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37 produkter
Alexander the Great
Häftad, 2004
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187 kr
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From award-winning historian Robin Lane Fox, Alexander the Great searches through the mass of conflicting evidence and legend to focus on Alexander as a man of his own time.Tough, resolute, fearless, Alexander was a born warrior and ruler of passionate ambition who understood the intense adventure …
Classical World
An Epic History of Greece and Rome
Häftad, 2006
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214 kr
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Robin Lane Fox's The Classical World: An Epic History of Greece and Rome is a comprehensive and enthralling introduction to Ancient civilization.The classical civilizations of Greece and Rome dominated the world for centuries and continue to intrigue and enlighten us with their inventions, whether …
Unauthorized Version
Truth and Fiction in the Bible
Häftad, 2006
187 kr
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In The Unauthorized Version: Truth and Fiction in the Bible, historian Robin Lane Fox takes an uncompromising look at the historical proof - or refutation - of biblical events.The Bible is moving, inspirational and endlessly fascinating - but is it true? Starting with Genesis and the implicit …
Nation, stat och imperium : tillhörighet i en globaliserad värld
Av Philip Bobbitt, Gillian Clark m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
255 kr
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Med det kalla krigets slut och globaliseringens segertåg trodde många att nationalism hörde till historien. Men det visade sig vara tvärtom. Idag ser vi hur nationalismen sprids över hela världen. Samtidigt växer sig populistiska och anti-demokratiska rörelser starka. Att höra hemma någonstans …
Thoughtful Gardening
Great Plants, Great Gardens, Great Gardeners
Häftad, 2013
141 kr
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Thoughtful Gardening is based on Robin Lane Fox's own selection from his widely admired FT column, which he has rewritten and amplified with new chapters to take readers on a highly enjoyable journey through each season of the gardening year. It draws on his lifetime of practical gardening, …
Alexander the Great
E-bok, 2006
108 kr
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Tough, resolute, fearless, Alexander was a born warrior and ruler of passionate ambition who understood the intense adventure of conquest and of the unknown. When he died in 323 BC aged thirty-two, his vast empire comprised more than two million square miles, spanning from Greece to India. His …
Homer and His Iliad
Häftad, 2024
190 kr
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A thrilling study of the greatest of all epic poems, by one of the world's leading classicistsHomer's Iliad is the famous epic poem set among the tales of Troy. Its subject is the anger of the hero Achilles and its dreadful consequences for the warring Greeks and Trojans. It was composed more than …
Nation, state and empire
Av Robin Lane Fox, Gillian Clark m. fl.
E-bok, 2021
139 kr
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With the end of the Cold War and the triumph of globalisation, many believed that nationalism now was a thing of the past: instead the opposite is true. Today, we can see nationalism spreading across the world, as populistic and anti-democratic movements grow stronger.Belonging somewhere seems to …
Nation, stat och imperium
Av Robin Lane Fox, Gillian Clark m. fl.
E-bok, 2021
139 kr
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Med det kalla krigets slut och globaliseringens segertåg trodde många att nationalism hörde till historien. Men det visade sig vara tvärtom. Idag ser vi hur nationalismen sprids över hela världen. Samtidigt växer sig populistiska och anti-demokratiska rörelser starka. Att höra hemma någonstans …
Unauthorized Version
Truth and Fiction in the Bible
E-bok, 2006
136 kr
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The Bible is moving, inspirational and endlessly fascinating - but is it true? Starting with Genesis and the implicit background to the birth of Christ, Robin Lane Fox sets out to discover how far biblical descriptions of people, places and events are confirmed or contradicted by external written …
Travelling Heroes
Greeks and their myths in the epic age of Homer
Häftad, 2009
215 kr
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Robin Lane Fox's Travelling Heroes: Greeks and their Myths in the Epic Age of Homer proposes a new way of thinking about ancient Greeks, showing how real-life journeys shaped their mythical tales.The tales of the ancient Greeks have inspired us for thousands of years. But where did they originate? …
Pagans and Christians
In the Mediterranean World from the Second Century AD to the Conversion of Constantine
Häftad, 2006
208 kr
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From the second century AD to the conversion of the first Christian emperor, Constantine, Robin Lane Fox's Pagans and Christians in the Mediterranean World gives a fascinating new perspective on an extraordinary era.The transition from pagan to Christian in the ancient Mediterranean world was a …
Travelling Heroes
Greeks and their myths in the epic age of Homer
E-bok, 2008
125 kr
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This remarkable and daringly original book proposes a new way of thinking about the Greeks and their myths in the age of the great Homeric hymns. It combines a lifetime's familiarity with Greek literature and history with the latest archeological discoveries and the author's own journeys to the …
Classical World
An Epic History of Greece and Rome
E-bok, 2006
136 kr
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The classical civilizations of Greece and Rome dominated the world for centuries and continue to intrigue and enlighten us with their inventions, whether philosophy, politics, theatre, athletics, celebrity, science or the pleasures of horse racing. Robin Lane Fox's spellbinding history spans almost …
Pagans and Christians
