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    The Legacy of Rome. A...

    The Legacy of Rome. A New Appraisal

    Gebonden met stofomslag, in het Engels. In goede tot zeer goede staat

    If the grandeur that was Rome has long since vanished, the impact of the Eternal City can still be felt in virtually every corner of Western culture. Students of speech and rhetoric to this day study the works of Cicero for guidance. We find Roman Law setting the model for legal systems from the twelfth century to the present. And Latin itself, far from being a "dead language," lives on not only in the Romance languages, but also in English vocabulary and grammar. Rhetoric, language, law--these are just a small part of the great Roman influence that has lasted throughout the centuries.
    The Legacy of Rome has long been considered the standard introduction to the achievements of the Roman world. Now in a completely new edition, this classic work brings together the latest scholarship in the field from some of the world's leading classical scholars. Unlike the previous version, which focused on such narrow topics as commerce and administration, the new edition broadens the spectrum of influence, showing the impact, for example, of Roman literature, art, politics, law, and language on western civilization. Jasper Griffin, for instance, looks to the works of Shakespeare, Milton, Keats, and Wordsworth, among others, to trace the lasting influence of the great Roman poet Virgil on the development of poetic forms such as the pastoral, epitomized by Virgil's Eclogues, and the epic poem, exemplified by the Aeneid. A.T. Grafton shows how Renaissance intellectuals such as Machiavelli and Guicciardini looked to Rome's past for political enlightenment, and found models of military strategy in the works of Tacitus and Livy. Editor Richard Jenkyns dispels the misconception of the Romans as purely imitative of the Greeks; he points out such uniquely Roman concepts as jurisprudence and citizenship, and architecture based on the round arch and the vault, as evidence of Roman innovativeness. Other contributors--George A. Kennedy, Robert Feenstra, and Nicholas Purcell--discuss the importance of the study of Roman rhetoric in preparing speakers for public life, the lasting influence of the Justinian code on Western legal development, and the impact on future civilizations of the romanticized notion of an imperial Rome and its magical ruins.
    Ranging from the pastoral tradition, to the development of the comedy, to the lasting influence of the Latin language, The Legacy of Rome provides a much-needed new appraisal of the richness of the great civilization which gave rise to a large part of Western heritage.

    Richard Jenkyns ;

    € 8,50

    Soms sneeuwt het in april

    Soms sneeuwt het in april

    Hardcover met stofomslag, zo goed als nieuw.

    Soms sneeuwt het in april van Janneke Siebelink is een indringende roman over identiteit en afkomst. Hoe ga je om met het allesbepalende verleden van je voorouders? Gebaseerd op ware gebeurtenissen.

    Soms sneeuwt het in april vertelt het verhaal van een meisje dat opgroeit met het gewicht van haar moeders oorlogstrauma op haar schouders. Een aangrijpende en meeslepende geschiedenis die gebaseerd is op ware gebeurtenissen.

    Hoe ga je om met je allesbepalende familieverleden?

    1985. Katharina en Peter staan op een beslissend punt in hun relatie. Na twintig jaar hadden ze niet meer op een zwangerschap gerekend en ze vragen zich af of ze dit wel samen willen. Midden in een zomerse nacht op Texel spreken ze hun twijfels uit, in de auto, langs de kant van de weg. Terwijl ze praten dringt het verleden van Katharina zich aan haar op. Haar vader en oma overleden toen zij twaalf was, haar moeder Helena bemoeide zich nauwelijks met haar en Katharina voelde zich nergens thuis. Als Katharina ouder wordt, wordt het haar duidelijk dat haar familie nog een andere geschiedenis kent, een die terugvoert naar de Tweede Wereldoorlog.

    1944. In Amsterdam-Zuid werkt Helena op feestjes van de Duitse bezetter. Ze is voortdurend alert, want hoe later het wordt, hoe openhartiger de hoge heren praten over de toestand in de stad. Helena speelt de informatie door, maar wanneer ze in de gaten loopt moet ze de stad ontvluchten. Haar bestemming wordt het relatief vredige Waddeneiland Texel, maar ook daar ontkomt ze niet aan de oorlog.

    Janneke Siebelink;

    € 7,50

    She Said

    She Said

    Engelstalige paperback, in goede tot zeer goede staat

    The instant New York Times bestseller.

    "An instant classic of investigative journalism...'All the President's Men' for the Me Too era." -- Carlos Lozada, The Washington Post

    From the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters who broke the news of Harvey Weinstein's sexual harassment and abuse for the New York Times, Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, the thrilling untold story of their investigation and its consequences for the #MeToo movement

    For many years, reporters had tried to get to the truth about Harvey Weinstein's treatment of women. Rumors of wrongdoing had long circulated. But in 2017, when Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey began their investigation into the prominent Hollywood producer for the New York Times, his name was still synonymous with power. During months of confidential interviews with top actresses, former Weinstein employees, and other sources, many disturbing and long-buried allegations were unearthed, and a web of onerous secret payouts and nondisclosure agreements was revealed. These shadowy settlements had long been used to hide sexual harassment and abuse, but with a breakthrough reporting technique Kantor and Twohey helped to expose it. But Weinstein had evaded scrutiny in the past, and he was not going down without a fight; he employed a team of high-profile lawyers, private investigators, and other allies to thwart the investigation. When Kantor and Twohey were finally able to convince some sources to go on the record, a dramatic final showdown between Weinstein and the New York Times was set in motion.

    Nothing could have prepared Kantor and Twohey for what followed the publication of their initial Weinstein story on October 5, 2017. Within days, a veritable Pandora's box of sexual harassment and abuse was opened. Women all over the world came forward with their own traumatic stories. Over the next twelve months, hundreds of men from every walk of life and industry were outed following allegations of wrongdoing. But did too much change--or not enough? Those questions hung in the air months later as Brett Kavanaugh was nominated to the Supreme Court, and Christine Blasey Ford came forward to testify that he had assaulted her decades earlier. Kantor and Twohey, who had unique access to Ford and her team, bring to light the odyssey that led her to come forward, the overwhelming forces that came to bear on her, and what happened after she shared her allegation with the world.

    In the tradition of great investigative journalism, She Said tells a thrilling story about the power of truth, with shocking new information from hidden sources. Kantor and Twohey describe not only the consequences of their reporting for the #MeToo movement, but the inspiring and affecting journeys of the women who spoke up--for the sake of other women, for future generations, and for themselves.

    Jodi Kantor; Megan Twohey ;

    € 9,50
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