' The Penguin History of Europe series is one of contemporary publishing's great projects' New Statesman To an extraordinary extent we continue to live in the shadow of the classical world At every level from languages to calendars to political systems we are the descendants of a 'classical Europe' using frames of reference created by ancient Mediterranean cultures As this consistently fresh & surprising new book makes clear however this was no less true for the inhabitants of those classical civilizations themselves whose myths history & buildings were an elaborate engagement with an already old & revered past filled with great leaders & writers emigrations & battles Indeed much of the reason we know so much about the classical past is the obsessive importance it held for so many generations of Greeks & Romans who interpreted & reinterpreted their changing casts of heroes & villains Figures such as Alexander the Great & Augustus Caesar loom large in our imaginations today but they were themselves fascinated by what had preceded them The Birth of Classical Europe is therefore both an authoritative history & also a fascinating attempt to show how our own changing values & interests have shaped our feelings about an era which is by some measures very remote but by others startlingly close ...

This thematic history of the world from 1780 to the onset of the First World War reveals that the world was far more globalised at this time than is commonly thought Explores previously neglected sets of connections in world history Reveals that the world was far more globalised even at the beginning of this period than is commonly thought Sketches the ripple effects of world crises such as the European revolutions & the American Civil War Shows how events in Asia Africa & South America impacted on the world as a whole Considers the great themes of the nineteenth-century world including the rise of the modern state industrialisation & liberalism Challenges & complements the regional & national approaches which have traditionally dominated history teaching & writing ...

A compelling argument for the necessity for art in life Nietzsche's first book is fuelled by his enthusiasms for Greek tragedy for the philosophy of Schopenhauer & for the music of Wagner to whom this work was dedicated Nietzsche outlined a distinction between its two central forces the Apolline representing beauty & order & the Dionysiac a primal or ecstatic reaction to the sublime He believed the combination of these states produced the highest forms of music & tragic drama which not only reveal the truth about suffering in life but also provide a consolation for it Impassioned & exhilarating in its conviction The Birth of Tragedy has become a key text in European culture & in literary criticism ...

USA Today bestselling author of The Girl Who Lied & Sister Sister Dear Carys Zoe & Andrea Come & join me for my fortieth birthday adventure weekend full of mysteries & surprises the like of which you can't imagine When Joanne's friends reluctantly accept an invitation to her birthday party it quickly becomes clear that there is more to this weekend than they are expecting One of them is hiding a secret And Joanne is planning to reveal it A weekend away in a cottage in the woods sounds like fun
- until no one can hear your cries for help Four friends A party to die for Who will survive?
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When handing out the invitations for her birthday party Ella mistakenly drops one on the forest floor & who should find it? A wizard of course & a pirate & a parrot & then a whole host of wonderful characters! Join Ella for her very exciting birthday party complete with a hilarious array of unexpected guests! A brilliantly fun picture book gloriously illustrated by the supremely talented & bestselling illustrator Laura Hughes ...

Dot her best friend Beans & her dog Mc Clusky all love sniffing out a good mystery & together they will solve the case & save the day Dotty is sporty funny creative clever & FEARLESS She is great with codes & puzzles & most of all
- if there's a mystery to solve
- she's your girl This time round her trusty sidekick Beans & TOP DOG Mc Clusky are keeping secrets from Dotty
- will she like their surprise?


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The explosive new Cotton Malone thriller by the international bestseller Steve Berry 400 pages Berry Steve ...

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