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22 produkter
Iliad
A New Translation by Caroline Alexander
E-bok, 2015
125 kr
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With her virtuoso translation, classicist and bestselling author Caroline Alexander brings to life Homer’s timeless epic of the Trojan War Composed around 730 B.C., Homer’s Iliad recounts the events of a few momentous weeks in the protracted ten-year war between the invading Achaeans, or Greeks, …
Skies of Thunder
The deadly World War II mission over the roof of the world
Häftad, 2027
153 kr
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'Riveting' - The New York TimesTHE LITTLE-KNOWN STORY OF THE ALLIES' FIGHT IN WWII'S CHAOTIC AND LETHAL CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER.In April 1942, the Imperial Japanese Army captured Burma, closing the only ground route from India to China. Supplies now had to be flown over the foothills of the …
Bounty
The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty
Häftad, 2004
198 kr
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The bestselling author of The Endurance reveals the startling truth behind the legend of the Mutiny on the Bounty – the most famous sea story of all time.More than two centuries have passed since Fletcher Christian mutinied against Lt. Bligh on a small armed transport vessel called Bounty. Why the …
Bounty
The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty (Text Only)
E-bok, 2011
118 kr
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The bestselling author of The Endurance reveals the startling truth behind the legend of the Mutiny on the Bounty – the most famous sea story of all time.More than two centuries have passed since Fletcher Christian mutinied against Lt. Bligh on a small armed transport vessel called Bounty. Why the …
Mrs. Chippy's Last Expedition
Häftad, 2015
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
177 kr
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The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War
Häftad, 2010
397 kr
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War That Killed Achilles
E-bok, 2010
148 kr
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The Iliad is still the greatest poem about war that our culture has ever produced. For a hundred generations, poets and thinkers in the West have pored over, retold and argued about the events described in this martial epic, even when direct knowledge of it was lost. Various empires have admired it …
Mrs Chippy's Last Expedition
The Remarkable Journey of Shackleton's Polar-bound Cat 1914-1915
Häftad, 1998
179 kr
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__________________'Splendid' - Mail on SundayWith an introduction by Lord Mouser-Hunt, this is the journal of Mrs Chippy, the cat who accompanied the carpenter Harry "Chippy" McNeish on Ernest Shackleton's 1914 Endurance expedition to the Antarctic. This enchanting presentation of the ship's …
War That Killed Achilles
The True Story of Homer''s Iliad and the Trojan War
E-bok, 2009
245 kr
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"Spectacular and constantly surprising." -Ken Burns Written with the authority of a scholar and the vigor of a bestselling narrative historian, The War That Killed Achilles is a superb and utterly timely presentation of one of the timeless stories of Western civilization. As she did in The …
Bounty
The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty
E-bok, 2004
213 kr
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More than two centuries after Master’s Mate Fletcher Christian led a mutiny against Lieutenant William Bligh on a small, armed transport vessel called Bounty, the true story of this enthralling adventure has become obscured by the legend. Combining vivid characterization and deft storytelling, …
Skies of Thunder
The deadly World War II mission over the roof of the world
Inbunden, 2025
288 kr
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'Riveting' - The New York TimesTHE LITTLE-KNOWN STORY OF THE ALLIES' FIGHT IN WWII'S CHAOTIC AND LETHAL CHINA BURMA-INDIA THEATER.In April 1942, the Imperial Japanese Army captured Burma, closing the only ground route from India to China. Supplies now had to be flown over the foothills of the …
Skies of Thunder
The deadly World War II mission over the roof of the world
E-bok, 2025
281 kr
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''Riveting'' - The New York Times THE LITTLE-KNOWN STORY OF THE ALLIES'' FIGHT IN WWII''S CHAOTIC AND LETHAL CHINA BURMA-INDIA THEATER. In April 1942, the Imperial Japanese Army captured Burma, closing the only ground route from India to China. Supplies now had to be flown over the foothills of the …
Skies of Thunder
The Deadly World War II Mission Over the Roof of the World
Inbunden, 2024
376 kr
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Une vie en miniature
E-bok, 2018
186 kr
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Tandis que son mari volage court la prétentaine, la narratrice, journaliste culturelle, se découvre l’extraordinaire faculté de rétrécir puis de reprendre sa taille normale. Avec la complicité de ses trois chats et particulièrement de Jupiter, le troublant persan chinchilla qui n’est peut-être pas …
Une vie en miniature
E-bok, 2018
184 kr
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Tandis que son mari volage court la prétentaine, la narratrice, journaliste culturelle, se découvre l’extraordinaire faculté de rétrécir puis de reprendre sa taille normale. Avec la complicité de ses trois chats et particulièrement de Jupiter, le troublant persan chinchilla qui n’est peut-être pas …
Ciel avec trou noir
E-bok, 2014
258 kr
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Juin 1964. Entrée dans une librairie parisienne pour y acheter une carte postale, l''auteur se voit établir par un curieux libraire antisémite un thème astral dont « la carte du ciel est percée d''un trou noir ». Août 1967. La municipalité de Mönchengladbach invite pour une commémoration les juifs …
Ciel avec trou noir
E-bok, 2014
258 kr
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Juin 1964. Entrée dans une librairie parisienne pour y acheter une carte postale, l''auteur se voit établir par un curieux libraire antisémite un thème astral dont « la carte du ciel est percée d''un trou noir ». Août 1967. La municipalité de Mönchengladbach invite pour une commémoration les juifs …
Der Krieg des Achill
Die Ilias und ihre Geschichte
E-bok, 2011
125 kr
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Schon ihre Bücher über Shackletons Südpolexpedition mit der Endurance und über die Meuterei auf der Bounty behandelten wahrhaft epische Stoffe, doch nun wendet sich Caroline Alexander dem Epos schlechthin zu: der Ilias des Homer, einem der einflussreichsten Kunstwerke, die je geschaffen wurden. Mit …
