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This book combines elements of economic and business history to study business ethics from antiquity to the nineteenth century. This book begins with so-called primitive people, showing how humans began to exchange goods and commodities from trade as a way to keep peace and prosper. The ancients considered the value and ethics of business, and many of their reflections influenced medieval Catholic thinkers and business participants. Protestants elevated working and profit-making to the respectable and virtuous, and some groups, such as Quakers, came to exemplify good business ethics. This book draws on the work of economists and historians to highlight the importance of changing technologies, religious beliefs, and cultural attitudes, showing that what is considered ethical differs across time and place.

A look into the tantalising secrets of Florence's Palazzo Rucellai. When Italian Renaissance professor Allison Levy takes up residency in the palazzo of her dreams – the Palazzo Rucellai in Florence – she finds herself consumed by the space and swept into the vortex of its history. She spends every waking moment in dusty Florentine libraries, exploring the palazzo's myriad rooms seeking to uncover its secrets. As she unearths the stories of those who have lived behind its celebrated façade, she discovers that it has been witness to weddings, suicides, orgies, the dissection of a 'monster', and even a murder. Entwining Levy's own experiences with the ghosts of the Palazzo Rucellai's past, House of Secrets paints a scintillating portrait of a family, a palace and one of the most iconic cities in the world.

The biographies of famous Ancient Greeks and Romans by the ancient historian, Plutarch. Also known by the titles "Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans" or simply "Parallel Lives", Ancient figures profiled include:Theseus, Romulus, Comparison of Romulus with Theseus, Lycurgus, Numa, Pompilius, Comparison of Numa with Lycurgus, Solon, Poplicola, Comparison of Poplicola with Solon, Themistocles, Camillus, Pericles, Fabius, Comparison of Pericles with Fabius, Alcibiades, Coriolanus, Comparison of Alcibiades with Coriolanus, Timoleon, Aemilius, Paulus, Comparison of Timoleon with Aemilius, Paulus, Pelopidas, Marcellus, Comparision of Pelopidas with Marcellus, Aristides, Marcus, Cato, Comparison of Aristides with Marcus, Cato., Philopoemen, Flamininus, Comparison of Philopoemen with Flamininus, Pyrrhus, Caius, Marius, Lysander, Sylla, Comparison of Lysander with Sylla, Cimon, Lucullus, Comparison of Lucullus with Cimon, Nicias, Crassus, Comparison of Crassus with Nicias, Sertorius, Eumenes, Comparison of Sertorius with Eumenes, Agesilaus, Pompey, Comparison of Pompey and Agesilaus, Alexander, Caesar, Phocion, Cato, The, Younger, Agis, Cleomenes, Tiberius, Gracchus, Caius, Gracchus, Comparison of Tiberius and Caius, Gracchus with Agis and Cleomenes, Demosthenes, Cicero, Comparison of Demosthenes and Cicero, Demetrius, Antony, Comparison of Demetrius and Antony, Dion, Marcus, Brutus, Comparison of Dion and Brutus, Aratus, Artaxerxes, Galba, and Otho.