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How to Be a Bad Emperor: An Ancient Guide to Truly Terrible Leaders

(Hardback)

By: Suetonius

ISBN: 9780691193991
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2020
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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How to Be a Farmer: An Ancient Guide to Life on the Land

(Hardback)

By: M. D. Usher

ISBN: 9780691211749
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2021
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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"An assemblage of selections from classical literature that celebrate country living-what Roman authors called res rusticate"--

How to Be a Friend: An Ancient Guide to True Friendship

(Hardback)

By: Marcus Tullius Cicero

ISBN: 9780691177199
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2018
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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"Ancient wisdom for modern readers"--Page facing title page.

How to Be Content: An Ancient Poet's Guide for an Age of Excess

(Hardback)

By: Horace

ISBN: 9780691182520
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2020
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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How to Be Free: An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life

(Hardback)

By: Epictetus

ISBN: 9780691177717
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2018
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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How to Be Healthy: An Ancient Guide to Wellness

(Hardback)

By: Katherine D. Van Schaik

ISBN: 9780691206271
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2024
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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How to Care about Animals: An Ancient Guide to Creatures Great and Small

(Hardback)

By: M. D. Usher

ISBN: 9780691240435
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2023
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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How to Die: An Ancient Guide to the End of Life

(Hardback)

By: Seneca

ISBN: 9780691175577
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2018
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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How to Do the Right Thing: An Ancient Guide to Treating People Fairly

(Hardback)

By: Seneca

ISBN: 9780691238647
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2023
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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How to Drink: A Classical Guide to the Art of Imbibing

(Hardback)

By: Vincent Obsopoeus

ISBN: 9780691192147
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2020
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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How to Flourish: An Ancient Guide to Living Well

(Hardback)

By: Aristotle

ISBN: 9780691238623
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2023
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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How to Focus: A Monastic Guide for an Age of Distraction

(Hardback)

By: John Cassian

ISBN: 9780691208084
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2024
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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How to Give: An Ancient Guide to Giving and Receiving

(Hardback)

By: Seneca

ISBN: 9780691192093
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2020
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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How to Grieve: An Ancient Guide to the Lost Art of Consolation

(Hardback)

By: Marcus Tullius Cicero

ISBN: 9780691220321
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2022
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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How to Grow Old: Ancient Wisdom for the Second Half of Life

(Hardback)

By: Marcus Tullius Cicero

ISBN: 9780691167701
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2016
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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How to Have a Life: An Ancient Guide to Using Our Time Wisely

(Hardback)

By: Seneca

ISBN: 9780691219127
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2022
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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How to Innovate: An Ancient Guide to Creative Thinking

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By: Aristotle

ISBN: 9780691213736
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2021
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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Includes selections of works by Aristotle, Athenaeus, and Diodorus.

How to Keep an Open Mind: An Ancient Guide to Thinking Like a Skeptic

(Hardback)

By: Sextus Empiricus

ISBN: 9780691206042
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2021
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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How to Keep Your Cool: An Ancient Guide to Anger Management

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By: Seneca

ISBN: 9780691181950
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2019
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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How to Run a Country: An Ancient Guide for Modern Leaders

(Hardback)

By: Marcus Tullius Cicero

ISBN: 9780691156576
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2013
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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O"How to Win an Election" was a delight--and "How to Run a Country" is even better. Cicero's acute observations about how to govern will resonate with everyone who recognizes that the tribalism, ideological extremism, and coarsened culture of politics today urgently need to change."--Norman J. Ornstein, co-author of "It's Even Worse Than It Looks."

How to Say No: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Cynicism

(Hardback)

By: Diogenes

ISBN: 9780691229850
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2022
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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How to Stop a Conspiracy: An Ancient Guide to Saving a Republic

(Hardback)

By: Sallust

ISBN: 9780691212364
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2022
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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How to Tell a Joke: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Humor

(Hardback)

By: Marcus Tullius Cicero

ISBN: 9780691206165
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2021
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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How to Tell a Story: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Storytelling for Writers and Readers

(Hardback)

By: Aristotle

ISBN: 9780691205274
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: May 2022
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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