Robin Waterfield Libros

Follows the adventures of a dog who is part wolf as he eventually makes his peace with man in the wilderness of northern Canada.

This abridged edition of Marcus Aurelius's Meditations offers a refined selection of his timeless philosophical insights, translated by a renowned expert. Readers can expect to engage with the profound reflections of the Roman Emperor on virtue, resilience, and the nature of the human experience. The edition captures the essence of Aurelius's thoughts, making them accessible for contemporary audiences while preserving the depth and wisdom of the original text.

In 1960s America, four young boys go on a journey to search for the body of a boy killed by a train. As they travel, they discover how cruel the world can be, but also how wondrous.

Set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King’s timeless novella “The Body”—originally published in his 1982 short story collection Different Seasons, and adapted into the 1986 film classic Stand by Me —is now available as a stand-alone publication. It’s 1960 in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine. Ray Brower, a boy from a nearby town, has disappeared, and twelve-year-old Gordie Lachance and his three friends set out on a quest to find his body along the railroad tracks. During the course of their journey, Gordie, Chris Chambers, Teddy Duchamp, and Vern Tessio come to terms with death and the harsh truths of growing up in a small factory town that doesn’t offer much in the way of a future. A timeless exploration of the loneliness and isolation of young adulthood, Stephen King’s The Body is an iconic, unforgettable, coming-of-age story.

Entre la reflexión filosófica y la teoría psicológica, Platón (c. 427 – 347 a. C.) nos ofrece con el Banquete una brillante y elaborada exposición de su teoría de los afectos. El diálogo, perteneciente al período de madurez, en el que el filósofo ateniense se interesa por la esencia ontológica de diversas ideas, presenta una estructura sencilla. A través de seis discursos que encuentran su eje en este sentimiento, el autor desmenuza sus múltiples facetas: la naturaleza divina de Eros, sus diversas formas y manifestaciones, sus designios y anhelos, o su incidencia en la vida humana. Por estas páginas desfila, en suma, la consistente doctrina del amor platónica que constituye en sí misma su exaltación. La extensa producción de Platón alcanza con El banquete una de sus cumbres y, con ella, lo hace también el conjunto del pensamiento occidental.

Marco Aurelio nacio en el ano 121 d.C. Las Meditaciones no nos ilustran sobre los acontecimientos acaecidos en su epoca de emperador, sino que son breves pinceladas dispersas sobre sus gustos y anhelos, soliloquio espiritual y filosofico de un emperador preocupado por construir una "ciudadela interior" que corriera mejor fortuna que su Imperio.

Paul Sheldon es un escritor que sufre un grave accidente y recobra el conocimiento en una apartada casa en la que vive una sospechosa mujer, corpulenta y de extraño carácter. Se trata de una antigua enfermera, involucrada en varias muertes misteriosas ocurridas en diversos hospitales. Fanática de un personaje de una serie de libros que él ha decidido dejar de escribir, está dispuesta a hacer todo lo necesario para convencerlo de que retome la escritura. Esta mujer es capaz de los mayores horrores, y Paul, con las piernas rotas y entre terribles dolores, tendrá que luchar por su vida. Un relato obsesivo y aterrador, que solo Stephen King podía ofrecernos.

Engaging but rigorously researched narrative history. All you ever needed to know about the Greeks. The Lady

El mítico best seller que lanzó la carrera del maestro del thriller legal. Mitch McDeere, tras graduarse tercero en Harvard, recibe múltiples ofertas de prestigiosos bufetes. Aunque Bendini, Lambert & Locke no es el más famoso, le ofrece un sueldo inmejorable, una casa maravillosa y un BMW. Sin embargo, el trato incluye términos inesperados: archivos secretos, micrófonos ocultos, investigaciones del FBI y millones de dólares en actividades ilegales. Pronto, Mitch descubre que su trabajo soñado lo ha llevado a una espeluznante conspiración y a una aterradora verdad: nadie ha logrado abandonar Bendini, Lambert & Locke, y quienes lo han intentado no han sobrevivido para contarlo. La crítica ha elogiado la obra, destacando la maestría de Grisham en el género. The Washington Post lo describe como un "absoluto maestro", mientras que el San Francisco Chronicle lo califica de "rápido, implacable y lleno de tensión". Newsweek resalta su capacidad de atrapar al lector desde la primera página hasta la última. Autores como Jodi Picoult y Ken Follett también reconocen su talento, afirmando que es el mejor autor vivo de thrillers y un maestro de la novela legal. La historia promete mantener al lector enganchado desde los primeros capítulos hasta un final sorprendente.

Set in turn-of-the-century Beirut, this is the story of a young man who falls in love with a women betrothed to the nephew of a leading churchman. When their secret meetings are discovered, she is confined to the house and their beautiful dreams are crushed by a cruel and repressive society.

