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Pedro's Recommendations from class
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The Art of Love (Modern Library Classics)The Art of Love (Modern Library Classics) by Ovid
Buy new: $9.23 / Used from: $7.56
The End of History and the Last ManThe End of History and the Last Man by Francis Fukuyama
Buy new: $11.48 / Used from: $6.41
The Art of MemoryThe Art of Memory by Frances A. Yates
Buy new: $16.36 / Used from: $15.00
The Annals: The Reigns of Tiberius, Claudius, and Nero (Oxford World's Classics)The Annals: The Reigns of Tiberius, Claudius, and Nero (Oxford World's Classics) by Cornelius Tacitus
Buy new: $12.71 / Used from: $7.11
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Collins Business Essentials)Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Collins Business Essentials) by Robert B. Cialdini
Buy new: $12.23 / Used from: $7.95
Conversion: The Old and the New in Religion from Alexander the Great to Augustine of HippoConversion: The Old and the New in Religion from Alexander the Great to Augustine of Hippo by A. D. Nock
Buy new: $25.00 / Used from: $10.11
Scribes and Scholars: A Guide to the Transmission of Greek and Latin LiteratureScribes and Scholars: A Guide to the Transmission of Greek and Latin Literature by L. D. Reynolds
Buy new: $68.00 / Used from: $29.95
Cosmopolis: The Hidden Agenda of ModernityCosmopolis: The Hidden Agenda of Modernity by Stephen Edelston Toulmin
Buy new: $16.20 / Used from: $7.33
The Memory Palace of Matteo RicciThe Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci by Jonathan D. Spence
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $2.70
Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private LifeLying: Moral Choice in Public and Private Life by Sissela Bok
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $3.01
Gorgias (Agora Paperback Editions)Gorgias (Agora Paperback Editions) by Plato
Buy new: $12.95 / Used from: $3.49
Are Quanta Real?: A Galilean Dialogue (A Midland Book)Are Quanta Real?: A Galilean Dialogue (A Midland Book) by J.M. Jauch
Buy new: $14.95 / Used from: $4.08
Not a Pedro recommendation, but one from Ben Oppenheimer, a Frontiers of Science teacher and curator at the AMNH.
Proust Was a NeuroscientistProust Was a Neuroscientist by Jonah Lehrer
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $3.00
Not Pedro's recommendation, and not one I may truly vouch for, but after reading an article of Mr. Lehrer's in the New Yorker, I feel this is a must read. Lehrer has an ability to write that surpasses most authors today.
How We DecideHow We Decide by Jonah Lehrer
Buy new: $16.50 / Used from: $12.50
Ditto.