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In Wives, Witches, and Whirlpools: The Powerful Women of Homer’s Odyssey, Professor Jessica Blum-Sorensen helps you explore this classic work with fresh eyes, focusing not on the eponymous hero, but on the many women whose voices and motivations invite us to rethink traditional ideas of heroism. Across seven lectures, you’ll reexamine some of the foundational themes of the literary canon from a new perspective and discover why the deities, wives, maidens, witches, and monsters who populate Homer’s Odyssey are more than a match for its hero.

Bloomsbury presents Flirting with Evil by Ambrogio A. Caiani, read by Mark Elstob. The history of the Catholic Church in the twentieth century is one of spies, scandals and bad political choices. It’s a shadowy, ornate world of cover-ups and hidden motives. In this book, Ambrogio Caiani lifts...

'I recommend our diplomats and ministers read this book: it will provide them with an intellectual backbone. On the big calls [Bootle] has a spectacularly good record.' - The Sunday Times 'Bootle is right on every count.' - The Guardian The Extensively Revised 5th Edition of this Highly...

In this Very Short Introduction audiobook, Christopher Taylor explores the life of Socrates and his philosophical activity, before looking to the responses his philosophical doctrines have evoked in the centuries since his betrayal and execution at fellow Athenian hands.

Французская революция XVIII века уникальна тем, что ее опыт востребован и актуален вот уже более двух столетий. Она — точка отсчета и матрица для всех последующих революций, участники которых равнялись на нее, подражая ей или пытаясь ее превзойти. Неудивительно, что и в наши дни историки и социологи видят в ней идеальную модель для изучения динамики революций в целом и выявления их общих закономерностей, обращаются к ее опыту вновь и вновь, пытаясь понять, как происходят и как развиваются революции.

В 1933 г. Адольф Гитлер стал рейхсканцлером Германии. Спустя год все партии, кроме нацистской, были запрещены, свобода прессы осталась лишь воспоминанием, а власть Гитлера, как казалось, стала абсолютной. Однако уже в скором времени возникло немецкое Сопротивление. Группы заговорщиков, в которые входили военные, школьные учителя, политики, дипломаты, богословы и даже плотник, снова и снова пытались положить конец кровавому правлению фюрера.

Mehr Antike wagen! Eine spannende und unterhaltsame Reise zu den Grundlagen der modernen Welt Vom Kampf um Troia bis zum Ende des römischen Imperiums: In seinem fesselnden Parforceritt durch die Antike entfaltet Michael Sommer anderthalb Jahrtausende Menschheitsgeschichte. Mit vielen...

'First-class. I read it with great interest and fascination.' – Jean Ritchie What drives seemingly ordinary individuals to commit unimaginable acts of evil? In the case of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, this question has haunted Britain for decades. Known as the Moors Murderers, this notorious...

Bloomsbury presents Into the Firestorm by Scott McGaugh, read by Jeff Harding From the hellish skies over Europe to the unforgiving terrain of the Himalayas, this is the first complete history of the C-47 aircrew who helped turn the tide of war. One of the most perilous combat roles of World War...

The definitive life story of the Roman Emperor who shaped modern times. In this groundbreaking new biography of Justinian, Peter Sarris gives us an intimate insight into both the Emperor and the man. We meet a man who from the humblest beginnings, rose to become ruler of much of the known world...

Leadership. Courage. Sacrifice. Legend. In The Story of Nelson, Edmund Francis Sellar recounts the extraordinary life and achievements of Admiral Horatio Nelson, one of history’s greatest naval commanders. From daring battles at sea to defining moments of leadership during the Napoleonic Wars...

Una antropología de la Edad Media ibérica desde los ojos de un viajero en el tiempo del siglo XXI. Esa imagen oscura, sucia, violenta e ignorante que tantas veces hemos visto representada en libros y películas, poco o nada tiene que ver con cómo vivían de verdad las gentes del Medievo...

George Eliot pushed the boundaries of fiction and of Victorian society. She was an extraordinary woman whose unconventional life meant that she was judged harshly by family, friends, and strangers. Eliot wanted to draw attention to the feelings and motivations of ordinary people, so that we...

Brought to you by Penguin. The fascinating new history of the British Aristocracy since the Second World War There are fewer than 5000 people who can genuinely claim to be members of the British aristocracy, and yet they loom large in the popular consciousness. We're fascinated by their houses...

Brought to you by Penguin. For generations, the history of the British empire was written by its victors. British historians' accounts of conquest guided the consolidation of imperial rule in India, the Middle East, Africa and the Caribbean. Their narratives of the development of imperial...

Freedom of expression and individual enterprise have distinguished the societies of powers dominant at sea, and since supreme maritime nations have prevailed over their territorial rivals in the great wars of the modern era, it is they who have created today's world. In this final volume of his masterful trilogy, Padfield carries the theme through the terrible wars of the last century to the present, with vivid descriptions of the naval battles that have shaped our world.

The incredible story of the first African American military pilot, who went on to become a Paris nightclub impresario, a spy in the French Resistance and an American civil rights pioneer Eugene Bullard lived one of the most fascinating lives of the twentieth century. The son of a former slave...

El libro recoge los puntos de vista de aquel joven provinciano, enamorado del teatro y la poesía, que luchó durante veinte años en clandestinidad contra una malsana dictadura y que, más por azar y por responsabilidad, que por vocación, desempeñó un cierto papel en el gobierno de España y que hoy quiere creer que todavía sus opiniones encuentran eco en algunos españoles. En marzo de 2022, Alfonso Guerra se sentó frente a la cámara del cineasta Manuel Lamarca para hacer un repaso a su trayectoria personal y política.

1930s Europe - as the Roaring Twenties wind down and the world rumbles towards war, the great minds of the time have other concerns. Jean-Paul Sartre waits anxiously in a Parisian café for his first date with no-show Simone de Beauvoir. Marlene Dietrich slips from her loveless marriage into the dive bars of Berlin. Father and son Thomas and Klaus Mann clash over each other's homosexuality. And Vladimir Nabokov lovingly places a fresh-caught butterfly at the end of Verá's bed. Little do they all know, the book burning will soon begin.

From royalty to suffragettes and from campaigners to contemporary rebels, Sky News Presenter Sophy Ridge explains the ways that women have changed the face of politics. Sophy Ridge, presenter for Sky News, has uncovered the extraordinary stories of the women who have shaped British politics...