![]() ![]() He sends an underequipped general, Belisarius, on this mission. ![]() In the 6th century AD, the Emperor Justinian decides to re-conquer what had been the fullest extent of the Roman Empire from his base in Constantinople. Weaving together evolutionary microbiology, economics, military strategy, ecology, and ancient and modern medicine, Rosen offers a sweeping narrative of one of the great hinge moments in history, one that will appeal to readers of John Kelly's The Great Mortality, John Barry's The Great Influenza, and Jared Diamond's Collapse.Ī Credible Theory That Explains Current Events ![]() In Justinian's Flea, William Rosen tells the story of history's first pandemic - a plague seven centuries before the Black Death that killed tens of millions, devastated the empires of Persia and Rome, left a path of victims from Ireland to Iraq, and opened the way for the armies of Islam. The ensuing outbreak of bubonic plague killed 5,000 people a day in Constantinople and nearly killed Justinian himself. Then, in the summer of 542, he encountered a flea. At his capital in Constantinople, he built the world's most beautiful building, married the most powerful empress, and wrote the empire's most enduring legal code, seemingly restoring Rome's fortunes for the next five hundred years. ![]() The emperor Justinian reunified Rome's fractured empire by defeating the Goths and Vandals who had separated Italy, Spain, and North Africa from imperial rule. ![]()
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![]() ![]() When we were too young to know better, we were unknowingly guided into an apathetic posture towards issues of discrimination that were mostly swept under the rug but have recently come back into the public eye with fresh urgency. Having been born the same year as Mychal Denzel Smith - coming of age during the delusional post-Reagan 90s during which nearly everyone tried to teach us that sexism and racism were problems only of the past - I too share Smith's inclination towards borderline obnoxious activism. The questions Smith asks in this book are urgent-for him, for the martyrs and the tokens, and for the Trayvons that could have been and are still waiting. Smith unapologetically upends reigning assumptions about black masculinity, rewriting the script for black manhood so that depression and anxiety aren't considered taboo, and feminism and LGBTQ rights become part of the fight. In Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching, Mychal Denzel Smith chronicles his own personal and political education during these tumultuous years, describing his efforts to come into his own in a world that denied his humanity. It means celebrating powerful moments of black self-determination for LeBron James, Dave Chappelle, and Frank Ocean. It means witnessing the deaths of Oscar Grant, Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Akai Gurley, and too many more. How do you learn to be a black man in America? For young black men today, it means coming of age during the presidency of Barack Obama. ![]() ![]() New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice ![]() ![]() The Norwegian traitor, and depicts the spirited patriotism of the ![]() As he delves into the emotions of the German commander and In this masterful tale set in Norway during World War II, SteinbeckĮxplores the effects of invasion on both the conquered and theĬonquerors. I couldn't find the exact quote (book is at home, if necessary I can upload a photo later) but did find this summary from another Pan Books edition (emphasis is mine): It seems to be a European country since there is talk about America but my edition (Pan Books) says that the novel is set in Norway. I was in Belgium twenty years ago and in France.Īnd the novel was written during World War II (1942 to be exact) but there is no indication who the conquered are. They talk about "the Leader" Colonel Lanser says, ![]() Throughout the novel are several allusions that the conquerors are German. I recently read The Moon is Down by John Steinbeck and I noticed that the conquerors and the conquered are not defined. ![]() ![]() ![]() Covert Wars and Breakaway Civilizations: The Secret Space Program, Celestial Psyops, and Hidden Conflicts (2012).Yahweh the Two-Faced God: Theology,Terrorism, and Topology (Lulu Print-on-demand book, 2012).Transhumanism: A Grimoire of Alchemical Altars and Agendas for the Transformation of Man (with Dr.Yahweh the Two-Faced God: Theology, Terrorism, and Topology, with Dr.Following a paradigm of researching the relationship between alternative history and science, Farrell has followed with a stunning series of books, each conceived to stand alone, but each also conceived in a pre-arranged sequence: His book The Giza DeathStar was published in the spring of 2002, and was his first venture into "alternative history and science". ![]() Farrell has a doctorate in patristics from the University of Oxford, and pursues research in physics, alternative history and science, and "strange stuff". Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:00:00 - 164.8MB)ĭr. Farrell brings new light to topics outside the box as he digs deep into the hidden agenda.īorn and raised in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Joseph P. ![]() ![]() The contest of arms will force Hamish to make a choice: give up his happiness for convention’s sake or send the kingdom spiralling into civil war for the right to love his own way. Emotions he is eager to explore.