Martin Pfeiffer

12 books

Antigones: How the Antigone Legend Has Endured in Western Literature, Art, and Thought by George Steiner

Antigones: How the Antigone Legend Has Endured in Western Literature, Art, and Thought

George Steiner

328 pages • paperback

nonfiction essays philosophy reflective medium-paced
The Body and Society: Men, Women and Sexual Renunciation in Early Christianity by Peter R.L. Brown

The Body and Society: Men, Women and Sexual Renunciation in Early Christianity

Peter R.L. Brown

504 pages • 1988

nonfiction history religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced
History of Beauty by Umberto Eco, Girolamo De Michele, Alastair McEwen, Agnolo di Cosimo Bronzino

History of Beauty

Umberto Eco, Girolamo De Michele, Alastair McEwen, Agnolo di Cosimo Bronzino

432 pages • paperback • 2004

nonfiction art history philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Librettist of Venice: The Remarkable Life of Lorenzo Da Ponte--Mozart's Poet, Casanova's Friend, and Italian Opera's Impre by Rodney Bolt

The Librettist of Venice: The Remarkable Life of Lorenzo Da Ponte--Mozart's Poet, Casanova's Friend, and Italian Opera's Impre

Rodney Bolt

448 pages • 2006

nonfiction biography music informative lighthearted relaxing slow-paced
The Third Reich at War by Richard J. Evans

The Third Reich at War

The History of the Third Reich #3

Richard J. Evans

926 pages • 2009

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages by Guy Deutscher

Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages

Guy Deutscher

304 pages • hardcover • 2010

nonfiction science reflective slow-paced
The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention by Guy Deutscher

The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention

Guy Deutscher

368 pages • digital • 2005

nonfiction science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945 by Saul Friedlander

The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945

Nazi Germany and the Jews #2

Saul Friedlander

870 pages • paperback

nonfiction history politics informative sad slow-paced
Alexander the Great: King, Commander and Statesman by N. G. L. Hammond

Alexander the Great: King, Commander and Statesman

N. G. L. Hammond

368 pages • paperback

nonfiction history
Barbarism with a Human Face by George Holoch, Bernard-Henri Lévy

Barbarism with a Human Face

George Holoch, Bernard-Henri Lévy

210 pages • 1977

nonfiction philosophy politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced