John Boardman on the Parthenon by Boardman, John staff pick

John Boardman on the Parthenon by Boardman, John staff pickAuthor: Boardman, John Ancient history: to c 500 CE Published on 2 May 2024 by Thames & Hudson Ltd in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Pocket Perspectives' series. Hardback 88 pages, 15 Illustrations, colour 180 x 116 180g Britains most distinguished historian of ancient Greek art recounts what the Parthenon and its sculptures meant to the citizens of 5th century BCE Athens. Surprising, questioning, challenging, enriching: the Pocket Perspectives

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That night a forest begins to grow in Max's room and an ocean rushes by with a boat to take Max to the place where the wild things are

sensuous novel' New York Times Book Review 'Full of Proustian echoes

A year after the book's publication in 1943

armed with tubs of chicken

Published on 1 June 2021 by Flying Eye Books in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Hildafolk Comics' series

at the right time' Timothy Snyder

Published on 4 February 2021 by Dialogue (Dialogue Books) in the United Kingdom

Querying the facile and obscure ends of the poetry spectrum

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