![]() Livia coated some of them with a poisonous ointment, leaving a few untouched. Augustus liked to pick a fig or two in the evening. In the middle stood a fig tree, heavy with ripe fruit, which Livia had planted years ago. That afternoon, while Augustus was taking a siesta and the house was quiet in the summer heat, Livia went to the peristyle, a large cloister around an open-air garden. Rather than upset all their plans, well here you read the rest for yourself: Then to everyone’s surprise, he began to recover. After neatly arranging the succession with his wife and advisers, an ailing Augustus prepared for death. So I picked it up.Įveritt opens his book with an eyebrow-raising account of Augustus’ final days. After all, Everitt’s biography of Cicero was widely praised, and his Augustus is a handsome and plausible looking volume with 19 five-star ratings and 16 four-stars on Amazon. AUGUSTUS: THE LIFE OF ROME’S FIRST EMPERORĪfter Adrian Goldsworthy’s outstanding biography of Julius Caesar, the chronologically minded reader will almost inevitably next turn to Anthony Everitt’s Augustus: The Life of Rome’s First Emperor. ![]()
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![]() ![]() What piqued my interest was the fact that even though this version was published over 80 years ago this copy still comes about 200 years after the original. One of the first editions of the novel that I saw in our collection was a copy published in 1938. In a way the shelves almost appear like a discombobulated timeline which we can read and explore different versions of the same book. ![]() Here in the stacks at Burns Library I’ve seen copies of the novel over a hundred years old as well as illustrated versions of the story for younger audiences. In the centuries since it’s original publication Gulliver’s Travels has spawned variations throughout the years. Following Lemuel Gulliver in his journey though magical worlds filled with miniature people, giants, talking horses and even elders that live forever, Gulliver’s Travels is a classic story that’s remained relevant through the years even though it was first published in 1726 under the title, Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. Though known widely for his satirical essay, “A Modest Proposal ,” undoubtedly his most famous work is his novel Gulliver’s Travels. ![]() ![]() One of the things that the Burns Library is known for is our extensive Irish collection and Anglo-Irish author, Jonathan Swift is no exception. Facsimile title page, Gulliver’s Travels, PR3724 G7 1938 IRISH ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() To do so, just chat us there and we'll transfer stocks there. To save on shipping, we encourage you to checkout your orders on Shopee.Anything exceeding that and we'll be charging from zero again. 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The answer is at once propulsive, elegiac, outrageous, profane, and transcendent―and a profoundly moving fable on what it means to live through war. Pavlov agrees to take on his father's work for the society, and over the course of the novel he becomes a survivor-chronicler of his embattled and fading community at the heart of Lebanon's civil war. When his father meets a sudden and untimely death, Pavlov is approached by a colorful member of the mysterious Hellfire Society―an anti-religious sect that, among many rebellious and often salacious activities, arranges secret burial for outcasts who have been denied last rites because of their religion or sexuality. ![]() On a ravaged street overlooking a cemetery in Beirut's Christian enclave, we meet an eccentric young man named Pavlov, the son of a local undertaker. ![]() A searing and visionary novel set in war-torn 1970s Beirut, from an author praised for his "fierce poetic originality" ( Boston Globe) and "uncompromising vision" (Colm Tóibín). ![]() ![]() ![]() She finished with first-class honours in 1915. In 1912, she won a scholarship to Somerville College, Oxford, and studied modern languages and medieval literature. She is also known for her plays, literary criticism and essays. 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Released 36 years after its predecessor, Top Gun: Maverick earned raved reviews from critics and was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture. ![]() The Coronation concert video message suggests that Cruise is still flying high in more ways than one following the tremendous success of Top Gun: Maverickin 2022. ![]() ![]() The show had a number of things going for it coming in - great source material, Odenkirk, Mireille Enos ( The Killing), Diedrich Bader ( The Drew Carey Show), and Suzanne Cryer ( Silicon Valley, Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place) - so the only question was whether Paul Lieberstein could adapt it for television. I therefore could not have been more excited to see one of my favorite novels turned into an AMC series starring - of all people - Saul Goodman himself, Bob Odenkirk. I’d been reading the man’s books for years before I ended up moving to Russo’s hometown while living in a state where many of his novels are set. I am a big fan of Richard Russo, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist upon whose novel, Straight Man, the AMC series Lucky Hank is based. ![]() ![]() ![]() Neither curtains nor shutters hid the cheerful glimmer and, pausing a moment before he rang, Nat saw many little shadows dancing on the walls, heard the pleasant hum of young voices, and felt that it was hardly possible that the light and warmth and comfort within could be for a homeless "little chap" like him. Through the soft spring rain that fell on sprouting grass and budding trees, Nat saw a large square house before him–a hospitable-looking house, with an old-fashioned porch, wide steps, and lights shining in many windows. The man spoke pleasantly, and the boy went on, feeling much cheered by the words. "All right go up to the house, and give it to her she'll see to you, little chap." "P LEASE, sir, is this Plumfield?" asked a ragged boy of the man who opened the great gate at which the omnibus left him. 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