en fournissent la preuve. Shakespeare a cherché à y développer un point de vue raisonnable sur la nature du régime anglais et sur la façon dont il devait être accepté et révéré par les générations ultérieures d’Anglais. Il a réussi dans son entreprise, car les Anglais, à bien des égards, comprennent véritablement leur histoire de la façon don...

An Observer Best Debut Novelist 2026'Electric. Bubbling with rage and yearning' GUARDIAN'A propulsive coming-of-age story' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ READER REVIEW'Raw, grungy and frenetic' ALICE SLATER'Full of heart, anger and grunge' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ READER REVIEWThe Bastards aren't afraid of anything.It's the mid-nineties, and in the small, shitt...

1994, eine abgehängte australische Kleinstadt: Vier Freundinnen wollen dem Mindestlohn-Schicksal ihrer Mütter entkommen und mit ihrer Musik beim Battle of the Bands durchstarten. Kurt Cobain ist ihr Kompass, Grunge ihr Rhythmus, und dieser Wettbewerb soll ihr Ticket in die Freiheit werden – auch wenn sie nur drei Akkorde können. Doch als die Leadsängerin Lily ihren verehrten Musiklehrer Mr P des Missbrauchs beschuldigt, droht alles zu zerbrechen. Wie weit sind die übrigen drei Mädchen bere...

Plato, Allan Bloom wrote, is "the most erotic of philosophers," and his Symposium is one of the greatest works on the nature of love ever written. This new edition brings together the English translation of the renowned Plato scholar and translator, Seth Benardete, with two illuminating commentaries on it: Benardete's "On Plato's Symposium" and Allan Bloom's provocative essay, "The Ladder of Love." In the Symposium, Plato recounts a drinking party following an evening mea...

An Observer Best Debut Novelist 2026'An electric portrait of teenage friendship and fandom, bubbling with rage and yearning . . . empathetic, addictive and feverish as a Nirvana gig'Guardian'I loved this book . . . raw, grungy and frenetic'Alice Slater, author of Let the Bad Times Roll'Part Virgin Suicides, part Veronica Mars'Louise H...

Kellyanne Conway, Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, Q-Anon, Fox News, etc., etc., etc. have kidnapped the last century of intellectual thought and philosophical investigation: poststructuralism, quantum physics, deconstruction, the current "crisis" in "nonfiction"-journalism- media-"truthiness." If the perceiver, by his very presence, alters what's perceived, Steve Bannon, Vladimir Putin, Vladislav Surkov (performance-artist-turned-Putin-strategist), et al. have quite consciously created--are a...

One of The Observer (London)’s Best Debut Novels of 2026A story of class and coming-of-age as a group of best friends investigates the allegations against their teacher.It’s the mid-nineties, and in the small, shitty coastal town of Vincent, Australia, four Nirvana-obsessed fourteen-year-old girls form a grunge band. The Bastards are “forgettable girls”—poor, not particularly clever, ridiculed by their better-off classmates, and de...

This book is a collection of wildflower photographs taken in the Amarillo, Texas Area. Each photograph contains a colorful caption. The book also contains a planting guide for the wildflowers.

Memphis, 1975. “Raunchy” doesn’t begin to describe Max Climer’s magazine, Climax, or his all-hours strip club, or his planned video empire. And evangelists, feminists, and local watchdog groups all want him out of business. But someone wants more than that, and has hired a killer to end Max’s career permanently. Only another hit man—the ruthless professional known as Quarry—can keep Climer from becoming a casualty in the Sexual Revolution.

Diese Sammlung bringt große Krimis aus den hintersten Regalreihen wieder ans Licht – jene Werke, die es verdienen, erneut in den Fokus gerückt zu werden: Cardby rettet Scotland Yard (David Hume) Mörderin?! (Walter Bloem) Der Mann, der seinen Mörder sucht (Ernst Klein) Philipp Collin (Frank Heller) Komtesse Helene (Hans Wachenhusen) Endlich gefunden (Anna Katherine Green) Hand und Ring (Anna Katherine Green) Hinter verschlossenen Türen (Anna Katherine Green) Der Kameenknopf (Rodrigues Ottol...