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  • Metamorphoses

    by Ovid ...
    Translated by David Raeburn ...
    'Still remarkably vivid. It is easier to read this for pure pleasure than just about any other ancient text' Nicholas Lezard, GuardianOvid's sensuous and witty poem begins with the creation of the world and brings together a dazzling array of mythological tales, ingeniously linked by the idea of transformation - often as a result of love or lust - where men and women find themselves magically ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

  • The Leopard's Daughter

    A Pukhtun Story

    You've read about the Afghan war. You're curious, not about America's motives, but about the enemies it has fought. Didn't they understand America's might? The United States and its allies have made war against Pashtuns/Pukhtuns in Afghanistan and Pakistan for twenty years. Now, in 2021, what had been clear to Pashtuns since 2001 has been acknowledged by the US: the US and its allies have lost. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Electra and Other Plays

    by Sophocles ...
    Translated by David Raeburn ...
    Sophocles’ innovative plays transformed Greek myths into dramas featuring complex human characters, through which he explored profound moral issues. Electra portrays the grief of a young woman for her father Agamemnon, who has been killed by her mother’s lover. Aeschylus and Euripides also dramatized this story, but the objectivity and humanity of Sophocles’ version provides a new perspective. ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

  • Believing Women in Islam

    A Brief Introduction

    Is women’s inequality supported by the Qur’an? Do men have the exclusive right to interpret Islam’s holy scripture? In her best-selling book Believing Women in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur’an, Asma Barlas argues that, far from supporting male privilege, the Qur’an actually encourages the full equality of women and men. She explains why a handful of verses have been ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Rhinitis: Immunopathology and Pharmacotherapy

    Series series Respiratory Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy
    Continuing the Respiratory Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy series, this volume explores the pathophysiology and therapy of rhinitis. The volume is introduced by a chapter describing the normal anatomy and physiology of the nose and sinuses. Against this background the contributing authors describe and discuss the immunological and pathological changes which occur in rhinitis. The various causes ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Greek Tragedies as Plays for Performance

    by David Raeburn ...
    This is a unique introduction to Greek tragedy that explores the plays as dramatic artifacts intended for performance and pays special attention to construction, design, staging, and musical composition.Written by a scholar who combines his academic understanding of Greek tragedy with his singular theatrical experience of producing these ancient dramas for the modern stageDiscusses the masters of ... Read more

    $41.00 USD

  • Airways Smooth Muscle: Modelling the Asthmatic Response In Vivo

    Series series Medicine (R0)
    Building on the existing titles in the "Airways Smooth Muscle" sub-series, the sixth volume explores physiological and pharmacological processes in the lung in vivo. The various animal models available for studying the bronchospasm and inflammation associated with human asthma are thoroughly reviewed by internationally recognised scientists. Specific chapters focus on the problems of administering ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    Metamorphoses

    Penguin Classics

    Unabridged

    18 hours 25 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.This Penguin Classic is performed by award-winning voice actor Martin Jarvis OBE, as well as John Sackville, Maya Saroya and the translator of this edition, David Raeburn. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Denis Feeney.Ovid's sensuous and witty poetry brings together a dazzling array of mythological tales, ingeniously linked by the idea of ... Read more

    $21.84 USD

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    by Virgil ...
    Narrated by Michael Page ...

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    After a century of civil strife in Rome and Italy, the poet Virgil wrote The Aeneid to honor the emperor Augustus by praising Aeneas, Augustus's legendary ancestor. As a patriotic epic imitating Homer, The Aeneid also set out to provide Rome with a literature equal to that of Greece. It tells of Aeneas, survivor of the sack of Troy, and of his seven-year journey: to Carthage, where he fell ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

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    The Twelve Caesars

    by Suetonius ...
    Narrated by Clive Chafer ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 42 min

    As private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian, the scholar Suetonius had access to the imperial archives and used them (along with eyewitness accounts) to produce one of the most colorful biographical works in history. The Twelve Caesars chronicles the public careers and private lives of the men who wielded absolute power over Rome, from the foundation of the empire under Julius Caesar and Augustus, ... Read more

    $21.99 USD