![]() ![]() One enters into a clandestine affair with a Vestal virgin. One unwittingly becomes the sexual plaything of the notorious Messalina. ![]() ![]() But at the novel's heart are the wrenching choices and seductive temptations faced by each new generation of the Pinarii. that ravaged the city, Nero's terrifying persecution of the Christians, and the mind-blowing opening games of the Colosseum. The deadly paranoia of Domitian is followed by the Golden Age of Trajan and Hadrian-but even the most enlightened emperors wield the power to inflict death and destruction on a whim.Įmpire is strewn with spectacular scenes, including the Great Fire of 64 A.D. Through the eyes of the Pinarii, we witness the machinations of Tiberius, the madness of Caligula, the cruel escapades of Nero, and the chaos of the Year of Four Emperors in 69 A.D. ![]() 'A compelling storyteller, with a striking talent for historical reconstruction' Mary Beard Now, in Empire, Saylor charts the destinies of five more generations of the Pinarius family, from the reign of the first emperor, Augustus, to the glorious height of Rome's empire under Hadrian. In the international bestseller Roma, Steven Saylor told the story of the first thousand years of Rome by following the descendants of a single bloodline. ![]()
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![]() “A powerfully written, admirably perceptive synthesis of the vast literature on lynching. “In this history of lynching in the post-Reconstruction South-the most comprehensive of its kind-the author has written what amounts to a Black Book of American race relations.” - The New Yorker Praise for At the Hands of Persons Unknown ![]() This landmark book follows the trajectory of both forces over American history-and makes lynching’s legacy belong to us all. If lynching is emblematic of what is worst about America, their fight may stand for what is best: the commitment to justice and fairness and the conviction that one individual’s sense of right can suffice to defy the gravest of wrongs. Wells, James Weldon Johnson, Walter White, and W.E.B. ![]() Philip Dray also tells the story of the men and women who led the long and difficult fight to expose and eradicate lynching, including Ida B. This extraordinary account of lynching in America, by acclaimed civil rights historian Philip Dray, shines a clear, bright light on American history’s darkest stain-illuminating its causes, perpetrators, apologists, and victims. “A landmark work of unflinching scholarship.”- The New York Times.WINNER OF THE SOUTHERN BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR NONFICTION At the Hands of Persons Unknown E-Kitap Açıklaması ![]() ![]() ![]() In a breathless adventure that takes her across the globe, Charlie must fight for her life against ruthless enemies, match wits with Cleopatra, and solve the two-thousand-year-old mystery to prevent the most powerful treasure of the ancient world from falling into the wrong hands. ![]() She left a series of devious clues behind for her children to find it, but they were lost to history…until now. However, Cleopatra knew Octavian was really after the mysterious item that was the source of all her wealth and influence, so she hid it before dying by suicide. ![]() In 30 BCE, Cleopatra and her husband, Marc Antony, lost their war against Octavian for control of the Egyptian Empire. He has written six book series: the FunJungle series, the Moon Base Alpha series, the Spy School series, the Charlie Thorne series, the Last Musketeer and. This time, the great ruler Cleopatra has left behind an extremely valuable and powerful treasure, its location encoded on an ancient stone tablet. Charlie Thorne isn’t going down without a fight.Īfter tracking down incredible discoveries by Einstein and Darwin, Charlie is back. In this third installment of the New York Times bestselling Charlie Thorne series-which #1 New York Times bestselling author Chris Grabenstein called “a real page-burner”-Charlie tracks down Cleopatra’s greatest treasure in Egypt.Ĭharlie Thorne is a genius. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the Mennonite East Village, pianos are anathematised by a patriarchal community "rigged for compliance" from childhood, Elf rebels. Paradoxically, Yoli's life is a mess, but Elf is a concert pianist, beautiful, married to a lovely man and both sassy and original. Sisters Elfrieda and Yolanda, the novel's narrator, are the tumultuous children of a Canadian Mennonite community, "enemies who loved each other" – for while Yoli is pledged to keep her sister alive, Elf is determined to die. Can a work of mourning be a comedy? Uniquely, Toews (pictured below) has created a requiem with an antic disposition. Toews has acknowledged its autobiographical source: her father's suicide, explored in the biography Swing Low: A Life (2000), was followed by her sister's 10 years later. Its compulsive readability is all the more remarkable since the story issues from such a dark place in the author's heart. ![]() I can think of no precedent for the darkly fizzing tragicomic jeu d'esprit that is Miriam Toews's sixth novel. ![]() ![]() Readers will enjoy seeing Cam deduce the mystery while adults fluster around. Using her photographic memory, Cam remembers seeing an older man who looked like the uncle whom the girl is to meet. The fifth-grade girl detective has to find a visiting French girl who doesn't speak a word of English and is lost in the airport. #22- Cam Jansen and the First Day of School Mystery #21- Cam Jansen and the School Play Mystery #19- Cam Jansen and the Barking Treasure Mystery #18- Cam Jansen and the Catnapping Mystery #17- Cam Jansen and the Scary Snake Mystery ![]() #15- Cam Jansen and the Triceratops Pops Mystery ![]() #14- Cam Jansen and the Chocolate Fudge Mystery #13- Cam Jansen and the Mystery at the Haunted House #12- Cam Jansen and the Mystery of Flight Fifty-Four #11- Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Stolen Corn Popper #10-Cam Jansen and the Mystery at the Monkey House #9-Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Carnival Prize #8-Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Monster Movie ![]() #7-Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Circus Clown #6-Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Babe Ruth Baseball #5-Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Gold Coins ![]() #4-Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Television #3-Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Dinosaur Bones #1-Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds This series, which first appeared in 1980, is for children just beginning to read, just ready for a "first chapter book." ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The plot was a quandary of twists and it was magnificent. He revealed the cunning people of Shreve while keeping the other countries very involved in the story. The plot (which picks up soon after book 2 ends) was a shining diamond, which was not a surprise coming from Westerfeld. Being a bookworm can have it's consequences. Both of these lovely ladies ranted with me what could possibly happen next.Īnd yes, it's taken me three months of crying to write a review of this. And then Carly who yelled with me about the ending. This was a buddy read with Rafia, who suffered with me. ![]() To quote Emma, "Thanks Scott Westerfeld it's not like I needed my heart anyway." I would also like to thank Scott Westerfeld himself for managing to both stun me and break me. This has in no way affected my thoughts on this novel. I am forever in debt to Scholastic Publishing for sending me a copy of Mirror's Edge for review. ![]() ![]() In her Introduction, Spacks considers Austen's life and career, the continuing appeal of Pride and Prejudice, and its power as a stimulus for fantasy (Maureen Dowd, writing in The New York Times, can hold forth at length on Obama as a Darcy-figure, knowing full well her readers will ?understand that she wished to suggest glamour and sexiness?). This edition will be treasured by specialists and first-time readers, and especially by devoted Austen fans who think of themselves as Friends of Jane. Now, in this beautifully illustrated and annotated edition, distinguished scholar Patricia Meyer Spacks instructs the reader in a larger appreciation of the novel's enduring pleasures and provides analysis of Darcy, Elizabeth Bennet, Lady Catherine, and all the characters who inhabit the world of Pride and Prejudice. Adapted many times to the screen and stage, and the inspiration for numerous imitations, it remains today her most widely read book. ![]() ![]() ![]() Pride and Prejudice (1813) was in Austen's lifetime her most popular novel, and it was the author's personal favorite. Along with the plays of William Shakespeare and the works of Charles Dickens, Jane Austen's novels are among the most beloved books of Western literature. ![]() ![]() "Every cause has its effect every effect has its cause everything happens according to law chance is but a name for law not recognized there are many planes of causation, but nothing escapes the law." "Everything flows, out and in everything has its tides all things rise and fall the pendulum-swing manifests in everything the measure of the swing to the right is the measure of the swing to the left rhythm compensates." ![]() "Everything is dual everything has poles everything has its pair of opposites like and unlike are the same opposites are identical in nature, but different in degree extremes meet all truths are but half-truths all paradoxes may be reconciled." "Nothing rests everything moves everything vibrates." "As above, so below as below, so above.” This principle embodies the truth that there is always a correspondence between the laws and phenomena of the various planes of being and life. "The All is Mind the Universe is Mental." ![]() These are, as literally quoted from the book: A central concept in the book is that there are "seven Hermetic principles, upon which the entire Hermetic philosophy is based". ![]() ![]() ![]() Here’s the book trailer for Awakened By A Kiss, which gives you a sense of what these stories are about. It’s one of those great high concepts that makes a writer think…damn, I wish I’d thought of that! I have to tell you, I love the idea of taking classic fairy tales from our childhood and retelling them as sensual and romantic adult tales. AWAKENED BY A KISS is a magnificent debut!!!! …Purchase it right now!!!” - The Romance Dish “Every now and then a debut author knocks my socks off with her first novel. This debut collection got great reviews, including a 5 star review from The Romance Dish: The first in her Fiery Tales collection is Awakened by a Kiss, which retells Sleeping Beauty, Puss In Boots, and Little Red Riding Hood. In fact, she writes “Fiery Tales,” classic fairy tales cleverly reimagined into sensual and sophisticated romances. Today’s guest author is Lila DiPasqua, who writes lush and sexy historical romance with a fairy tale twist. ![]() ![]() ![]() With his own eyes, he saw a man disappear into the sea on held breath, descend to a depth of 93 metres and then return four minutes later whole, healthy and extremely pleased with himself. “This is popular science writing at its best. Journalist James Nestor, on a business trip to Greece, came across something that fascinated him and completely changed his life. “Nestor pulls us below the surface into a world far beyond imagining and opens our eyes to these unseen places.” - Dallas Morning News Journalist, aquanut, and author of Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art (2020) and Deep (2014) San Francisco Joined August 2009. “A journey well worth taking.” -David Epstein, New York Times Book Review ![]() Along the way, Nestor unlocks his own freediving skills as he communes with the pioneers who are expanding our definition of what is possible in the natural world, and in ourselves. Most illuminating of all, he learns that these abilities are reflected in our own remarkable, and often hidden, potential-including echolocation, directional sense, and the profound bodily changes humans undergo when underwater. He finds whales that communicate with other whales hundreds of miles away, sharks that swim in unerringly straight lines through pitch-black waters, and other strange phenomena.
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