Robin Waterfield

Athens: A History, from Ancient Ideal to Modern City (Book)

Robin Waterfield

ISBN:9780465090648

In this engaging and readable narrative, noted classicist and author Robin Waterfield traces the life and history of the city of Athens, with an emphasis on the classical period when...more details
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Athens: A History (Book)

Robin Waterfield

ISBN:9780333989913

This history of Athens centres mainly on the classical period, but also tells the city's story up to the 21st century....more details
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Dividing the Spoils - The War for Alexander the Great's Empire (Book)

Robin Waterfield

ISBN:9780199573929

The story of the wars that led to the break-up of Alexander the Great's vast empire after his death in 323 BC and the brilliant cultural developments which accompanied this birth of a new world....more details
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Dividing the Spoils Dividing the Spoils: The War for Alexander the Great's Empire the War for Alexander the Great's Empire (Book)

Robin Waterfield

ISBN:9780195395235

Alexander the Great conquered an enormous empire--stretching from Greece to the Indian subcontinent--and his death triggered forty bloody years of world-changing warfare. These were years filled with high adventure...more details
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Hidden Depths (Book)

Robin Waterfield

ISBN:9780415947916

Controversy has always surrounded the world of hypnosis. The outlandish claims that over-zealous believers make are matched in intensity only by the howls of derision that they provoke from sceptics. Robin Wakefield's careful analysis casts light on several millennia of debate...more details
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Hidden Depths (Book)

Robin Waterfield

ISBN:9780415947923

Controversy has always surrounded the world of hypnosis. The outlandish claims that over-zealous believers make are matched in intensity only by the howls of derision that they provoke from sceptics. Robin Wakefield's careful analysis casts light on several millennia of debate...more details
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Hidden Depths: The Story of Hypnosis (Book)

Robin Waterfield

ISBN:9780330492515

Hypnotism exists on the periphery of the scientific community, much as it has from its inception, and Robin Waterfield approaches the issues which surround it with an open mind...more details
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Hidden Depths: The Story of Hypnosis (Book)

Robin Waterfield

ISBN:9780333779491

From its origins as animal magnetism, as practised by Franz Anton Mesmer, to its modern day use as a health cure and a form of entertainment...more details
Format:Hardback  Pages:400

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Jacob Boehme (Book)

Robin Waterfield

ISBN:9781556433573

As a cobbler in Gorlitz, Jacob Boehme (1575-1624) came into contact with many great thinkers who sought refuge from the Roman Church and Reformation groups in post-Luther Germany...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:240

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PROPHET - LIFE AND TIMES OF KAHLIL (Book)

Robin Waterfield

ISBN:9780140195620

In this biography, Robin Waterfield traces the influences that have shaped Gibran, from the decadence of the fin-de-seicle Boston to the vigour of Greenwich Village in its heyday before World War I...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:384

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Prophet: the Life & Times of Kahill Gibran (Book)

Robin Waterfield

ISBN:9780713992090

In this biography, Robin Waterfield traces the influences that have shaped Gibran, from the decadence of the fin-de-seicle Boston to the vigour of Greenwich Village in its heyday before World War I...more details
Format:Hardback  Pages:384

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Rene Guenon and the Future of the West (Book)

Robin Waterfield

ISBN:9781597310192

Ren Gunon (1886-1951) is undoubtedly one of the luminaries of the twentieth century, whose critique of the modern world has stood fast against the shifting sands of recent philosophies...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:164

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Rene Guenon and the Future of the West: The Life and Writings of a 20th-Century Metaphysician (Book)

Robin Waterfield

ISBN:9780900588877

The first English-language biography of the well-known traditionalist metaphysican Ren Gunon, including a separate section assessing the impact of his work in the Western world...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:164

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The Greek Myths - Stories of the Greek Gods and Heroes Vividly Retold (Book)

Robin Waterfield

ISBN:9780857382887

A highly readable and beautifully illustrated re-telling of the most famous stories from Greek mythology....more details
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Why Socrates Died: Dispelling the Myths (Book)

Robin Waterfield

ISBN:9780393065275

Socrates' trial and death together form an iconic moment in Western civilization. In 399 BCE, the great philosopher stood before an Athenian jury on serious charges: impiety and "subverting the young men of the city." The picture we have of it-created by his immediate followers...more details
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Xenophon's Retreat (Book)

Robin Waterfield

ISBN:9780571223831

It is 401 BC. In battle at Cunaxa on the River Euphrates, the Persian king Artaxerxes II defeats a challenge to his throne by his brother Cyrus the Younger. Among the slain Cyrus's troops are a contingent of Greek mercenaries...more details
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Xenophon's Retreat (Book)

Robin Waterfield

ISBN:9780571223848

It is 401 BC. In battle at Cunaxa on the River Euphrates, the Persian king Artaxerxes II defeats a challenge to his throne by his brother Cyrus the Younger. Among the slain Cyrus's troops are a contingent of Greek mercenaries...more details
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Xenophon's Retreat: Greece, Persia, and the End of the Golden Age (Book)

Robin Waterfield

ISBN:9780674023567

In "The Expedition of Cyrus," the Western world's first eyewitness account of a military campaign, Xenophon told how, in 401 B.C., a band of unruly Greek mercenaries traveled east to fight for the Persian prince Cyrus the Younger in his attempt to wrest the throne of the mighty Persian empire from his brother...more details
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Xenophon's Retreat: Greece, Persia, and the End of the Golden Age (Book)

Robin Waterfield

ISBN:9780674030732

In "The Expedition of Cyrus," the Western world's first eyewitness account of a military campaign, Xenophon told how, in 401 B.C., a band of unruly Greek mercenaries traveled east to fight for the Persian prince Cyrus the Younger in his attempt to wrest the throne of the mighty Persian empire from his brother...more details
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The Esoteric Path: An Introduction to the Hermetic Tradition (Book)

Luc Benoist;Robin Waterfield

ISBN:9781597310130

Traditional esoterism, though capable of the highest degree of elaboration, is based on a few first principles - Absolute Reality, hierarchical manifestation...more details
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The Firm (Book)

John Grisham;Robin Waterfield

ISBN:9780582418271

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The Mosquito Coast (Book)

Paul Theroux;Robin Waterfield

ISBN:9780582418141

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Conversations of Socrates (Book)

Robin A Waterfield;Robin H XenophonWaterfield

ISBN:9780140445176

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Rime of the Ancient Mariner: & Other Classic Stories in Verse The (Book)

Waterfield Robin (ed)

ISBN:9780140377880

Mysterious, mythic, fabulous -- this diverse collection of fifteen poems is a wonderful introduction to the world of narrative verse. From the much-loved The Lady of Shalott and The Pied Piper of Hamelin to the less familiar The Raven and Sohrab and Rustum...more details

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Theatetus (Book)

Plato;Robin H Waterfield Robin AWaterfield

ISBN:9780140444506

Set immediately prior to the trial and execution of Socrates in 399 BC, Theaetetus shows the great philosopher considering the nature of knowledge itself...more details
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Why Socrates Died (Book)

Waterfield Robin

ISBN:9780571235506

Socrates' trial and death together form an iconic moment in Western civilization. The picture we have of it - created by his immediate followers and perpetuated in countless works of literature and art ever since - is that a noble man was put to death in a fit of folly by the ancient Athenian democracy. But an icon...more details
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Why Socrates Died (Book)

Waterfield Robin

ISBN:9780571235513

The real story behind one of the great philosophical scandals of history - Socrates' trial and condemnation....more details
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