Shakespeare's Restless World: A Portrait of an Era in Twenty Objects
10 best books like Shakespeare's Restless World: A Portrait of an Era in Twenty Objects (Neil MacGregor): The Tristan Chord: Wagner and Philosophy, A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599, Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare, Shakespeare on Toast: Getting a Taste for the Bard, Poems on the Underground, Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics, The Leader's Guide, The Art of Friendship: 70 Simple Rules for Making Meaningful Connections, Startup Lessons Learned, Season Two, Startup Lessons Learned: Season One 2008 - 2009
Richard Wagner's devotees have ranged from the subtlest minds (Proust) to the most brutal (Hitler). The enduring fascination with his works arises not only from his singular fusion of musical innovation and theatrical daring, but also from his largely overlooked engagement with the boldest investigations...
| Author | James Shapiro |
| ISBN | 0060088745 |
1599 was an epochal year for Shakespeare and England Shakespeare wrote four of his most famous plays: Henry the Fifth, Julius Caesar, As You Like It, and, most remarkably, Hamlet; Elizabethans sent off an army to crush an Irish rebellion, weathered an Armada threat from Spain, gambled on a fledgling...
| Author | Stephen Greenblatt |
| ISBN | 0393352609 |
A young man from a small provincial town moves to London in the late 1580s and, in a remarkably short time, becomes the greatest playwright not of his age alone but of all time. How is an achievement of this magnitude to be explained? Stephen Greenblatt brings us down to earth to see, hear, and feel how an...
| Author | Ben Crystal |
| ISBN | 1848310161 |
Who's afraid of William Shakespeare? Just about everyone. He wrote too much and what he did write is inaccessible and elitist. Right? Wrong. "Shakespeare on Toast" knocks the stuffing from the staid old myth of Shakespeare, revealing the man and his plays for what they really are: modern, thrilling...
| Author | Gerard Benson |
| ISBN | 0304356395 |
An even bigger edition of the best selling poetry anthology, this time as a hardback, original format, in two colours throughout Originally published as 100 Poems on the Underground, this new tenth edition contains over 300 exceptional poems Total sales now exceed 275,000 - on a national basis, not...
Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics
| Author | Stephen Greenblatt |
| ISBN | 0393356973 |
Examining the psyche—and psychoses—of the likes of Richard III, Macbeth, Lear, and Coriolanus, Greenblatt illuminates the ways in which William Shakespeare delved into the lust for absolute power and the disasters visited upon the societies over which these characters rule. Tyrant shows...
The Leader’s Guide is aimed at entrepreneurs, executives, or anyone leading a project or team. It contains stories about how companies both large and small are adopting Lean Startup methods to scale successfully and operate in conditions of extreme uncertainty.
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The Art of Friendship: 70 Simple Rules for Making Meaningful Connections
| Author | Roger Horchow |
| ISBN | 0312360398 |
The frantic pace and casual attitudes of modern life have made real friendship a rare experience. The Art of Friendship shows how making true connections can greatly enhance one's life. Seventy brief essays present simple but effective "rules of connecting" with action points to help you put each...
Startup Lessons Learned, Season Two
Startup Lessons Learned: Season One 2008 - 2009
