The Crown of Wild Olive & The Cestus of Aglaia

The Crown of Wild Olive & The Cestus of Aglaia PDF Author: John Ruskin
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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The Crown of Wild Olive & The Cestus of Aglaia

The Crown of Wild Olive & The Cestus of Aglaia PDF Author: John Ruskin
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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The Crown of Wild Olive

The Crown of Wild Olive PDF Author: John Ruskin
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 268

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The Crown of Wild Olive

The Crown of Wild Olive PDF Author: John Ruskin
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Category : Labor
Languages : en
Pages : 366

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Traffic

Traffic PDF Author: John Ruskin
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141398159
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 60

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'You shall have thousands of gold pieces; - thousands of thousands - millions - mountains of gold: where will you keep them?' Two of Ruskin's most powerful essays: 'Traffic' and 'The Roots of Honour' Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. John Ruskin (1819-1900). Ruskin's Unto This Last and Other Writings is available in Penguin Classics.

Heather, Oak, and Olive

Heather, Oak, and Olive PDF Author: Rosemary Sutcliff
Publisher: Paul Dry Books
ISBN: 1589881060
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128

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"For a child poised between Harry Potter and Tolkien, there really is nothing better than Sutcliff."—The New Yorker "Rosemary Sutcliff is a spellbinder."—New York Times Book Review "The preeminent master of British historical fiction for young people."—Kirkus Reviews Cherished author Rosemary Sutcliff presents three stories of youthful courage and fidelity in ancient times. The Chief's Daughter: A Welsh chieftain's daughter helps a young Irish boy—captured from a raiding party and held prisoner by her father—make his escape, risking the wrath of her gods and her Clan. A Circlet of Oak Leaves: A horse-trader is reminded of his past with the Roman Legions, of the life-changing, secret favor he once did a friend and the glory he will never be able to openly claim. A Crown of Wild Olives: A tentative, but caring, friendship is formed between two young runners, a Spartan and an Athenian, who will compete against each other for the Olympic Olive Crown and the honor of their warring nations. These stories are clever and powerful, the plots twisting and turning unexpectedly while the characters remain always true to their own moral codes. Indeed, in each story the characters are full of heart and human failings—and feelings that transcend time and history.

The Truce of the Games

The Truce of the Games PDF Author: Rosemary Sutcliff
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
ISBN: 9780241020210
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 83

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SUMMARY: A story about the early Olympic Games which were held every fourth summer in the sacred valley of Olympia.

Saint Ursula

Saint Ursula PDF Author: John Ruskin
Publisher: Good Press
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 18

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Saint Ursula by John Ruskin is about a beautiful young princess and the daughter of King Maurus. Young Ursula must marry a heathen King or risk the fate of the English people. Excerpt: "There was once a just and most Christian King of Britain, called Maurus. To him and his wife Daria was born a little girl, the fairest creature that this earth ever saw. She came into the world wrapped in a hairy mantle, and all men wondered greatly what this might mean. Then the King gathered together his wise men to inquire of them. But they could not make known the thing to him, for only God in Heaven knew how the rough robe signified that she should follow holiness and purity all her days, and the wisdom of St. John the Baptist. And because of the mantle, they called her Ursula, 'Little Bear.'"

The Crown of Wild Olive

The Crown of Wild Olive PDF Author: John Ruskin
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Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 322

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Helen of Troy

Helen of Troy PDF Author: Margaret George
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101218797
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 632

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Acclaimed author Margaret George tells the story of the legendary Greek woman whose face "launched a thousand ships" in this New York Times bestseller. The Trojan War, fought nearly twelve hundred years before the birth of Christ, and recounted in Homer's Iliad, continues to haunt us because of its origins: one woman's beauty, a visiting prince's passion, and a love that ended in tragedy. Laden with doom, yet surprising in its moments of innocence and beauty, Helen of Troy is an exquisite page-turner with a cast of irresistible, legendary characters—Odysseus, Hector, Achilles, Menelaus, Priam, Clytemnestra, Agamemnon, as well as Helen and Paris themselves. With a wealth of material that reproduces the Age of Bronze in all its glory, it brings to life a war that we have all learned about but never before experienced.

Saturday Review

Saturday Review PDF Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 676

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