Robin Lane Fox
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Thoughtful Gardening, award-winning historian and Financial Times gardening columnist Robin Lane Fox takes readers on a delightful journey through each season of the gardening year. From fending off vine-weevils to visiting Yves Saint Laurent's private gardens in Marrakech, Fox imbues each of his musings with grace, sophistication, and charm. Essential reading for anyone planting a new garden or taking stock of one after several years,...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Medical thinking and observation were radically changed by the ancient Greeks, one of their great legacies to the world. In the fifth century BCE, a Greek doctor put forward his clinical observations of individual men, women, and children in a collection of case histories known as the Epidemics. Among his working principles was the famous maxim "Do no harm." In The Invention of Medicine, acclaimed historian Robin Lane Fox puts these remarkable works...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Robin Lane Fox addresses these questions, drawing on a lifelong love and engagement with the poem. He argues for a place, a date, and a method for its composition--subjects of ongoing controversy--combining the detailed expertise of a historian with a poetic reader's sensitivity. Lane Fox considers hallmarks of the poem; its values, implicit and explicit; its characters; its women; its gods; and even its horses."--
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
"The classical civilizations of Greece and Rome dominated the world for some 40 lifetimes before our own, and they continue to intrigue, inspire and enlighten. This book is a tour through two of the greatest empires the world has ever seen."--
