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John Florio
Books by John Florio
One Punch from the Promised Land
Leon Spinks, Michael Spinks, And The Myth Of The Heavyweight Title
By John Florio and Ouisie Shapiro
It was 1976 when Leon and Michael Spinks first punched their way into America’s living rooms. That year, they became the first brothers to win Olympic gold in the same Games. Shortly thereafter, they became the first brothers to win the heavyweight title: Leon toppled The Greatest, Muhammad Ali; ...
Essays
Translated by John Florio
Living at a time of religious strife and the decline of the intellectual optimism that had begun in the Renaissance, Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-1592) expressed in his writings both a deep skepticism about human affairs and a wide-ranging intellectual curiosity reflective of the age. Having ...