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  • How to Have Willpower

    An Ancient Guide to Not Giving In

    by Prudentius, Michael Fontaine, Plutarch ...
    Series series Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
    Lively new translations of two classical works that offer wise advice about how to resist temptationHow to Have Willpower brings together two profound ancient meditations on how to overcome pressures that encourage us to act against our own best interests—Plutarch’s essay On Dysopia or How to Resist Pressure and Prudentius’s poetic allegory Psychomachia or How to Slay Your Demons. Challenging the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • How to Tell a Joke

    An Ancient Guide to the Art of Humor

    by Marcus Tullius Cicero, Michael Fontaine ...
    Series series Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
    Timeless advice about how to use humor to win over any audienceCan 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 of antiquity’s funniest people. After he was elected commander-in-chief and head of state, his ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    How to Have Willpower

    An Ancient Guide to Not Giving In

    by Plutarch, Prudentius ...
    Narrated by Roger Clark ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 8 min

    How to Have Willpower brings together two profound ancient meditations on how to overcome pressures that encourage us to act against our own best interests—Plutarch's essay On Dysopia or How to Resist Pressure and Prudentius's poetic allegory Psychomachia or How to Slay Your Demons. Challenging the idea that humans are helpless victims of vice, these works—introduced and presented in vivid, ... Read more

    $13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How to Grieve

    An Ancient Guide to the Lost Art of Consolation

    by Marcus Tullius Cicero, Michael Fontaine ...
    Series series Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
    An engaging new translation of a timeless masterpiece about coping with the death of a loved oneIn 45 BCE, the Roman statesman Cicero fell to pieces when his beloved daughter, Tullia, died from complications of childbirth. But from the depths of despair, Cicero fought his way back. In an effort to cope with his loss, he wrote a consolation speech—not for others, as had always been done, but for ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • How to Drink

    A Classical Guide to the Art of Imbibing

    by Vincent Obsopoeus, Michael Fontaine ...
    Series series Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
    A spirited new translation of a forgotten classic, shot through with timeless wisdomIs there an art to drinking alcohol? Can drinking ever be a virtue? The Renaissance humanist and neoclassical poet Vincent Obsopoeus (ca. 1498–1539) thought so. In the winelands of sixteenth-century Germany, he witnessed the birth of a poisonous new culture of bingeing, hazing, peer pressure, and competitive ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • So What's in the Petri Dish, Dr. Periwinkle?

    by Michael Fontaine ...
    So whats in the Petri dish Dr. Periwinkle?A Synopsis:Whats it like to know that your future and a decision that could possibly change your future in a huge way is going to be decided not as much by scientists, but by politicians? Thats exactly what Dr. Oliver Periwinkle learns only after a few months as Chair of the Albert Einstein Department of Science and Technology at Belvedere Crossing ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

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    How to Speak Freely

    An Ancient Guide to Free Speech and Dissent

    by Plato, Michael Fontaine ...
    Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini ...
    Series series The Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Series

    Unabridged

    2 hours 7 min

    A vivid and timely new translation of Plato’s Apology,in which Socrates defends his pursuit of truth, no matter the consequencesFree speech is back at the center of political and cultural debate, amid intense arguments over censorship on campus, in government, and in everyday life. How to Speak Freely offers a timeless and essential exploration of free speech through a lively new translation of ... Read more

    $14.95 USD

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  • How to Speak Freely

    An Ancient Guide to Free Speech and Dissent

    by Plato, Michael Fontaine ...
    Series series Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
    A vivid and timely new translation of Plato’s Apology, in which Socrates defends his pursuit of truth, no matter the consequencesFree speech is back at the center of political and cultural debate, amid intense arguments over censorship on campus, in government, and in everyday life. How to Speak Freely offers a timeless and essential exploration of free speech through a lively new translation of ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • How to Get Over a Breakup

    An Ancient Guide to Moving On

    by Ovid, Michael Fontaine ...
    Series series Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
    A modern translation of the ancient Roman poet Ovid’s Remedies for Love—a witty and irreverent work about how to fall out of loveBreakups are the worst. On one scale devised by psychiatrists, only a spouse’s death was ranked as more stressful than a marital split. Is there any treatment for a breakup? The ancient Roman poet Ovid thought so. Having become famous for teaching the art of seduction in ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Audiobook

    How to Tell a Joke

    An Ancient Guide to the Art of Humor

    by Marcus Tullis Ciccero ...
    Narrated by Roger Clark ...
    Series series Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers

    Unabridged

    2 hours 30 min

    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 of antiquity's funniest people. After he was elected commander-in-chief and head of state, his enemies even started calling him "the stand-up Consul." How to ... Read more

    Was $19.99 USD Now $13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    The Fables of La Fontaine (UNABRIDGED)

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    by JEAN DE LA FONTAINE ...
    Narrated by Michael Hubbard, Raymond Phillips, Tracie Nageotte, Johnnie Vanwassenhove ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 51 min

    Jean de la Fontaine's fables were very well-known all over Europe during his life, and are now slowly being rediscovered. This edition contains 240 fables or fairy tales and a biography of Jean de la Fontaine and Aesop, containing the most well-known fables in existence, as well as some lesser-known fables and stories. Walter Thornbury's translation furthermore sets the fables into memorable ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    How to Grieve

    An Ancient Guide to the Lost Art of Consolation

    by Marcus Tullius Cicero ...
    Narrated by Gareth Richards ...
    Series series Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers

    Unabridged

    2 hours 50 min

    An engaging new translation of a timeless masterpiece about coping with the death of a loved oneIn 45 BCE, the Roman statesman Cicero fell to pieces when his beloved daughter, Tullia, died from complications of childbirth. But from the depths of despair, Cicero fought his way back. In an effort to cope with his loss, he wrote a consolation speech—not for others, as had always been done, but for ... Read more

    $13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook