7/8/2023 0 Comments The agricola and the germania![]() ![]() (iii) Dialogue on Oratory ( Dialogus ), of unknown date a lively conversation about the decline of oratory and education. (ii) Germania (98-99), an equally important description of the geography, anthropology, products, institutions, and social life and the tribes of the Germans as known to the Romans. ![]() Works: (i) Life and Character of Agricola, written in 97-98, specially interesting because of Agricola's career in Britain. Close friend of the younger Pliny, with him he successfully prosecuted Marius Priscus. After four years' absence he experienced the terrors of Emperor Domitian's last years and turned to historical writing. He became an orator, married in 77 a daughter of Julius Agricola before Agricola went to Britain, was quaestor in 81 or 82, a senator under the Flavian emperors, and a praetor in 88. Tacitus (Cornelius), famous Roman historian, was born in 55, 56 or 57 CE and lived to about 120. ![]()
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![]() ![]() I didn’t care-not as he dragged that finger down the center of me. “Or I could start here,” he said, the words guttural and raw. His head dipped, hair sliding over his brow as he watched-we both watched-his broad finger venture down. I couldn’t think beyond that single finger, that one point of contact as it drifted lower and lower, to where I wanted him. ![]() He drew patterns on my stomach, scanning my face as he purred, “Or …” ![]() I was shaking now, barely able to keep standing as his finger continued past my breast. He paused there, flicking it once, then smoothed his thumb over the small hurt. I couldn’t help myself from closing my lips around him, from flicking my tongue against the pad of his finger.īut Rhys withdrew his finger with a soft groan, making a downward path. “Or I could start here,” he breathed, slipping the tip of his finger into my mouth. He traced the shape of my lips, a whisper of touch. And just before his finger reached the tip of my breast, just before he gave me what I was about to beg for, his finger slid upward-to my chest, my neck, my chin. He noted the movement, that dark smile growing. He lifted a finger, and my breath came hard and fast as he idly circled one of my breasts, then the other. Not when Rhys’s answering smile was a dark, cruel thing. ![]() “Ready for ravishing.” My words didn’t come out with the swagger I’d intended. ![]() ![]() 24 letter, the GOP senators asked whether the delisting of When Harry Became Sally was “part of a broader campaign against conservative material and voices on Amazon’s platforms?” ![]() While asked to provide examples of Anderson’s violation of content guidelines, Huseman’s letter avoided any concrete details. Amazon’s delisting of it cuts off vital political and cultural discussion about important matters when we need it most.”Īmazon’s letter to Senators Marco Rubio of Florida, Josh Hawley of Missouri, Mike Braun of Indiana and Mike Lee of Utah also addressed several other questions, though the answers provided little transparency on the internal discussions leading to its stated policy or the objective criteria applied in this specific case. When Harry Became Sally is an important contribution, praised by medical experts, to that conversation. He acknowledged, however, that there was an ongoing debate “about how best to help patients who experience gender dysphoria. Anderson said there was a reason why “ender dysphoria is listed in the most widely respected and consulted book on psychiatric disorders because it is a serious condition that causes great suffering.” ![]() 7/7/2023 0 Comments Sanibel flats![]() ![]() ![]() It is a rare day I do not wake up psyched to get to work. I packed the manuscript in a box and mailed it off to New York, unaware the fictional world I had created would fulminate, grow and expand over a period of three decades, and transform my life in a way that seems the stuff of dreams or incredibly good luck.īoth, I now realize. Six months later, I finished Sanibel Flats, the first novel which I felt was good enough to attach my real name. But now the welfare of my family was at risk. I’d written a bunch of potboiler thrillers under pennames. I’d sold a few articles to major magazines. In truth, I’d been working at the craft of writing throughout my fishing career, and I’d had some luck. It wasn’t the first time I’d made a bumbling decision and pushed ahead without a safety net, nor would it be the last. “Don’t quit your day job,” a prospective agent warned me, unaware that I no longer had a day job. By night, I sat at an old Underwood typewriter and bushwhacked my way toward a new path – that of a novelist. As the father of two young sons, spooked by the financial disaster that loomed, I put my boat on a trailer and continued chartering from local hotels. Worse, I wasn’t qualified to do anything but drive a boat. In 1988, after more than a decade as a full-time fishing guide at Tarpon Bay Marina, Sanibel Island, the federal government decided to close our bay to powerboat traffic – permanently. ![]() 7/7/2023 0 Comments Star fish lisa fipps![]() ![]() Explore TeachingBooks’ collection of activities and resources for Starfish. ![]() ![]() Read along with an audiobook performance of Starfish.Listen to Lisa Fipps talk about her name.You can click the player below or experience the recording on TeachingBooks, where you can read along as you listen, and also translate the text to another language. Listen to Lisa Fipps talking with TeachingBooks about creating Starfish. Read a longer excerpt from Starfish, by Lisa Fipps. This poignant debut novel-in-verse follows Ellie as she tries to finally cast aside the Fat Girl Rules and be her own fabulous self.įor just a while. Fortunately, Ellie has allies in her dad, her therapist, and her new neighbor, Catalina, who loves Ellie for who she is. It’s also where she can get away from her pushy mom, who thinks criticizing Ellie will motivate her to diet. To cope, she tries to live by the Fat Girl Rules-like “no making waves,” “avoid eating in public,” and “don’t move so fast that your body jiggles.” And she’s found her safe space-her swimming pool-where she feels weightless in a fat-obsessed world. Published by Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers GroupĮver since Ellie wore a whale swimsuit and made a big splash at her fifth birthday party, she’s been bullied about her weight. ![]() ![]() It’s intricate and detailed while simultaneously being easy to understand. ![]() Now, there’s infinitely more to the world of Pern than that simple explanation - it’s what makes McCaffrey’s world stand out among the many other dragon novels that have come and gone. Ruling over the entire planet is infinitely more appealing than ruling over her Hold alone - and when the dragons’ enemies come back, they’re going to need her. Her Hold was taken over when she was just a child, but as the rightful heir, she plans on getting it back - even if it means destroying it.