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"OK, I'll admit it - I still get a tad confused about who was who in SPQR. But this distillation of some 50 years of scholarship by Mary Beard is both very readable and magisterial in its exposition of key themes of life in the development of Rome ..."
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In SPQR, an instant classic, Mary Beard narrates the history of Rome "with passion and without technical jargon" and demonstrates how "a slightly shabby Iron Age village" rose to become the "undisputed hegemon of the Mediterranean" (Wall Street...
"An honest depiction of the experiences of adolescence that brought me back to my own childhood. While the 1970s US setting may not appear directly relatable to tweens in 2024 Aotearoa New Zealand, the setting doesn't really matter - the themes rem..."
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Read the hilarious coming-of-age classic! Judy Blume's Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret is now a major film starring Rachel McAdams and Abby Ryder Fortson. Meet Margaret. She's going through all the same things most teenage girls have to...
"Being a contrary person, I am often put off by the hype about popular books and avoid them on purpose. This time I gave in and I have to confess that I did enjoy "The Thursday Murder Club" and its follow-up "The Man Who Died Twice", so much so tha..."
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