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Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Aug 2006, 2006
ISBN 10: 014144147XISBN 13: 9780141441474
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Two cornerstones of liberalism from the great social radical of English philosophy John Stuart Mill was a prodigious thinker who sharply challenged the beliefs of his age. In On Liberty,one of the sacred texts of liberalism, he argues that any democracy risks becoming a 'tyranny of opinion' in which minority views are suppressed if they do not conform to those of the majority. The Subjection of Women, written shortly after the death of Mill's wife, Harriet, stresses the importance of sexual equality. Together they provide eloquent testimony to the hopes and anxieties of Victorian England, and offer a trenchant consideration of what it really means to be free.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. 304 pp. Deutsch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Aug 2006, 2006
ISBN 10: 0140424628ISBN 13: 9780140424621
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Twenty-three poems that transformed English poetry Wordsworth and Coleridge composed this powerful selection of poetry during their youthful and intimate friendship. Reproducing the first edition of 1798, this edition of Lyrical Ballads allows modern readers to recapture the book?s original impact. In these poems?including Wordsworth?s ?Lines written a few miles above Tintern Abbey? and Coleridge?s ?The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere??the two poets exercised new energies and opened up new themes. 128 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Aug 2006, 2006
ISBN 10: 0141027487ISBN 13: 9780141027487
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - David Pickering graduated in English from St Peter's College, Oxford. An experienced reference books compiler, he has contributed to (and often been sole author and editor of) some 150 reference books, mostly in the areas of the arts, language, local history and popular interest. These include a Dictionary of Theatre (1988), and Encyclopedia of Pantomime (1993), Brewer's Twentieth-Century Music (1994; 1997), a Dictionary of Superstitions (1995) and a Dictionary of Witchcraft (1996). He lives in Buckingham with his wife and two sons. 304 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Aug 2006, 2006
ISBN 10: 0141188138ISBN 13: 9780141188133
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The sixth century was not a peaceful time for the Roman empire. Invaders threatened on all fronties, but they grew to respect and fear the name of Belisarius, the Emperor Justinian's greatest general. With this book Robert Graves again demonstrates his command of a vast historical subject, creating a startling and vivid picture of a decadent era. 448 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Aug 2006, 2006
ISBN 10: 014118860XISBN 13: 9780141188607
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Continuing the saga begun in I, Claudius, Robert Graves's Claudius the God is a compelling fictional autobiography of the Roman emperor, published with an introduction by Barry Unsworth in Penguin Modern Classics.Claudius has survived the murderous intrigues of his predecessors to become, reluctantly, Emperor of Rome. Here he recounts his surprisingly successful reign: how he cultivates the loyalty of the army and the common people to repair the damage caused by Caligula; his relations with the Jewish King Herod Agrippa; and his invasion of Britain. But the growing paranoia of absolute power and the infidelity of his promiscuous young wife Messalina mean that his good fortune will not last forever. In this second part of Robert Graves's fictionalized autobiography, Claudius - wry, rueful, always inquisitive - brings to life some of the most scandalous and violent times in history.If you enjoyed Claudius the God, you might like Marguerite Yourcenar's Memoirs of Hadrian, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.'I, Claudius and Claudius the God are an imaginative and hugely readable account of the early decades of the Roman Empire . racy, inventive, often comic'Daily Telegraph'One of the really remarkable books of our day, a novel of learning and imagination, fortunately conceived and brilliantly executed'The New York Times'Graves made Roman history funny and familiar'Guardian 448 pp. Deutsch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Aug 2006, 2006
ISBN 10: 0141027215ISBN 13: 9780141027210
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Need a rhyme but can't spare the time Want to make your jingles tingle or crack the code to the ode Penguin Pocket Rhyming Dictionary is an indispensable companion for anyone who writes verse. Clearly arranged and easy to use, it offers an astonishingly wide range of rhymes for words, from the common to the obscure.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Aug 2006, 2006
ISBN 10: 0141028416ISBN 13: 9780141028415
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - \*The classic trilogy set in sun-soaked Corfu that inspired ITV's acclaimed TV series The Durrells\*Three classic tales of childhood on an island paradise - My Family and Other Animals, Birds, Beasts and Relatives and The Garden of the Gods by Gerald Durrell - are available in a single edition for the first time in The Corfu Trilogy.Just before the Second World War the Durrell family decamped to the glorious, sun-soaked island of Corfu where the youngest of the four children, ten-year-old Gerald, discovered his passion for animals: toads and tortoises, bats and butterflies, scorpions and octopuses. Through glorious silver-green olive groves and across brilliant-white beaches Gerry pursued his obsession . . . causing hilarity and mayhem in his ever-tolerant family.'A delightful book full of simple, well-known things: cicadas in the olive groves, lamp fishing at night, the complexities of fish and animals - but, above all, childhood moulded by these things' New York Times.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Aug 2006, 2006
ISBN 10: 0141188596ISBN 13: 9780141188591
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Still an acknowledged masterpiece and a model for historical fiction . sympathetic and intensely involving: a great feat of imagination' Hilary Mantel Bringing to life the intrigue of ancient Rome, Robert Graves's I, Claudius is one of the most celebrated, gripping historical novels ever writtenDespised for his weakness and regarded by his family as little more than a stammering fool, the nobleman Claudius quietly survives the bloody purges and mounting cruelty of the imperial Roman dynasties. In I, Claudius he watches from the sidelines to record the reigns of its emperors: from the wise Augustus and his villainous wife Livia to the sadistic Tiberius and the insane excesses of Caligula. Written in the form of Claudius' autobiography, this is the first part of Robert Graves's brilliant account of the madness and debauchery of ancient Rome.With an introduction by Barry Unsworth'An imaginative and hugely readable account of the early decades of the Roman Empire . racy, inventive, often comic' Daily Telegraph 391 pp. Englisch.