Homer - Böcker

Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. ...

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Christian Diors väg till den parisiska modevärldens absoluta höjder är en av 1900-talets mest fascinerande berättelser. Dior var gallerist och mycket inspirerad av den franska haute couture-traditionen. Hans debutkollektion 1947 blev startskottet ...

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The first great adventure story in the Western canon, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty and power; about marriage, family and identity; and about travellers, hospitality and the changing meanings ...

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Louis Vuittons väskor med Monogram-mönster har burits av kungligheter och kändisar i mer än 150 år. Sedan unge Louis sökte lyckan i Paris har detta lyxmärke växt i stadig takt och överlevt två världskrig, den stora ekonomiska depressionen, jazzera...

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When Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey¿appeared in 2017-revealing the ancient poem in a contemporary idiom that was "fresh, unpretentious and lean" (Madeline Miller,¿The Washington Post)-critics lauded it as "a revelation" (Susan Chira,¿Th...

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A stunning Penguin clothbound edition of Homer's great epic, in E. V. Rieu's classic translation. The Iliad is the first and the greatest literary achievement of Greek civilization - an epic poem without rival in the literature of the world, and t...

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'The Odyssey is a poem of extraordinary pleasures: it is a salt-caked, storm-tossed, wine-dark treasury of tales, of many twists and turns, like life itself' Guardian The epic tale of Odysseus and his ten-year journey home after the Trojan War for...

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De ikoniska väskorna, den berömda orangefärgade presentlådan, alla kändisar som älskar modehuset Hermès är ett av världens mest berömda lyxmärken. Från sadelmakeriet på 1800-talet till 1960-talets Paris och framåt har Hermès produkter fyllt garder...

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When Robert Fagles' translation of The Iliad was published in 1990, critics and scholars alike hailed it as a masterpiece. Now one of the great translators of our time presents us with The Odyssey, Homer's best-loved poem, recounting Odysseus' wan...

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When Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey appeared in 2017-revealing the ancient poem in a contemporary idiom that "combines intellectual authority with addictive readability" (Edith Hall, The Sunday Telegraph)-critics lauded it as "a revelat...

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'The first great book, and the first great book about the suffering and loss of war' Guardian One of the foremost achievements in Western literature, Homer's Iliad tells the story of the darkest episode in the Trojan War. At its centre is Achilles...

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If the Iliad is the world's greatest war epic, the Odyssey is literature's grandest evocation of an everyman's journey through life. Odysseus' reliance on wit and wiliness for survival in his encounters with divine and natural forces during his te...

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Låt mig hållas, och jag kommer starta en revolution Alexander McQueen Ända sedan det skapades 1992 har House of Alexander McQueen varit synonymt med dramatik, risktagande och banbrytande innovation. Från ikoniska samarbeten, som med Lady Gaga för ...

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Valentino, känd vid bara sitt förnamn, är en sann modelegend. Valentino Garavani grundade sin modeataljé i Rom 1959. Hans första världskända kund var Elizabeth Taylor. Hon följdes av Jackie Kennedy och sedan dess har stjärnorna stått på rad. Inte ...

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Opulent, feminine, iconic. The House of Dior revolutionized the way women dressed, shopped and saw themselves. From the trailblazing New Look silhouette in 1947 through to their exquisite red-carpet couture and feminist T-shirts, Dior's pieces hav...

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London en inspirationskälla för oändligt med designers genom åren och subkulturernas huvudstad! Från Mary Quant till Alexander McQueen, från punkare till gothare, och från Twiggy till Naomi Campbell. Lilla boken om mode: London är en vacker och bi...

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One of the epics in Western literature, "The Iliad" recounts the story of the Trojan wars. In his introduction, the author observes that although the violence of the Iliad is grim and relentless, it co-exists with both images of civilized life and...

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The Italian Renaissance was preceded, structured, and, to a significant extent, determined by the Renaissance of the twelfth century which saw the culmination of Romanesque art and the beginnings of the Gothic; the emergence of vernacular language...

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Suitable for students of art history as well as those seeking an understanding of art and of the cultural and historical context in which it is made, this title brings together primary texts by artists, critics and art historians ranging from the ...

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Part of the Chiltern Classics range. This edition of Homer's epic, Iliad, is from the Alexander Pope Translation, tells the story of the final year of the Trojan War. First written in the 8th century BC, after centuries of being passed on orally, ...

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Read this stunning translation of Homer's great war epic, the legendary tale of honour, love, loss and revenge during the fall of the city of Troy. High on Olympus, Zeus and the assembled deities look down on the world of men, to the city of Troy ...

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Homer's two epics of the ancient world, The Iliad¿and The Odyssey, tell stories as riveting today as when they were written between the eighth and ninth century B.C.¿This edition employs Samuel Butler's classic translations of both texts.¿ The Ili...

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'Tell me, Muse, of the man of many turns, who was driven far and wide after he had sacked the sacred city of Troy' Twenty years after setting out to fight in the Trojan War, Odysseus is yet to return home to Ithaca. His household is in disarray: a...

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'War, the bringer of tears...' For 2,700 years the Iliad has gripped listeners and readers with the story of Achilles' anger and Hector's death. This tragic episode during the siege of Troy, sparked by a quarrel between the leader of the Greek arm...

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Little Book of Louis Vuitton is the pocket-sized and fully illustrated story of one of the world's most luxurious fashion houses. Louis Vuitton's monogrammed bags have been seen on the arms of celebrities and royals alike for over 150 years. From ...

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To have a colour named after you is one of the highest accolades in fashion. Valentino Garavani is one such icon. Since the founding of the House of Valentino in 1950s Rome, Garavani has been celebrated for the desirability of his designs. His stu...

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The epic tale of wrath and redemption. Here is a new Loeb Classical Library edition of Homer's stirring heroic account of the Trojan war and its passions. The eloquent and dramatic epic poem captures the terrible anger of Achilles, "the best of th...

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The epic tale of wrath and redemption. Here is a new Loeb Classical Library edition of Homer's stirring heroic account of the Trojan war and its passions. The eloquent and dramatic epic poem captures the terrible anger of Achilles, "the best of th...

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