2014, ISBN: 9780593056523

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Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., 2011. liii, 370 pages, illustrations, maps; 23 cm. Tight, clean copy. "Ancient Roman author Suetonius's Books on the Life of the C… Mehr…

Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., 2011. liii, 370 pages, illustrations, maps; 23 cm. Tight, clean copy. "Ancient Roman author Suetonius's Books on the Life of the Caesars, biographies of the first Roman emperors and their forerunner, Julius Caesar, are rich in information and detail. Suetonius preserved much that was said and written about the emperors during the time they lived and not long afterwards. This translation is based on the 1908 edition of Maximilian Ihm (Teubner). It includes an introduction giving background on the life of Suetonius, his writings in the context of ancient biography, and background on the book itself, exploring sources, composition, organization, style, and historical value. The book also contains an introduction to the history and social context of the period, with details on social distinctions, government institutions, family, courts, the military, religion, and education. Also included are maps, a chronology of major events, a family tree, and a glossary." - Publisher.. Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., 2011, 5, Pleasantville, NY: Reader's Digest Association green boards, clean and tight and square, edges and corners very slightly rubbed and a tiny bit chipped, text is clean and unmarked, Reader's Digest Association, 4, Very Good. "Growing Up Laughing: My Story and the Story of Funny is a book that only Marlo Thomas could write -- a smart and gracious, witty and confident autobiographical journey. For as long as Marlo Thomas can remember, she's lived with laughter. Born to comedy royalty--TV and nightclub star Danny Thomas--she grew up among legendary funny men, carved much of her career in comedy and, to this day, surrounds herself with people who love and live to make others laugh. In this long-awaited memoir, Thomas takes us on a funny and heartwarming adventure, from her Beverly Hills childhood, to her groundbreaking creation of That Girl and Free to Be . . . You and Me, to her rise as one of America's most beloved actress-comediennes, to her marriage to talk-show king Phil Donahue. Her youth was star-studded--Milton Berle performed magic tricks (badly) at her backyard birthday parties. George Burns, Bob Hope, Sid Caesar, Bob Newhart and other great comics passed countless hours gathered around her family's dinner table. And behind it all was the rich laughter nurtured by a close and loving family.Growing Up Laughing is not just the story of an iconic entertainer, but also the story of comedy. In a voice that is curious, generous and often gleeful, Thomas not only opens the doors on the funny in her own life, but also explores the comic roots of today's most celebrated comedians, in personal interviews with: Alan Alda, Joy Behar, Stephen Colbert, Billy Crystal, Tina Fey, Whoopi Goldberg, Kathy Griffin, Jay Leno, George Lopez, Elaine May, Conan O'Brien, Don Rickles, Joan Rivers, Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, Jon Stewart, Ben and Jerry Stiller, Lily Tomlin, Robin Williams and Steven Wright., 3, Usda. Stapled Pamphlet, Some Minor Scuffing, Wearing. Office Stamp On The Cover. . Good. Paperback. 1968., Usda, 1968, 2.5, New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2010. 12th Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Twelfth printing. Jacket edges lightly worn. 2010 Hard Cover. viii, 368 pp. 8vo. Color pictorial endpapers, maps precede text, includes section of glossy color photographs & illustrations. The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer brings to life the most intriguing woman in the history of the world: Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt. Her palace shimmered with onyx, garnets, and gold, but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue. Above all else, Cleopatra was a shrewd strategist and an ingenious negotiator. Though her life spanned fewer than forty years, it reshaped the contours of the ancient world. She was married twice, each time to a brother. She waged a brutal civil war against the first when both were teenagers. She poisoned the second. Ultimately she dispensed with an ambitious