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Wild Robot Escapes (The Wild Robot 2)
Av Peter Brown
Häftad, 2018
99 kr
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The enchanting illustrated sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling THE WILD ROBOT, by award-winning author-illustrator Peter BrownRoz is no ordinary robot. After being washed up on the shore of a remote and wild island, she learned to adapt and make it her home, befriend its animal inhabitants …
Wild Robot Protects
Av Peter Brown
Häftad, 2025
120 kr
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The #1 New York Times bestselling The Wild Robot series returns, taking Roz on an action-packed under-the-ocean journey to save her beloved island! Life for Roz and the animals on their island is perfect. But when mysterious, dangerous waters surround the island, the animals are forced inland to …
Augustine of Hippo
Av Peter Brown
Häftad, 2013
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
263 kr
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This classic biography was first published forty-five years ago and has since established itself as the standard account of Saint Augustine's life and teaching.
Wild Robot
A deluxe special edition of the beloved New York Times bestseller
Av Peter Brown
Häftad, 2025
106 kr
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THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND NOW A MAJOR DREAMWORKS ANIMATION!Return to the world of The Wild Robot with this gorgeous special edition, now with stunning gold foil on the cover and a charming full-colour sprayed edge of our favourite robot, Roz. This beautiful edition is perfect for new and …
Through the Eye of a Needle
Wealth, the Fall of Rome, and the Making of Christianity in the West, 350-550 AD
Av Peter Brown
Häftad, 2014
307 kr
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Jesus taught his followers that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven. Yet by the fall of Rome, the church was becoming rich beyond measure. Through the Eye of a Needle is a sweeping intellectual and social history of the vexing problem of …
Poverty and Leadership in the Later Roman Empire
Av Peter Brown
Häftad, 2001
390 kr
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In three magisterial essays, Peter Brown, one of the world's foremost scholars of the society and culture of late antiquity, explores the emergence in late Roman society of "the poor" as a distinct social class, one for which the Christian church claimed a special responsibility. It is the story of …
The Wild Robot Escapes
Av Peter Brown
Häftad, 2020
130 kr
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The thrilling sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling The Wild Robot , by award-winning author Peter Brown Shipwrecked on a remote, wild island, Robot Roz learned from the unwelcoming animal inhabitants and adapted to her surroundings--but can she survive the challenges of the civilized world …
Rise of Western Christendom
Triumph and Diversity, A.D. 200-1000
Av Peter Brown
Häftad, 2013
608 kr
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This tenth anniversary revised edition of the authoritative text on Christianity's first thousand years of history features a new preface, additional color images, and an updated bibliography. The essential general survey of medieval European Christendom, Brown's vivid prose charts the compelling …
The Body and Society
Men, Women, and Sexual Renunciation in Early Christianity
Av Peter Brown
Häftad, 2008
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
694 kr
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First published in 1988, Peter Brown's The Body and Society was a groundbreaking study of the marriage and sexual practices of early Christians in the ancient Mediterranean and Near East. Brown focuses on the practice of permanent sexual renunciation-continence, celibacy, and lifelong virginity-in …
Wild Robot Protects (The Wild Robot 3)
Av Peter Brown
E-bok, 2023
59 kr
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The enchanting new addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling THE WILD ROBOT series from award-winning author-illustrator Peter Brown, packed full of glorious illustrations.Roz the robot has made an unlikely home for herself on an idyllic island dense with forests, wildflowers and friendly …
World of Late Antiquity
AD 150-750
Av Peter Brown
Häftad, 2024
238 kr
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A remarkable study in social and cultural change that explains how and why the Late Antique world, between c. 150 and c. 750 AD, came to differ from 'Classical civilization'. The first century AD was one of momentous events: the end of the Roman empire, the rise of Christianity across western …
Wild Robot
Now a major DreamWorks animation!
