Tutored as a boy by Aristotle, Alexander had an inquisitive mind that would serve him well when he faced formidable obstacles during his military campaigns. Our interest in him has never faded.Īlexander was born into the royal family of Macedonia, the kingdom that would soon rule over Greece. He established the greatest empire of the ancient world Greek coins and statues are found as far east as Afghanistan. He flashed across the sky of history like a comet, glowing brightly and burning out quickly: crowned at age nineteen, dead by thirty-two. He was a general of such skill and renown that for two thousand years other great leaders studied his strategy and tactics, from Hannibal to Napoleon, with countless more in between. The celebrated Macedonian king has been one of the most enduring figures in history. In the first authoritative biography of Alexander the Great written for a general audience in a generation, classicist and historian Philip Freeman tells the remarkable life of the great conqueror.
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In the end, the Hatchers decide to move back to New York City, a decision punctuated by Tootsie's first word which she learns while undergoing a diaper change. Peter deals with the fallout from Fudge's various problems, which include a spat with his teacher who refuses to use the name "Fudge", antics trying to get rid of Tootsie, and his constant desire to involve himself in Peter's activities, especially with Peter's new friend, Alex Santo. Fudge is extremely jealous of his new baby sister, Tamara, who earns the nickname "Tootsie" from their mother Ann's cute-speak and their grandmother Muriel's favorite old song. The Hatcher family temporarily moves from New York City to Princeton, New Jersey. It is the sequel to Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and is the second in the Fudge series. Superfudge is a children's novel by Judy Blume, published in 1980. Jinny knows her responsibility now-to teach Ess everything she needs to know about the island, to keep things as they’ve always been. The boat arrives, taking away Jinny’s best friend, Deen, replacing him with a new little girl named Ess, and leaving Jinny as the new Elder. And only one thing ever changes: on that day, each year, when a boat appears from the mist upon the ocean carrying one young child to join them-and taking the eldest one away, never to be seen again. The sun rises in a sky filled with dancing shapes the wind, water, and trees shelter and protect those who live there when the nine children go to sleep in their cabins, it is with full stomachs and joy in their hearts. In the tradition of modern-day classics like Sara Pennypacker's Pax and Lois Lowry's The Giver comes a deep, compelling, heartbreaking, and completely one-of-a-kind novel about nine children who live on a mysterious island. After issue 28, the series was continued in The Pulse. The 28 issues chronicle Jessica's many cases concerning the super powered community while exploring the aspects of her past and personality that drove her to abandon her life as a superhero. The series follows Jessica Jones, owner of Alias Investigations and former costumed superhero named Jewel. Alias is a comic book series created by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Michael Gaydos. The first series for the Max-comics imprint series from Marvel Comics. The next episode will continue the series with volumes 3 & 4 of Jessica Jones: Alias by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Gaydos. Translation: Das Geheimnis von Marie Rogêts Tod ( 1965).Translation: Misterul Mariei Rogêt ( 1963).Translation: Das Geheimnis der Marie Rogêt ( 1922). Translation: Das Geheimnis von Marie Rogets Tod ( 1901).Translation: Le mystère de Marie Rogêt ( 1871).Translation: Le mystère de Marie Roget ( 1869).Variant: The Mystery of Marie Roget ( 1850).Variant: The Mystery of Marie Roget ( 1845).Variant: The Murders in the Rue Morgue ( 1994).Translation: Die Morde in der Rue Morgue ( 1993).Translation: Der Mord in der Rue Morgue ( 1986).Translation: Double assassinat dans la rue Morgue ( 1979).Translation: Der Doppelmord in der Rue Morgue ( 1974).Translation: Os crimes da Rue Morgue ( 1971).Variant: The Murders in the Rue Morgue ( 1968).Variant: The Murders in the Rue Morgue ( 1965).Translation: Der Doppelmord in der Rue Morgue ( 1965).Translation: Crimele din Rue Morgue ( 1965).Variant: The Murders in the Rue Morgue (abridged) ( 1964).Translation: Crimele din Rue Morgue ( 1963).Translation: Double assassinat dans la Rue Morgue ( 1962).Translation: De moorden in de Rue Morgue ( 1953).Translation: De Moorden in de Rue Morgue ( 1947). Doty, whose living room scene of father with his newspaper and mother with her needlework invests their discussion of Meir and Gandhi with some unintended irony. (Perhaps though she should also work on raising the consciousness of Mr. Girls are always nurses and boys are always doctors"") and Marina sets a healthy example as she sets him straight. Full Book Name:Girls Can Be Anything Author Name:Norma Klein Book Genre:Childrens, Feminism, Gender, Humor, Juvenile Series Detail: ISBN 9780525306627 