6/10/2023 0 Comments The Histories by Herodotus![]() ![]() The defeat at Marathon had raised the stakes for the Persians. Phase two of the Greco-Persian Wars took place in 480/479 BCE. For the Athenians and other Greeks, the victory at Marathon was the stuff of legends and was memorialized in poetry, painting, and a monument at the site to the fallen Greeks. The Persians successfully sacked Eretria, but were unexpectedly routed by a joint Athenian-Plataean force at Marathon. The first phase of the Persian Wars occurred in 490 BCE when a punitive Persian force was sent in response to Athenian and Eretrian involvement. For the Persians, rebellion was a sacrilege it was the king's duty to restore order and punish the offenders, including the Athenians, who had aggressively sent ships into Persian territory and broken their treaty with Persia. ![]() ![]() The bulk of the revolt was suppressed relatively quickly. Several Ionian cities joined Miletus, while Athens and Eretria sent modest naval support. Herodotus attributed the revolt to the personal ambitions of the tyrant of Miletus. Herodotus leaves the most complete record of the Persian Wars, including an account of how the Athenians and Persians first came into conflict during the Ionian Revolt of 499-494 BCE. The Gatehouse of Xerxes' Palace at Persepolis, 5th Century, BCE (Artstor/UCSD Slide Gallery)Herodotus & the Persian Wars ![]()
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![]() ![]() Roma is still reeling from Marshall’s death, and his cousin Benedikt will barely speak to him. If Juliette were actually guilty of the crime Roma believes she committed, his rejection might sting less. The only way to save the boy she loves from the wrath of the Scarlets is to have him want her dead for murdering his best friend in cold blood. One wrong move, and her cousin will step in to usurp her place as the Scarlet Gang’s heir. ![]() The year is 1927, and Shanghai teeters on the edge of revolution.Īfter sacrificing her relationship with Roma to protect him from the blood feud, Juliette has been a girl on the warpath. Shanghai is under siege in this captivating and searingly romantic sequel to These Violent Delights, which New York Times bestselling author Natasha Ngan calls “deliciously dark.” ![]() 6/10/2023 0 Comments China rich girlfriend full book![]() ![]() But Rachel still mourns the fact that her birthfather, a man she never knew, won’t be able to walk her down the aisle. She has a flawless Asscher-cut diamond from JAR, a wedding dress she loves more than anything found in the salons of Paris, and a fiance willing to sacrifice his entire inheritance in order to marry her. On the eve of her wedding to Nicholas Young, heir to one of the greatest fortunes in Asia, Rachel should be over the moon. Kevin Kwan, bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians, is back with a wickedly funny new novel of social climbing, secret e-mails, art-world scandal, lovesick billionaires, and the outrageous story of what happens when Rachel Chu, engaged to marry Asia’s most eligible bachelor, discovers her birthfather. 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His plays have been translated into every major living language, and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. His surviving works consist of 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. ![]() ![]() He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "The Bard"). William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. ![]() 6/10/2023 0 Comments Pandora's Boy by Lindsey Davis![]() ![]() Civil order is in disrepair, while the rapidly growing city is ripe pickings for the ambitious gangsters moving in from Rome, whom Falco and his friend Petronius, have battled before. Solving and avenging the death quickly is important to placate the king. And what adventures! The murder victim is a disgraced henchman of King Togidubnus, an important ally of Rome. Davis skillfully braids references to Britain's future into her story of its past without ever diminishing the thrust of Falco's adventures. Falco needs all his celebrated intelligence to survive the ensuing problems. The discovery of a body jammed headfirst into a bar's well is enough to get Falco sent to the scene as an expert on unnatural death. ![]() In fact, almost everything about the growing community is mean, from its dark and dingy bars to the sprawling wharves and warehouses. Davis's 14th clever, witty adventure (after 2001's A Body in the Bathhouse) starring the suave Marcus Didius Falco, from Ancient Rome, finds the informer/investigator plying his talents on the mean and muddy streets of Londinium, Britannia, in A.D. ![]() 6/10/2023 0 Comments Allie brosh blog![]() Fans feared for her well-being until she re-emerged in 2012 to take their questions on Reddit, only to disappear again until the following spring, when she published more searingly precise essays. Shortly after the depression post and subsequent book deal, Brosh vanished from her popular blog. It also galvanized thousands of fans suffering from the illness they've described Brosh's pieces as the most relatable portrayal they'd ever seen of their own experiences. ![]() That post was hailed by critics and psychologists as one of the most insightful depictions of the disease to date. ![]() ![]() For four years, the 28-year-old has combined her rudimentary Paintbrush drawings with beyond-candid essays that draw from her childhood and from her current domestic life.