Christian Greece and living Greek, Rose Achilles

Автор: Miller Madeline
Название: Song of Achilles blm md class
ISBN: 1408891387 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781408891384
Издательство: Bloomsbury
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Описание: Greece in the age of Heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the kingdom of Phthia. Here he is nobody, just another unwanted boy living in the shadow of King Peleus and his golden son, Achilles. Achilles, 'best of all the Greeks', is everything Patroclus is not - strong, beautiful, the child of a goddess - and by all rights their paths should never cross. Yet one day, Achilles takes the shamed prince under his wing and soon their tentative companionship gives way to a steadfast friendship. As they grow into young men skilled in the arts of war and medicine, their bond blossoms into something far deeper - despite the displeasure of Achilles's mother Thetis, a cruel and deathly pale sea goddess with a hatred of mortals. Fate is never far from the heels of Achilles. When word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped, the men of Greece are called upon to lay siege to Troy in her name. Seduced by the promise of a glorious destiny, Achilles joins their cause, Torn between love and fear for his friend, Patroclus follows Achilles into war, little knowing that the years that follow will test everything they have learned, everything they hold dear. And that, before he is ready, he will be forced to surrender his friend to the hands of Fate. Profoundly moving and breathtakingly original, this rendering of the epic Trojan War is a dazzling feat of the imagination, a devastating love story, and an almighty battle between gods and kings, peace and glory, immortal fame and the human heart.

Автор: Miller Madeline
Название: The Song of Achilles
ISBN: 0062060627 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780062060624
Издательство: HarperCollins USA
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Цена: 11830.00 T
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A New York Times Bestseller

"At once a scholar's homage to The Iliad and startlingly original work of art....A book I could not put down." --Ann Patchett, author of The Dutch House

A thrilling, profoundly moving, and utterly unique retelling of the legend of Achilles and the Trojan War from the bestselling author of Circe

A tale of gods, kings, immortal fame, and the human heart, The Song of Achilles is a dazzling literary feat that brilliantly reimagines Homer's enduring masterwork, The Iliad. An action-packed adventure, an epic love story, a marvelously conceived and executed page-turner, Miller's monumental debut novel has already earned resounding acclaim from some of contemporary fiction's brightest lights--and fans of Mary Renault, Bernard Cornwell, Steven Pressfield, and Colleen McCullough's Masters of Rome series will delight in this unforgettable journey back to ancient Greece in the Age of Heroes.

"A captivating retelling of The Iliad and events leading up to it through the point of view of Patroclus: it's a hard book to put down, and any classicist will be enthralled by her characterisation of the goddess Thetis, which carries the true savagery and chill of antiquity." -- Donna Tartt, The Times

Автор: Jorge Luis Borges
Название: The Perpetual Race of Achilles and the Tortoise
ISBN: 0141192941 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141192949
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Цена: 7030.00 T
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Описание: A collection of essays that discusses the existence (or non-existence) of Hell, the flaws in English literary detectives, the philosophy of contradictions, and the many translators of "1001 Nights". It examines the very nature of our lives, from cinema and books to history and religion.

Автор: Miller Madeline
Название: Song of Achilles
ISBN: 1408821982 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781408821985
Издательство: Bloomsbury
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Цена: 8900.00 T
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Описание: A breathtakingly original rendering of the Trojan War - a devastating love story and a tale of gods and kings, immortal fame and the human heart

Автор: Miller, M.
Название: The Song of Achilles
ISBN: 1408842122 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781408842126
Издательство: Bloomsbury
Цена: 7910.00 T
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Автор: Akunin Boris
Название: The Death of Achilles
ISBN: 0753820978 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780753820971
Издательство: Orion
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Цена: 11120.00 T
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Описание: Erast Fandorin returns to Moscow, and he just can`t seem to keep out of trouble... The fourth novel in the bestselling crime series from the author of THE WINTER QUEEN.

Автор: Morris, Richard
Название: Achilles in the quantum universe
ISBN: 0285634429 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780285634428
Издательство: Bookpoint
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Цена: 11430.00 T
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Описание: Originally published in 1998, a history of the study of infinity by philosophers and scientists from the Ancient Greeks to the present day.

Автор: Rose Achilles
Название: Napoleon`s Campaign in Russia 1812: An Analysis of the French Campaign from a Logistical and Medical Perspective
ISBN: 0857069918 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780857069917
Издательство: Неизвестно
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Цена: 20710.00 T
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Описание: A different perspective on the annihilation of an army

All students of the Napoleonic era know that the Emperor marched the 'Grande Army' of nearly 430,000 men across the Niemen and eastwards into Russia. After the pyrrhic victory of Borodino the French occupied Moscow in the expectation of wintering behind the comfort of its walls in readiness for the reopening of campaigning weather the following spring. The Russians were determined to deny them that luxury and set Moscow ablaze before retreating farther into the vastness of their land, adopting a scorched earth policy that stripped the countryside of anything useful to their enemy. Napoleon realised that his position was untenable and that retreat was inevitable. The Grande Army had already been reduced to 100,000 men simply to arrive a this hopeless position. As winter-the Russian's best ally-closed in, the temperature plummeted to extremes even by Russian standards. Fatigue, hypothermia, starvation and disease added to the destruction of the invading army and silently aided the harrowing Cossacks to increase the death toll. By the time the French reached the River Berezina their numbers had been reduced to 50,000 men and after the disasters of its crossing to half that number. Only 10,000 French and allied soldiers arrived back at their starting point, where the army had seemed to be a conquering force of unstoppable size and capability. Very few of the survivors belonged to the column that had marched all the way to Moscow and back again. Achilles Rose's book takes the reader on this terrible campaign and adds new insights to the already familiar story; usefully the author draws upon the experiences of soldiers from the smaller German allied states and this gives his narrative a different and interesting perspective. Rose has also studied the true causes of the total destruction of Napoleon's Army which had little to do with bullets, bayonets or cannon-balls. In fact close examination of medical and logistical issues persuaded Rose that this was an 'army of the doomed' from the first day of its march. An absolutely essential account in every way-and highly recommended.
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Автор: Miller Madeline
Название: The Song of Achilles
ISBN: 0062060619 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780062060617
Издательство: HarperCollins USA
Цена: 20890.00 T
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"At once a scholar's homage to The Iliad and startlingly original work of art by an incredibly talented new novelist....A book I could not put down."
--Ann Patchett

"Mary Renault lives again " declares Emma Donoghue, author of Room, referring to The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller's thrilling, profoundly moving, and utterly unique retelling of the legend of Achilles and the Trojan War. A tale of gods, kings, immortal fame, and the human heart, The Song of Achilles is a dazzling literary feat that brilliantly reimagines Homer's enduring masterwork, The Iliad. An action-packed adventure, an epic love story, a marvelously conceived and executed page-turner, Miller's monumental debut novel has already earned resounding acclaim from some of contemporary fiction's brightest lights--and fans of Mary Renault, Bernard Cornwell, Steven Pressfield, and Colleen McCullough's Masters of Rome series will delight in this unforgettable journey back to ancient Greece in the Age of Heroes.