sister as well; incest and assassination were family specialties. Cleopatra appears to have had sex with only two men. They happen, however, to have been Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, among the most prominent Romans of the day. Both were married to other women. Cleopatra had a child with Caesar and--after his murder--three more with his protege. Already she was the wealthiest ruler in the Mediterranean; the relationship with Antony confirmed her status as the most influential woman of the age. The two would together attempt to forge a new empire, in an alliance that spelled their ends. Cleopatra has lodged herself in our imaginations ever since. Famous long before she was notorious, Cleopatra has gone down in history for all the wrong reasons. Shakespeare and Shaw put words in her mouth. Michelangelo, Tiepolo, and Elizabeth Taylor put a face to her name. Along the way, Cleopatra's supple personality and the drama of her circumstances have been lost. In a masterly return to the classical sources, Stacy Schiff here boldly separates fact from fiction to rescue the magnetic queen whose death ushered in a new world order. Rich in detail, epic in scope, Schiff's is a luminous, deeply original reconstruction of a dazzling life., Little, Brown and Company, 2010, 4, New York: Doubleday. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Those who enjoy Machiavelli and Caesar should enjoy this book that incorporates biographical and other information from those books, as well as others. And naturually written as only Maugham could write it. I don't enjoy Machiavelli but enjoyed the parts of this book that I read. It is set in the time of Louis XII, King of France. The book has very light wear on the corners at the top front edge. 278 pages, no marks, one page is folded in and has a minor tear on the vertical side. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ., Doubleday, 1946, 4, -: Collins, 2005. None. Large Hardback. Good. -. The third volume in the acclaimed Emperor series, in which Conn Iggulden brilliantly interweaves history and adventure to recreate the astonishing life of Julius Caesar -- an epic tale of ambition and rivalry, bravery and betrayal, from an outstanding new voice in historical fiction. THE GATES OF ROME, THE DEATH OF KINGS and now THE BITTER RIVER tell the powerful, dramatic story of the friendship and enmity between the two men who ruled the Roman world. Following the defeat of the Spartacus rebellion, Julius Caesar and Marcus Brutus, who have been sent to run the Roman colonies in Spain, return to challenge powerful senators to become one of the Consuls of Rome. Political opposition, family quarrels, armed rebellions and corruption make this a highly contemporary scene, fuelled by the intrigue of the major characters, who are now developing as full adults. As he takes the legions north into mighty battles with the Gallic tribes, the imperious stand of Caesar and the leadership of his men, his new friendships with fellow leaders and his overwhelming ambition, begin to separate him from Brutus, the great swordsman and warrior., Collins, 2005, 2.5, Hodder Dargaud, 1984. Softcover. Acceptable Used Copy. Chief Vitalstatistix rashly invites his brother-in-law to dine of a stew seasoned with Caesar's laurel wreath, so Asterix and Obelix must go to Rome to fetch those laurels. Hoping to get access to Caesar, they sell themselves as slaves - but can they do a deal with the corrupt Goldendelicius to swap the laurels for parsley? If so, it will be their own Roman triumph. #0215/0517R/0320/0621/231222 pp.48 (Only an ""Acceptable used copy"" with signs of wear) Vintage cover graphics Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA., Hodder Dargaud, 1984, 2.5, Metro Books, 2014. 1st edition, 1st printing.. hardcover. as new, no dust jacket. 8vo. 160pp. profusely illustrated thru-out. pale brown cloth.. Family run used bookstore open to the public since 1988. 30 Years of Bookselling Experience backing the careful selection and description of each book we offer. 9781435151796, Metro Books, 2014, 5, John Wiley & Sons, 2000. softcover. near fine. tall 8vo. yellow wraps. illustrated.. Family run used bookstore open to the public since 1988. 