Showing results for "vergil"

by

Vergil, Sarah Ruden, Braund

A powerful and poignant translation of Vergil’s epic poem, newly equipped with introduction and notesThis is a substantial revision of Sarah Ruden’s celebrated 2008 translation of Vergil’s Aeneid, which was acclaimed by Garry Wills as “the first translation since Dryden’s that can be read as a great English poem in itself.” Ruden’s line-for-line translation in iambic pentameter is an astonishing feat, unique among modern translations. Her revisions to the ...

by

Vergil, Virgil

Translated by

Shadi Bartsch

A fresh and faithful translation of Vergil’s Aeneid restores the epic’s spare language and fast pace and sheds new light on one of the cornerstone narratives of Western culture.“Vivid and haunting . . . a model of how to render Latin poetry in English.”—Tom Holland, New StatesmanFor two thousand years, the epic tale of Aeneas’s dramatic flight from Troy, his doomed love affair with Dido, his descent into the underworld, an...

by

Vergil, Richard Colaresi

Epic Tale of Aeneas: Surviving Troy, Guided by Gods, Founding Rome. A Fresh Retelling of Homer's Classics, Rich with Heroism, Adversity, and Resilience.In this masterful retelling of The Aeneid, we journey with Trojan Prince Aeneas, the survivor of the catastrophic ruin of Troy. Despite the calamity, Aeneas ignites hope within the hearts of the surviving Trojans. Encouraged by Jupiter and the Fates, they set sail westward towards the promise of founding th...

by

Vergil

Narrated by

Susanna Braund

A powerful and poignant translation of Vergil’s epic poem, newly equipped with introduction and notes"Ruden set the bar for Aeneid translations in 2008, and has raised it now with this revision. I am confident it will be a long time before a translator exceeds the standard that she has set."—A.M. Juster, Athenaeum ReviewThis is a substantial revision of Sarah Ruden’s celebrated 2008 translation of Vergil’s Aeneid,...

by

Vergil

The Aeneid is a Latin epic poem, written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who fled the fall of Troy and travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans. It comprises 9,896 lines in dactylic hexameter. The first six of the poem's twelve books tell the story of Aeneas' wanderings from Troy to Italy. The poem's second half tells of the Trojans' ultimately victorious war upon the Latins, under whose name Aeneas and his Trojan fol...

by

Vergil S. Holland

Herding Dogs: Progressive Training is the only book of its kind to guide the owner toward training the complete herding dog. Whether you are involved in farming or ranching, or simply want to explore your herding dog's heritage, you will find a wealth of information here. For those with competitive goals, Herding Dogs will enhance your knowledge with a philosophy that has the dog's individual breed and personality as the central focus.Vergil S. Holland teaches the handler to unders...

by

Vergil McKenzie

What happens when the greatest betrayal of your life is also the greatest act of sacrifice?Three years ago, fashion heiress Isabella Hart vanished on the eve of her wedding, abandoning billionaire entrepreneur Sebastian Devereaux without explanation.Heartbroken and convinced she never loved him, Sebastian rebuilt his life while Isabella disappeared into a world of secrets, fear, and hidden enemies.Now Isabella has r...

by

Vergil McKenzie

Book 1 -

The Willow Creek Legacy

After losing his wife, billionaire entrepreneur Graham Ashford has devoted every part of his life to raising his young daughter, Charlie, while burying himself in work. Hoping for a fresh start away from corporate pressures, he brings Charlie to the charming Montana town of Willow Creek to oversee a conservation project that promises to protect the valley's future. What he never expects is to meet Amelia Brooks, the compassionate director of the local learning center whose quiet strength b...

by

Vergil McKenzie

The Weight She Carried is a haunting psychological suspense novel about grief, sisterhood, and the cost of silence.At just 22, Caren Weston has become the legal guardian to her younger sister, Maisie, following the tragic death of their parents. Every day is a balancing act of survival — juggling work, social services, and school drop-offs — all while trying to keep the fragile threads of her family from snapping.But when a mysterious letter arrives — addressed to her dead ...

by

Vergil McKenzie

What if the most dangerous thing you could do was remember?In a near-future dystopia ruled by recursion technology, emotions can be edited, memories rewritten, and grief commodified. Eliana “Lia” Reyes—code-named and forgotten at the age of nine—was the first successful emotional prototype in a world obsessed with erasing pain.Now twenty and living in hiding, Lia works for the underground Archive, restoring stolen memories and helping survivors remember who they really are....

by

Vergil McKenzie

What if they could take your memories—and no one noticed?In the fractured coastal city of Bellhaven, memories aren’t sacred. They’re editable.Every citizen is tied to the Spiral—an emotion-regulating system that quietly rewrites traumatic memories in real time. Most people don’t notice. Most people don’t want to.But Luca Reyes remembers fragments he shouldn’t—names that were deleted, faces that no longer exist. When a mysterious girl named Marley reappears, shatteri...

by

Marion Blockley, Marley R. Brown III, Karen A. Brush, Edward A. Chappell, Robert Daniels-Dwyer, Joe Distretti, Peter J. Fowler, Bruce W. Fry, John H. Jameson, Ann E. Killebrew, Carl Kuttruff, Donald W. Linebaugh, Barry Mackintosh, Susan Mills, Haryold Mytum, Lynn A. Neal, Vergil E. Noble, Dwight Pitcaithley, Rodd L. Wheaton, Esther C. White, Ronald F. Williamson

To reconstruct or not to reconstruct? That is the question facing many agencies and site managers throughout the world. While reconstructed sites provide a three-dimensional pedagogic environment in which visitors can acquire a heightened sense of the past, an ethical conflict emerges when on-site reconstructions and restorations contribute to the damage or destruction of the original archaeological record. The case studies in this volume contribute to the ongoing debates between data and ...