Celebrating the amazing career of AFL star Tom Hawkins, from his family background, with his dad also a champion player, through to his contribution to Geelong's ongoing success on the football field, we learn what has made Tom a star.From a scholarship in 2006 as an under-18, Tom’s career has been full of accolades, including three times being part of a winning premiership team for Geelong, four McClelland trophies, five all Australian team selections, a Coleman m...

From a scholarship in 2006 as an under-18, Tom Hawkins's career has been full of accolades, including three times being part of a winning premiership team for Geelong, four McClelland trophies, five all Australian team selections, a Coleman medal in 2020, 11 times being the leading goal-kicker for Geelong and many many other accolades. In Tom Hawkins you will discover what has made him the star player he is, and meet all of the people who have been part of his journey including players, co...

This is the first book to study how Haitian authors – from independence in 1804 to the modern Haitian diaspora – have adapted Greco-Roman material and harnessed it to Haiti’s legacy as the world’s first anti-colonial nation-state.In nine chronologically organized chapters built around individual Haitian authors, Hawkins takes readers on a journey through one strand of Haitian literary history that draws on material from ancient Greece and Rome. This cross-disciplinary exploration i...

This is the first book to study the impact of invective poetics associated with early Greek iambic poetry on Roman imperial authors and audiences. It demonstrates how authors as varied as Ovid and Gregory Nazianzen wove recognizable elements of the iambic tradition (e.g. meter, motifs, or poetic biographies) into other literary forms (e.g. elegy, oratorical prose, anthologies of fables), and it shows that the humorous, scurrilous, efficacious aggression of Archilochus continued to facilita...

Nicht nur die Straßen Londons sind tödlich: Schmutzige Intrigen, das brutalste Gefängnis der Stadt und mittendrin der charmante Tom Hawkins, der einem Mord auf die Spur kommt. Der Auftakt zu einer spannenden und historisch authentischen Thriller-Reihe!London, 1727: Tom Hawkins will lieber verdammt sein, als Landpfarrer zu werden wie sein Vater. Er liebt die Frauen, das Bier und das Glücksspiel – und landet eines Nachts im berüchtigten Londoner Schuldgefängnis »The Marshalsea«. Schne...

Tom Hawkins ermittelt wieder: Nach "Das Teufelsloch" begeistert die britische Erfolgsautorin Antonia Hodgson mit ihrem neuen historischen Thriller "Der Galgenvogel".London, Frühjahr 1728: Der schwefelgelb flackernde Schein rußiger Öllampen, Übelkeit erregender Gestank frisch geleerter Nachttöpfe im Rinnstein, und in den schmalen Gassen das Zischen und Fauchen schwarzer Ratten …Durch diese Straßen wird ein gut gekleideter junger Mann zum Galgen nach Tyburn geschleppt. Die Meng...

Mörderische Rache in Fountains Abbey - Antonia Hodgson setzt ihre preisgekrönte historische Thriller-Serie um den Ermittler Tom Hawkins ("Das Teufelsloch", "Der Galgenvogel") fulminant fort.London, Spätfrühjahr 1728. Auf eine "Bitte" von Englands Königin Queen Caroline reist Tom Hawkins, mit allen Wassern gewaschener Gentleman, zum Herrenhaus von John Aislabie in Yorkshire. Doch die ländliche Idylle entpuppt sich für Tom schnell als Hexenkessel: Die Queen wird von Aislabie erpresst,...

Kinship care – the care of children by grandparents, other relatives or friends – is a major part of foster care, yet there are distinct issues that arise in care involving family rather than 'stranger' foster carers.This book takes an in-depth look at what goes on 'inside' kinship care. It explores the dynamics and relationships between family members that are involved in kinship care, including mothers, grandparents, siblings and the wider family. Chapters also discuss issues suc...

Rated "Most Popular Fiction Magazine 2024" by Chill SubsNamed Top 10 "Best Lit Mags of 2023, 2024" by Chill SubsRated "Top 50 Fiction" by SubstackDelight in intriguing, thought-provoking conversations about ethics, philosophy, and social issues! After Dinner Conversation is a monthly literary magazine publishing short fiction. Each issue features both established writers and up-and-coming authors who contri...

Beautiful and heartfelt. I know each one of these letters will help someone in the Grief Club. - Cariad LloydWelcome to the club you never wanted to join.When someone you love dies, it may seem impossible to know what will happen next and how you will cope. Losing someone in early adulthood, you may feel even more alone, when no-one around you seems to have had the same experience.Our letters don't have all the answers, but they do h...

Athenian comedy is firmly entrenched in the classical canon, but imperial authors debated, dissected and redirected comic texts, plots and language of Aristophanes, Menander, and their rivals in ways that reflect the non-Athenocentric, pan-Mediterranean performance culture of the imperial era. Although the reception of tragedy beyond its own contemporary era has been studied, the legacy of Athenian comedy in the Roman world is less well understood.This volume offers the first expan...

A powerful collection of 30 Bible stories about people whose faith in God brought them their finest hour.In today's world, it's easy to fall prey to the approval addiction--seeking the praise of others instead of focusing on pleasing God. In Their Finest Hour, best-selling author R.T. Kendall highlights 30 Bible characters who put their trust in God despite their moments of self-effacing vulnerability. Through these stories, we can learn valuable lessons about faith and tr...