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Natalie Haynes Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Natalie Haynes is an author and broadcaster. Bestselling author, broadcaster and classicist. Tweets by N and team. Stone Blind out now! My newest book #DivineMight is out in September...

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Book Cover for: Bewilderment, Richard Powers

Bewilderment

Richard Powers
Natalie HaynesNatalie Haynes

Thanks @kobo! What an excellent list of books for Ships to be on, including Richard Powers’ Bewilderment, which is beautiful. https://www.kobo.com/us/en/list/our-top-20-fiction-picks-of-2021/JTWupbMmu83tVAjZqUgBtg https://t.co/MOI589I0m4

Hardcover, 2021

$27.95$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Eumenides, Aeschylus

Eumenides

Aeschylus
Natalie HaynesNatalie Haynes

In today's episode of Times When Gorgons Were Made Worse in English than They Are in Greek, I give you... Robert Fagles' translation of the Eumenides, by Aeschylus: 'Gorgons I'd call them; but then with Gorgons you'd see the grim, inhuman...' Now let's look at the Greek (1/2) https://t.co/09hlAh0e0r

Paperback, 1989

$47.99$24.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Book of Form and Emptiness, Ruth Ozeki

The Book of Form and Emptiness

Ruth Ozeki
Natalie HaynesNatalie Haynes

Massive congratulations to @ozekiland and @canongatebooks on winning the @womensprize 2022! I am a huge fan, I couldn’t be more delighted 🏆 🙌🏻 🎉 #womensprize

Paperback, 2022

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Poetics

Aristotle
Natalie HaynesNatalie Haynes

Which lost object do you most wish we could find? Cleopatra’s tomb? Caligula’s horse? Aristotle’s Poetics on comedy (the McGuffin from The Name of the Rose)? The other 9 books of Sappho? From any time period, doesn’t have to be ancient, those just sprang to mind for me… 👑⚱️📚

Paperback, 2013

$11.95$5.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: An Extraordinary New Journey Through History's Greatest Treasures, Bettany Hughes

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: An Extraordinary New Journey Through History's Greatest Treasures

Bettany Hughes
Natalie HaynesNatalie Haynes

Congratulations to @bettany_hughes on the launch of her gorgeous new book, The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World! 📙✨ History fans, you’ll all want to delve in…

Paperback, 2024

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Fables, Aesop

Fables

Aesop
Natalie HaynesNatalie Haynes

Aesop’s fables tells us to be grateful for what we have, because someone is always worse off. Especially the mole in this engraving, which looks like it has been run over by a lorry. https://t.co/xJfXd98BK3

Paperback, 2022

$13.95$6.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths, Natalie Haynes

Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths

Natalie Haynes
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Series 9 of Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics will be coming your way in the summer 📻 The sequel to Pandora’s Jar will be out in the UK in the autumn 🏺✨ (We’re not allowed to share the title yet, so we’re just calling it Pandora Strikes Back in the meantime.)

Paperback, 2022

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: A Thousand Ships, Natalie Haynes

A Thousand Ships

Natalie Haynes
Natalie HaynesNatalie Haynes

Ask me anything on Reddit tomorrow! I’ll be on the r/books subreddit (https://t.co/53aWw5JSxD) answering your questions from 1pm EST / 5pm GST. Their book club have been reading A Thousand Ships, plus we can talk Stone Blind, mythology, radio, anything else 📚👩🏻‍💻 #AMA https://t.co/8HjovBUB9F

Paperback, 2021

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Don't Hit Me: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Carol L. Green

Don't Hit Me: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

Carol L. Green
Natalie HaynesNatalie Haynes

🧵Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. So here are two images of gorgons for you, both held in the British Museum. The hydria showing the immediate aftermath of Medusa’s decapitation is devastating: you see the blood running down her neck, https://t.co/rZSDXubqiN

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Book Cover for: The Lost Books of the Odyssey, Zachary Mason

The Lost Books of the Odyssey

Zachary Mason
Natalie HaynesNatalie Haynes

@LeedsBookClub The Lost Books of the Odyssey by Zachary Mason! Thanks so much for coming to the talk 😊

Paperback, 2011

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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