Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers

How to Be a Farmer: An Ancient Guide to Life on the Land by Horatius, Musonius Rufus, Plato, Pliny the Elder, Marcus Terentius Varro, Columella, Hesiod

How to Be a Farmer: An Ancient Guide to Life on the Land

Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers

Horatius, Musonius Rufus, Plato, Pliny the Elder, Marcus Terentius Varro, Columella, Hesiod

272 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction nature philosophy challenging informative reflective medium-paced
How to Get Over a Breakup: An Ancient Guide to Moving On by Ovid

How to Get Over a Breakup: An Ancient Guide to Moving On

Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers

Ovid

184 pages • first pub 2 (editions)

nonfiction classics philosophy
How to Talk about Love: An Ancient Guide for Modern Lovers by Plato

How to Talk about Love: An Ancient Guide for Modern Lovers

Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers

Plato

208 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

nonfiction classics philosophy
How to Innovate: An Ancient Guide to Creative Thinking by Aristotle

How to Innovate: An Ancient Guide to Creative Thinking

Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers

Aristotle

168 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction classics history philosophy challenging informative medium-paced
How to Be a Bad Emperor: An Ancient Guide to Truly Terrible Leaders by Suetonius

How to Be a Bad Emperor: An Ancient Guide to Truly Terrible Leaders

Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers

Suetonius

309 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative tense fast-paced
How to Make Money: An Ancient Guide to Wealth Management by Cato the Elder, Pliny the Younger

How to Make Money: An Ancient Guide to Wealth Management

Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers

Cato the Elder, Pliny the Younger

248 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction economics philosophy
How to Be Queer: An Ancient Guide to Sexuality by Sappho, Pindar, Xenophon, Homer, Plato, Aristophanes, Anacreon, Theognis

How to Be Queer: An Ancient Guide to Sexuality

Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers

Sappho, Pindar, Xenophon, Homer, Plato, Aristophanes, Anacreon, Theognis

264 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ philosophy informative reflective medium-paced
How to Grieve: An Ancient Guide to the Lost Art of Consolation by Marcus Tullius Cicero

How to Grieve: An Ancient Guide to the Lost Art of Consolation

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Marcus Tullius Cicero

264 pages • first pub -45 (editions)

nonfiction classics philosophy medium-paced
How to Be Content: An Ancient Poet's Guide for an Age of Excess by Horatius

How to Be Content: An Ancient Poet's Guide for an Age of Excess

Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers

Horatius

248 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction classics philosophy poetry challenging reflective medium-paced
How to Stop a Conspiracy: An Ancient Guide to Saving a Republic by Sallust

How to Stop a Conspiracy: An Ancient Guide to Saving a Republic

Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers

Sallust

240 pages • first pub 43 (editions)

nonfiction classics history politics dark informative tense medium-paced