Seneca at the Court of Nero
by James Romm
Recommended by Tim O’Reilly
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Philosophy, History, and Social Sciences.
From acclaimed classical historian, author of Ghost on the Throne (?Gripping . . . the narrative verve of a born writer and the erudition of a scholar? ?Daniel Mendelsohn) and editor of The Landmark Arrian:The Campaign of Alexander (?Thrilling? ?The New York Times Book Review), a highstakes drama full of murder, madness, tyranny, perversion, with ...
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“Honorable mention to a few other books I really enjoyed this year: Winners Take All, by Anand Giridharadas; Automating Inequality, by Virginia Eubanks; Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero, by James Romm; In the Garden of Beasts, by Erik Larsen; AI Superpowers, by KaiFu Lee; Antarctica, by Kim Stanley Robinson, and its truelife counterpart, Mawson's Will, by Lennard Bickel.”
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Consider The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy. Recommended by 8 sources.
“Soft-spoken, heavily illustrated fable built from short dialogues and watercolor sketches. Each spread pairs a spare line of text with a loose drawing, so the pleasure is visual and aphoristic rather than narrative; readers collect felt-true sentences more than plot. Most useful when you want quick consolations, a prompt for conversation with a child, or a pause during a rough day. Limiting if you want sustained argument, concrete advice, or tightly plotted storytelling: the repetition of gentleness can feel sentimental or thin after a while.”
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