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  • THE GLORY OF DANTE
    Richard Alston
    ’Dante and Shakespeare divide the modern world between them: there is no third’. - T.S. EliotDante Alighieri, an Italian poet, writer, and philosopher, stands out for his enduring and celebrated legacy. Unlike typical literature grounded in the present, Dante’s 'Divine Comedy'offers a transcendental experience, exploring profound spiritual and existential questions. His vivid d...
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    23,14 €

  • THEIR ABC
    Richard Alston
    The ABC was established in 1932, following in the footsteps of the BBC. In its early years it was a shining example of a revered public broadcaster.The key to its early success was having two strong minded, long serving General Managers who ensured that the place was well run, with everyone knowing their place.But as the years went by senior management progressively outsourced ...
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    20,25 €

  • DONALD TRUMP The Ultimate Contrarian
    Richard Alston
    Donald Trump’s term as president of United States ended in disgrace. Judged only on character he would rank very low, but the assessment of any Chief Executive must be based on performance. After a life time in business he understood economic and financial issues and the vital importance of national security, but above all he understood the needs and concerns of middle America....
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    18,99 €

  • More to Life than Politics?
    Richard Alston
    Richard Alston - barrister, politician, diplomat, company director, senior Cabinet minister for more than seven years - was a leading figure in national debates about privatisation, innovation, information technology, the Arts and the ABC, transforming the federal Communications portfolio into a telecommunications powerhouse with a significant role in the economy.His interests ...
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    42,06 €

  • Rome’s Revolution
    Richard Alston
    Two of the most famous mosaics from the ancient world, in the church of San Vitale in Ravenna, depict the sixth-century emperor Justinian and, on the wall facing him, his wife, Theodora (497-548). This majestic portrait gives no inkling of Theodora’s very humble beginnings or her improbable rise to fame and power. Raised in a family of circus performers near Constantinople’s Hi...
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    20,51 €

  • Reflections of Romanity
    Richard Alston
    Reflections of Romanity: Discourses of Subjectivity in Imperial Rome, by Richard Alston and Efrossini Spentzou, challenges and provokes debate about how we understand the Roman world, and ourselves, by engagement with the early imperial literature of the mid-first to early second-century CE. Alston and Spentzou explore Roman subjectivity to illuminate a society whose fragmenta...
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    54,25 €

  • Aspects of Roman History 31 BC-AD 117
    Richard Alston
    This book provides an invaluable introduction to Roman Imperial history, which allows students to gain an overview of the period and will be an indispensable aid to note-taking, essay preparation and examination revision. ...
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    101,91 €

  • The City in Roman and Byzantine Egypt
    Richard Alston
    For those wishing to study the Roman city in Egypt, the archaeological record is poorer than that of many other provinces. Yet the large number of surviving texts allows us to reconstruct the social lives of Egyptians to an extent undreamt of elsewhere. We are not, therefore, limited to a history of the public faces of cities, their inscriptions, and the writings of their elite...
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    103,19 €

  • Biologia Centrali-Americana
    Edward Richard Alston
    Biologia Centrali-Americana: Mammalia, Volume 2, by Edward Richard Alston, is a detailed 19th-century study of the mammals of Central America. Part of the larger Biologia Centrali-Americana series, this volume offers a comprehensive overview of various mammalian species, their habitats, and characteristics as understood at the time. This work provides valuable insights into the...
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    25,21 €

  • Soldier and Society in Roman Egypt
    Richard Alston
    Provides a radical reassessment of the Roman army’s relations with local communities. The unsuspected scale of the army’s integration into local life offers a new insight into Roman rule in Egypt and Roman imperialism more generally. ...
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    77,19 €