Explores the history of the translation of classical Greek literature into Latin. Far from being inevitable, as it seems seen from the C21st, the Roman adoption of Hellenic classics was an extraordinary development and contingent on political will and cultural manoeuvres in ancient Rome.
Beyond Greek: The Beginnings of Latin Literature
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Edition:Paperback978067498658901/01/2019From a Bookshelf nearby
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A memoir by the Egytian woman who set up an independent book shop with a friend and her sister in 2002 - ten years later it had grown to include ten shops and 150 employees. Full of the nois... read more
Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller
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Using West's 1930s masterpiece Black Lamb, Grey Falcon as a vade mecum, Allan has written a wonderful, personal portrait of the countries that made up the former Yugoslavia.
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A monograph on the modernist graphic designer, as famous for his posters as his book jackets for the Hogarth Press, Faber & Faber, Gollanz, etc.
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Carey has been chief reviewer at the Sunday Times for over forty years. This new book is his own selection of his favourite books from the 1000+ that he has reviewed so far.
Sunday Best: 80 Great Books from a Lifetime of Reviews
Hardback £20.00