![]() Gloriously imagined, Boudica- Dreaming the Eagle recreates the beginnings of a story so powerful its impact has survived through the ages, recounting the journey to adulthood of Breaca, who at twelve kills her first warrior, and her sensitive, skilful half-brother Ban, who carries with him a vision of the future that haunts his waking hours. ![]() It was the culmination of nearly twenty years of resistance against an occupying force that sought to crush a vibrant, complex civilization and replace it with the laws, taxes and slavery of the Roman Empire. ![]() In AD 60, Boudica, war leader of the Eceni, led her people in a final bloody revolt against the occupying armies of Rome. Set in Iron-Age Britain, the first novel in a magnificent new series recounting the life of Boudica, Britain's first warrior queen. ![]()
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![]() And as they make their separate journeys in search of home, they discover that sometimes it is a person rather than a place that anchors you most in the world. ![]() Postcards cross the globe when they themselves can't, as Owen and Lucy experience the joy - and pain - of first love. And as their lives take them to Edinburgh and San Francisco, to Prague and to Portland they can't shake the memory of the time they shared. But when the power goes out in the midst of a New York heatwave, they find themselves together for the first time: stuck in a lift between the 10th and 11th floors. For fans of John Green, Stephanie Perkins and Sarah Ockler, THE GEOGRAPHY OF YOU AND ME is a story for anyone who's ever longed to meet someone special, for anyone who's searched for home and found it where they least expected it. I expected it to be a bit lighter and more of a long distance romance but I really, really enjoyed what I read instead. ![]() Category: (G) General (US: Trade) (J) Children / Juvenile. The Geography of You and Me was just what I needed sweet, romantic in a untypical way, reflective, beautiful, messy and just a really enjoyable read even if it didn’t go at all how I thought it would by the summary. Smith tells the story of two teenagers, Owen and Lucy. Description for The Geography Of You And Me Paperback. The Geography of You and Me by Jennifer E. ![]() ![]() ![]() Just as Death in Hamburg (1987) taught us much about urbanization, municipal government, the history of medicine, public health, and the history of technology-thus transcending its apparent focus on a single cholera epidemic in a masterpiece of bricolage- Rituals of Retribution offers far more than a mere history of capital punishment in Germany.Įvans uses capital punishment to trace the transition of Germany from a society of estates to a class society and through all the upheavals and regime changes of the twentieth century. Evans for the second time brings to the scholarly community a big book that seemingly addresses an arcane and narrow subject but in reality throws a piercing light into many unlit corners of German history. ![]() Ledford (Department of History, Case Western Reserve University) Rituals of Retribution: Capital Punishment in Germany 1600-1987. ![]() ![]() ![]() Praise for previous translations by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, winners of the PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Prize Notes from Underground (Vintage Classics) ![]() When Dostoevsky died in 1881, he left a legacy of masterworks that influenced the great thinkers and writers of the Western world and immortalized him as a giant among writers of world literature. But it was his fortuitous marriage to Anna Snitkina, following a period of utter destitution brought about by his compulsive gambling, that gave Dostoevsky the emotional stability to complete Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1868-69), The Possessed (1871-72), and The Brothers Karamazov (1879-80). His prison experiences coupled with his conversion to a profoundly religious philosophy formed the basis for his great novels. Petersburg only a full ten years after he had left in chains. He then spent four years at hard labor in a Siberian prison, where he began to suffer from epilepsy, and he returned to St. Dressed in a death shroud, he faced an open grave and awaited execution, when suddenly, an order arrived commuting his sentence. In prison he was given the “silent treatment” for eight months (guards even wore velvet soled boots) before he was led in front a firing squad. A short first novel, Poor Folk (1846) brought him instant success, but his writing career was cut short by his arrest for alleged subversion against Tsar Nicholas I in 1849. Fyodor Mikailovich Dostoevsky’s life was as dark and dramatic as the great novels he wrote. ![]() ![]() ![]() The novel is pervaded by the sweat, hunger and poverty that characterised the Depression-era South – and indeed much of the nation at this time. It narrates the cursed 10-day journey of the poor white Bundren family from their hill-country farm to the county seat of Jefferson to bury Addie, their wife and mother, in accordance with her wishes. To some extent, the novel’s raw story is indeed simple. Wikimedia CommonsĪs I Lay Dying is the third novel Faulkner set in his imagined Yoknapatawpha County, which is based on north-eastern Mississippi, where he spent most of his life. ![]() William Faulkner set most of his novels in fictional Yoknapatawpha County, based on his home, Lafayette County, Mississippi. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Their mother is certain that a handsome and extremely wealthy man will one day take notice of Millie and sweep her away from her family’s humble home. She’s intelligent and practical, but her younger sister Millie’s beauty seems to garner her much more parental praise, and while the sisters are growing up in Brooklyn, Ruth constantly hears how Millie is destined for greatness. Ruth is the oldest, and her parents don’t seem to pay her much attention at all. I don’t have a sister, so perhaps I’ve romanticized the whole sisterly experience in my mind, but we’re all entitled to our fantasies, right? I also really enjoy reading about the close but messy relationships shared between sisters. ![]() As you’ll know if you’ve followed my reviews for any length of time, I absolutely adore books that take place during the Second World War. Lynda Cohen Loigman’s The Wartime Sisters checked a couple of my book-catnip boxes. ![]() ![]() ![]() Her new life, it turns out, comes complete with secrets, schemes, and intrigue. Suddenly Lexi is scrambling to catch her balance. That is, until an adorably disheveled architect drops the biggest bombshell of all. And who is this gorgeous husband-who also happens to be a multimillionaire? With her mind still stuck three years in reverse, Lexi greets this brave new world determined to be the person she…well, seems to be. Somehow Lexi went from a twenty-five-year-old working girl to a corporate big shot with a sleek new loft, a personal assistant, a carb-free diet, and a set of glamorous new friends. Having survived a car accident-in a Mercedes no less-Lexi has lost a big chunk of her memory, three years to be exact, and she’s about to find out just how much things have changed, ![]() When twenty-eight-year-old Lexi Smart wakes up in a London hospital, she’s in for a big surprise. ![]() ![]() ![]() You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. 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MGM's landmark 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz, starring Judy Garland, did not mark the beginning of adventures in Oz. What if Dorothy Gale wasn't the only person who went to see the Wizard of Oz? Paperback 75 Years Going Over The Rainbow ![]() ![]() ![]() Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version. Also available: MindTap digital learning solution. ![]() Chapter outlines with focus questions - some of them relating history to today's world - section summaries, pronunciation guides and marginal key term definitions support you as you examine the interconnectedness of different people, places and periods in the global past. Discussions of various historical controversies offer insight into how historians work and debate. 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