īut it was a 2011 post titled "Adventures in Depression" that rocketed Brosh to serious virality, landing her a book deal. Brosh is the cartoonist and writer behind Hyberbole and a Half, a Web comic that now attracts five-million unique visitors a month. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Georgia Women also profiles reform-minded women like Mary Latimer McLendon, Rebecca Latimer Felton, Mildred Rutherford, Nellie Peters Black, and Martha Berry, who worked tirelessly for causes ranging from temperance to suffrage to education. After the war, both necessity and opportunity changed women's lives, as educated white women like Eliza Andrews established or taught in schools and as African American women like Lucy Craft Laney, who later founded the Haines Institute, attended school for the first time. The later essays are multifaceted in their examination of the way different women experienced Georgia's antebellum social and political life, the tumult of the Civil War, and the lingering consequences of both the conflict itself and Emancipation. ![]() Another essay examines the near-mythical quality of the American Revolution-era accounts of "Georgia's War Woman," Nancy Hart. Though sources for understanding the lives of women in Georgia during the colonial period are scarce, the early essays profile Mary Musgrove, an important player in the relations between the Creek nation and the British Crown, and the loyalist Elizabeth Johnston, who left Georgia for Nova Scotia in 1806. The essays in this volume include women of many ethnicities and classes who played an important role in Georgia’s history. From the beginning, Georgia women were instrumental in shaping the state, yet most histories minimize their contributions. This first of two volumes extends from the founding of the colony of Georgia in 1733 up to the Progressive era. ![]() 6/9/2023 0 Comments Super Sleuth by Jackie Vivelo![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Urn:oclc:779661587 Republisher_date 20170505155503 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 357 Scandate 20170505004835 Scanner . Super Sleuth by Jackie Vivelo, September 1989, Troll Communications edition, Paperback in English Super Sleuth (September 1989 edition) Open Library It looks like youre offline. Super Sleuth I: Twelve Solve-It-Yourself MysteriesJackie Vivelo. OL17709517W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 83.00 Pages 102 Ppi 300 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0399212205 Larned, Marion Zimmer Bradley Super PackMarion Zimmer Bradley, Away in a Manger: An. 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It is with the help of her friend Amanda that the days seem to be more bearable. Counting down the days until graduation can’t seem to come sooner as she grieves the loss of her older sister. She is smart, ambitious and well-balanced. ![]() Violet Markey is a studious girl with a knack for writing. “I love the alternate point of views between each character which gives a detailed insight on their personality.” Reading Time: 3 minutes Book Summary The book can be found in the school’s ‘The Nest.’ “I read this book in two days and immediately bought Jennifer Niven’s next book,” writer and junior Maya Contreras said. ‘All The Bright Places’ by Jennifer Niven features adventure, heartache and romance. ![]() 6/9/2023 0 Comments One last stop novel![]() August’s subway crush becomes the best part of her day, but pretty soon, she discovers there’s one big problem: Jane doesn’t just look like an old school punk rocker. ![]() Jane with her rough edges and swoopy hair and soft smile, showing up in a leather jacket to save August’s day when she needed it most. Dazzling, charming, mysterious, impossible Jane. ![]() And there’s certainly no chance of her subway commute being anything more than a daily trudge through boredom and electrical failures.īut then, there’s this gorgeous girl on the train. She can’t imagine how waiting tables at a 24-hour pancake diner and moving in with too many weird roommates could possibly change that. Anew romantic comedy that will stop readers in their tracks.įor cynical twenty-three-year-old August, moving to New York City is supposed to prove her right: that things like magic and cinematic love stories don’t exist, and the only smart way to go through life is alone. ![]() |