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Getting the Blues: Vision and Cognition in the Middle Ages is an interdisciplinary study of medieval color. By integrating scientific and literary approaches, it revises our current understanding of how people in medieval Europe experienced color and what it meant to them. This book insists that the past perception of the world can be recovered by joining timeless universal constraints on human experience (discovered by science) to the unique cultural expressions of that experience (revealed by...

This series comprises a package designed to teach the essentials of a given language, quickley and effectively. Each package contains a C-90 cassette of everyday conversation, a pocket-size phrase book, a mini-dictionary of 5000 words and a pronunciation key plus details about eating out, getting around, currencies, telephoning etc. A system of key sentence patterns combined with the 5000 words in the dictionary is designed to enable the reader to handle day to day situations. The package should...

The reception of Mediterranean Antiquity heritage is one of the dominant research areas in contemporary classical studies. This issue has constituted the scope of the conference Reception of Ancient Myths in Ancient, Modern and Postmodern Culture, which took place at the University of Lodz (Poland) in November 2013. The volume consists of the selected articles based on the conference papers. They are divided into the main chapters: Literature, Visual and Performing Arts and Philosophy as well as...

W.E.B. Du Bois (1868–1963) was one of the leading public figures of his time—an African American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, author, and editor. He organised, protested, laid out programs, petitioned, and raised questions of long-term strategy and short-term tactics. He also wrote numerous books and articles and was a commanding speaker and a prodigious correspondent. Meyer Weinberg created The World of W.E.B. Du Bois to provide a short journey through Du Bois’s views on v...

Papyri nos 3822-3875. (Egypt Exploration Society, Graeco-Roman Memoirs 76, 1989)

This volume is available on its own or as part of the seven volume set, Greek Literature. This collection reprints in facsimile the most influential scholarship published in this field during the twentieth century. For a complete list of the volume titles in this set, see the listing for Greek Literature [ISBN 0-8153-3681-0]. A full table of contents can be obtained by email: [email protected].

If you think that . . . • Aorist is a major artery of the heart • Clause is the surname of the fat guy in the red suit • Syntax is Uncle Sam’s slice of alcohol and tobacco sales . . . then you need English Grammar to Ace New Testament Greek. It’s designed to help you get a quick brush-up on the English grammar you’ve either forgotten or never quite learned, in a way that ties directly to your first-year Greek studies. With chapters such as “You Ain’t Nothing but a Noun Dog” and “Inflection: Trou...

This is a portable pack which features a phrase book and a CD. It also features over 8,000 everyday phrases that travellers need to speak and a menu reader and culture tips to help them understand the country they are visiting. It also features colour photographs which explain the currency, cash machines, ticket machines, motoring signs and more.

Greek, Complete Edition is a unique multimedia course that takes you from a beginner to an advanced level in one convenient package.   At the core of Greek, Complete Edition is the Living Language Method™, based on linguistic science, proven techniques, and over 65 years of experience. Our method teaches you the whole language, so you can express yourself, not just recite memorized words or scripts.   Millions have learned with Living Language®. Now it’s your turn.      • 3 Books: 46 lesso...

The Essential package is a unique multimedia introduction to Greek.   At the core of Greek, Essential Edition is the Living Language Method™, based on linguistic science, proven techniques, and over 65 years of experience. Our method teaches you the whole language, so you can express yourself, not just recite memorized words or scripts.   Millions have learned with Living Language®. Now it’s your turn.      • Book: 10 lessons, additional review exercises, dialogues, and a grammar summary—pl...

For many years, Homeric Greek has been a standard textbook for first-year Greek courses in college and preparatory schools. It offers students the exciting experience of learning to read a Homeric poem in the original language, while introducing them to the fundamentals of ancient Greek. This fourth edition addresses the needs of today's teachers and students, while retaining those elements of the original book responsible for its longevity. Written and subsequently revised by Clyde Pharr, Homer...

Knowing about 7000 words makes it possible to understand original Greek texts. Combining the vocabulary with conversational practice, you will be able to compose any phrases and express your thoughts quite accurately. You will find it easy to talk on various everyday topics. This knowledge will help you achieve the "Yes, I speak Greek" level. Helps you learn and memorize Greek words. Perfect for self-study and reviewing. Contains over 7000 commonly used words. The vocabulary has 198 topics incl...

Papyri nos 3647-3694. (Egypt Exploration Society, Graeco-Roman Memoirs 72, 1984)