intellectual life

Chronicles the history of thought in the twentieth century, beginning with four topics introduced in 1900--the unconscious, the gene, the quantum, and Picasso's first paintings in Paris--and covering the major artists, writers, philosophers, and scientists that shaped the next hundred years and the way people think in the modern world.

A secular compendium of 365 readings designed to refresh the spirit and stimulate the mind, featuring daily devotionals that, over the course of each week, cover the fields of history, literature, visual arts, science, music, philosophy, and religion.

Chronicles the intellectual history of Western civilization since the classical period, focusing on key moments of cultural transformation, and considering how the past contributes to an understanding of the changes taking place in the twenty-first-century landscape of knowledge.

Explores the many different intellectual achievements of humans throughout history.

A collection of more than one hundred essays in which Clive James reflects on a wide range of topics that have interested him throughout his life, including celebrities, tyrants, writers, and intellectuals.

Readers will follow Italys trajectory from a land of disparate barbarian kingdoms to a republic, discovering along the way the glories of the Medici period, the factors influencing Italys development into one of the worlds most industrialized countries, and the diverse society that makes up its population.

This all-encompassing volume profiles Germany from antiquity to the present day, examining its layered past, including its transition from a world power to a divided state and the major economic strides it has made since unification.

This comprehensive volume surveys France's assorted regions, its renowned traditions, the individuals and peoples that have led it to greatness, and the struggles and successes of its past and present.

This comprehensive volume traces the evolution of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, from their earliest civilizations to the present day.