a European in North Afric a is likely to be called "Roumi"-Roman. Even modern place names are often after Ancient Rome. Both Greece and Germany have the names given by the Romans rather than the names that their own people first called them.1. The most northern part of the Roman ...
“‘If you want to get something you never had before, you have to be willing to do something you never did before.’ I realised that that ‘something’ was my ‘kendo mind’. In needed to create a powerful image of my understanding of kendo in my own mind. I had to believe…”...
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rhetorically effusive novel in letters. Goethe then comes along and writes an incredibly thin and powerful novel. It’s just one writer sending letters of vibrant intimacy that take his character through a failed love into suicide. And Napoleon is gripped by that. I forget the exact number, ...
Gualdus presented the Republic with sufficient funds (thought to be in gold) to acquire a title of sufficient importance to allow the marriage to take place. The couple lived in a fine villa and Gualdus had on display, many fine paintings that belonged to him. A visitor examining one of ...
The stories are bound by a common thread: they all take place on the way home from school, in that space where children are unsupervised by teachers or parents. A myriad thoughts and words form along the city blocks that separate school and home, as relationships are built and events ...
Rigid constraints are in place, from tradition and custom:Social hierarchyis alive and kicking, with old noble families and new-moneyed ones on top and the poorer, working ones beneath.Womenare generally subordinate. There is a clear distinction in occupations, so that men of higher heritage ar...
From the ancient ruins of Rome to the romantic canals of Venice, and the rolling hills of Tuscany to the vibrant streets of Naples, Italy offers a plethora of settings that have inspired countless stories. Donatella Di Pietrantonio wins 2024 Strega Prize With her concise, resonant, and ...
ethereal tale that bends time and place",Susanna Kearsley,6,6 +Valor (Faithful and the Fallen),John Gwynne,2,2 +The Philosophy of Tolkien: The Worldview Behind the Lord of the Rings,Peter Kreeft,2,2 +More Annotated Alice: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass,Mart...
is also this really brutal psychopathic serial killer plotting and using the Fair to lure young women to this house of horror, this chamber that he has built in the basement of a Bates’ Motel type place. It is a classic story of good and evil playing out side by side.”Read more......