Parthenon (Beard Professor Mary)(Paperback / softback)

Parthenon (Beard Professor Mary)(Paperback / softback)

The ruined silhouette of the Parthenon on its hill above Athens is one of the world's most famous images. Its 'looted' Elgin Marbles are a global cause celebre. But what actually are they? This work tells the history and explains the significance of the Parthenon, the temple of the virgin goddess

Women & Power - A Manifesto (Beard Professor Mary)(Paperback / softback)

A year on from the allegations against Harvey Weinstein and the beginnings of #metoo movement Mary Beard revisits the gender agenda with new material on rape, consent and how the discussion has moved

The Parthenon (Beard Mary)(Paperback)

Praise for the previous edition: Wry and imaginative, this gem of a book deconstructs the most famous building in Western history.-Benjamin Schwarz, The Atlantic In her brief but compendious volume Beard] says that the more we find out about this mysterious structure, the less we know. Her book is

All in a Don's Day (Beard Professor Mary)(Paperback / softback)

Lets you share the author's 'terror of humiliation' as she enters 'hairdresser country' and follow her dilemma as she wanders through the quandary of illegible handwriting on examination papers and 'longing for the next dyslexic' - on whose paper the answers are typed, not

Confronting the Classics - Traditions, Adventures and Innovations (Beard Professor Mary)(Paperback / softback)

Explores our rich classical heritage - from Greek drama to Roman jokes, introducing some larger-than-life characters of history, such as Alexander the Great, and Nero. The author invites you into the places where Greeks and Romans lived and died, from the palace at Knossos to Cleopatra's Alexandria

Pompeii - The Life of a Roman Town (Beard Professor Mary)(Paperback / softback)

Contains chapters that include Street Life, Earning a Living: Baker, Banker and Garum Maker (who ran the city), and The Pleasure of the Body: Food, Wine, Sex and Baths. This book offers an insight into the workings of a Roman

Pompeii - The Life of a Roman Town (Beard Professor Mary)(Paperback / softback)

'The world's most controversial classicist debunks our movie-style myths about the Roman town with meticulous scholarship and propulsive energy - scrutinising and animated in equal measure' Laura Silverman, Daily

Mary Tudor - England's First Queen (Whitelock Professor Anna)(Paperback / softback)

S.P.Q.R: A History of Ancient Rome (Beard Mary)(Paperback)

In SPQR, an instant classic, Mary Beard narrates the history of Rome 'with passion and without technical jargon' and demonstrates how 'a slightly shabby Iron Age village' rose to become the 'undisputed hegemon of the Mediterranean' (Wall Street Journal). Hailed by critics as animating 'the grand

The Parthenon (Woodford Susan)(Paperback)

An introduction to the History of the Parthenon: How the Parthenon came to be built, how the Greeks worshipped their Gods and Goddesses and the history of Parthenon from the 5th century BC until the present

Ženy a moc - Mary Beard

Krátký feministický manifest od oceňované autorky Mary Beard, ve kterém pátrá po kořenech misogynie od antické mytologie až po současnost. Anotace: Profesorka antické literatury Mary Beardová je britské veřejnosti dobře známá, vedle akademické práce se věnuje také populárně

Professor (Bronte Charlotte)(Paperback / softback)

Dear Professor Whale (Iwasa Megumi)(Paperback / softback)

It's a Don's Life (Beard Mary)(Paperback)

Mary Beard's by now famous blog A Don's Life has been running on the TLS website for nearly three years. In it she has made her name as a wickedly subversive commentator on the world in which we live. Her central themes are the classics, universities and teaching - and much else besides. What are

European Union Law (Lenaerts Professor Koen)(Paperback / softback)

Criminal Law (Jones Professor Timothy H)(Paperback / softback)

Craig: Administrative Law (Craig Professor Paul)(Paperback / softback)

Taking Rights Seriously (Dworkin Professor Ronald)(Paperback / softback)

Lloyd's Introduction to Jurisprudence (Freeman Professor Michael)(Paperback / softback)

How to Study Law (Bradney Professor Anthony)(Paperback / softback)

EU Environmental Law (Kramer Professor Ludwig)(Paperback / softback)

Understanding Criminal Law (Clarkson Professor C M V)(Paperback / softback)

Good Book - A Secular Bible (Grayling Professor A. C.)(Paperback / softback)

Introduction to Molecular Evolution and Phylogenetics (Bromham Lindell (Professor Professor Research School of Biology Australian National University))(Paperback / softback)