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Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Ninja Attack! Ninja Attack! introduces dozens of unforgettable real-life ninja straight out of the annals of Japanese history-many of whom are all but unknown outside their home country. Ninja masters. Solo assassins and operatives. Femme fatales as deadly as they... RRP: $23.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
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Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Alcestis, Medea, Hippolytus This new volume of three of Euripides' most celebrated plays offers graceful, economical, metrical translations that convey the wide range of effects of the playwright's verse, from the idiomatic speech of its dialogue to the high formality of its choral... RRP: $19.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Medea Mitchell-Boyask's Introduction gives the reader a lively and accessible overview of Euripides' life, the circumstances of the original performances, and critical debate on the three plays. Footnotes to the translations provide students with useful... RRP: $12.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
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