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How to Read Plato by Richard Kraut
Category: No Category | Series: How to Read
'The unexamined life is not worth living'. Plato is the foundational thinker of European speculative thought. He was the first Western writer to undertake a comprehensive and rigorous study of the fundamental categories of reality and value, and few philosophers have escaped his influence or rivaled the ...Show more
How to Read Portraits by Kathryn Calley Galitz
Category: Art and Design | Series: The\Metropolitan Museum of Art - How to Read Ser.
This latest volume in The Met's acclaimed How to Read series explores the meaning of portraiture across time and cultures--from funerary masks to realism to abstraction Portraiture goes far beyond capturing a likeness. Portraits speak to such fundamental human concerns as status, relationships, and ide ...Show more
How to Read Sade by Phillips John
Category: Philosophy | Series: How to Read Ser.
How to Read is a personal master-class in reading, bringing you face to face with the work of some of the most influential and challenging writers in history.
How to Read Shakespeare by Nicholas Royle
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: How to Read
Shakespeare's legacy is all around us - in our books and our films, in our politics and in our everyday speech. With his words he has formed our world, and his influence has been greater than that of any other writer. So what makes Shakespeare's plays so powerful? Taking a single word from each of the s ...Show more
How to Read Skyscrapers - A Crash Course in High-Rise Architecture by Edward Denison; Tom Kitch (Editor)
Category: Home and Garden | Series: How to Read Ser.
Throughout history, the story of the skyscraper has been defined by our desire for ascendance--politically, militarily, economically, religiously, culturally, and, of course, physically. These spectacular superstructures epitomise more than architectural aspiration, they excite the imagination and inspi ...Show more
How to Read the Qur'An by Mona Siddiqui
Category: Religion | Series: How to Read
The Qur'an is regarded by Muslims as the direct word of God, timeless and unchanged. It is used not only for prayer and worship but as a path which can lead the believer to a closer understanding of the essence of their relationship with God. In this thought-provoking, considered study of the scripture ...Show more
The Good Book: How to Read the Bible by Richard Holloway
Category: Religion | Series: How to Read
Sacred to millions across the world, translated into countless languages and with estimated annual sales of 25 million, The Bible is one of the most influential books of all time. But how, in the 21st century, should believers and non-believers alike approach the Book of Books? Here, acclaimed writer, r ...Show more