īut the kiss proves to be a little too public and leads his mother to take drastic measures to ensure Hamish adheres to her family vision. Until the man kisses him and Hamish is confronted by the very emotions he has been forced to conceal or be punished for. So when they do arrive, Hamish is relieved the imperial prince, Darshan, is not the woman everyone expected. ![]() He’s certain it’ll be no different with the representative of the Udynea Empire. That doesn’t stop his mother, Queen Fiona, from presenting him with every eligible noblewoman that enters their castle. Prince Hamish has no interest in fulfilling his duty of marrying. ![]() How can he win with the odds stacked against him? ![]() ![]() The 17 previous volumes (arranged in three-book story-arcs) have dealt with alien encounter, interspecies diplomacy, political and bureaucratic maneuvering, palace intrigue, interstellar exploration, revolution and counter-revolution, and multi-species family drama, all punctuated by chases and escapes and shootouts. Cherryh’s Foreigner Universe series, which from the publication of its initial volume in 1994 has been chronicling the increasingly complicated interaction of a population of lost-in-space humans and their not-as-human-as-they-appear hosts, the atevi. The occasion for Walton’s remarks was C.J. ![]() Cover by Todd Lockwood.īy happy accident, as I was working on this column I was also paging through Jo Walton’s excellent collection of retrospective review essays, What Makes This Book So Great, and noted her chapter on ‘‘Re-reading long series,’’ in which she points out not only the pleasures of taking extended rambles through invented worlds, but the structural virtue of developing a narrative space in which ‘‘the books illuminate each other and the longer story… as the series progresses.’’ ![]() ![]() ![]() You can expand upon them, or add your own twist. You can use them, but you don't have to use them. *Note: These craft ideas are just suggestions. Show Me : "Snoring, Yawning, Napping, Awake". Holiday Crafts - Christmas Trees with colored paper and sequin ornamentsĮnergizer activity below based on the book Make a window with curtains and rainy weather outside ![]() Wakeful - unable or not needing to sleepĬozy - giving a feeling of comfort, warmth, and relaxationĭiscussion topics for during/after reading:Ĭreating the napping house by drawing it out on paperĭesign your own "Paper Bag" House! Will it look like the napping house? How many floors will there be? What color is the house? The Full Moon at the Napping House Audrey Wood, Don Wood (Illustrator) 3. Looks like the napping house won't be napping for long.īe sure to make the book interactive! For example: "Show Me_". "Everyone" in this case is a snoring granny, a dreaming child, a dozing dog, a snoozing cat, a slumbering mouse. ![]() A gift-worthy hardcover edition of the classic cumulative tale. Read 1,500 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. ![]() Grade Level: 1st (GLCs: Click here for grade level guidelines.) The Napping House by Audrey Wood The Napping House book. Volunteers needed in May! Click here to sign up. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In Agamemnon, a king's decision to sacrifice his daughter and turn the tide of war inflicts lasting damage on his family, culminating in a terrible act of retribution The Libation Bearers deals with the aftermath of Clytemnestra's regicide, as her son Orestes sets out to avenge his father's death and in The Eumenides, Orestes is tormented by supernatural powers that can never be appeased. As they move from darkness to light, from rage to self-governance, from primitive ritual to civilized institution, their spirit of struggle and regeneration becomes an everlasting song of celebration. In the Oresteia Aeschylus addressed the bloody chain of murder and revenge within the royal family of Argos. The only trilogy in Greek drama that survives from antiquity, Aeschylus' The Oresteia is translated by Robert fagles with an introduction, notes and glossary written in collaboration with W.B. ![]() ![]() ![]() His followers also enjoy his fiction in the humorous urban fantasy, Young Again…and Again…and Again, (2014). Ghost of Africa’s heroic protagonist, Bret Lee, also comes alive in two of Chuck’s other fictional thrillers, American for Sale, (2016) and Spy Mates, (2013). These retirement-era books, all offered on Amazon, culminate years of professional work immersed in nonfiction as a McGraw-Hill editor and writer, the founding editor of DuPont’s monthly “Journal of T A retiree from an engineering, sales and marketing career, Chuck now relaxes in the culture-rich, laid-back resort city of Key West, FL, where as an officer of the Key West Writers Guild, he actively fellowships with several dozen other published writers on a week-to-week basis. A retiree from an engineering, sales and marketing career, Chuck now relaxes in the culture-rich, laid-back resort city of Key West, FL, where as an officer of the Key West Writers Guild, he actively fellowships with several dozen other published writers on a week-to-week basis. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In fact, her piano playing was said to lift many spirits in the gloomy hospital. Not to give too much away, Veronica reluctantly made friends, and rediscovered her passion for the piano. ![]() The state her heart was in, she could expect a week of life before she succumbed to the death she had wished for. Upon waking, the doctor told the girl she would survive, but her heart had taken the toll from the suicide attempt. She slowly fell into a drowsy state, but the peaceful death was not coming, a burning throughout her body led her into a coma and she woke in the infamous Villette hospital for the mentally insane. After feigning sleeplessness, she collected strong sleeping pills and went about the deed. ![]() She believed the routine of her life was inconsequential and secretly vowed to kill herself to leave the world behind. With as many positives points in her life, Veronica found nearly as much sadness. She lives in Ljubljana, the capital city of the newly formed country of Slovenia (after the Yugoslavian civil war). Veronica is a young woman with a happy life. It just takes one book to understand why, and this book certainly fits into that category. Coelho’s books have been NY Times Best Sellers and translated into dozens of languages, he’s one of the top selling modern authors. As morbid and depressing as the title seems, this Coelho book takes the usual turn for understanding of the universe and an inspiration for readers to strive not to settle into the kind of routine they don’t wish to be in. ![]() |