2466 rezultatov
-
Persian Letters(2008) MONTESQUIEUTwo Persian travellers arrive in Paris and report on the European society of the Enlightenment in their letters home. With biting satire they compare East and West, while unsettling news from the harem provides a suspenseful plot of jealousy and passion.Vezava: Mehka16,81 €
-
Three Early Modern Utopias: Thomas More: Utopia / Francis Bacon: New Atlantis / Henry Neville: The Isle of Pines(2008) THOMAS MOREVezava: Mehka14,01 €
-
Goodbye to All That(2000) GRAVES, ROBERTIn 1929 the author went to live abroad permanently, vowing 'never to make England my home again'. This book is an account of his life up until that 'bitter leave-taking': from his childhood and desperately unhappy school days at Charterhouse, to his timeVezava: Mehka14,01 €
-
Oxford Companion to Classical Literature(2013)A unique A-Z reference work of over 3,100 entries spanning the length and breadth of classical literature. It ranges from detailed biographies of authors, overviews of myths and legends, and explanations of literary styles, to topical entries on the widerVezava: Mehka25,92 €
-
My Guru and His Disciple(2013) ISHERWOOD, CHRISTOPHERWITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY SIMON CALLOWIn 1939, as Europe approaches war, Isherwood, an instinctive pacifist, travels west to California, seeking a new set of beliefs to replace the failed Leftism of the thirties.Vezava: Mehka18,21 €
-
Greek Thought, Arabic Culture(1998) GUTAS, DIMITRIDimitri Gutas provides a stimulating, erudite and well-documented survey of this key movement in the transmission of ancient Greek culture to the Middle Ages.Vezava: Mehka78,74 €
-
Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor(2013) NIXON, ROB“Slow violence” from climate change, toxic drift, deforestation, oil spills, and the environmental aftermath of war occurs gradually and often invisibly. Rob Nixon focuses on the inattention we have paid to the lethality of many environmental crises, in cVezava: Mehka39,12 €
-
‘Love Me or Kill Me’(2002) SAUNDERS, GRAHAMBased on conversations with directors and actors who knew her, this book is a study of the British post-war dramatist, Sarah Kane. It covers all her major plays and productions, as well as unpublished material and reviews, and looks at her continuing inflVezava: Mehka35,63 €