Talking Classics - The Shock of the Old kids classics personalized advice

personalized advice

of multiple cultures and traditions

impeccably researched and written by his son Brian

delving into memorable and fascinating lore and locations across all five editions of the game

The book is created by Chelsea Monroe-Cassel

Talking Classics - The Shock of the Old kids classics personalized adviceBy: Mary Beard Published by University of Chicago Press, 2026 05 20 The incomparable Mary Beard is back, and she's talking all things classics. Why the ongoing fascination with the ancient world? This witty, approachable book asks why for better or (sometimes) worse antiquity continues to exert such a powerful hold on the contemporary imagination. Recalling a formative childhood encounter with a four thousand year old piece of bread in a museum, Beard