30 Years of Bookselling Experience backing the careful selection and description of each book we offer., John Wiley & Sons, 2000, 4, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1899 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Cover has light soils, minor wear. Contains introduction, text, notes, a critical appendix, and analysis of these orations.., Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1899, 3, Arrow Books, London. FREE U.K. Shipping. FAMILY Business. FIRST Class Service, 1979 Paperback edition . Very Good. Soft cover. 1979., Arrow Books, London, 1979, 3, Reader's Digest Association. Unknown Binding. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed., Reader's Digest Association, 2.5, London / New York.: Thames & Hudson., 1991. U.S. Edition.. Hard cover. Fine in very good dust jacket. Lower front jacket has interior damp stain, no transfer to book cover. Light surface blemishing to jacket. Minor top page block soil; clean book volume.. 1 Blue textured paper over boards; gold spine titles. Front gold encircled two dolphins. B&W photo plate section near center, 19 Illustrations. 184 p. Audience: General/trade. Preface: Spring A.D. 40, Roman Emperor Caligula stood looking out at the English Channel with his Empire's Legions. Since Julius Caesar a century before, no Roman legion had marched in Britain. What followed was "a sham" perpetrated by a "mad" ruler. Yet, historians wrote Caligula was a significant leader. Genealogical tree: The Julio-Claudian Family, followed by the historian-author's literary research, and psychological perspective., Thames & Hudson., 1991, 3, 1881. Early days in Chippewa County, WI, are recalled through a delightful mixture of colorful tales, factual data, and individual biographies in this booklet excerpted from a rare 1881 book, entitled History of Northern Wisconsin. This NEW 41-page 8 1/2" x 11" spiral-bound booklet is printed single-sided on 60 # opaque paper. The front cover is a parchtex card stock, protected with a vinyl sheet. The information comes from aWe've enlarged the area on a map from the original book, and included it along with two other maps of historic interest. Communities currently listed for Chippewa County by the National Association of Counties include (Not all of these towns are mentioned in the booklet.): Anson, Arthur, Auburn, Birch Creek, Bloomer, Boyd, Cadott, Chippewa Falls (County Seat), Cleveland, Colburn, Cooks Valley, Cornell, Delmar, Eagle Point, Eau Claire (part), Edson, Estella, Goetz, Hallie, Holcombe, Howard, Jim Falls, Lafayette, Lake Holcombe, New Auburn (part), Ruby, Sampson, Sigel, Stanley, Tilden, Wheaton, Woodmohr. Among the many subjects included are: Location, Physical Features, and Natural Resources; the Chippewas (Odjibwa)-- their language and communication system; Separation of Chippewa County from Crawford County in 1845; First settlers and later arrivals; Early Officers; Bigamist Joseph Bellsile, a 126-year-old Indian, Angeline DeMarie --"an almost intuitive doctor", and other early characters; Water Power; War Record; Logging and the Lumber business; the flood of 1847 and the Storm of 1855; a rape, a knifing and a lynching and a near Indian uprising; the shortage of women; Wild speculation; Schools and Churches; Newspapers; Railroads; Industral Enterprises; State Lines; a Summary of Events from old newspapers, etc., between 1863 and 1881; and other interesting bits of history and trivia. Attention Genealogists: This booklet contains biographies of many county residents of the late 1800s. Some of these are brief, but others include family members, affiliations, war records, and business activities, in the course of which they often shed light on area businesses, churches, professions and institutions, and on news events. Those listed are: Chippewa Falls -- H.S. Allen, John D. Apmann, E. De F. Barnett, J.D. Barnett, Andrew J. Bate, Antoin Berg, J.M. Bingham (pix), Peter Bergevin, Bernard Bibeau, David Blair, James A. Blake, Amede Boncher, Frank Bonville, W.A. Boutelle, J.C. Bronsky, Alanson C. Bruce, Daniel Buchanan, Frank M. Buzzell, Gus. Caesar, Otis E. Card, James Carroll, Prone Carter, Tracy Morgan Cary, Joseph S. Chevingny, Timothy Cherrier, Francis M. Clough, W.H. Clifton, George W. Cochran, Louis Coderre, William A. Cody, Frank A. Colburn, Dudley G. Coleman, Edward H. Coleman, Charles B. Coleman, Henry Coleman, Urgel Collett, Joseph E. Collett, James Comerford, Joseph Cota, William W. Crandall, Henry Cronk, E.W. Culver (pix), M.J. Cummings, O.R. Dahl, William