In Plato in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Plato's life and ideas and explains their influence on man's struggle to understand his existence in the world. The book also includes selections from Plato's work, a brief list of suggested reading for those who wish to delve deeper, and chronologies that place Plato within his own age and in the broader scheme of philosophy.
In an age when philosophers had scarcely glimpsed the horizons of the mind, a boy named Aristocles decided to forgo his ambitions as a wrestler. Adopting the nickname Plato, he embarked instead on a life in philosophy. In 387 B.C. he founded the Academy, the world's first university, and taught his students that all we see is not reality but merely a reproduction of the true source. And in his famous Republic he described the politics of "the highest form of state."
Far above the merciless Underdark, Drizzt Do-Urden fights to survive the elements of Toril's harsh surface. The drow begins a sojourn through a worl entirely unlike his own--even as he evades the dark elves of his past. The dramatic conclusion to the Forgotten Realms Dark Elf Trilogy.
Homeland (1990) — Homeland follows the story of Drizzt from around the time and circumstances of his birth and his upbringing amongst the drow(dark elves). The book takes the reader into Menzoberranzan, the drow homeland. From here, the reader follows Drizzt on his quest to follow his principles in a land where such feelings are threatened by all his family including his mother Matron Malice. In an essence, the book introduces Drizzt Do'Urden, one of Salvatore's more famous characters from the Icewind Dale Trilogy
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This, the first Wexford novel and Rendell's debut in the world of the
published writer, is a remarkable crime novel, for several reasons.
Firstly, and most importantly of course, it is an excellent mystery; a
brilliant puzzle, worthy of Agatha Christie. The investigation twists
and turns down unexpected paths, and the diligent Inspector Wexford
follows each clue faithfully, until the entirely satisfying and
surprising solution. However, unlike Christie, Rendell's mystery is
more rounded. It is more socially conscious (although that's not at al
to say that some of Christie's weren't; she was excellent at the divide
between the upper- and lower-classes), the characters are more real,
more developed, more human and thus more interesting. The writing is
also better; more compelling, with greater clarity; precision.