Av Peter Brown
Häftad, 2024
106 kr
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NOW A MAJOR DREAMWORKS ANIMATION!Includes an insert of full-colour images from the film!THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe heartwarming and action-packed illustrated novel exploring what happens when nature and technology collide.When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that …
Terence, The Comedies
Av Peter Brown
E-bok, 2006
1362 kr
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Terence (?184-159 BC) was the outstanding comic playwright of his generation at Rome and one of the founding fathers of European comic drama. His plays have been imitated by authors as diverse as the nun Hrothswitha in the tenth century and P. G. Wodehouse in the twentieth. They deal with the …
Ancient Drama in Music for the Modern Stage
Av Suzana Suzana OgrajenSek, Peter Brown
E-bok, 2010
774 kr
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Opera was invented at the end of the sixteenth century in imitation of the supposed style of delivery of ancient Greek tragedy, and, since then, operas based on Greek drama have been among the most important in the repertoire. This collection of essays by leading authorities in the fields of …
Geoffrey Chaucer (Authors in Context)
Av Peter Brown
E-bok, 2011
98 kr
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Chaucer lived through a period of extraordinary upheaval: a protracted war with France, devastating plague, the peasants'' revolt, religious controversy, and the overthrow of the king. Compact and comprehensive, this book offers a wide-ranging account of the medieval society from which works such …
Geoffrey Chaucer (Authors in Context)
Av Peter Brown
E-bok, 2011
98 kr
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Chaucer lived through a period of extraordinary upheaval: a protracted war with France, devastating plague, the peasants'' revolt, religious controversy, and the overthrow of the king. Compact and comprehensive, this book offers a wide-ranging account of the medieval society from which works such …
Terence, The Comedies
Av Terence, Peter Brown
Inbunden, 2006
2620 kr
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Terence (?184-159 BC) was the outstanding comic playwright of his generation at Rome and one of the founding fathers of European comic drama. His plays have been imitated by authors as diverse as the nun Hrothswitha in the tenth century and P. G. Wodehouse in the twentieth. They deal with the …
Reading Dreams
The Interpretation of Dreams from Chaucer to Shakespeare
Av Peter Brown
Inbunden, 1999
3390 kr
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Reading Dreams contains seven new essays, based on new research, on the representation and interpretation of medieval and Renaissance dreams. The textual focus is both literary and non-literary. Chaucer and Shakespeare are important reference-points, while Langland, the Pearl-poet and Milton …
Ancient Drama in Music for the Modern Stage
Av Peter Brown, Suzana Suzana Ograjen^D%Sek
Inbunden, 2010
2658 kr
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Opera was invented at the end of the sixteenth century in imitation of the supposed style of delivery of ancient Greek tragedy, and, since then, operas based on Greek drama have been among the most important in the repertoire. This collection of essays by leading authorities in the fields of …
Ancient Drama in Music for the Modern Stage
Av Peter Brown, Suzana Ograjensek
Häftad, 2013
859 kr
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Opera was invented at the end of the sixteenth century in imitation of the supposed style of delivery of ancient Greek tragedy, and, since then, operas based on Greek drama have been among the most important in the repertoire. This collection of essays by leading authorities in the fields of …
Cult of the Saints
Its Rise and Function in Latin Christianity
Av Peter Brown
Häftad, 2014
212 kr
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In this groundbreaking work, Peter Brown explores how the worship of saints and their corporeal remains became central to religious life in Western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire. During this period, earthly remnants served as a heavenly connection, and their veneration is a fascinating …
The Body and Society
Men, Women, and Sexual Renunciation in Early Christianity
Av Peter Brown
Inbunden, 2008
2533 kr
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First published in 1988, Peter Brown's The Body and Society was a groundbreaking study of the marriage and sexual practices of early Christians in the ancient Mediterranean and Near East. Brown focuses on the practice of permanent sexual renunciation-continence, celibacy, and lifelong virginity-in …
Power and Persuasion in Late Antiquity
Towards a Christian Empire
Av Peter Brown
Häftad, 1992
205 kr
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Peter Brown, a known authority on Mediterranean civilisation in late antiquity, traces the growing power of early Christian bishops as they wrested influence from the philosophers who had traditionally advised the rulers of Graeco-Roman society. In the new ""Christian empire"", the ancient bonds of …
Hypnotic Brain
Hypnotherapy and Social Communication
Av Peter Brown
Inbunden, 1998
921 kr
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Hypnosis has recently experienced a surge of popularity in the scientific community and the general public and is currently being used to deal with a wide range of disorders. IN this elegantly written book, Dr. Peter Brown draws on the latest developments in cognitive psychology, anthropology, …
Curious Garden
Av Peter Brown
Inbunden, 2009
199 kr
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This gorgeously illustrated picture book opens to a detailed spread of a gray city. If you look closely, you can spot the tiny figure of a red-headed boy, Liam, walking down the street. THE CURIOUS GARDEN tells the story of how this young boy discovers a door that leads up to abandoned railroad …
My Teacher Is a Monster! (No, I Am Not.)
Av Peter Brown
Inbunden, 2014
270 kr
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★ "This playful, eye-catching story goes a long way to humanize both teachers and students." -- Booklist, starred review From #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Wild Robot comes a humorous book about how it feels to see your teacher outside of school, and how teachers are people, too! A …
