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The Dig Tree: The Extraordinary Story of the Ill-fated Burke and Wills 1860 Expedition
ISBN: 9780747562986 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In 1860, an eccentric Irish police officer named Robert O'Hara Burke set out from Melbourne at the head of the most lavish expedition of his age. Accompanied by William Wills, he was prepared to risk everything to become the first European to cross the Australian continent. Meanwhile, John McDouall Stuart, a dour Scotsman, was already trekking north from Adelaide. The race was on. Sarah Murgatroyd's book, which reveals new historical and scientific evidence, tells the full story of the disaster with all its heroism and romance, its discoveries, coincidences and lost opportunities.
In 1860, an eccentric Irish police officer named Robert O'Hara Burke set out from Melbourne at the head of the most lavish expedition of his age. Acco...
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95,39 zł |
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Ovid's Heroides: A New Translation and Critical Essays
ISBN: 9781138722156 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This volume offers up-to-date translations of all 21 epistles of Ovid's Heroides. Each letter is accompanied by a preface explaining the mythological background, an essay offering critical remarks on the poem, and discussion of the heroine and her treatment elsewhere in Classical literature. Where relevant, reception in later literature, film, music and art, and feminist aspects of the myth are also covered. The book also contains an introduction covering Ovid's life and works, the Augustan background, the originality of the Heroides, dating, authenticity and reception. A... This volume offers up-to-date translations of all 21 epistles of Ovid's Heroides. Each letter is accompanied by a preface explaining the myt... |
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579,30 zł |