Edward FitzGerald's Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam - Tapa dura

The Bloomsbury edition is a delight . . . This is a Rubaiyat that will please longtime fans and new readers alike. (Shelf Awareness)

In Richardson, the philosopher has found a tireless champion and a perceptive editor. Richardson is that increasingly rare phenomenon among academics, an enthusiast, even a lover, of his subjects. (John Banville The New York Review of Books on THE HEART OF WILLIAM JAMES)

To read this book is to be touched on the shoulder by a thousand years of poetry and thought . . . This book is unforgettable; it is essential. (Mary Oliver on EMERSON: THE MIND ON FIRE)

A splendidly written book . . . Richardson's critical discussion . . . casts a new light on Thoreau's sometimes cross-grained but fascinating personality. (The Boston Globe on HENRY THOREAU: A LIFE OF THE MIND)

Lincoln Perry is a contemporary painter possessed by learning from the past and translating it into something new. (Art New England)

Perry's murals are a moving tribute to the whole classical tradition from Phidias through Raphael, Veronese, Poussin, Ingres, and Degas. (David Summers, author of VISION, REFLECTION, AND DESIRE IN WESTERN PAINTING)