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The second century A.D. traveller's guide to buildings, tombs, and statues including mythological, religious, and historical background of sites from Delphi to Olympia

A comprehensive, intersectional and transhistorical meditation on depictions of motherhood in art, from the Middle Ages to todayRooted in the visual arts, this book gathers a …

The ancient civilization of Mesopotamia thrived between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates over 4,000 years ago. The myths collected here, originally written in cuneiform on clay …

In Of Woman Born, originally published in 1976, influential poet and feminist Adrienne Rich examines the patriarchic systems and political institutions that define motherhood. …

Nuoruudessaan Olivia Laing kokeili uraa vaihtoehtolääketieteen harjoittajana. Yrittäessään vastata epätoivoisten ihmisten hätään hänen uskonsa mielen valtaanyli ruumiin koki …

An elegantly illustrated celebration of Jane Austen’s life and literature as told through the flowers, plants, and landscapes that inspired her.New York Times Bestselling …

One of the major documents of modern European civilization, Robert Burton's astounding compendium, a survey of melancholy in all its myriad forms, has invited nothing but …

This is one of the few records published by Gurdjieff in which he offers guidance to his 'community of seekers', the pupils from many countries who joined him in Paris and New …

A TLS Book of the Year This exhilarating collection of non-fiction sees one of the greatest twentieth-century writers meditating on the moments that make up a life'How did I so …

The woman's place of power within each of us is neither white nor surface; it is dark, it is ancient, and it is deepThe revolutionary writings of Audre Lorde gave voice to those …