Michael Macrone Libri

The ring of truth meets the well-turned phrase in this compendium of 365 brief selections from the plays and sonnets of Shakespeare. Included are familiar as well as lesser -known gems, arranged in such sections as "Virtues and vices," "Words and Deeds," "Commerce and Coin," "Passion and Lust," and others.

Macrone argues that it's the Bard's fundamental badness that counts heavily for his timeless appeal. He reveals Shakespeare as a popular writer who packed the Globe with rowdy masses by offering up delicious doses of sex, violence and horror.

A guide to 81 of the Western world's greatest ideas, aided by slightly irreverent cartoons. Includes the following concepts: Pascal's wager, Hume's fork, The paradox of value, Virtual reality, and many more

Why did Archimedes jump from his bath and run naked through the streets shouting 'Eureka!'? What is a quantum and where does it leap? Do you know your id from your ego? Does God play dice? This books answers all those questions and more, taking the revolutionary and perplexing ideas of Western thought and extracting their essence. From Greek philosophy to contemporary economics, physics and architecture, "A Little Knowledge" covers some of the most often heard but least understood theories and explains them simply and entertainingly, including: Existentialism; The Oedipus Complex; Original Sin; 'I think, therefore I am'; Fuzzy Logic; The Big Bang; and 'Religion is the Opium of the People'.