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Haynes, Natalie

Una mirada inteligente y bien elaborada sobre algunas de las más conocidas diosas griegas. Un análisis sobre su influencia en la cultura, el arte, la música y el cine de la actualidad. Natalie Haynes regresa a la no ficción en este libro, que toca la historia de varias diosas griegas populares, explorando sus orígenes y contrastándolos con otros mitos que se conocen de ellas. ...

Natalie Haynes

Get ready to meet the goddesses.In Divine Might, Natalie Haynes, the bestselling author of Stone Blind and Pandora's Jar, introduces us to the stories of the Greek goddesses. As fearsome, powerful and beloved as their male counterparts, it's time to look beyond the columns of a ruined temple to the awesome power within . . .We meet Hera, who, whilst most often known for enactin...

Haynes, Natalie

EL VERDADERO PAPEL DE LA MUJER EN LOS ANTIGUOS MITOS GRIEGOS. Los mitos griegos, protagonizados por divinidades, héroes, heroínas y monstruos, son una de las fuentes culturales más fértiles de la civilización occidental. Y como tradición, todas sus historias tienen diferentes versiones y variantes que cambian y evolucionan a lo largo del tiempo. En esta obra tan lúcida como mor...

Natalie Haynes

Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023"Haynes is master of her trade . . . She succeeds in breathing warm life into some of our oldest stories."--Telegraph (UK)The national bestselling author of A Thousand Ships and Pandora's Jar returns with a fresh and stunningly perceptive take on the story of Medusa, the original monstered woman.They will fear you and flee you an...

Natalie Haynes

"[A] dark, elegant novel" of two women in ancient Greece, based on the great tragedies of Sophocles (Publishers Weekly). Thebes is a city in mourning, still reeling from a devastating plague that invaded every home and left the survivors devastated and fearful. This is the Thebes that Jocasta has known her entire life, a city ruled by a king--her husband-to-be.Jocasta struggles...

Natalie Haynes

NATIONAL BESTSELLERAn NPR Best Book of the Year"Gorgeous.... With her trademark passion, wit, and fierce feminism, Natalie Haynes gives much-needed voice to the silenced women of the Trojan War."--Madeline Miller, author of CirceShortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, a gorgeous retelling of the Trojan War from the perspectives of the many women involved in its causes an...

Natalie Haynes

It's time for us to re-examine the past. Our lives are infinitely richer if we take the time to look at what the Greeks and Romans have given us in politics and law, religion and philosophy and education, and to learn how people really lived in Athens, Rome, Sparta and Alexandria. This is a book with a serious point to make but the author isn't simply a classicist but a comedia...

Natalie Haynes

Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023 "Haynes is master of her trade . . . She succeeds in breathing warm life into some of our oldest stories."--Telegraph (UK) The national bestselling author of A Thousand Ships and Pandora's Jar returns with a fresh and stunningly perceptive take on the story of Medusa, the original monstered woman. They will fear you and flee you...

Christie, Agatha / Naomi Alderman / Leigh Bardugo / Alyssa Cole / Lucy Foley / Elly Griffiths / Natalie Haynes / Jean Kwok / Val Mcdermid / Mcmanus, Karen / Dreda Say Mitchell / Kate Mosse / Ware, Ruth

NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Each author captures Christie--and Marple--perfectly, while also displaying just a bit of her own unique touch. . . . This new and entertaining collection by some of our favorite writers will hook a new group of readers to the formidable Miss Marple." -- Rhys Bowen, Washington Post "Marple is the best loved [detective]. Also the most influential. . . . It i...

Natalie Haynes

"Haynes is master of her trade . . . She succeeds in breathing warm life into some of our oldest stories."--Telegraph (UK)The national bestselling author of A Thousand Ships and Pandora's Jar returns with a fresh and stunningly perceptive take on the story of Medusa, the original monstered woman.They will fear you and flee you and call you a monster.The only mortal in a family ...

Haynes, Natalie

Una novela magistral sobre la guerra de Troya desde una perspectiva femenina.«Ésta nunca ha sido la historia de una mujer, ni de dos: es la de todas.»En plena noche, una mujer se despierta y observa que su amada ciudad está envuelta en llamas. Los diez años de conflicto entre griegos y troyanos, que parecían no tener fin, quedan atrás, con Troya reducida a cenizas.Desde las muj...

Natalie Haynes

"Funny, sharp explications of what these sometimes not-very-nice women were up to, and how they sometimes made idiots of . . . but read on!" - Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's TaleThe national bestselling author of A Thousand Ships returns with a fascinating, eye-opening take on the remarkable women at the heart of classical stories Greek mythology from Helen of Troy t...

Natalie Haynes

NATIONAL BESTSELLERAn NPR Best Book of the Year"Gorgeous.... With her trademark passion, wit, and fierce feminism, Natalie Haynes gives much-needed voice to the silenced women of the Trojan War."--Madeline Miller, author of CirceShortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, a gorgeous retelling of the Trojan War from the perspectives of the many women involved in its causes an...

Elizabeth Haynes

Él nunca dejará de perseguirla... y ella lo sabeCuando Catherine conoce al guapo y seductor Lee, parece demasiado perfecto para ser verdad. Es misterioso pero muy atento con ella, y sus amigas lo adoran.No siempre, sin embargo, las cosas son como parecen. La personalidad maniática, controladora y extremadamente violenta de Lee va acorralando a Catherine en un matrimonio asfixia...

Felicity Haynes

Cotidianamente se descubre en las escuelas que las normas para resolver problemas son a menudo conflictivas o confusas. De aquí que directivos y profesores puedan encontrarse en apuros cuando intentan solucionar las dificultades sin vulnerar la dignidad de los implicados. Haynes expone en este libro estudios de casos provocadores que invitan a los profesores a reflexionar sobr...

Haynes, Dana

Daria Gibron, a freelance operative with a long and deadly history, has been slowly recovering from the injuries sustained from her last case. Hiding out in a town in rural Italy, she has been staying as far off the map as she can-until she's tracked down by an old colleague. ...

Natalie Haynes

"Steady pacing paired with well-timed foreshadowing and fully realized characters make this one compelling from the beginning. Fans of Donna Tartt's "The Secret History" (1992), Erin Kelly's "The Poison Tree" (2011), and Tana French's "The Likeness" (2008) will likely enjoy the new perspective Haynes' conversational style offers to similar material." --"Booklist"After losing he...

Natalie Haynes

La guerra de troya como jamás la has leído.Cercana al estilo y las formas del relato épico, dotada de un lenguaje fresco y elegante, ritmo vibrante y estudiadas dosis de ironía,Las mil naveses una novela coral que narra uno de los momentos fundacionales de la literatura occidental a través de los ojos, las voces y los sentimientos de sus legendarias heroínas.Finalista delWome...