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  • The Sarpedon Krater

    The Life and Afterlife of a Greek Vase

    by Nigel Spivey ...
    A tale of tomb raiders, legal battles, suspicious death, and a 2,500-year-old vase: "Spivey proves a diligent detective and an engaging storyteller." — Times Literary SupplementPerhaps the most spectacular of all Greek vases, the Sarpedon krater depicts the body of Sarpedon, a hero of the Trojan War, being carried away to his homeland for burial. It was decorated some 2,500 years ago by Athenian ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How Art Made the World

    A Journey to the Origins of Human Creativity

    by Nigel Spivey ...
    In the late nineteenth century, the first discoveries of prehistoric painting were greeted with incredulity. How could there have been such deft and skillful artists in the world over 30,000 years ago? Noted art historian Nigel Spivey begins with this puzzle to explore the record of humanity's artistic endeavors, and their impact on our own development. How Art Made the World , in conjunction with ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • The Ancient Olympics

    by Nigel Spivey ...
    The word 'athletics' is derived from the Greek verb 'to struggle for a prize'. After reading this book, no one will see the Olympics as a graceful display of Greek beauty again, but as war by other means. Nigel Spivey paints a portrait of the Greek Olympics as they really were - fierce contests between bitter rivals, in which victors won kudos and rewards, and losers faced scorn and even assault. ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • Greek Sculpture

    by Nigel Spivey ...
    Ancient Greek sculpture seems to have a timeless quality – provoking reactions that may range from awe to alienation. Yet it was a particular product of its age: and to know how and why it was once created is to embark upon an understanding of its 'Classic' status. In this richly illustrated and carefully written survey, encompassing works from c.700 BC to the end of antiquity, Nigel Spivey ... Read more

    $50.99 CAD

  • The Classical World

    The Foundations of the West and the Enduring Legacy of Antiquity

    by Nigel Spivey ...
    A masterly investigation into the Classical roots of Western civilization, taking the reader on an illuminating journey from Troy, Athens, and Sparta to Utopia, Alexandria, and Rome.An authoritative and accessible study of the foundations, development, and enduring legacy of the cultures of Greece and Rome, centered on ten locations of seminal importance in the development of Classical ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Put Out More Flags

    by Evelyn Waugh ...
    Series series Penguin Modern Classics
    What happened to the characters of DECLINE AND FALL and VILE BODIES when the war broke out? PUT OUT MORE FLAGS shows them adjusting to the changing social pattern of the times. Some of them play a valorous part; others, like the scapegrace Basil Sea, disclose their incorrigible habit of self-preservation in all circumstances. Basil's contribution to the war effort involves the use of his peculiar ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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  • Black Mischief

    by Evelyn Waugh ...
    Bringing a war-torn country into the twentieth century can’t be that hard, right?Seth has an Oxford education, and has just successfully ended a Civil War in Azania. Azania, of course, is the country of which he is emperor. And what’s a newly secure emperor to do with his country? Why, modernize it of course. He recruits an English aristocrat and an Armenian entrepreneur to help, but he may have ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

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  • The Loved One

    by Evelyn Waugh ...
    America and Britain swirl together in this delightful satire.Dennis Barlow came to America as a poet, hired to write a screenplay for a movie studio. But that ended badly, and so he has taken a job at a pet cemetery, a choice that has left other members of the British expat community in Hollywood quite taken aback, though they are quickly distracted by the suicide of one of their own. Barlow is ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

  • A Handful of Dust

    by Evelyn Waugh ...
    The Jungle, as it turns out, is not the best place to forgot your troubles.Tony Last has it all: A loving wife, a delightful son, and a splendid home in the countryside. Or so he thinks. His life is left in shambles when, in the wake of his son’s death, he discovers that his wife has been having an affair and wants to divorce him. To get away from it all, he joins an expedition to Brazil, but the ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

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  • Men at Arms

    by Evelyn Waugh ...
    The first part of the Sword of Honour Trilogy, inspired by the author’s experiences in World War II.Guy Crouchback, the youngest member of a declining British aristocratic family, is on self-imposed exile in Italy, ashamed of his failed marriage. When World War II breaks out, he sees a chance to turn his life around, and to combat the evils of modernity. As it turns out, war is not so glamorous as ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

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  • Unconditional Surrender

    by Evelyn Waugh ...
    The final part of the Sword of Honour Trilogy, inspired by the author’s experiences in World War II.Once again aimless in the war, Guy Crouchback, the youngest member of a declining British aristocratic family, finds himself drifting through various desk jobs in England as the war continues to drag on. He is called back into active service again, to train as a parachuter under a man he knew in ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

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  • The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold

    by Evelyn Waugh ...
    Where can an author go to find peace and quiet?Gilbert Pinfold is, by all accounts, an accomplished man. He distinguished himself serving in the war, and then in peace as a novelist. He has travelled widely and has a successful marriage. But age is wearing on Gilbert Pinfold, and the combination of regular sedation and chronic drinking aren’t helping.After an unpleasant interview with the BBC, he ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD