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153 produkter
Classical Art
From Greece to Rome
Av Mary Beard, John Henderson m. fl.
Häftad, 2001
4,3 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (3)
313 kr
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The stunning masterpieces of Ancient Greece and Rome are fundamental to the story of art in Western culture and to the origins of art history. The expanding Greek world of Alexander the Great had an enormous impact on the Mediterranean superpower of Rome. Generals, rulers, and artists seized, …
Classics
A Very Short Introduction
Häftad, 2000
130 kr
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This Very Short Introduction to Classics links a haunting temple on a lonely mountainside to the glory of ancient Greece and the grandeur of Rome, and to Classics within modern culture-from Jefferson and Byron to Asterix and Ben-Hur. We are all Classicists - we come into touch with the Classics …
Towing Horse Trailers
Häftad, 2012
83 kr
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Towing a horse trailer is not something to be taken lightly, but neither should you be scared of trying. This book, now in its third updated edition, explains how to buy and use a trailer safely and within the law, covering all the topics a responsible horse owner needs to know in a clear and …
Classics
A Very Short Introduction
E-bok, 2000
106 kr
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This Very Short Introduction to Classics links a haunting temple on a lonely mountainside to the glory of ancient Greece and the grandeur of Rome, and to Classics within modern culture-from Jefferson and Byron to Asterix and Ben-Hur. We are all Classicists - we come into touch with the Classics …
Caesar's Bellum Gallicum, (Boos V. & VI.)
With Introductory Notices, Notes, Complete Vocabulary, Exercises in Translation Suitable for Beginners, and a Series of Exercises for Re-Translation for the Use of Classes Reading for Departmental And...
Av John Henderson, E. W. Hagarty
Häftad, 2021
235 kr
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Life of Ernest Starling
E-bok, 2010
654 kr
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Ernest Starling (1866-1927) was pre-eminent in the golden age of British Physiology. His name is usually associated with his "Law of the Heart, but his discovery of secretin (the first hormone whose mode of action was explained) and his work on capillaries were more important contributions. He …
Classics
A Very Short Introduction
E-bok, 1995
106 kr
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This Very Short Introduction to Classics links a haunting temple on a lonely mountainside to the glory of ancient Greece and the grandeur of Rome, and to Classics within modern culture-from Jefferson and Byron to Asterix and Ben-Hur. We are all Classicists - we come into touch with the Classics …
A Life of Ernest Starling
Inbunden, 2008
559 kr
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Ernest Starling (1866-1927) was pre-eminent in the golden age of British Physiology. His name is usually associated with his "Law of the Heart,� but his discovery of secretin (the first hormone whose mode of action was explained) and his work on capillaries were more important contributions. He …
Writing Down Rome
Satire, Comedy, and Other Offences in Latin Poetry
Inbunden, 1998
1577 kr
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In a series of controversial essays, this book examines the Roman penchant for denigration, and in particular self-denigration, at the expense of Roman culture. Comedy in Republican Rome radically transformed both itself and the culture from which it sprang: in Poenulus, Plautus laughed at Roman …
Piety and Charity in Late Medieval Florence
Inbunden, 1994
1173 kr
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This book examines the relationship between the secular and sacred in late medieval Florence through the vehicle of the religious confraternity, one of the most ubiquitous and popular forms of lay association throughout Europe. Based on a wealth of new documentation Dr Henderson provides a …
Telling Tales on Caesar
Roman Stories from Phaedrus
Inbunden, 2001
1493 kr
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This book contains a dozen entertaining stories written in colloquial Latin verse newly translated and commented on by John Henderson. The author, Phaedrus, was a freeman of Augustus who put Aesop's Fables into five books of verse during the reign of Tiberius. He included a number of stories and …
Piety and Charity in Late Medieval Florence
Häftad, 1997
540 kr
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John Henderson examines the relationship between religion and society in late medieval Florence through the vehicle of the religious confraternity, one of the most ubiquitous and popular forms of lay association throughout Europe. This book provides a fascinating account of the development of …
Renaissance Hospital
Healing the Body and Healing the Soul
Inbunden, 2006
1205 kr
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In this fascinating and richly illustrated book, John Henderson takes us into the Renaissance hospitals of Florence, recreating the enormous barn-like wards and exploring the lives of those who received and those who administered treatment there. Drawing on an exceptional range of visual and …
Florence Under Siege
Surviving Plague in an Early Modern City
Inbunden, 2019
461 kr
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A vivid recreation of how the governors and governed of early seventeenth-century Florence confronted, suffered, and survived a major epidemic of plaguePlague remains the paradigm against which reactions to many epidemics are often judged. Here, John Henderson examines how a major city fought, …
Great Pox
The French Disease in Renaissance Europe
Av Jon Arrizabalaga, John Henderson m. fl.
