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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Profile Books (5 Nov 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1846682517
  • ISBN-13: 978-1846682513
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 44,136 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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`enjoyable... Beard is an exuberant communicator' --Dinah Birch, Observer

`Whether tackling the Afghan conflict or sexy statues, Cambridge professor Mary Beard's spiky blog has become an internet sensation'
--The Times

`Sharply observed, often hilarious slices of academic life' --Charlotte Higgins, Guardian

`Beard's studies of bygone times are infused with a peppering of wit that is unusual in an academic work'
--Julian Fleming, Sunday Business Post

'Beard remains self-deprecatory, invigoratingly sane and zestful' --Frances Spalding, Independent

'delightful...It has the virtues of brevity, eclecticism and learning worn lightly...' --Sam Leith, Daily Mail

`Beard has a spry, pithy, conversational style... a diverting read' --Edmund Gordon, Sunday Times

"Well-written, in short column-length bursts, it's the thinking person's loo book' --Alastair Mabbott, Glasgow Herald

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Britain's best known classicist speaks her mind on the ancient, and modern, worlds. A wide-ranging selection from her 'best hit' blog.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A* Professor, 11 Mar 2010
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This review is from: It's a Don's Life (Paperback)
This collection of blogs should be read for what it is - a very personal view of the daily round for a Cambridge professor; she enjoys some days more than others - don't we all? Never got to Cambridge myself, probably on intellectual grounds, but Prof Beard's college (Newnham) would have had other reasons for rejecting me. Still, this makes me think I missed something worth while.

I had just finished Robert Harris's Lustrum when I picked this up, thinking the work of a Classics Professor would be a logical follow-up. It worked well on that level, and the humour was an unexpected bonus.

Highly recommended
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Don's One life, 31 Dec 2009
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This review is from: It's a Don's Life (Paperback)
This is a series of articles culled from the author's blog, who is a lecturer in Classics at Cambridge.
I mostly enjoyed this read. The blog posts are varied from the use of Latin by David Beckam to of all things book reviews on Amazon. These posts seem to give a peek into the world of a Classics Don and perhaps dispel some myths about the relative ease of academic life. Still a stylistic drawback is the author's occasional harping against the male power & privileges and budget constraints; the reader remains somewhat unsympathetic on reading of her expeditions to Pompeii and the US.
Some negatives are that blog articles do not come across well in a written book format. They are too short to give a more detailed insight into some of authors more interesting topics. As well, the reader lacks the necessary background information to put these in context.
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10 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant for any lover of the Classics, 23 Oct 2009
This review is from: It's a Don's Life (Paperback)
I've been following Prof Beard's blog, and the publishers very kindly sent me a review copy - it's brilliant, funny, and a must-have for any fan of the Classics. This will be my stocking filler this year!
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