OpenLearn Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Agatha ChristieOpenLearnIntroduced less than two months ago, our free course about #detectivefiction and the work of #AgathaChristie is one of our most popular! 'Agatha Christie and the golden age of #detective #fiction' examines her work, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926). https://t.co/yS3z8NMgl1 https://t.co/R6QSGft9VH
Paperback, 2022
$11.00$5.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lysistrata: A New Verse Translation
AristophanesOpenLearnLike #ClassicalStudies? Like #animation? Enjoy #Aristophanes' comic account of one woman's extraordinary method of bringing The Peloponnesian War to an end in this two minute animation, #Lysistrata by Aristophanes. https://t.co/nahaHMFjxe #AncientGreece #Classics https://t.co/bXEhyQMw6U
Paperback, 2020
$12.95$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
On the Origin of Species Illustrated: Evolution
Charles DarwinOpenLearn#OTD in 1838, Charles #Darwin presented a paper to the Linnean Society in London, on his theory of the #evolution of species and #naturalselection. Find out more about this theory in our FREE course 'Evolution through natural selection': https://t.co/XaESTA4azJ #science https://t.co/MNpyQsROG4
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition
Agatha ChristieOpenLearn🕵️ Who'd create a free course about the work of Agatha Christie? This is no 'who dunnit?'... it was us! ☝️ You’ll examine one of Christie’s most significant works, The Murder of Roger #Ackroyd and discover more about the world’s best-selling #writer! ✍️ https://t.co/vMp1VSFSRT https://t.co/ZXs5W43bCX
Paperback, 2021
$10.99$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Medea
EuripidesOpenLearnMeet Medea, a wife, a mother, an enchantress. And a woman contemplating a terrible crime, the murder of her children. Discover the Ancient Greek #tragedy #Medea (by #Euripides), in our two-minute animation voiced by Angela Griffin. https://t.co/1HCh500sut #classics #Greek https://t.co/ZEol8eQYTG
Paperback, 2015
$10.00$5.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lysistrata: Translated From The Greek Of Aristophanes
AristophanesOpenLearnLike #ClassicalStudies? Like #animation? Enjoy #Aristophanes' comic account of one woman's extraordinary method of bringing The Peloponnesian War to an end in this two minute animation, #Lysistrata by Aristophanes. https://t.co/nahaHMFjxe #AncientGreece #Classics https://t.co/36bQcYBX2f
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1984: 75th Anniversary
George OrwellOpenLearn📕 1984 is an iconic story by the British novelist George Orwell. 🗳️ Check out this FREE course which explores the influences on Orwell, the historical context in which the #novel was written, and the book’s ongoing relevance in today’s #politics: https://t.co/SBI2folzbi https://t.co/hmZEFqHztH
Paperback, Mass Market, 1950
$10.99$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Antigone
SophoclesOpenLearnDiscover the Ancient #GreekTragedy 'Antigone' in our two minute animation voiced by Helen Skelton, then find out more about the characters in the classical #Sophocles' play. https://t.co/FKDbvkvUmW #classics https://t.co/OHiUMyRSpe
Paperback, 1990
$13.99$6.99 + Free shipping50% off your first bookThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Agatha ChristieOpenLearn🕵️ Who'd create a free course about the work of Agatha Christie? This is no 'who dunnit?'... it was us! ☝️ You’ll examine one of Christie’s most significant works, The Murder of Roger #Ackroyd and discover more about the world’s best-selling #writer! ✍️ https://t.co/vMp1VSFSRT https://t.co/ZXs5W43bCX
Paperback, 2022
$11.00$5.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Of the Immortality of the Soul
David HumeOpenLearnSomething a bit different for #DyingMattersAwarenessWeek Our FREE course 'David Hume' examines Hume's reasons for being complacent in the face of death, as these are laid out in his suppressed essay of 1755, 'Of the immortality of the soul': https://t.co/QlbhiWwdQt #philosophy https://t.co/o1a86YUMQx
Paperback, 2020
$5.49$2.74 + Free shipping50% off your first book