Häftad, 1997
601 kr
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One hundred and fifty years after the Black Death killed a third of the population of Western Europe, a new plague swept across the continent. The Great Pox—commonly known as the French disease—brought a different kind of horror: instead of killing its victims rapidly, it endured in their bodies …
Florence Under Siege
Surviving Plague in an Early Modern City
E-bok, 2019
149 kr
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A vivid recreation of how the governors and governed of early seventeenth-century Florence confronted, suffered, and survived a major epidemic of plaguePlague remains the paradigm against which reactions to many epidemics are often judged. Here, John Henderson examines how a major city fought, …
Representing Infirmity
Diseased Bodies in Renaissance Italy
Av John Henderson, Fredrika Jacobs m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
667 kr
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This volume is the first in-depth analysis of how infirm bodies were represented in Italy from c. 1400 to 1650. Through original contributions and methodologies, it addresses the fundamental yet undiscussed relationship between images and representations in medical, religious, and literary texts. …
Representing Infirmity
Diseased Bodies in Renaissance Italy
Av John Henderson, Fredrika Jacobs m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
2588 kr
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This volume is the first in-depth analysis of how infirm bodies were represented in Italy from c. 1400 to 1650. Through original contributions and methodologies, it addresses the fundamental yet undiscussed relationship between images and representations in medical, religious, and literary texts. …
Economics of Health Care
Av John Henderson, Alastair Mcguire m. fl.
Häftad, 1987
1041 kr
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Gives an understanding of the economic theory underlying health economics, supplemented with practical case study material to show how the theory has been applied.
Memory and Forgetting
Häftad, 1999
601 kr
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An explanation of the main models of memory and the various approaches used in its study. This is followed by a study of the theories of forgetting and practical applications of memory research.
Roman Book of Gardening
Inbunden, 2004
2668 kr
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The first book to look at this particular subject, The Roman Book of Gardening brings together an extraordinarily varied selection of texts on Roman horticulture, celebrating herb and vegetable gardening in verse and prose spanning five centuries.In vivid new translations by John Henderson, …
Roman Book of Gardening
Häftad, 2004
657 kr
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The first book to look at this particular subject, The Roman Book of Gardening brings together an extraordinarily varied selection of texts on Roman horticulture, celebrating herb and vegetable gardening in verse and prose spanning five centuries.In vivid new translations by John Henderson, …
Interface of Language, Vision, and Action
Eye Movements and the Visual World
Av John Henderson, Fernanda Ferreira
Häftad, 2012
885 kr
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This book brings together chapters from investigators on the leading edge on this new research area to explore on the leading edge on this new research area to explore common theoretical issues, empirical findings, technical problems, and outstanding questions. This book will serve as a blueprint …
Plague and the City
Av Christos Lynteris, John Henderson m. fl.
E-bok, 2018
785 kr
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Plague and the City uncovers discourses of plague and anti-plague measures in the city during the medieval, early modern and modern periods, and explores the connection between plague and urban environments including attempts by professional bodies to prevent or limit the outbreak of epidemic …
Plague and the City
Av Christos Lynteris, John Henderson m. fl.
E-bok, 2018
785 kr
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Plague and the City uncovers discourses of plague and anti-plague measures in the city during the medieval, early modern and modern periods, and explores the connection between plague and urban environments including attempts by professional bodies to prevent or limit the outbreak of epidemic …
Fighting for Rome
Poets and Caesars, History and Civil War
Häftad, 2006
879 kr
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The essays in Fighting for Rome confront the traumatic disjunction between the militarist culture of classical Rome, with its heavy investment in valour, conquest and triumph, and the domination of its history by civil war, where Roman soldiers killed so many Romans for control of Rome. The essays …
Morals and Villas in Seneca's Letters
Places to Dwell
Häftad, 2007
654 kr
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John Henderson explores three letters of Seneca describing visits to Roman villas, and surveys the whole collection to show how these villas work as designs for contrasting lives. Seneca's own place is ageing drastically; a recent Epicurean's paradise is a seductive oasis away from the dangers of …
The Medieval World of Isidore of Seville
Truth from Words
Häftad, 2010
842 kr
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In his Etymologiae, St Isidore of Seville put together a systematic survey of the world in the form of a vast thesaurus of Latin vocabulary, which supplies a more or less accepted or fanciful etymology for each term. It became one of the most influential books of European culture through the whole …
Fighting for Rome
Poets and Caesars, History and Civil War
Inbunden, 1998
1985 kr
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The essays in Fighting for Rome confront the traumatic disjunction between the militarist culture of classical Rome, with its heavy investment in valour, conquest and triumph, and the domination of its history by civil war, where Roman soldiers killed so many Romans for control of Rome. The essays …
Morals and Villas in Seneca's Letters
Places to Dwell
Inbunden, 2004
1797 kr
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John Henderson explores three letters of Seneca describing visits to Roman villas, and surveys the whole collection to show how these villas work as designs for contrasting lives. Seneca's own place is ageing drastically; a recent Epicurean's paradise is a seductive oasis away from the dangers of …