In the detective business, Spenser sometimes has to bend the law. Other times, to break it. But he lives by his own inviolate rules. And he loves just one woman -- even though she is the one woman he's just lost. So when Susan's desperate letter arrives, Spenser doesn't think twice. His best friend, Hawk, faces a life sentence. And Susan has gotten herself into even bigger trouble. Now Spenser has to free them both...even if it means breaking his own rules to do it. "If you like tight writing, no wasted words and interesting characters, Parker will be your cup of tea." (USA Today)

The Transcontinental Race Train takes owners and their horses from all over the world across Canada to take part in a series of horse races. Tor Kelsey, an investigator for the Jockey Club, is on the train and he is watching Julius Filmer very closely indeed.

"Dividing the spoils" revives the memory of Alexander's Successors, whose fame has been dimmed only because they stand in his enormous shadow. In fact, Alexander left things in a mess at the time of his death, with no guaranteed succession, no administration in place suitable for such an enormous realm, and huge untamed areas both bordering and within his 'empire'. The Successors consolidated the Conqueror's gains. Their competing ambitions, however, meant that consolidation inevitably led to the break-up of the empire.

These first philosophers paved the way for the work of Plato and Aristotle - and hence for the whole of Western thought. This is a unique and invaluable collection of the works of the Presocratics and the Sophists. Waterfield brings together the works of these early thinkers with brilliant new translation and exceptional commentary. This is the ideal anthology for the student of this increasingly appreciated field of classical philosophy.

In his celebrated masterpiece, Symposium, Plato imagines a high-society dinner-party in Athens in 416 BC at which the guests - including the comic poet Aristophanes and, of course, Plato's mentor Socrates - each deliver a short speech in praise of love. The sequence of dazzling speeches culminates in Socrates' famous account of the views of Diotima, a prophetess who taught him that love is our means of trying to attain goodness. And then into the party bursts the drunken Alcibiades, the most popular and notorious Athenian of the time, who insists on praising Socrates himself rather than love, and gives us a brilliant sketch of this enigmatic character. The power, humour, and pathos of Plato's creation engages the reader on every page. This new translation is complemented by full explanatory notes and an illuminating introduction.

This history of Athens centres mainly on the classical period, but also tells the city's story up to the 21st century.

Hypnotism exists on the periphery of the scientific community, much as it has from its inception, and Robin Waterfield approaches the issues which surround it with an open mind, carefully stripping fact from fantasy and the truth from the myth.

Based on the motion picture written by Leslie Bohem.

The Greek Myths contains some of the most thrilling, romantic and unforgettable stories in all human history. From Achilles rampant on the fields of Troy, to the gods at sport on Mount Olympus, from Icarus flying too close to the sun, to the superhuman feats of Heracles, Theseus and the wily Odysseus, these timeless tales exert a fascination and inspiration that have endured for millennia. There are few people as steeped in the Ancient World as Robin and Kathryn Waterfield, and in their hands the heroism, humour, mystery, sensuality and brutality of the Greek Myths are brought brilliantly to life.

Allie Fox hates the United States and he hates the twentieth century. He takes his wife and children to the jungle in Honduras to find a new, simpler way of living. But things go wrong, and their lives become much worse and more frightening than anything back home

Dos jueces del Tribunal Supremo aparecen muertos. Solo una persona ha conectado ambos crímenes, y lo ha hecho por escrito en un informe judicial. En Nueva Orleans, la brillante, bella y ambiciosa estudiante de derecho Darby Shaw intuye que lo especulado en su informe ha llegado a oídos de los más altos poderes de Washington y causará un oleaje difícil de controlar. Un oleaje que reducirá a partículas al novio de Darcy tras la explosión de una bomba, un oleaje que enviará a asesinos a sueldo a por su cabeza, un oleaje que la perseguirá por todo el país mientras ella intenta dar con el reportero de investigación Gray Grantham, el único hombre que está tan cerca de la verdad como ella.

In the only novel Conrad set in London, "The Secret Agent" communicates a profoundly ironic view of human affairs. The story is woven around an attack on the Greenwich Observatory in 1894 masterminded by Verloc, a Russian spy working for the police, and ostensibly a member of an anarchist group in Soho. His masters instruct him to discredit the anarchists in a humiliating fashion, and when his evil plan goes horribly awry, Verlac must deal with the repercussions of his actions.

A legendary children's story of sibling adventure, by the enchanting author of "The Railway Children" and "Five Children and It," which has delighted countless generations of children The Bastable children (Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noel, and Horace Octavius--H.O.) live in London with their widowed father. Too poor to attend school, the children are left to their own devices, and they spend their days coming up with ingenious plans to restore their father's fortune. Told from the first person perspective--which lends the narrative substantial bias--this was Nesbit's first work. Refreshingly free of Victorian sentimentality, yet still wonderfully evocative of a bygone era, the tale makes for timeless reading. amd ensures Nesbit's esteemed place in the canon of children's literature.

