Boukje Verheij Libros

Pompeii explodes a number of myths - from the very date of the eruption, probably a few months later than usually thought; the hygiene of the baths which must have been hotbeds of germs; and the legendary number of brothels, most likely only one, to the massive death count which was probably less than ten per cent of the population.Street Life, Earning a Living: Baker, Banker and Garum Maker (who ran the city), The Pleasure of the Body: Food, Wine, Sex and Baths, these chapter headings give a surprising insight into the workings of a Roman town. At the Suburban Baths we go from communal bathing to hygiene to erotica. A fast-food joint on the Via dell' Abbondanza introduces food and drink and diets and street life. These are just a few of the strands that make up an extraordinary and involving portrait of an ancient town, its life and its continuing re-discovery, by Britain's leading classicist.

A masterful history of Rome's first imperial dynasty by the award-winning author of Rubicon, Persian Fire and In the Shadow of the Sword.

El código de Arquímedes es una obra de no ficción que se lee como una novela, pues combina intriga, libros perdidos, y hallazgos de manuscritos al tiempo que nos ofrece unas revelaciones finales que reescriben la historia de las matemáticas y de la ciencia moderna. La obra escrita para todos los públicos, comienza relatando la trepidante subasta en Christie’s donde se vendió el manuscrito perdido de Arquímedes, procedente probablemente de un robo. Dañados, incompletos y reescritos, los textos y dibujos de Arquímedes fueron encontrados entre las páginas de un libro de oraciones de un monje del siglo XIII. Gracias a la reconstrucción y conservación del pergamino se ha podido demostrar que el pensamiento de Arquímedes se adelantó incluso al de Isaac Newton.

A guy walks into a bar . . . From here the story could take many turns. A guy walks into a bar and meets the love of his life. A guy walks into a bar and finds no one else is there. When this guy is David Sedaris, the possibilities are endless. In Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls, Sedaris delights with twists of humour and intelligence, remembering his father's dinnertime attire (shirtsleeves and underpants) his first colonoscopy (remarkably pleasant) and the time he considered buying the skeleton of a murdered pygmy. By turns hilarious and moving, David Sedaris masterfully looks at life's absurdities as he takes us on adventures that are not to be forgotten.

Keuze uit de verhalen van de Amerikaanse schrijver (1962- ).