T. Dalton, Herman Dettloff, James S. Dewey, Peter M Dicaire, Cyrus W. Dodge, William Doty, Armand Ducommun, Kelesford Dussault, Edward Emerson, Phillip Euler, Elmer H. Everett, John Faeh, Thomas Farnsworth, A.K. Fletcher, William Fowlds, Dr. F. Fradet, Jacob L. Friederich, Jerome B. Gallaher, George W. Gans, Dr. Barney Gardiner, Abel Gardner, Ludger Gaudet, Joseph Gay, John C. Ginty (pix), George A. Gillmore, Morris Glucksman, Henry J. Goddard, Rev. Father Charles F.X. Goldsmith, Arthur Gough, Wesley J. Gregg, James Griffin, Edward Grossman, J.R. Hall, John Halvorson, E.P. Hastings, Anthony Judson Hayward, Napoleon Hebert, Fred Hennemann, Henry Herbert, Carl Hering, Samuel Heylman, Samuel Hill, Daniel Frederick Hoenig, Ambrose Hoffman, Martin J. Howard, William B. Hall, Julius P. Hurlbut, Charles A. Jaques, Nels Johnson, Albert W. Johnson, Frank A. Johnson, Albert Kahler, John B. Kehl, Robert Kennedy, Thomas J. Kiley, Charles Langvin, William O. Lamb, Joseph G. La Motte, James Lavell, Louis Lord, Cavalier H. Lowell, Gunder J. Lee, Jacob Leinenkugel, J.W. Leslie, Alexander McBean, Warren E. McCord, James McClintock, Thomas McDermott, Alex R. McDonald, Angus J. McDonell, A.J. McGilvray, William D. McGilvray, Frank M. McGuire, D.L. McKay, James McKinnon, Kenneth A. McLeod, Hector C. McRea, Hugh McRae, John A. McRae, Charles Mandelert, Joseph Mandelert, R.D. Marshall, William Martin, Hans Mason, Henry Maxeiner, Lyell O. Mead, Albert Mendl, David E. Miles (pix), Eusebeus M. Miles, Alphonse Miller, John Miller, John P. Mitchell, A. Moses, Charles G. Mullikin, Thomas Murray, Lorenzo M. Newman, E.E. Nussle, John Pakenham, E.G. Pannier, Warren W. Potter, Mrs. S.A. Pound, John Powers, Thaddeus C. Pound (pix), Edward Poznanski, M.J. Raymond, Dr. Fred A. Reckard, John Redman, Gen. Hollon Richardson, Sanford S. Riddell (pix), Clayton E. Rogers (pix), George S. Rogers, John Rumsey, David Russell, Thomas A. Ryan, John Samson, James W. Sellers, Syvert Serley, James A. Seydel, D.E. Seymour, William L. Seymour, Horace L. Smith, Christopher F. Smith, Byron Southmayd, John W. Squiers, William H. Stafford, Emory D. Stanley, Alexander Stewart, Amos S. Stiles, Robert M. Stitt, Nathan D. Stoddard, W. H. Stoddard, Homer C. Strong, Seymour B. Strong, George W. Swaner, Nelson O. Swift, A. Tarrant, James A. Taylor, Henry M. Todd, John and Joseph Trudell, Peter Turcot, Gideon D. Vaillancourt, Simon R. Van Houter, Louis Vincent, Callix Vinette, Joseph Walker, Joel Waterman, Leslie E. Waterman, George P. Warren, Francis C. Webb, Charles Weissenborn, John Weinberger, John V. Weinberger, Charles B. Wessell, Nels W. Wheeler, Robert D. Whittemore, Alexander Wiley, C.J. Wiltse, Charles W. Withrow, Louis J. Zimmermann; Bloomer -- Frederick Adler, Frederick Becker, John H. Brown, Charles Detloff, Andred Dietlein, Peter D. McMartin, Ludolphus Smith, Frederick W. Stees, Sylvester Van Loon, Joames H. Williams; Chippewa City -- William B. Bartlett, John Bates, Edward F. Bennett, Leonard Dibble, Milo C. Dunton, Perry Hopkins, Horace A. Hutchinson, Angus V. McGilvray, Nelso Sellers, George R. Shaw, Edwin B. Smith, J. Henry Smith, Frederick G. Stanley, Charles V. Sweeney, James H. Woodruff; Auburn -- Adelbert P. McWethy, William C. Miller, Charles E. Smith, Leonard Von Eschen; Cadott -- Solomon R. Kaiser, E.B. Luce, Robert Marriner, Chauncey K. Millious, John P. Wall; Cartwright's Mill -- David J. Cartwright, Charles M. Tarr; Badger Mills -- Z.C. Willis, A. R. Southmayd; Big Bend -- Gus. Nater; Wheaton -- Frank G. Smith; Bios listed as "In Memoriam" are: Harvey P. Coleman, Miss Laura Allen, Miller F. Thompson, Thomas Morris, Charles Coleman, Francis Ganthier, Dr. R.W. Bradeen, and Louis Vincent. . Limited Edition Reprint. Spiral/Comb . New/No Jacket. 8.5" x 11". Private Press., 1881, 6, A J Valpy, 1832. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1832. No Edition Remarks. 269 pages. No dust jacket. Half bound in leather with paper covered boards. Ex Libris plate to front pastedown. Vol I. Moderate staining, foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Hinges are moderately cracked causing boards to be loose. Boards have moderate corner bumping and edge-wear with visible tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with soft splitting and crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean., A J Valpy, 1832, 2.5, A J Valpy, 1832. Hardcover. Good. 1832. No Edition Remarks. 