The six Bastable children try to restore their family's fortune using a variety of schemes taken from books, including finding buried treasure, rescuing someone from bandits, and starting a newspaper

"Plutarch's biographies of eminent Greeks and Romans are renowned not just for their historical importance but also for their insights into the personalities they describe. In prose that is rich, elegant, and sprinkled with learned references, Plutarch explores with an extraordinary degree of insight the interplay of character and political action. He portrays virtues to be emulated and vices to be avoided, but his purpose is implicitly to warn and educate those in his own day who wielded power. Plutarch brought to biography not only a clear moral objective, but also a natural storyteller's ear for a good anecdote. Influential in their own day, the Lives were drawn on by later historians and writers, including Shakespeare." "This selection of nine Lives, chosen for their range and interest, offers a new translation as well as a lucid introduction and helpful notes and indexes."--BOOK JACKET.

Two judges are murdered in Washington and only a young law student, Darby Shaw, knows why. She has uncovered a secret, but can she stay alive long enough to persuade anyone to believe her?

Mark Aurel (121–180 n. Chr.) war der sechzehnte römische Kaiser und einer der mächtigsten, aber auch klügsten Männer seiner Zeit. Seine »Selbstbetrachtungen«, die nie zur Veröffentlichung bestimmt waren, haben sich als unerschöpfliche Quelle der Weisheit und als eines der wichtigsten Werke der stoischen Philosophie erwiesen. In eindrücklicher Sprache verfasst, reichen die Einträge von einzeiligen Aphorismen bis zu Essays, die von Menschenliebe, Besonnenheit, aber auch Melancholie geprägt sind. Diese kommentierte Ausgabe von Robin Waterfield, einem weltbekannten Experten antiker Philosophie, bietet einen neuen Einblick in die Gedankenwelt des Philosophenkaisers des antiken Roms. Sie enthält eine völlig neue Übersetzung seines Klassikers mit ausführlichen Anmerkungen und einer aufschlussreichen Einleitung über Leben und Werk Mark Aurels. Ein Genuss sowohl für Einsteiger als auch für Kenner des Stoizismus.

Sice jsi obyčejný lesní elf, ale právě Tebe bohové vybrali, aby ses postavil Ištrovi a jeho stále se rozrůstající armádě ohavných nestvůr chaosu. Musíš je zastavit dříve, než se stanou neporazitelnými. Ale protože je princem démonů, neublíží Ištrovi žádná zbraň vyrobená pozemským kovářem – dokonce ani ten nejmocnější magický meč Vznešených elfů – čím tedy proti němu budeš bojovat Ty? Snad ti mocné umění lesních elfů – ovládání snů – poskytne tolik potřebnou výhodu a umožní ti v klíčových okamžicích tvého dobrodružství sesílat kouzla…

Nepřátelské arkadianské impérium upevňuje svou vládu nad galaxií.. Vůdci tajné pozemské organizace SAROS vědí, že musí impérium porazit. Všechny své prostředky vynaloží na jediný nebezpečný, téměř šílený úkol – útok na srdce domovské planety okupantů. Ty jsi jejich poslední naděje. Vycvičený ve všech bojových uměních a vyzbrojený laserovým mečem. Musíš nalézt skrytá centra odporu a sestavit kód, který budeš potřebovat ke zničení nepřítele. Jedině Ty stojíš Arkadianskému impériu v cestě k úplné nadvládě nad galaxií.

Morgana, padlá čarodějka z Krill Garnasche, zamýšlí vypustit své děsivé golemy, kterým se nikdo nemůže postavit. To proto, že jim dala Masky zmaru, které jim poskytují moc nad všemi věcmi. Jen Ty můžeš překazit její ďábelské plány – avšak pozor: nebezpečí a zrada číhají na každém kroku, je těžké nalézt pomoc.

Zu seinen Lebzeiten und danach galt Platon, einer der bedeutendsten Philosophen aller Zeiten, als nahezu göttliche Figur. Dies führte dazu, dass viele Legenden über ihn erfunden wurden – sowohl von denen, die ihn anbeteten, als auch von seinen Gegnern. In diesem umfassenden Porträt steuert Robin Waterfield einen vernünftigen Kurs zwischen diesen Geschichten, entlarvt einige als Märchen, während er den Kern der Wahrheit in anderen akzeptiert. Platon wurde Ende des fünften Jahrhunderts v. Chr. in einer wohlhabenden Familie im kriegsgeplagten Athen geboren. Als Teenager schärfte er seinen Intellekt, indem er die Vorlesungen der vielen Denker besuchte, die durch Athen reisten. Schließlich beschloss er, in die Politik zu gehen, wurde aber desillusioniert, insbesondere nachdem die Athener seinen Lehrer Sokrates zum Tode verurteilt hatten. Stattdessen wandte sich Platon dem Schreiben und Lehren zu. Später gründete er die Akademie, die erste Forschungs- und Lehreinrichtung für höhere Bildung in der Welt. Der renommierte Klassikexperte Robin Waterfield gibt einen umfassenden Einblick in Leben und Werk des großen Philosophen. Er erklärt, warum Platon lieber Dialoge als Abhandlungen geschrieben hat, und gibt einen Überblick über den Inhalt aller Bücher Platons.