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Greek Myths - A New Retelling by Charlotte Higgins; Chris Ofili (Illustrator)
Category: Classic Fiction
A brilliantly original, landmark retelling of Greek myths, recounted as if they were actual scenes being woven into textiles by the women who feature prominently in them--including Athena, Helen, Circe and Penelope "Greek myths were full of powerful witches, unpredictable gods and sword-wielding sla ...Show more
Greek Myths: A New Retelling, with drawings by Chris Ofili by Charlotte Higgins
Category: Fiction
A major new retelling of the Greek myths for a new generation, with original drawings by world-renowned artist Chris Ofili.Charlotte Higgins' spellbinding new collection will include all the most famous Greek myths, as well as many less well-known but equally intriguing ones. Here are stories of the cre ...Show more
Greek Myths: A New Retelling, with drawings by Chris Ofili by Charlotte Higgins
Category: Fiction
A major new retelling of the Greek myths for a new generation, with original drawings by world-renowned artist Chris Ofili.In this spellbinding new collection, Charlotte Higgins reinterprets some of the most enduring stories of all time. Here are myths of the creation, of Heracles and Theseus and Perseu ...Show more
It's All Greek to Me: From Achilles' Heel to Pythagoras' Theorem: How Ancient Greece Has Shaped Our World by Charlotte Higgins
Category: History
Featuring things from Achilles' heel to Pythagoras' theorem, from Oedipus and his complex to Margaret Thatcher and Thucydides, this book aims to unlock the richness of the Greek world and show just how profoundly it has informed our own.
Latin Love Lessons : Put a Little Ovid in Your Life by Charlotte Higgins
Category: Languages and Reference
It wasn't just under-floor heating, hot baths and roads that the Romans did first and best...Remember Latin translation? All those arrows and ramparts, and centurions forever striking camp...Let's cut straight to the fun part. Forget about battles and spears and rediscover all the best bits of Latin lov ...Show more
Red Thread - On Mazes & Labyrinths by Charlotte Higgins
Category: History | Series: On Mazes and Labyrinths
The tale of how the hero Theseus killed the Minotaur, finding his way out of the labyrinth using Ariadne's ball of red thread, is one of the most intriguing, suggestive and persistent of all myths, and the labyrinth - the beautiful, confounding and terrifying building created for the half-man, half-bull ...Show more
Red Thread: On Mazes and Labyrinths by Higgins, Charlotte
Category: History
'Charlotte Higgins's Red Thread is a masterwork' Ali SmithA thrillingly original, labyrinthine journey through myth, art, literature, history, archaeology and memoir.The tale of how the hero Theseus killed the Minotaur, finding his way out of the labyrinth using Ariadne's ball of red thread, is one of t ...Show more
This New Noise: The Extraordinary Birth and Troubled Life of the BBC by Charlotte Higgins
Category: Biography
'The BBC, to my mind at least, is the most powerful British institution of them all, for, as well as informing, educating and entertaining, it permeates and reflects our existences, infiltrates our imaginations, forms us in myriad ways.' Charlotte Higgins, the Guardian's chief culture writer, steps behi ...Show more
Under Another Sky: Journeys in Roman Britain by Charlotte Higgins
Category: Travel Literature
"Shortlisted for the 2013 Samuel Johnson Prize, the Thwaites Wainwright Prize and the 2014 Dolman Travel Book Awardhis is a book about the encounter with Roman Britain- about what the idea of Roman Britain has meant to those who came after Britain s 400-year stint as province of Rome from the medieval m ...Show more
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