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How to Make Money: An Ancient Guide to Wealth Management
Category: Business | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
An enriching collection of classical writings about how ancient Romans made--and thought about--money Ancient Romans liked money. But how did they make a living and sometimes even become rich? The Roman economy was dominated by agriculture, but it was surprisingly modern in many ways: the Romans had co ...Show more
How to Run a Country: An Ancient Guide for Modern Leaders by Marcus Tullius Cicero
Category: Humour | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
Marcus Cicero, Rome's greatest statesman and orator, was elected to the Roman Republic's highest office at a time when his beloved country was threatened by power-hungry politicians, dire economic troubles, foreign turmoil, and political parties that refused to work together. Sound familiar? Cicero's le ...Show more
How to Say No: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Cynicism by Diogenes
Category: Culture | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
An entertaining and enlightening collection of ancient writings about the philosophers who advocated simple living and rejected unthinking conformityThe Cynics were ancient Greek philosophers who stood athwart the flood of society's material excess, unexamined conventions, and even norms of politeness a ...Show more
How to Stop a Conspiracy: An Ancient Guide to Saving a Republic by Sallust
Category: Humour | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
In 63 BC, frustrated by his failure to be elected leader of the Roman Republic, the aristocrat Catiline tried to topple its elected government. Backed by corrupt elites and poor, alienated Romans, he fled Rome while his associates plotted to burn the city and murder its leading politicians. The attempte ...Show more
How to Tell a Joke: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Humor by Marcus Tullius Cicero
Category: Humour | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
Timeless advice about how to use humor to win over any audience Can jokes win a hostile room, a hopeless argument, or even an election? You bet they can, according to Cicero, and he knew what he was talking about. One of Rome's greatest politicians, speakers, and lawyers, Cicero was also reputedly one ...Show more
How to Tell a Story: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Storytelling for Writers and Readers by Aristotle
Category: Humour | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
Aristotle’s Poetics is the most important book ever written for writers and readers of stories—whether novels, short fiction, plays, screenplays, or nonfiction. Aristotle was the first to identify the keys to plot, character, audience perception, tragic pleasure, and dozens of other critical points of g ...Show more
How to Think about God: An Ancient Guide for Believers and Nonbelievers by Marcus Tullius Cicero
Category: Humour | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
A vivid and accessible new translation of Cicero's influential Stoic writings on the divine Most ancient Romans were deeply religious and their world was overflowing with gods--from Jupiter, Minerva, and Mars to countless local divinities, household gods, and ancestral spirits. One of the most influent ...Show more
How to Think about War: An Ancient Guide to Foreign Policy by Thucydides
Category: Humour | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
An accessible modern translation of essential speeches from Thucydides's History that takes readers to the heart of his profound insights on diplomacy, foreign policy, and war Why do nations go to war? What are citizens willing to die for? What justifies foreign invasion? And does might always make rig ...Show more
How to Win An Argument - Ancient Gde ... by Marcus Tullius Cicero; James A. May
Category: Humour | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
All of us are faced countless times with the challenge of persuading others, whether we're trying to win a trivial argument with a friend or convince our coworkers about an important decision. Instead of relying on untrained instinct-and often failing as a result-we'd win more arguments if we learned th ...Show more
How to Win an Election: An Ancient Guide for Modern Politicians by Quintus Tullius Cicero; Philip Freeman (Translator)
Category: Humour | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
How to Win an Election is an ancient Roman guide for campaigning that is as up-to-date as tomorrow's headlines. In 64 BC when idealist Marcus Cicero, Rome's greatest orator, ran for consul (the highest office in the Republic), his practical brother Quintus decided he needed some no-nonsense advice on ru ...Show more
Human Kindness by Renée Hollis (Editor)
Category: Biography | Series: Timeless Wisdom Ser.
Kindness comes in many forms and affects all of us. As Mark Twain said, 'Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.' And while a kind gesture can often simply make someone feel better about their day, sometimes -- as the twenty-five true stories collected here show -- it can ...Show more
I Ching: Bold-faced Answers to Eternal Questions of Life, Love, and Career by Laura (EDT) James (TRN); Ross Legge
Category: Health and Wellbeing | Series: Bold-Faced Wisdom Ser.
This pocket-sized edition of the world's first self-help guide, venerated for more than 3000 years as a work of philosophy, mysticism and by some, divinatory power, features highlighted passages and reflective writing exercises aimed squarely at contemporary readers. The underlying theme of "I Ching" is ...Show more