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Eureka Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Ancient Greeks but Were Afraid to Ask by Peter Jones
Category: History | Series: Classic Civilisations
The ancient Greeks gave us our alphabet and much of our scientific, medical and cultural language; they invented democracy, atomic theory, and the rules of logic and geometry; laid the foundations of philosophy, history, tragedy and comedy; and debated everything from the good life and the role of women ...Show more
Lobster for Josino by Peter Morgan-Jones; Rod MacLeod; Prudence Ellis
Category: Cooking | Food | Drink
Dazzling doses of flavour combined with appetising injections of creativity, delivered in just the right way to enjoy for days or decades! Lobster for Josino brings the joy of food to many who might otherwise miss out through practical but expert advice and clever, restaurant-quality recipes. Inspired ...Show more
Memento Mori - What the Romans Can Tell Us about Old Age and Death by Peter Jones
Category: History | Series: Classic Civilisations
In this revealing and entertaining guide to how the Romans confronted their own mortality, Peter Jones shows us that all the problems associated with old age and death that so transfix us today were already dealt with by our ancient ancestors 2,000 years ago. Romans inhabited a world where people, knowi ...Show more
Memento Mori: What the Romans Can Tell Us about Old Age and Death by Peter Jones
Category: History
In this revealing and entertaining guide to how the Romans confronted their own mortality, Peter Jones shows us that all the problems associated with old age and death that so transfix us today were already dealt with by our ancient ancestors two thousand years ago. Romans inhabited a world where man, k ...Show more
Quid Pro Quo: What the Romans Really Gave the English Language by Peter Jones
Category: History
Peter Jones takes the reader on a fascinating journey along the highways and byways of Roman life and culture, telling the amazing stories behind the original Latin meanings and uses of hundreds of our everyday words. Taking in every aspect of the ancient world, including science, religion, military mat ...Show more
Quid Pro Quo: What the Romans Really Gave the English Language by Peter Jones
Category: Gift Books
In this original and highly accessible book, Peter Jones takes the reader on a fascinating journey along the highways and byways of Roman life and culture, telling the amazing stories behind the original Latin meanings and uses of hundreds of our everyday words. Taking in every aspect of the ancient wor ...Show more
Veni, Vidi, Vici: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Romans but Were Afraid to Ask by Peter Jones; James Nightingale (Editor)
Category: History | Series: Classic Civilisations
The Romans left a long-lasting legacy and their influence can still be seen all around us, from our calendar and coins to our language and laws, but how much do we really know about them? Help is at hand in the form of this bookwhich tells the remarkable, and often surprising, story of the Romans and th ...Show more
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