ASIN 0525306625 Edition Language:English Date of Publication:FebruPDF File Name:GirlsCanBeAnything-NormaKlein.pdf PDF File Size: 2. Both Presidents thought it was delicious."" Though they never get around to the all important question of who will do the dishes, Alan aptly demonstrates the insidious ease with which sexist assumptions are perpetuated (""That's just the way it goes. ""Then there was a big Presidential dinner with potato chips, Coca-Cola, lollipops, marshmallows, Juicy Fruit gum and Tootsie Rolls for dessert. Adam gives in when Marina explains (after checking with her parents) that there are women doctors and pilots, and when Golds Meir and Indira Gandhi are cited as leaders of important countries the children decide that they will both be Presidents and fly each other from place to place to give speeches. as Marina insists to kindergarten friend Alan who wants her to be nurse to his doctor, stewardess to his pilot, and just plain wife to his President. Technology in the LibraryWireless access, scanning, printing.Copyright HelpLinks to resources about copyright.Subject LibrariansFind a librarian for a specific subject.Accessibility and DisabilityInformation about accessibility and disability.Ask a LibrarianGet help by email, online form, or phone.
The lemurs bear witness to physical and mental abuse, inhumane treatment and molestation of young girls around the world. Before long, though, their optimism starts to feel out of place - the war in Yugoslavia begins, and the factory, having only produced one edition of the toys, has to shut down production.We then follow the little lemurs as they go through some emotionally intense stories that represent a cartography of misfortune, set in the period between the execution and exhumation of the Romanian dictator, Ceausescu, and his wife. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - 'Girls, be good' is an omnibus novel that consists of twenty short stories connected by a single framing narrative: just after the fall of the Berlin wall, foreign investors feel good about the investment climate in Eastern Europe and decide to open a huge toy factory in ex-Yugoslavia, where they are going to produce a hit range of toys designed for girls: small, plush lemurs called Aya, that will be sold all over the world. Pastiches and parodies began to appear and the world of Holmes expanded beyond Arthur Conan Doyle’s writings. His popularity with the general public grew with the publication of stories in The Strand starting in 1891 and it was that series of stories that really got the guessing game going. Robb seems to believe that anyone thinking Holmes and Watson are not lovers is obtuse if not daft.Įver since the Great Detective made his first appearance in A Study in Scarlet in Beeton’s Christmas Annual in 1887, fans have been speculating about Holmes and his life. Graham Robb, in his engaging and informative study of gay history, Strangers: Homosexual Love in the Nineteenth Century, does not fail to consider the queerness of the Great Detective. Is Sherlock Holmes homosexual? Is Watson? Should we even be asking these questions?Ĭasual readers have wondered. Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character)-Fiction. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataĪ study in lavender : queering Sherlock Holmes / edited by Joseph R.G. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the authors’ imaginations or are used fictitiously. No part of this work may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, microfilm, and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Individual stories copyright © 2011 their authors. A Study in Lavender: Queering Sherlock Holmes He warned us: “There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. Lewis did not intend The Screwtape Letters to replace Scripture, but to reinforce and reveal the teaching of Scriptures on the reality of temptation. Lewis skillfully used his fictional letters to take Christians behind enemy lines and glimpse the devil’s tactics and strategies. Eventually, all 31 letters were published in February 1942. The Screwtape Letters first appeared in May 1941 as a serial publication in The Guardian, a weekly Anglican newspaper. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters features a series of fictional letters written from a senior demon, Screwtape, to his nephew, Wormwood. “The idea,” Lewis told his brother, Warren, “would be to give all the psychology of temptation from the other point of view.” Ĭ.S. He had an inkling of an idea for a book eventually titled The Screwtape Letters. Lewis began cracking a very different kind of enemy code: temptation from the tempter’s perspective. In July 1940, with war raging in the skies above Great Britain, C.S. Armed with this vital information and their own cipher device, named Ultra, the British began the war with the ability to decipher German military movements, tactics and strategy. In July 1939, with war on the horizon, the Polish Cipher Bureau gave British Military Intelligence years worth of cryptanalysis and deciphering techniques used to crack the legendary German Enigma cipher machine. |