September 15th, 2009 by zen
The Anabasis of Cyrus by Xenophon Translation...
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September 13th, 2009 by zen
Great piece of intellectual history here by Dr....
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September 8th, 2009 by zen
Professor Richard Pipes, the Harvard University...
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August 26th, 2009 by zen
Emergence: The Connected Lives of...
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August 10th, 2009 by zen
How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower by Adrian...
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