308 pages. Half bound in leather with paper covered boards. Ex Libris plate to front pastedown. Volume II. Light thumb marking, foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges and free endpapers. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has slightly heavier rubbing and tanning with soft crushing to ends., A J Valpy, 1832, 2.5, New York: Little, Brown and Company, November 2010. First Edition, fourth printing. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Unmarked. Top front corner bumped. Two dog-eared pages. Spine straight and tight. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 368 pages. The life of the most intriguing woman in the history of the world: Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt. Her palace shimmered with onyx, garnets, and gold, but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue. Above all else, Cleopatra was a shrewd strategist and an ingenious negotiator. Though her life spanned fewer than forty years, it reshaped the contours of the ancient world. She was married twice, each time to a brother. She waged a brutal civil war against the first when both were teenagers. She poisoned the second. Ultimately she dispensed with an ambitious sister as well; incest and assassination were family specialties. Cleopatra appears to have had sex with only two men. They happen, however, to have been Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, among the most prominent Romans of the day. Both were married to other women. Cleopatra had a child with Caesar and--after his murder--three more with his protégé. Already she was the wealthiest ruler in the Mediterranean; the relationship with Antony confirmed her status as the most influential woman of the age. The two would together attempt to forge a new empire, in an alliance that spelled their ends. Cleopatra has lodged herself in our imaginations ever since. Famous long before she was notorious, Cleopatra has gone down in history for all the wrong reasons. Shakespeare and Shaw put words in her mouth. Michelangelo, Tiepolo, and Elizabeth Taylor put a face to her name. Along the way, Cleopatra's supple personality and the drama of her circumstances have been lost. In a masterly return to the classical sources, Stacy Schiff here boldly separates fact from fiction to rescue the magnetic queen whose death ushered in a new world order., Little, Brown and Company, 4, Very Good. Bryan Sykes, the world’s first genetic archaeologist, takes us on a journey around the family tree of Britain and Ireland, to reveal how our tribal history still colours the country today.In 54BC Julius Caesar launched the first Roman invasion of Britain. His was the first detailed account of the Celtic tribes that inhabited the Isles. But where had they come from and how long had they been there? When the Roman eventually left five hundred years later, they were succeeded by invasions of Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and Normans. Did these successive invasions obliterate the genetic legacy of the Celts, or have very little effect?After two decades tracing the genetic origins of peoples from all over the world, Bryan Sykes has now turned the spotlight on his own back yard. In a major research programme, the first of its kind, he and his team at Oxford University set out to test the DNA of over 10,000 volunteers from across Britain and Ireland with the specific aim of answering this very question: what is our modern genetic make-up and what does it tell us of our tribal past? Where are today’s Celtic genes? Did Vikings only rape and pillage, or settle with their families? And what of the genetic legacy of the Saxons and the Normans? Are the modern people of the Isles a delicious genetic cocktail? Or did the invaders keep mostly to themselves forming separate genetic layers within the Isles? And where do you fit in?As his findings came in, Bryan Sykes discovered that the genetic evidence revealed often very different stories to the conventional accounts coming from history and archaeology. Blood of the Isles reveals the nature of our genetic make-up as never before and what this says about our attitudes to ourselves, each other, and to our past. It is a gripping story that will fascinate and surprise with its conclusions., 3<

2006, ISBN: 9780593056523

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