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- The tragedy of Julius Caesar / by Shakespeare, William,1564-1616.; Mowat, Barbara A.; Werstine, Paul.; Folger Shakespeare Library.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-247).LSC
- Subjects: Caesar, Julius;
- © 2011., Simon & Schuster Paperbacks,
- Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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- Gladiator [videorecording (DVD)] by Scott, Ridley; Crowe, Russell,1964-; Phoenix, Joaquin.; Nielsen, Connie.;
Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Derek Jacobi, Djimon Hounsou, Richard Harris.A general in the Roman army is stripped of his rank, sold into slavery and forced to become a gladiator.MPAA rating: R.Adult.NTSC 1, Dolby surround, Dolby digital & DTS digital surround sound. This disc will not work in a CD-ROM drive. The DVD-ROM features on this disc will not work on a Macintosh.
- Subjects: Gladiators; Slaves; Adventure films; Feature films; Video recordings for the hearing impaired;
- © c2000., Dreamworks Home Entertainment,
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Cassino '44 : the brutal battle for Rome / by Holland, James,1970-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Acclaimed World War II historian James Holland vividly relates the dramatic last months of the Italian Campaign in a masterful volume that brings new awareness to this vital hinge point of the war. As the new year of 1944 began in Italy, the Allied army's momentum had ground to a halt just south of the vaunted German Gustav Line of defense, far short of their initial objective of liberating Rome by Christmas. The fighting up the Italian peninsula had been brutal -- rugged terrain, fierce resistance, terrible weather. While Allied leaders in London prepared for the cross-Channel invasion of France later that spring, the war in the West hinged in Italy. As bestselling historian James Holland relates in his seminal concluding volume on the Italy Campaign, the next five months saw two of World War II's most famous battles -- the four ferocious assaults on Monte Cassino and the fraught landing northwest in the marshes at Anzio -- culminating at last in the liberation of Rome on June 4, merely two days before D-Day. Based on twenty years of research, Cassino '44 offers perspectives and conclusions that differ from the standard narrative. Holland elevates the narrative of war, chronicling the dramatic events primarily through in-the-moment letters and diaries of those who were there. Counterpointing the memories of German soldiers like battalion commander Jurg Kellner with those of British captain John Strick and American corporal Audie Murphy, whose exploits in the field would lead to Hollywood fame, and of Italian citizens and politicians caught up in the maelstrom, Holland vividly recreates their day-to-day encounter with destiny over each bloodily contested mile. General Mark Clark, overall Allied commander in Italy, has been criticized for being overly cautious and needlessly extending the campaign. Holland argues that, given the conditions and constant shortage of materiel held back for the D-Day invasion, Clark and other commanders led a remarkably successful campaign. Well more than 100,000 Allied casualties occurred in the five months leading to Rome, more than in any other campaign of the war. Cassino '44 is the definitive account of a key turning point of World War II and brings our appreciation of the experience of war to a new level"--
- Subjects: Cassino, Battle of, Cassino, Italy, 1944.; World War, 1939-1945;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Every step she takes / by Armstrong, Kelley,author.;
Genevieve has secrets that no one knows. In Rome she can be whoever she wants to be. Her neighbours aren't nosy; her Italian is passable; the shopkeepers and restaurant owners now see her as a local, and they let her be. It's exactly what she wants. One morning, after getting groceries, she returns to her 500-year-old Trastevere apartment. She climbs to the very top of the staircase, the stairs narrowing the higher she goes. When she gets to her door, she puts down her bags and pushes the key into the lock ... and the door swings open. It's unlocked. Sometimes she doesn't lock it because break-ins aren't common in Rome. But Genevieve knows she locked the door behind her this morning. She has no doubt. She should leave, call the police. What if someone is in her apartment, waiting for her? But she doesn't. The apartment is empty, and exactly as she left it, perfectly tidy and not a thing out of place ... except for the small box on her kitchen table. A box that definitely wasn't there this morning. A box postmarked from the US. A box that is addressed to "Lucy Callahan." A name that she hasn't used in ten years.
- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Americans; Women;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Lady of the Eternal City / by Quinn, Kate.;
"Elegant, secretive Sabina may be Empress of Rome, but she still stands poised on a knife's edge. She must keep the peace between two deadly enemies: her husband Hadrian, Rome's brilliant and sinister Emperor; and battered warrior Vix, who is her first love. But Sabina is guardian of a deadly secret: Vix's beautiful son Antinous has become the Emperor's latest obsession. Empress and Emperor, father and son will spin in a deadly dance of passion, betrayal, conspiracy, and war. As tragedy sends Hadrian spiraling into madness, Vix and Sabina form a last desperate pact to save the Empire. But ultimately, the fate of Rome lies with an untried girl, a spirited redhead who may just be the next Lady of the Eternal City"--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Antinoüs, approximately 110-130; Hadrian, Emperor of Rome, 76-138;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- The namesake : a Commissario Alec Blume novel / by Fitzgerald, Conor.;
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- Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Mystery fiction.; Murder; Organized crime; Police;
- © 2012., Bloomsbury,
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Roman year : a memoir / by Aciman, André,author.;
"A memoir of the author's time in Rome after his family was made to leave Egypt, before moving to America"--
- Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Aciman, André.; Aciman family.; Jewish refugees; Jews, Egyptian; Jews;
- Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 2
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- Vanquished : crushing defeats from Ancient Rome to the 21st century / by Bahmanyar, Mir.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-312), Internet addresses, and index.LSC
- Subjects: Battles; Military history.;
- © 2009., Osprey Pub.,
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Did Greek soldiers really hide inside the Trojan horse? : and other questions about the ancient world / by Burrell, Carol M. Scavella.; Thompson, Colin W.,ill.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 39) and index.Investigate seventeen statements about the ancient world and find out which ones are right, which ones are wrong, and which ones stump even the experts.
- Subjects: Civilization, Ancient;
- © 2011., Lerner,
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- The true story of gladiators [videorecording (DVD)] / by Ackroyd, David; Kent, Arthur,1953-; West, Douglas Brooks.; Arts and Entertainment Network; History Channel (Television network); MPH Entertainment (Firm);
Narrator: David Ackroyd; presenter: Arthur Kent.Discusses the evolution of gladitorial combat and the lives of the gladiators in the ancient Roman Empire.E.DVD.
- Subjects: Colosseum (Rome, Italy); Gladiators; Video recordings for the hearing impaired;
- © c2007., History Channel : A & E Television Networks,
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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