The Ancient Guide to Modern Life Hardcover - 2011
by Haynes, Natalie
- Used
- Hardcover
In times as turbulent as these, comedienne Natalie Haynesbrings her scholarship, wit, and a deeply insightful eye to the topic ofreexamining our classical past to have a richer present. She contends thereare few things more encouraging than the realization that the Greeks andRomans lived in much tougher conditions than most of us do--like thethirty-year war in fifth-century BC Athens that almost wiped out twosuccessive generations of young men. Yet the people living through thesetumultuous times thrived--they created successful political models, theybuilt empires, they created poetry and art, and they questioned the verynature of man's place in the world.
Haynes bridges the gap betweenthese seemingly archaic pieces of our history and the way our every daylives evolve, in politics, pop culture, history, making comparisons to suchpopular pieces of culture as the HBO series The Wire, as well asObama's election to office--and she does it all with a unique and charmingnarrative that truly and seamlessly pulls history into the forefront of ourlives. Our history doesn't belong in dusty classrooms and dog-earedtextbooks, it belongs in our lives, teaching us how to live here and now,and Natalie Haynes makes realizing this important lesson a pleasure.
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- Title The Ancient Guide to Modern Life
- Author Haynes, Natalie
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used: Good
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Brand: Overlook Hardcover, New York
- Date 2011-05-12
- Illustrated Yes
- Bookseller's Inventory # SONG1590206371
- ISBN 9781590206379 / 1590206371
- Weight 0.87 lbs (0.39 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5 x 1 in (20.32 x 12.70 x 2.54 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Civilization, Ancient, Civilization, Modern - Classical influences
- Dewey Decimal Code 930
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