Offering a window into the world of ordinary Athenians Aristophanes The Birds & Other Plays" is a timeless set of comedies combining witty satire & raucous slapstick to wonderful effect. This " Penguin Classics" edition is translated from the Greek by David Barrett & Alan H. Sommerstein. The plays in this volume all contain Aristophanes trademark bawdy comedy & dazzling verbal agility. In " The Birds" two cunning Athenians persuade the birds to build the utopian city of Much Cuckoo in the Clouds in the sky blockading the Olympian gods & installing themselves as new deities. The Knights is a venomous satire on Cleon a prominent Athenian demagogue who vies with a humble sausage-seller for the approval of the people; while " The Assembly-Women" deals with the battle of the sexes as the women of Athens infiltrate the all-male Assembly in disguise. The lengthy conflict with Sparta is the subject of Peace inspired by the hope of a settlement in 421 BC & Wealth reflects on the economic catastrophe that hit Athens after the war. These lively translations by David Barrett & Alan H. Sommerstein capture the full humour of the plays. The introduction examines Aristophanes life & times & the comedy & poetry of his works. This volume also

Includes:: an introductory note for each play. Aristophanes (c.445-386 BC) was probably born in Athens. Little is known about his life but there is a portrait of him in " Platos Symposium". He was twice threatened with prosecution in the 420s for his outspoken attacks on the prominent politician Cleon but in 405 he was publicly honoured & crowned for promoting Athenian civic unity in " The Frogs". Aristophanes had his first comedy produced when he was about twenty-one & wrote forty plays in all. The eleven surviving plays of Aristophanes are published in the " Penguin Classics" series as " The Birds & Other Plays" " Lysistrata & Other Plays" " The Wasps & Other Plays" & " The Frogs & Other Plays". If you enjoyed " The Birds & Other Plays" you might like Aristophanes " The Frogs & Other Plays" also available in " Penguin Classics"."

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How long he fought with them in the darkness he could not tell but at last the beating of the wings about him lessened & then withdrew.. . A classic of alienation & horror The Birds was immortalised by Hitchcock in his celebrated film. The five other chilling stories in this collection echo a sense of dislocation & mock mans sense of dominance over the natural world. The mountain paradise of Monte Verita promises immortality but at a terrible price; a neglected wife haunts her husband in the form of an apple tree; a professional photographer steps out from behind the camera & into his subjects life; a date with a cinema usherette leads to a walk in the cemetery; & a jealous father finds a remedy when threes a crowd.. . ...

Romance writer & single mum Stevie Honeywell has only weeks to go to her wedding when her fiance Matthew runs off with her glamorous new friend Jo Mac Lean. It feels like history repeating itself for Stevie but this time she is determined to win back her man. She isn't going to act as he might expect. She isn't going to wail & dig her heels in she is simply going to pretend to let him go whilst she pursues a mad course of dieting exercising & self-improvement. & it feels like history is repeating itself for Adam Mac Lean too who is also determined to win his lady Jo back with the same basic psychological tactics. Then he is going to initiate his master plan: Getting together with Stevie to drive Jo wild with jealousy. So like the Scottish country jig ' The Birds & the Bees' the couples all change partners & learn some revealing truths about each other along the way. But what happens when Adam's master plan actually starts to work? & just who will Stevie be dancing with when the music stops? ...

Birds Britannica is neither an identification guide nor a behavioural study (though both these subjects enter its field). It covers cultural links; social history; birds as food; ecology; the lore & language of birds; myths art literature & music; anecdotes birdsong & rare facts; modern developments; migration the seasons & our sense of place. An attempt to describe the interaction of birds & humans it captures the essence of why birds matter. ...

Youve just seen a small black & white bird but which species is it? Which bird has a red head & a yellow wing? Birds by Colour helps you to identify almost 200 bird species common to western Europe simply by their shape & colour. Conceived & designed specifically for beginners this is the first guide to approach identification from birds most visible characteristics: their colours. No prior knowledge of ornithology is required to use the guide. 184 species have been classified according to the most typical bird shapes. Then groups of species that share physical characteristics & have similar colours are treated together on a spread illustrated side by side to allow direct comparison. In the second half of the book each featured bird has its own short field guide entry including information on their biology behaviour habitat & distribution. Each field guide entry is illustrated by a colour photograph & the artworks from the first half of the guide & details the best times & locations for observing the species. ...

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Includes:: --2 wire rods (one 6-inch & one 16-inch wide) --String (
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This is a book for domestic birdwatchers. It is full of stories of birds & their ways helpful hints on how to attract more & rarer birds to your garden advice on preserving their habitat & our environment & information on the identification of birds -- from Silvereyes to Fairy-wrens & cockatoos. It shows you: how to provide water for birds; what plants attract birds to your garden; what to do when a bird flies into your window; how to build nesting boxes & much much more. This is a book for enjoyment for increasing the pleasure of the converted & for converting those who do not yet indulge in the most relaxing of pastimes -- birdwatching. ...

London 1929. Joseph Waite is a man who knows what he wants. With his Havana cigars & Savile Row suits he is one of Britains wealthiest men. & the last thing he needs is a scandal. When his eighteen-year-old daughter runs away from home he is determined to keep the case away from the police & the newspapers. So he turns to a woman renowned for her discretion & investigative powers
- the extraordinary Maisie Dobbs. Maisie soon discovers that there are many reasons why Charlotte might have left home. Instinctively Maisie feels that Charlotte is safe. Yet suddenly she finds herself confronting a murder scene... With wonderful characters & a page-turning plot Birds of a Feather is a brilliant mystery. Fans of Maisie Dobbs will be delighted to see Maisies sleuthing abilities back in action while the emotional heart of her second mystery will appeal to yet more fans.
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This new edition of Birds of Africa south of the Sahara" contains some 400 updated images along with fully revised text capturing the latest information available. It provides unrivalled coverage of African birds in a single volume & is the only book to describe & illustrate all the birds found in Africa south of the Sahara Desert (the Afrotropic Region) including Socotra Pemba & islands in the Gulf of Guinea. Despite its exceptional coverage this guide is compact enough to use in the field & follows the standard field guide format with texts & range maps appearing opposite the colour plates. With its extraordinary reach & coverage this is a must-have volume for birding enthusiasts everywhere." ...

Birds of Central Asia is the first field guide to include the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan Kirghizstan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan & Tajikistan along with neighbouring Afghanistan. This vast area

Includes:: a diverse variety of habitats & the avifauna is similarly broad from sandgrouse ground jays & larks on the vast steppe & semi-desert to a broad range of raptors & from woodland species such as warblers & nuthatches to a suite of montane species such as snowcocks accentors & snowfinches. This book

Includes:: 141 high-quality plates covering every species (and all distinctive races) that occur in the region along with concise text focusing on identification & accurate colour maps. Important introductory sections introduce the land & its birds. Birds of Central Asia is a must-read for any birder or traveller visting this remote region.



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