Put your Dad in the limelight with this Medal of Honour Father's Day card by hotchpotch. This quirky design features a gold foiled medal hanging from a moustache. The front reads DAD you deserve the MEDAL OF HONOUR for going above & beyond the call of duty!" Inside is blank for your own message. Comes with a white envelope & measures 115 x 170 mm." ...

The Sisters of the Blade rule Medalon with an army of elite Defenders to enforce their oppressive rule & keep bordering nations in check. Overseeing all is First Sister Joyhinia. She lives for politics & power & will let nothing come between her & greatness
- even her children. So when Rshiel & her half-brother Tarja are caught on the wrong side of one of their mothers schemes they are forced to flee the capital. Travelling as exiles they see the full extent of the Sisterhoods oppression & begin to hear rumour of the lost offspring of the legendary Lorandranek a demon child who will unite the people & vanquish tyranny forever. MEDALON is the first volume in a stunning new high fantasy trilogy from an author of extraordinary talent & boundless imagination.
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the most tragic of the poets Aristotle Euripides was one of the most popular & controversial of all Greek tragedians & his plays are marked by an independence of thought ingenious dramatic devices & a subtle variety of register & mood. He is also remarkable for the prominence he gave to female characters whether heroines of virtue or vice. In the ethically shocking Medea the first known child-killing mother in Greek myth to perform the deed in cold blood manipulates her world in order to wreak vengeance on her treacherous husb&. Hippolytus sees Phaedras confession of her passion for her stepson herald disaster while Electras heroine helps her brother murder their mother in an act that mingles justice & sin. Lastly lighter in tone the satyr drama Helen is an exploration of the impossibility of certitude as brilliantly paradoxical as the three famous tragedies. This new translation does full justice to Euripidess range of tone & gift for narrative. A lucid introduction provides substantial analysis of each play complete with vital explanations of the traditions & background to Euripidess world. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford Worlds Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxfords commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more. ...

This title features four plays which exemplify his interest in flawed characters who defy the expectations of Greek society Euripides Medea & Other Plays" is translated with an introduction by Philip Vellacott in " Penguin Classics". The four tragedies collected in this volume all focus on a central character once powerful brought down by betrayal jealousy guilt & hatred. The first playwright to depict suffering without reference to the gods Euripides made his characters speak in human terms & face the consequences of their actions. In " Medea" a woman rejected by her lover takes hideous revenge by murdering the children they both love & Hecabe depicts the former queen of Troy driven mad by the prospect of her daughters sacrifice to Achilles. Electra portrays a young woman planning to avenge the brutal death of her father at the hands of her mother while in " Heracles" the hero seeks vengeance against the evil king who has caused bloodshed in his family. Philip Vellacotts lucid translation is accompanied by an introduction which discusses the literary background of Classical Athens & examines the distinction between instinctive & civilized behaviour. Euripides (c.4 85-07 BC) was an Athenian born into a family of considerable rank. Disdaining the public duties expected of him Euripides spent a life of quiet introspection spending much of his life in a cave on Salamis. Late in life he voluntarily exiled himself to the court of Archelaus King of Macedon where he wrote " The Bacchae" regarded by many as his greatest work. Euripides is thought to have written 92 plays only 18 of which survive. If you enjoyed " Medea & Other Plays" you might like Aeschylus " The Oresteian Trilogy" also available in " Penguin Classics"." ...

Previously published as Alcestis & Other Plays" the " Penguin Classics" edition of Euripides' " Medea & Other Plays" is translated by John Davie with introductions & notes by Richard Rutherford. " Medea" in which a spurned woman takes revenge upon her lover by killing her children is one of the most shocking of all the Greek tragedies. Medea is a towering figure who demonstrates Euripides' unusual willingness to give voice to a woman's case. " Alcestis" is based on a magical myth in which Death is overcome & the " Children of Heracles" examines conflict between might & right while " Hippolytus" deals with self-destructive integrity. These plays show Euripides transforming awesome figures of Greek myths into recognisable fallible human beings. John Davie's accessible prose translation is accompanied by a general introduction & individual prefaces to each play. Euripides (c.485-07 BC) was an Athenian born into a family of considerable rank. Disdaining the public duties expected of him Euripides spent a life of quiet introspection spending much of his life in a cave on Salamis. Late in life he voluntarily exiled himself to the court of Archelaus King of Macedon where he wrote " The Bacchae" regarded by many as his greatest work. Euripides is thought to have written 92 plays only 18 of which survive. If you enjoyed " Medea & Other Plays" you might like Aeschylus' " The Oresteia" also available in " Penguin Classics". " One of the best prose translations of Euripides I have seen". (Robert Fagles). " John Davie's translations are outstanding. The tone throughout is refreshingly modern yet dignified". (William Allan " Classical Review")." ...

In his beautifully balanced clear & broad-ranging account of a fast-changing field Paul Hodkinson has successfully brought together myriad perspectives with which to critically analyse todays media culture & media society
- Sonia Livingstone Professor of Media & communication LSE Clearly organized systematic & combining a critical survey of the field with a finely judged assessment of cutting edge developments this book provides a must have contribution to media & communication studies. The text is organized into three distinctive parts which fall neatly into research & teaching requirements: Elements of the Media (which covers media technologies the organization of the media industry media content & media users); Media Power & Control (which addresses questions of the media & manipulation the construction of news public service broadcasting censorship commercialization); & Media Identity & Culture (which covers issues of the media & ethnicity gender subcultures audiences & fans). The book is notable for: / Logical & coherent organization / Clarity of expression / Use of relevant examples / Fair minded criticism / Zestful powers of analysis It has all of the qualities to be adopted as core introductory text in the large & buoyant field of media & communication studies.
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This textbook provides students with a comprehensive & accessible introduction to the field of media studies. Written by two highly experienced lecturers the volume covers media texts media institutions & audiences & the media. The authors offer a range of textual tools students might use as approaches to understanding the vast range of media texts. They examine the organizations which produce media texts & introduce readers to the dominant critical frameworks for understanding media industries examining some of the key institutional debates in media studies. The section on audiences investigates the wide range of diverse perspectives on media audiences & the debates about the media & consumption. Each chapter concludes with activities which encourage students to develop & apply critical approaches in contexts which develop their individual learning. The final section offers a set of techniques & case studies on methods of research which is specifically designed for undergraduate students. ...

Here is the world we think we know presented to us as if for the very first time. From oral sex in the Oval Office to cowboy politics from Homer Simpson to O. J. Simpson from Princess Diana's funeral to the aftermath of September 11 from reality TV to hip-hop nation Mediated" takes us on a provocative tour of our media-drunk society. It is a brilliantly satirical treatise on our culture
- the real & unreal times in which we live the cult of celebrity & our own narcissistic response to it. Read this book & nothing that you see or hear can any longer be taken for granted."
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Meet Susannah Simon: she's a typical teenage girl who just happens to be a ghost-hunter...oh & she's also dead-over-heels for Jesse
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Meet Susannah Simon: she's a typical teenage girl who just happens to be a ghost-hunter.. .oh & she's also dead-over-heels for Jesse
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