Journeys in Roman Britain

• Author: Charlotte Higgins
• Publisher: Abrams
• ISBN: 1468312367
• Category: History
• Page: 304
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What does Roman Britain mean to us now? How were its physical remains rediscovered and made sense of? How has it been reimagined, in story and song and verse? Sometimes on foot, sometimes in a magnificent, if not entirely reliable, VW camper van, Charlotte Higgins sets out to explore the ancient monuments of Roman Britain. She explores the land that was once Rome’s northernmost territory and how it has changed since the years after the empire fell. Under Another Sky invites us to see the British landscape, and British history, in an entirely fresh way: as indelibly marked by how the Romans first imagined and wrote, these strange and exotic islands, perched on the edge of the known world, into existence.

Critical Explorations

• Author: Amar Nath Prasad
• Publisher: Sarup & Sons
• ISBN: 9788176252683
• Category: Indic literature (English)
• Page: 288
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Contributed articles.

• Author: N.A
• Publisher: Government Printing Office
• ISBN: 9780160934797
• Category: History
• Page: 344
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The Congressional-Executive Commission on China is tasked with monitoring China’s compliance with human rights, particularly those contained in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as well as monitoring the development of the rule of law in China. As part of its mandate, the Commission issues an annual report every October, covering the preceding 12-month period and including recommendations for U.S. legislative or executive action. This volume contains the 2016 report.

• Author: Alexandre Najjar
• Publisher: Saqi
• ISBN: 1846591929
• Category: Biography & Autobiography
• Page: 133
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Alexandre Najjar was eight when Lebanon erupted into a bloody and brutal conflict; he was twenty-three when the guns at last fell silent. After seven years of voluntary exile spent trying to escape the nightmare of civil war, he is now back amongst his family and friends, and the past is quickly catching up with him. As he reacquaints himself with his bullet-riddled city, Alexandre is haunted by vivid memories which he sets down with extraordinary candour and good humour. Sometimes nostalgic, often brutal and shocking, The School of War offers unforgettable insight into a child's experiences during times of conflict. 'A marvellously affecting memoir of the war in Lebanon: perfectly pitched and intensely evocative, and all the more powerful from being seen through the eyes of a child.' William Boyd Delicate and unforgettable' Elle Magazine One of the most talented writers of his generation' Le Monde

• Author: N.A
• Publisher: N.A
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Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean

• Author: Charles Freeman
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• ISBN: 0191509701
• Category: History
• Page: 784
• View: 3789

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Egypt, Greece, and Rome is regarded as one of the best general histories of the ancient world, having sold more than 80,000 copies in its first two editions. It is written for the general reader and the student coming to the subject for the first time and provides a reliable and highly accessible point of entry to the period. Beginning with the early Middle Eastern civilizations of Sumer, and continuing right through to the Islamic invasions and the birth of modern Europe after the collapse of the Roman empire, the book ranges beyond political history to cover art and architecture, philosophy, literature, society, and economy. A wide range of maps, illustrations, and photographs complements the text. This third edition has been extensively revised to appeal to the general reader with several chapters completely rewritten and a great deal of new material added, including a new selection of images.

• Author: Valerio Massimo Manfredi
• Publisher: Pan Macmillan
• ISBN: 0330527126
• Category: Fiction
• Page: 288
• View: 3055

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A castaway tossed onto a deserted beach is the last survivor of a world that no longer exists. He has a terrible, fascinating story to tell - the true reason for which the Trojan War was fought ... The protagonist of this tale is Diomedes, the last of the great ancient Greek Homeric heroes, who seeks to return to his beloved homeland after years of war against Troy. But destiny has other plans for him. Betrayed by his wife, who plots to murder him and persecuted by hostile gods, he has no choice but to turn his sails west, towards Hesperia, the mysterious mist-shrouded land that will one day be called Italy. He ventures boldly into this new world, for he carries with him the magic Talisman of Troy, a mysterious, powerful idol that can make the nation that possesses it invincible ...

• Author: N.A
• Publisher: N.A
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• Author: Edward St Aubyn
• Publisher: Pan Macmillan
• ISBN: 0330531360
• Category: Fiction
• Page: 304
• View: 4961

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Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, Mother's Milk is the fourth of Edward St Aubyn's semi-autobiographical Patrick Melrose novels, adapted for TV for Sky Atlantic and starring Benedict Cumberbatch as aristocratic addict, Patrick. The once illustrious, once wealthy Melroses are in peril. Caught up in the wreckage of broken promises, child-rearing, adultery and assisted suicide, Patrick finds his wife Mary consumed by motherhood, his mother in thrall to a New Age foundation, and his young son Robert understanding far more than he should. But even as the family struggles against the pull of its ever-present past, a new generation brings a new tenderness, and the possibility of change.

Selected Poems of Salabega

• Author: Sālabega
• Publisher: Sahitya Akademi
• ISBN: 9788126004836
• Category: English poetry
• Page: 109
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The Book Is An Attempt To Bring To Limelight The Hidden, Unexplored Richness And Sophistication Of A 17Th Century Oriya Devotional Poet Whose Intense Piety Coupled With The Metaphoric Interiority Of The Medium Creates A Unique Kind Of Poetic Art In The History Of Oriya Literature.