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Plautus: Poenulus Thomas Biggs 9781350379060
Booksplease Price: £75.81Plautus' Poenulus (The Little Carthaginian) is a work of staggering literary andhistorical significance. Performed in the long shadow of Rome's struggle withHannibal's Carthage, this play stages the... -
Poetics of the First Punic War by Thomas Biggs 9780472132133
Booksplease Price: £67.25Poetics of the First Punic War investigates the literary afterlives of Rome's first conflict with Carthage. From its original role in the Middle Republic as the narrative proving ground for epic's... -
The Epic Journey in Greek and Roman Literature by Thomas Biggs 9781108498098
Booksplease Price: £94.81This volume explores journeys across time and space in Greek and Latin literature, taking as its starting point the paradigm of travel offered by the epic genre. The epic journey is central to the... -
Walls That Speak: The Murals of John Thomas Biggers by Olive Jensen Theisen 9781574412895
RRP: £23.99Booksplease Price: £21.44John Thomas Biggers (1924-2001) was one of the most significant African American artists of the twentieth century. He was known for his murals, but also for his drawings, paintings, and lithographs,... -
Epic Ambition: Hercules and the Politics of Emulation in Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica by Jessica Blum-Sorensen 9780299344603
RRP: £80.00Booksplease Price: £64.89By the time the Roman poet Valerius Flaccus wrote in the first century CE, the tale of Jason and his famous ship the Argo had been retold so often it was a byword for poetic banality. Why, then, did... -
Where's the Wonder in Elementary Math?: Encouraging Mathematical Reasoning in the Classroom by Judith McVarish 9780415957168
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £39.69This book argues that even in today's high-stakes testing environment, 'teaching to the test' need not be teachers' only focus as they introduce young children to mathematics. Judith McVarish...