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Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers presents the timeless and timely ideas of thinkers from the ancient world in accessible and enlightening new translations.

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How to Make a Home

Vitruvius, Marden Fitzpatrick Nichols (ed., trans.)

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How to Have Willpower

Plutarch, Prudentius, Michael Fontaine (ed, trans.)

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How to Talk about Love

Plato, Armand D'Angour (ed. and trans.)

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How to Lose Yourself

The Buddha, Jay L. Garfield, Maria Heim, Robert H. Sharf

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How to Eat

Claire Bubb (ed.), Claire Bubb (trans.)

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How to Make Money: An Ancient Guide to Wealth Management

Pliny & Co., Luca Grillo (trans.)

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How to Get Over a Breakup: An Ancient Guide to Moving On

Ovid, Michael Fontaine (trans.)

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How to Be Queer: An Ancient Guide to Sexuality

Sappho, Plato, Sarah Nooter (trans.)

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How to Focus: A Monastic Guide for an Age of Distraction

John Cassian, Jamie Kreiner (trans.)

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How to Care about Animals: An Ancient Guide to Creatures Great and Small

Porphyry, M.D. Usher (trans.)

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How to Be Healthy: An Ancient Guide to Wellness

Galen, Katherine D. Van Schaik (trans.)

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How to Do the Right Thing: An Ancient Guide to Treating People Fairly

Seneca, Robert A. Koster (trans.)

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How to Flourish: An Ancient Guide to a Happy Life

Aristotle, Susan Sauvé Meyer (trans.)

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

Diogenes, M.D. Usher

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How to Have a Life: An Ancient Guide to Using Our Time Wisely

Seneca, James S. Romm

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How to Be Free: An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life

Epictetus, A.A. Long

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How to Win an Argument: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Persuasion

Marcus Tullius Cicero, James M. May

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How to Stop a Conspiracy: An Ancient Guide to Saving a Republic

Sallust, Josiah Osgood

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How to Die: An Ancient Guide to the End of Life

Seneca, James S. Romm

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How to Tell a Story: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Storytelling for Writers and Readers

Aristotle, Philip Freeman

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How to Tell a Joke: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Humor

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Michael Fontaine

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How to Grieve: An Ancient Guide to the Lost Art of Consolation

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Michael Fontaine

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How to Think about War: An Ancient Guide to Foreign Policy

Thucydides, Johanna Hanink

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How to Drink: A Classical Guide to the Art of Imbibing

Vincent Obsopoeus, Michael Fontaine

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How to Keep Your Cool: An Ancient Guide to Anger Management

Seneca, James S. Romm

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How to Be a Farmer: An Ancient Guide to Life on the Land

M.D. Usher

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How to Think about God: An Ancient Guide for Believers and Nonbelievers

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Philip Freeman

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How to Run a Country: An Ancient Guide for Modern Leaders

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Philip Freeman

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How to Innovate: An Ancient Guide to Creative Thinking

Aristotle, Armand D'Angour

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

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Philip Freeman

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

Suetonius, Josiah Osgood

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

Horace, Stephen Harrison

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How to Give: An Ancient Guide to Giving and Receiving

Seneca, James S. Romm

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

Sextus Empiricus, Richard Bett

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How to Grow Old

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Philip Freeman

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