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  • Fresh Every Hour

    "Fresh Every Hour" is a work of fiction that focuses on themes of renewal, daily life, and possibly personal transformation. The title suggests a focus on living each moment to its fullest or maintaining a fresh perspective in one's daily life. The novel might explore characters who confront challenges and seek to refresh their outlook or circumstances.Given the period of publication, the novel ... Read more

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  • Fresh Every Hour

    Discover the power of renewal and resilience in John Peter Toohey’s inspiring work, "Fresh Every Hour." This enlightening book offers readers a refreshing perspective on personal growth, encouraging them to embrace change and seize each moment with renewed energy and purpose.As you delve into Toohey’s insightful reflections, you might ask yourself: How can we cultivate a mindset that welcomes new ... Read more

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  • Fresh Every Hour

    A most prepossessing young person whose parents had inflicted upon her the name of Lolita Murphy was directly responsible for the alarming symptoms already hinted at. From the precise moment that Lolita came within his ken Jimmy ceased to be a rational being in full control of his faculties and his heart, in sympathetic accord with the agitated condition of its owner, began to put on an antic ... Read more

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  • Fresh Every Hour

    Exploring the Depths of Human Relationships and Emotions in a Post-Modern Literary Landscape

    In "Fresh Every Hour," John Peter Toohey presents a richly woven tapestry of narratives that explore the interconnectedness of time, memory, and daily life. Through a blend of poetic prose and reflective essays, Toohey crafts a literary landscape where the mundane transforms into the profound. The book mirrors contemporary themes of fleeting time and existential pondering, mirroring influences ... Read more

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  • Hold On

    The Life, Science, and Art of Waiting

    by Peter Toohey ...
    What do you do when you're not asleep and when you're not eating? You're most likely waiting--to finish work, to get home, or maybe even to be seen by your doctor. Hold On is less about how to manage all that "staying where one is until a particular time or event" (OED) than it is about describing how we experience waiting. Waiting can embrace things like hesitation and curiosity, dithering and ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Inventing Ancient Culture

    Historicism, periodization and the ancient world

    Edited by Mark Golden, Peter Toohey ...
    Inventing Ancient Culture discusses aspects of antiquity which we have tended to ignore. It asks the reader how far we have reinvented antiquity, by applying modern concepts and understandings to its study. Furthermore, it challenges the common notion that perceptions of the self, of modern societal and institutional structures, originated in the Enlightenment. Rather, the authors and contributors ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Epic Lessons

    An Introduction to Ancient Didactic Poetry

    by Peter Toohey ...
    Didactic Epic was enormously popular in the ancient world. It was used to teach Greeks and Romans technical and scientific subjects, but in verse. Epic Lessons shows how this scientific poetry was intended not just to instruct but also to entertain.Praise for its predecessor, Reading Epic'Toohey's erudition makes the complexities and the strangeness of these ancient poems appear as clear as ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Jealousy

    by Peter Toohey ...
    Compete, acquire, succeed, enjoy: the pressures of living in today’s materialistic world seem predicated upon jealousy—the feelings of rivalry and resentment for possession of whatever the other has. But while our newspapers abound with stories of the sometimes droll, sometimes deadly consequences of sexual jealousy, Peter Toohey argues in this charmingly provocative book that jealousy is much ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Reading Epic

    An Introduction to the Ancient Narratives

    by Peter Toohey ...
    Readers new to ancient epic are hampered in two ways: they do not know the ancient languages, and they are unfamiliar with the ancient world. This survey addresses the needs of these readers by offering guidance through the major classical writers of epic: it begins with Homer and concludes with an overview of the development of late ancient epic and of the interface between the epic and the novel ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Fresh Every Hour (UNABRIDGED)

    Narrated by Ari Terry ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 14 min

    "This book is best described by its subtitle: “DETAILING the Adventures, Comic and Pathetic of one Jimmy Martin, Purveyor of Publicity, a Young Gentleman Possessing Sublime Nerve, Whimsical Imagination, Colossal Impudence, and, Withal the Heart of a Child.” Jimmy, press agent extraordinaire, conjures up outlandish and truth-stretching publicity stunts for an amusement park, theaters and performers ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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    by David Hume ...
    Four Dissertations is a collection of four essays by the Scottish enlightenment philosopher David Hume, first published in 1757. The four essays are:The Natural History of Religion Of the Passions Of Tragedy Of the Standard of Taste Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. ... Read more

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  • Classical Literature

    A Very Short Introduction

    by William Allan ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    From popular histories through to reworkings of classical subject matter by contemporary poets, dramatists, and novelists, the classical world and the masterpieces of its literature continue to fascinate readers and audiences in a huge variety of media. In this Very Short Introduction, William Allan explores what the 'classics' are and why they continue to shape our Western concepts of literature. ... Read more

    $7.99 USD