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Excerpt from Easy Steps in LatinThe increased demands upon the time of pupils preparing for college have for a long time pointed to the need of a book for beginners in Latin, with a reduction in the amount of daily work required and a corresponding increase in the thoroughness of the memory work.This need has been still further emphasized by the introduction of Latin into grammar schools, a practice that has already found favor in many cities,...

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Cleopatra--Shakespeare's muse of the past, mistress to Caesar and Mark Antony, wielder of the poisonous asp--has been dead for two millenia, but her name and image still resonate in the West. Her story, like any foundation myth, has attracted artists from all periods of time, who have drawn on it in order to raise concerns with the times and the society in which they found themselves living. In this fascinating volume, fully revised and update...

Cleopatra has been dead for twenty centuries, but her name still resonates in the west. Her story has the status of a foundation myth. As such, artists of all periods have drawn on it in order to raise questions concerned with the world in which they found themselves living.This study chooses a number of key occasions from European history on which writers and painters re-imagined Cleopatra. In doing so Mary Hamer takes the reader on a pleasur...

In this major new book, Mary Hamer offers a new perspective on incest, making a link with the scandal of sexual abuse on the part of priests. She places sexual abuse in the context of the whole social order. Hamer's novel and innovative approach challenges the taboo on clear thinking around the subject of incest. She demonstrates the inherent contradictions in official accounts of the subject, from genetics and anthropology to law.Drawing on t...

As small children, Rudyard Kipling and his sister 'Trix' lived an enchanted life in India playing with beloved servants and running around freely. Their innocent happiness came to an abrupt end when they were sent back to England to live with strangers and forced to conform to the strict rules of Edwardian society in an alien country.

In this major new book, Mary Hamer offers a new perspective on incest, making a link with the scandal of sexual abuse on the part of priests. She places sexual abuse in the context of the whole social order. Hamer's novel and innovative approach challenges the taboo on clear thinking around the subject of incest. She demonstrates the inherent contradictions in official accounts of the subject, from genetics and anthropology to law.Drawing on t...

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