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One of the most widely-read thinkers writing today, Slavoj Žižek''s work can be both thrilling an...

One of the most widely-read thinkers writing today, Slavoj Žižek''s work can be both thrilling an...

Described as the Mona Lisa of literature and the world''s first detective story, Sophocles''...

Described as the Mona Lisa of literature and the world''s first detective story, Sophocles''...

The ancient world of fifth century Greece, an astonishing period of cultural development that hel...

Auschwitz examines the history of the infamous Nazi death camp-how it came to be built and how it...

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Modern scholarship judges Herodotus to be a more complex writer than his past readers supposed. H...

Modern scholarship judges Herodotus to be a more complex writer than his past readers supposed. H...

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This book provides comprehensive information on the geography, history, wildlife, governmental st...