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England Your England(2021) ORWELL, GEORGEThis new collection brings together four of Orwell's short sketches of English life with his masterful analysis of a crumbling English society.Vezava: Mehka16,82 € -
Mystery Feast(2015) OKRI, BENPacked with ideas and inspiration, The Mystery Feast offers numerous pathways into the magical world of storytelling. Based on decades of honing his art, this stimulating booklet gives a glimpse into the mind of Ben Okri, a master of contemporary storytelVezava: Mehka5,60 € -
Music, Sense and Nonsense(2017) BRENDEL, ALFREDA unique insight into the exceptional mind of one of the outstanding musicians of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
I Give You Half the Road(2021) SPINDEL, CAROLOnce considered the most stable country in West Africa, Ivory Coast was split by an armed rebellion in 2002 and endured a decade of instability and a violent conflict. Carol Spindel provides an intimate glimpse into this turbulent period by weaving togethVezava: Trda55,11 € -
World of Sex(2015) MILLER, HENRYA title, in which the author argues that sex is at the heart of his writing because it is at the heart of life - a vital force as essential as bread, money, work or play.Vezava: Mehka8,40 € -
In Defence of the Republic(2011) CICEROCicero (106-43BC) was the most brilliant orator in Classical history. Even one of the men who authorized his assassination, the Emperor Octavian, admitted to his grandson that Cicero was: 'an eloquent man, my boy, eloquent and a lover of his country'. ThiVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Redress of Poetry(2002) HEANEY, SEAMUSHe proceeds to explore how this 'redress' manifests itself in a diverse range of poems and poets, including Christopher Marlowe's 'Hero and Leander', 'The Midnight Court' by the eighteenth-century Irish poet Brian Merriman, John Clare's vernacular writingVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Historical Miscellany(1997) AELIANAelian’s Historical Miscellany (Varia Historia) is a pleasurable example of light reading for Romans of the early third century. Offering engaging anecdotes about historical figures, retellings of legendary events, and enjoyable descriptive pieces, AelianVezava: Trda44,47 € -
Autobiography and Selected Letters, Volume I(1992) LIBANIUSLibanius, one of the last great publicists and teachers of Greek paganism, has much to tell us about the tumultuous world of the fourth century AD. His works include Orations, the first of which is an autobiography, and Letters.Vezava: Trda44,47 € -
Autobiography and Selected Letters, Volume II(1992) LIBANIUSLibanius, one of the last great publicists and teachers of Greek paganism, has much to tell us about the tumultuous world of the fourth century AD. His works include Orations, the first of which is an autobiography, and Letters.Vezava: Trda44,47 € -
From the Valley of Bronze Camels(2022) MILLER, JANE"What makes art 'modern' and what does 'urgent' mean now?"Vezava: Mehka34,12 € -
Selected Essays(2021) ORWELL, GEORGEOrwell was one of the most celebrated essayists in the English language, and there are quite a few of his essays which are probably better known than any of his other writings apart from Aminal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four.Vezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Essays on Music(2002) ADORNO, THEODORTheodor W Adorno (1903-1969), one of the principal figures associated with the Frankfurt School, wrote extensively on culture, modernity, aesthetics, literature, and - more than any other subject - music. This title presents the full range of Adorno's musVezava: Mehka56,55 € -
Immanuel(2022) MCNAUGHT, MATTHEWIn Immanuel, Matthew McNaught explores his upbringing in an evangelical community in Winchester. As he moved away from the faith of his childhood, a group of his church friends joined TB Joshua's SCOAN in Lagos. At what point does faith turn into tyranny?Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Wordy(2020) SCHAMA, SIMONA wide-ranging collection of essays written by the award-winning writer and historian over his forty-year career, chosen by the man himself.Vezava: Mehka14,01 €
