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  • How England Made the English

    From Why We Drive on the Left to Why We Don't Talk to Our Neighbours

    par Harry Mount ...
    PACKED WITH ASTONISHING FACTS AND WONDERFUL STORIES ON WHAT MAKES THE ENGLISH TICKQ. Why are English train seats so narrow?A. It's all the Romans' fault. The first Victorian trains were built to the same width as horse-drawn wagons; and they were designed to fit the ruts left in the roads by Roman chariots.This intriguing and witty book explains how our national characteristics - our sense of ... En savoir plus

    $10.99 CAD

  • Summer Madness

    How Brexit Split the Tories, Destroyed Labour and Divided the Country

    par Harry Mount ...
    In the three short weeks between the EU referendum on 23 June 2016 and Theresa May's ascent to Downing Street on 13 July, Brexit morphed into a mass murderer, destroying everything it touched. As the Bullingdon boys, David Cameron and George Osborne, were sensationally whacked, Mafia-style, the Cabinet was drained of blue blood and the tight-knit Notting Hill Set torn asunder.Michael Gove stabbed ... En savoir plus

    $12.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Amo, Amas, Amat ... and All That

    How to Become a Latin Lover

    par Harry Mount ...
    "If you know someone who missed out on Latin at school and wants to live a happier life, you could do no better than give them Harry Mount's entertainingly educative Latin primer." Daily Mail"Amo, Amas, Amat is a diverting meander and Mount's love of Latin shines out on every page." The Spectator"Latin without the pain." Guardian"If you studied Latin at school this will br... ... En savoir plus

    $4.99 CAD

  • Greek To Us

    The Fascinating Ancient Greek That Shapes Our World

    par John Davie ...
    Ancient Greek lives on in our culture in surprising ways. Sometimes funny - the word for an actor, hupokrites, gives us 'hypocrite'; sometimes beautiful - an astronaut is literally a sailor of the skies. And that's before we get to the myths which gave us our Achilles heel or our Midas Touch. And what about crocodile tears, which comes from the Greek's belief that crocodiles cried while eating ... En savoir plus

    $16.99 CAD

  • The Wit and Wisdom of Boris Johnson

    par Harry Mount ...
    A return to the wit and wisdom of Boris Johnson – Brexiteer, Foreign Secretary, Prime Minister. New and updated edition.2019 – the year that Boris took on the 'lingering gloomadon-poppers', pledged to steer the UK between the 'Scylla and Charybdis of Corbyn and Farage' and into the calmer waters of political freedom. Of course there was always bound to be 'a bit of plaster coming off the ceilings ... En savoir plus

    $10.99 CAD

  • Harry Mount's Odyssey

    Ancient Greece in the Footsteps of Odysseus

    par Harry Mount ...
    Architecture, art, sculpture, economics, mathematics, science, metaphysics, comedy, tragedy, drama and epic poetry were all devised and perfected by the Greeks. Of the four classical orders of architecture, three were invented by the Greeks and the fourth, the only one the Romans could come up with, was a combination of two of the former.The powerful ghost of ancient Greece still lingers on in the ... En savoir plus

    $22.99 CAD

  • Et tu, Brute?

    The Best Latin Lines Ever

    Harry Mount and John Davie unlock the wisdom of the past in this light-hearted and fascinating book, revealing how ancient Latin can help us to live better in the present.There are so many Latin phrases in everyday use that often we use them without understanding the background and context within which they were actually used. 'Carpe diem'; 'Stet'; 'Memento mori'; 'Et tu Brute' – examples would ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD

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    Greek To Us

    The Fascinating Ancient Greek That Shapes Our World

    par John Davie ...
    Lu par John Davie ...

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    9 heure 53 min

    Bloomsbury presents Greek To Us: The Fascinating Ancient Greek That Shapes Our World, written and read by John DavieAncient Greek lives on in our culture in surprising ways. Sometimes funny - the word for an actor, hupokrites, gives us ‘hypocrite’; sometimes beautiful - an astronaut is literally a sailor of the skies. And that’s before we get to the myths which gave us our Achilles heel or our ... En savoir plus

    $20.99 CAD

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    Et tu, Brute?

    The Best Latin Lines Ever

    Lu par John Telfer ...

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    7 heure 20 min

    Bloomsbury presents Et tu, Brute? by Harry Mount and John Davie, read by John Telfer.Harry Mount and John Davie unlock the wisdom of the past in this light-hearted and fascinating book, revealing how ancient Latin can help us to live better in the present.There are so many Latin phrases in everyday use that often we use them without understanding the background and context within which they were ... En savoir plus

    $20.99 CAD

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  • Empire

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  • Lost London

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