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1) The Roman republic of letters: scholarship, philosophy, and politics in the age of Cicero and Caesar
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"An intellectual history of the late Roman Republic-and the senators who fought both scholarly debates and a civil war. In The Roman Republic of Letters, Katharina Volk explores a fascinating chapter of intellectual history, focusing on the literary senators of the mid-first century BCE who came to blows over the future of Rome even as they debated philosophy, history, political theory, linguistics, science, and religion. It was a period of intense...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Continuum
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Beautifully researched and deeply moving, [this book] brought me to tears more than once" -- John Simpson, The Guardian "First-class...exhaustively researched and sensitively written" -- The Times The extraordinary true story of the Afghans who risked their lives for us The sudden withdrawal of British and American troops from Afghanistan in 2021, ended the 20 year war on terror, yet it also left Afghanistan to be reconquered by the Taliban. As violence...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Once it was one of the most famous events in early American history. Today, it has been nearly forgotten. In an obscure, two-hundred-year-old museum in a little village in western Massachusetts, there lies what once was the most revered but now totally forgotten relic from the history of early New England--the massive, tomahawk-scarred door that came to symbolize the notorious Deerfield Massacre. This impregnable barricade--known to early Americans...
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
In this heartfelt story about how the places we run from hold the answers to our deepest challenges, the death of her grandmother brings a young woman home, where she must face the past in order to become the heir of not just the family restaurant, but her own destiny. Violeta Sanoguera had always done what she was told. She left the man she loved in Colombia in pursuit of a better life for herself and because her mother and grandmother didn't approve...
Author
Publisher
WEBTOON Unscrolled
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
"Based on the manhwa / WEBTOON by Yongje Park, The God of High School focuses on Mori Jin, a 17 year old high school student and martial artist who seeks to challenge himself by facing tough opponents. Mori Jin is a Taekwondo specialist who enters "The God of High School," a fighting tournament that promises the winner anything they want. What began as a competition to seek out the best high school fighter soon reveals itself to be part of a much...
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