īut when the dragonriders come and offer Lessa the chance to be their Queen Rider, she takes it. Lessa of Ruatha Hold has other problems, though, like getting back what is rightfully hers. The towns that formerly paid respects to the dragonriders begin to ignore them once their lifelong enemies have basically vanished from the planet. ![]() As the cold weather begins to seep into my bones, I think it’s about time to head back and read an oldie-but-a-goodie: Anne McCaffrey’s “Dragonflight,” the first in her Dragonriders of Pern series.Ī classic among science fiction and dragon lovers alike, “Dragonflight” takes place on the planet Pern - a planet hosting both humans and dragons. ![]() 7/7/2023 0 Comments Waterfall book lauren kate![]() Ander is destined to kill Eureka to prevent her from raising the ancient city of Atlantis, but in the end, he chooses his feelings for Eureka. She also begins to fall for Ander, a handsome young man who has a connection to the prophecy of Eureka’s bloodline. Her place in an ancient prophecy forbids her from shedding tears, and so she has been forced to grieve for her mother in silence. ![]() In the first novel of the series, the main character Eureka is left reeling in the wake of her mother’s death. Waterfall is a direct continuation of Teardrop. Several novels in Kate’s previous series Fallen reached number one on the New York Times Best Seller List, with Torment debuting in the spot in 2010. ![]() As of 2018, no third book in the series has been released or announced. ![]() It was preceded by Teardrop (2013) and a prequel novella entitled The Last Day of Love (2013). Waterfall (2014) is the second novel in the Teardrop series of young adult romances written by Lauren Kate. ![]() ![]() ![]() Only after Madame Mallory wages culinary war with the immigrant family, does she finally agree to mentor young Hassan, leading him to Paris, the launch of his own restaurant, and a slew of new adventures. They open an inexpensive Indian restaurant opposite an esteemed French relais-that of the famous chef Madame Mallory-and infuse the sleepy town with the spices of India, transforming the lives of its eccentric villagers and infuriating their celebrated neighbor. The boisterous Haji family takes Lumière by storm. But when tragedy pushes the family out of India, they console themselves by eating their way around the world, eventually settling in Lumière, a small village in the French Alps. Lively and brimming with the colors, flavors, and scents of the kitchen, The Hundred-Foot Journey is a succulent treat about family, nationality, and the mysteries of good taste.īorn above his grandfather’s modest restaurant in Mumbai, Hassan first experienced life through intoxicating whiffs of spicy fish curry, trips to the local markets, and gourmet outings with his mother. He is an artist."Īnd so begins the rise of Hassan Haji, the unlikely gourmand who recounts his life’s journey in Richard Morais’s charming novel, The Hundred-Foot Journey. He is one of those rare chefs who is simply born. ![]() "That skinny Indian teenager has that mysterious something that comes along once a generation. ![]() 7/7/2023 0 Comments Fletch by gregory mcdonald![]() ![]() As movie Fletch, Chevy puts on all kinds of goofy costumes and buffoons his way through solving crimes while tricking people into giving information to the various personas he takes on. For some reason, the epitome of the gold star for a comic is to star in a movie where he gets the chance to do various accents and pretend to be all different varieties of people. The films served as a vehicle for Chase to show off his multiple character talents. ![]() Sadly, after reading the novel, I’ve realized that the movies were really only loosely based on McDonald’s work. Both were funny and gave Chase his moment in the sun. If you’re old enough to remember the Reagan administration, then you may have seen the Fletch movies by Chevy Chase – Fletch and the sequel, Fletch Lives. In a little under 200 pages, McDonald, in his streamlined, use one word instead of ten, writing style manages to successfully provide the reader with a story about an anti-hero who solves not one but two complex mysteries. ![]() ![]() You break your back carrying such books around and yet despite the voluminous number of pages, the story goes nowhere. There are some books that are giant, unrelenting tomes. His name is the late, great Gregory McDonald. Publication Dates: First Published 1974 Published 2002 by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard ![]() 7/7/2023 0 Comments Isabella alison weir![]() ![]() Weir does not hold back on pointing out Isabella's faults and misdeeds. This may indeed have something to do with the way Isabella was maligned in histories and literature down the centuries. It is certainly true that the historians in the centuries following Queen Isabella, judged her by the very harsh standards of the time against women involved in adultery or seen as in any way being sexually promiscuous. ![]() Edward lavished favours on two male favourites in particular, Piers Gavesaton, and later the absolutely evil Sir Hugh le Despencer, who was hated and feared across England, and certainly Isabella and her paramour Roger Mortimer did England a favour in getting rid of the vile De le Spencer and the weak, corrupt and worthless Edward II. It would be remiss not to have sympathy for her. Weir combines biography with social history and provides a deep understanding of life in the royal circles of 14th century England.īrought to England at the tender age of 12 to be the bride of Edward II, as a mere pawn in cementing the political alliance between France and England, Isabella was certainly neglected horribly and ill treated by Edward II and his homosexual lovers. French princess, consort of Edward II, and mother of Edward III. Weir, one of Britain's most accomplished popular historians puts together allm the evidence accumulated and uses in piecing together bwhat may have been the truth regarding Queen Isabella. ![]() Firstly, this history volume is highly readable and most facinating. ![]() |