Fenix press jul 2023 (3 risultati)

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - When the spaceship Jehad lifted off for Mars, the crew of four men and one women are placed under the rule of Dr. Lewis Spartan, a sadistic, power-hungry leader of the expedition. Only when they are well under way do they realize that Spartan plans to return to Earth by himself. As the Jehad approaches Mars, jealous rivalry amongst the crew leads to tension and strife, totally unaware of what awaits them on the martian surface, a martian threat that could cause their death, but deliverance would mean to yield to Spartan's schemes.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In order to understand the structure of The Iliad, we must keep fast hold of the guiding clue which is supplied by the author, Homer, in the first line of his poem. The subject, he tells us, is the Wrath of Achilles. The motive of the greatest of epics is wrath-blind, unreasoning fury, which knows no law, and acknowledges no right. Keeping this in view, we are able to explain what seems at first sight to be a strange anomaly in the conduct of the story-the absence of the hero from the scene of action during three-fourths of the narrative. For Achilles is not less the hero of The Iliad than Odysseus is the hero of The Odyssey, and in both cases the character of the man determines the structure of the poem.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The Aztecs were a mighty civilization, conquering and enslaving other Mesoamerican civilizations, ruling with terror and might, and at the peak of its power under the Emperor Montezuma II. Their hand of power stretched over Mesoamerica, even over the Mayans, but newcomers threaten their land, their stability, their rule, white men who came on ships, and on animals never before seen in the land, horses. What match would these Aztec conquerors be for the freshly arrived white conquerors.…