His absorbing, witty narrative captures the scope and drama of the republic and shapes its labyrinthine elements into a single continuum.Ĭharacter is Holland's principal focus. Holland's rich analysis begins at this point. Rome was the first republic to become an empire the second, of course, is the United States.Īncient historians Sallust and Livy believed that the moral decline of Rome began in the second century B.C. In Rome citizens had free speech, private property and rights before the law. Rome was the last free city left in the ancient world. Rome is the mother lode of Western societal and political attributes: stern, persevering, patrician, moralistic, materialistic, hypocritical, with reverence for the past and deep-rooted divisions of class and status. Why read about Rome? Rome intrigues us because it mirrors our own society. With this cinematic opening, British historian and novelist Tom Holland begins his splendid history of roughly the last century of the Roman Republic, leading to its end at the Battle of Actium in 31 B.C. "So fateful was Caesar's crossing that the Rubicon stands for every fateful step taken since."
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The bill is a termination that threatens the rights of Native Americans to their land and their very identity. It is 1953 and he and the other council members know the bill isnt about freedom Congress is fed up with Indians. He is also a Chippewa Council member who is trying to understand the consequences of a new emancipation bill on its way to the floor of the United States Congress. Thomas Wazhashk is the night watchman at the jewel bearing plant, the first factory located near the Turtle Mountain Reservation in rural North Dakota. Book Synopsis NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WASHINGTON POST, AMAZON, NPR, CBS SUNDAY MORNING, KIRKUS, CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY, AND GOOD HOUSEKEEPING BEST BOOK OF 2020 Based on the extraordinary life of National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrichs grandfather who worked as a night watchman and carried the fight against Native dispossession from rural North Dakota all the way to Washington, D.C., this powerful novel explores themes of love and death with lightness and gravity and unfolds with the elegant prose, sly humor, and depth of feeling of a master craftsman. About the Book A novel based on the life of Erdrichs grandfather, who worked as a night watchman and carried the fight against Native dispossession from rural North Dakota all the way to Washington, D.C.-Dust jacket flap. There are the Mackenzies from Australia who prospect for metals the Vorontsovs from Russia who handle space transport the Asamoahs from Ghana who handle life support and food for the colonists the Suns from China who, appropriately, are into high tech including solar energy and the Cortas from Brazil who mine helium. In a relatively near future the Moon is busily being commercially exploited by five major families known as the Dragons. The Luna series has a very simple elevator pitch: it is Dallas on the Moon. I’m not going to try very hard here, because there are few excuses for not reading Ian McDonald. Reviewing the final book in a series is always a challenging task as you want to talk about how the author has concluded the story arcs, and yet somehow avoid giving too many spoilers for the previous books. 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Singer studied economics at the University of Florida, and was awarded a master's degree in 1971. An early marriage that ended in divorce in 1971. He earned a bachelor's degree in business from the University of Florida in 1969. Singer was born into a Jewish family in New Rochelle, New York, but grew up in Miami. In 2010, Singer was prosecuted in relation to securities fraud during his time at WebMD, and eventually forfeited $2.5 million in settlements. Singer continued his work in physician software strategies at WebMD, before resigning in 2005. In 2002, Medical Manager and its subsidiaries were bought by WebMD, in an acquisition valued at roughly $5 billion. In 1981, he co-founded Medical Manager, now called Greenway Health, which marketed software that helped medical practitioners manage and digitize their billing records. Singer is also involved in the medical software industry. Singer established the Temple of the Universe, a yoga and meditation center in Alachua, Florida, in 1975. Singer is best known for his writings on spirituality, meditation, and New Age philosophy, and two of his books on the subject, The Untethered Soul (2007) and The Surrender Experiment (2015), were New York Times bestsellers. Singer born ) is an American author, journalist, motivational speaker, and former software developer. Michael Alan "Mickey" Singer (or Michael A. I definitely did that then, and I think a small part of me still thinks that way 20+ years later. I was a chubby kid (with terrible acne) all through middle school, and Ever’s negative self-talk and rejection of others because they “couldn’t possibly like her” really hit home. I connected with Ever’s character right from the start. Even now, I learned a lot from Ever, and I won’t soon forget the emotional impact Skinny has left on me. REVIEW: Skinny is the book I wish I had read in middle school. For years, Ever has endured Skinny’s taunts, but after Ever’s weight causes a mortifying incident in front of her entire school, Ever takes the leap to get gastric bypass surgery. SUMMARY: “Worthless.” “Ugly.” “Fat.” These are just some of the words “Skinny” whispers into Ever’s ear every day. Its larger-than-life characters are at once extraordinary and repulsive, at one moment imagining the world in entirely new ways and at the next braying with delight over massacring entire cities.Ĭrowley’s craftsmanship comes through most clearly in telling this story of relentless, one-sided slaughter without glutting the reader with gore. It is a classic ripping yarn, packed with excitement, violence and cliffhangers. The 18 years between December 1497, when Vasco da Gama rounded the Cape of Good Hope, and December 1515, when Albuquerque died off the Indian coast, were a pivotal point in history, and in “Conquerors” Roger Crowley tells the story with style. Perhaps, he mused, he could destroy Islam altogether. And this was just the beginning: The next step, he said, was to sail up the Red Sea, destroy Mecca, Medina and the Prophet Muhammad’s body and liberate the Holy Land. Despite never commanding more than a few dozen ships, he built one of the first modern intercontinental empires. He enriched thousands of men and killed tens of thousands more. Afonso de Albuquerque died 500 years ago, after spending a dozen years terrorizing coastal cities from Yemen to Malaysia. This show-within-the-show is full of fourth wall breaks and audience participation, and before it begins, the characters mill about the stage and interact with the entering crowd. The cast plays music hall actors performing The Mystery of Edwin Drood (announced in an extended spooky voice, with wavy hands). The cast of ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood.’ Photo courtesy of Workhouse Arts Center. The show was the first on Broadway to have a “choose your own adventure” ending, with multiple options determined by votes from the audience. The show opened on Broadway in 1986 and was revived in 2012, receiving Tony Awards and Drama Desk Awards for both runs. The Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton is currently showing the madcap musical by Rupert Holmes (The “Pina Colada” song guy), inspired by Charles Dickens’ final unfinished work of the same name and by Victorian-style music hall performance. I have apparently been living under a rock for 44 years because until last weekend I had never seen The Mystery of Edwin Drood. The seller is "readwhiteandblue" and is located in Dallas, Texas. This item is in the category "Books\Antiquarian As the police quizzed him about the accident, all he could do was to stare at the steel blade lying on the table between them and feel amazement at the razor's perfect edge. Miodownik, who was stabbed on a London Tube while a schoolboy, admits that the moment was life-changing, almost an epiphany. If you were Mark Miodownik, however, you would marvel at the material that sliced through so much. What if you were stabbed one day? What would your take-home message be? Maybe you would avoid that particular walking route, perhaps you would start carrying pepper spray, or you might chalk the incident up to the vagaries of life. Stuff Matters is full of delightful stories and fascinating science about the everyday materials that surround us. |