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If recent history has taught us anything, it's that sometimes the best guide to leadership is the negative example. But that insight is hardly new. Nearly 2,000 years ago, Suetonius wrote Lives of the Caesars, perhaps the greatest negative leadership book of all time. In How to Be a Bad Emperor, Josiah Osgood provides crisp new translations of Suetonius's briskly paced, darkly comic biographies of the Roman emperors Julius Caesar, Tiberius, Caligula, and Nero. Entertaining and shocking, these ancient anti-role models show how power inflames leaders' worst tendencies.

In the winelands of 16th-century Germany, Obsopoeus witnessed the birth of a poisonous new culture of bingeing, hazing, peer pressure, and competitive drinking. Alarmed, and inspired by the Roman poet Ovid's Art of Love, he wrote The Art of Drinking (1536), a how-to manual for drinking with pleasure and discrimination. In How to Drink, Michael Fontaine offers the first proper English translation of Obsopoeus' text, rendering his poetry into spirited, contemporary prose and uncorking a forgotten classic that will appeal to drinkers of all kinds and (legal) ages. 

Read by the author, Donald J. Robertson. 'One of the best books ever written on the power and practicality of philosophy for building a good and successful life' Tom Morris, bestselling author of Plato's Lemonade Stand and Stoicism for Dummies How can we apply the teachings of the greatest...

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BCE) was one of the most influential figures in late republican Rome, a moment of great social, political, and cultural unrest that would lead to the transition from republic to empire. Cicero was a statesman who held the highest political office, the consulship, and then suffered politically motivated exile. His career was grounded in his continued success as an orator: his speeches were famous during his lifetime and, together with his rhetorical treatises, shaped the practice and theory of public speaking for centuries to come.

Have you ever wondered why true happiness seems so difficult to achieve in a world driven by fleeting pleasures? For centuries, humanity has searched for the secret to a fulfilling life. In Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle offers a powerful answer: happiness is not merely something we feel—it is something we do.

Have you ever wondered why the private thoughts of a Roman Emperor still resonate so deeply today? Meditations reveals the soul of a man striving for self-mastery amidst immense pressure. Written nearly two thousand years ago by Marcus Aurelius, these private writings remain the ultimate manual for cultivating mental toughness and emotional resilience.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. ¿De dónde venimos realmente? El viajero eterno cuenta la extraordinaria historia de un solo átomo de carbono cuyo viaje comenzó hace miles de millones de años en el corazón de una estrella moribunda. Desde entonces, ha viajado a través del...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Cztery miliardy lat temu narodziłem się w sercu gwiazdy. Byłem ogniem, zanim ogień miał nazwę. To nie jest opowieść o wszechświecie. To opowieść wszechświata — opowiedziana przez najmniejszy możliwy głos: pojedynczy atom węgla, który...

In the history of philosophy, few topics are so relevant to today's cultural and political landscape as philosophy in the Islamic world. Yet, this remains one of the lesser-known philosophical traditions. In this Very Short Introduction, Peter Adamson explores the history of philosophy among Muslims, Jews, and Christians living in Islamic lands, from its historical background to thinkers in the 20th century.

This compassionate, personal, and illuminating work of nonfiction draws on the author's celebrated work as a director of socially conscious theater to connect listeners with the power of an ancient artistic tradition. For years Bryan Doerries has been producing ancient tragedies for current and returned servicemen and women, addicts, tornado and hurricane victims, and a wide range of other at-risk people in society.

 Augustine was arguably the greatest early Christian philosopher. His teachings had a profound effect on medieval scholarship, Renaissance humanism, and the religious controversies of both the Reformation and the Counter-Reformation. Here, Henry Chadwick places Augustine in his philosophical and religious context and traces the history of his influence on Western thought, both within and beyond the Christian tradition. 

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. What power can hold humanity together when fear, ambition, and violence threaten to tear it apart? In *Leviathan*, Thomas Hobbes builds one of the most formidable visions in political philosophy: a world where human beings, left without authority, fall...

A grimly entertaining anthology of ancient Greek and Roman writings about how to fearlessly prepare for the end of the world and other disasters A remarkable percentage of people believe we are living in the end times, according to pollsters. Between the climate crisis, nuclear weapons, AI, and...

A vivid and timely new translation of Plato’s Apology,in which Socrates defends his pursuit of truth, no matter the consequences Free speech is back at the center of political and cultural debate, amid intense arguments over censorship on campus, in government, and in everyday life. How to...

Una guía práctica que transforma los principios del estoicismo en reglas simples para la vida moderna, enfocándose en su aplicación diaria para mejorar nuestras vidas y la de los demás, de la mano de William Mulligan, el fundador de The Everyday Stoic a quien las enseñanzas estoicas le...

Escritos na metade do século I d.C., em formato epistolar, os dois diálogos contidos neste volume foram provavelmente as únicas obras latinas dedicadas a expor uma terapêutica para a superação da ira e para o alcance de um estado de perene serenidade. Ambos exemplificam a concepção que Sêneca—preceptor de Nero e um dos maiores filósofos da Antiguidade romana—tinha da filosofia: uma disciplina prática, destinada não só a elevar a qualidade ética da vida humana, mas sobretudo a promover um processo de ascese espiritual, conforme a perspectiva afirmada pela doutrina estoica.

كتاب "كليلة ودمنة" هو تحفة أدبية عالمية تضم مجموعة من القصص الرمزية على ألسنة الحيوانات والطيور. يهدف الكتاب في ظاهره إلى التسلية، ولكنه يحمل في باطنه أبعاداً...

What is love? In poetry, songs, fiction, movies, psychology, and philosophy, love has been described, admired, lamented, and dissected in endless ways. Is love based on physical attraction? Does it bring out our better selves? How does it relate to sex? Is love divine? Plato's Symposium is one of the oldest, most influential, and most profound explorations of such questions—it is even the source of the idea of "Platonic love."

What if the greatest philosophical treatises ever written were not treatises at all, but tragedies performed on a wooden stage in sixteenth-century London? In Shakespeare’s Tragic Mirror, Boris Kriger takes listeners on a provocative journey through eight of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies — Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, King Lear, Othello, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, and Coriolanus — revealing them not as museum pieces of English literature, but as living instruments of self-knowledge.

Ancient Wisdom for the Modern Mind — Stoic Mastery with Epictetus. In a world of constant distraction, pressure, and uncertainty, the philosophy of Epictetus offers something rare: a clear, practical path to inner freedom. Written nearly two thousand years ago, his teachings remain as sharp and relevant today as the day they were recorded.