Nadia May Books
The Classical Greeks
The Golden Age of ancient Greek city-state civilization lasted from 490 to 336 B.C., the period between the first wars against Persia and Carthage and the ascension of Alexander the Great. Never ha...
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Waiting For The Weekend
By Witold Rybczynski, Nadia May
Aristotle wrote that we work in order to have leisure. But is the leisure that Aristotle spoke of--the freedom to do nothing--the same as the leisure we look forward to each ... Publishers Weekly R...
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Tales From Shakespeare
By Charles Lamb, MARY LAMB, Nadia May
This retelling in prose of twenty of Shakespeare's thirty-seven plays was originally published just for children. Keeping Shakespeare's own words whenever possible but making the plots and language...
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The Embarrassment Of Riches: An Interpretation Of Dutch Culture In The Golden Age
Schama explores the mysterious contradictions of the Dutch nation that invented itself from the ground up, attained an unprecedented level of affluence, and lived in constant dread of being corrupt...
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