A similar semantic development occurred in Latin. The Latin word for book is liber, whence library. Liber, however, originally meant "bark"—that is, the smooth inner bark of a tree, which the early Romans likewise used to write on. book 2 (bo͝ok) intr.v. booked, book·ing, ...
“Just Beyond the Light” is a “tight, concise roadmap of how I have attempted to maintain what I believe to be a proper perspective in life, even during difficult times
In spite of Vincente’s frenzied bidding in the salesroom, he was beaten by his competitor in what felt like a deadly duel. The loser flew in a threatening rage and refused to accept the customary “reales de consolacion” (an amount of money the highest bidder had to pay the next highes...
well, 438 days. Actually, a non-fiction book but as it reads like the great adventure it is, it fits better here. Amazing to note: All of his supplies are lost in the storm but he comes across enough garbage floating in the ocean to replenish them. ...
It’s a children’s book similar to Enid Blyton’s “Famous Five” series, but set in a boys’ school called St. John’s. This school is described as being “built on a promontory of a mountain just below Darjeeling with beautiful vistas of Kanchenjunga." The book has phrases like: ...
Note - Keep in mind that sites in the manga section above also have manhua/manhwa. Comick and Botato for example both have official TLs. ⭐ ComicK, 2 / Discord ⭐ BATO.TO / Discord / Proxies ⭐ Webtoon ⭐ Toonily Like Manga Wuxia World Zero Scans Manhuafast Kaliscan Manhw...
I have been navigating since Napoleon croaked using the Readers Digest Book of the Road 1965 edition with the London A to Z for close work and if they do not like that they can stuff it up their - Ray. Ray? Can we take it that you are not impressed by this range of carefully ...
isn’t just for folly, it is the influence to make our synapses crackle and drives our humanity to construct a web of support within society. Without a drive to pursue the ‘real’, I’m afraid the chaos and disillusionment some of these conveniences allow will create the road to apathy....
Readers are taken through the shared history of Sarah and Rafael, Sarah’s elopement with Rafael against her parents’ wishes, and the subsequent turmoil that had made Sarah miserable to the point where it had been easy for her parents to manipulate her into surrendering to their wishes. Their...
“Another book that captured my attention was The Roads to Rome by Catherine Fletcher, which looks at the ancient road network across the Roman Empire but also across the centuries since they were built. It’s a travelogue, kind of: you join her going around Rome—including to the Via Appi...