In the Mediterranean World from the Second Century AD to the Conversion of Constantine
E-bok, 2006
147 kr
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How did Christianity compare and compete with the cults of the pagan gods in the Roman Empire? This scholarly work from award-winning historian, Robin Lane Fox, places Christians and pagans side by side in the context of civil life and contrasts their religious experiences, visions, cults and …
Augustine
Conversions and Confessions
E-bok, 2015
125 kr
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A major new interpretation of how one of the great figures of Christian history came to write the greatest of all autobiographiesAugustine is the person from the ancient world about whom we know most. He is the author of an intimate masterpiece, the Confessions, which continues to delight its many …
Invention of Medicine
From Homer to Hippocrates
Häftad, 2022
166 kr
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Longlisted for the RUNCIMAN AWARD, 2021Medicine is one of the great fields of achievement of the Ancient Greeks. Hippocrates is celebrated worldwide as the father of medicine and the Hippocratic Oath is admired throughout the medical profession as a founding statement of ethics and ideals. In the …
Classical World
An Epic History of Greece and Rome
Ljudbok, 2021
210 kr
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Brought to you by Penguin. Robin Lane Fox''s The Classical World: An Epic History of Greece and Rome is a comprehensive and enthralling introduction to Ancient civilization. The classical civilizations of Greece and Rome dominated the world for centuries and continue to intrigue and enlighten us …
Homer and His Iliad
E-bok, 2023
136 kr
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A thrilling study of the greatest of all epic poems, by one of the world's leading classicistsHomer's Iliad is the famous epic poem set among the tales of Troy. Its subject is the anger of the hero Achilles and its dreadful consequences for the warring Greeks and Trojans. It was composed more than …
Invention of Medicine
From Homer to Hippocrates
E-bok, 2020
133 kr
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Longlisted for the RUNCIMAN AWARD, 2021Medicine is one of the great fields of achievement of the Ancient Greeks. Hippocrates is celebrated worldwide as the father of medicine and the Hippocratic Oath is admired throughout the medical profession as a founding statement of ethics and ideals. In the …
Homer and His Iliad
Ljudbok, 2023
235 kr
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Brought to you by Penguin. Homer''s Iliad is the famous epic poem set among the tales of Troy. Its subject is the anger of the hero Achilles and its dreadful consequences for the warring Greeks and Trojans. It was composed more than 2600 years ago, but still transfixes us with its tale of loss and …
Long March
Xenophon and the Ten Thousand
Inbunden, 2004
1240 kr
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The March of the Ten Thousand is one of the most famous military adventures in the ancient world. Its fearless army of Greek mercenaries marched through western Asia (modern Turkey and Iraq) in 401–399 B.C., their hopes and hardships recounted by Xenophon, the Athenian, an admiring pupil of …
Travelling Heroes
E-bok, 2009
158 kr
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The myths of the ancient Greeks have inspired us for thousands of years. Where did the famous stories of the battles of their gods develop and spread across the world? The celebrated classicist Robin Lane Fox draws on a lifetime’s knowledge of the ancient world, and on his own travels, answering …
The Invention of Medicine
Inbunden, 2020
462 kr
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A preeminent classics scholar revises the history of medicine. Medical thinking and observation were radically changed by the ancient Greeks, one of their great legacies to the world. In the fifth century BCE, a Greek doctor put forward his clinical observations of individual men, women, and …
Reisende Helden
Die Anfänge der griechischen Kultur im Homerischen Zeitalter
E-bok, 2011
170 kr
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Im Zentrum des Buches stehen die reisenden Zeitgenossen Homers: euböischeGriechen des 8. Jahrhunderts, die als Seefahrer und Piraten rund um dasMittelmeer unterwegs waren, Handel trieben und neue Welten entdeckten. Fundstückfür Fundstück trägt der Autor zusammen, was sich über diese frühen …
Der englische Gärtner
Leben und Arbeiten im Garten
E-bok, 2018
159 kr
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Mit Esprit, Witz und Weisheit entfaltet der passionierte Gärtner und berühmte britische Gartenschriftsteller sein einzigartiges Wissen um Pflanzen, berühmte Gärten und die erfüllende Tätigkeit des Gärtnerns. Dieses Buch ist weit mehr als ein Ratgeber: ein fantastisches tiefgründiges Lesevergnügen …
Die andere Geschichte der Bibel
Fakt und Fiktion in der Heiligen Schrift
E-bok, 2019
328 kr
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Mit Scharfsinn und überraschenden Einsichten klärt Robin Lane Fox Fragen, auf die die Bibel bewusst die Antwort verweigert: Wer waren die Autoren der Heiligen Schrift, wie ist sie entstanden, und welche historischen Fakten lassen sich in ihr finden? Ein informatives und zugleich höchst anregendes …
Die Entdeckung der Medizin
Eine Kulturgeschichte von Homer bis Hippokrates
E-bok, 2021
362 kr
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Nominiert in der Shortlist zum »Besten Wissenschaftsbuch des Jahres«»Robin Lane Fox'' neues meisterhaftes Buch kommt gerade im rechten Augenblick: eine lebendig geschriebene Geschichte der Medizin im antiken Griechenland.« Edith Hall, Literary ReviewEindrucksvoll schildert Robin Lane Fox in seinem …
Die klassische Welt
Eine Weltgeschichte von Homer bis Hadrian
E-bok, 2024
260 kr
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»Auf jeder Seite zeigt uns Lane Fox, warum wir die Antike so lieben.« Die WeltEin großartiges Panorama antiker Geschichte, so fulminant erzählt wie ein historischer Roman. Auf den Spuren des antikenbegeisterten römischen Kaisers Hadrian, der um 120 n. Chr. begann, sein gesamtes Imperium von …
