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An essential primary source on Roman history Suetonius' The Twelve Caesars is a fascinating achievement of scholarship covering a critical period in the Empire This Penguin Classics edition is translated from the Latin by Robert Graves author of I Claudius revised with an introduction & notes by James B Rives As private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian the scholar Suetonius had access to the imperial archives & used them (along with eyewitness accounts) to produce one of the most colourful biographical works in history The Twelve Caesars chronicles the public careers & private lives of the men who wielded absolute power over Rome from the foundation of the empire under Julius Caesar & Augustus to the decline into depravity & civil war under Nero & the recovery that came with his successors A masterpiece of observation anecdote & detailed physical description The Twelve Caesars presents us with a gallery of vividly drawn
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The Twelve Days Of Dash And Lily

'After reading this I wanted to read it all over again' - Zoe Sugg aka Zoella This glorious new collaboration from the New York Times bestselling authors of Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist was personally selected by Zoella for the Zoella Book Club A teen romance set against the magical backdrop of New York City in December It is the ultimate Christmas book Dash and Lily have been dating for nearly a year but when Lily's beloved grandfather falls ill the repercussions take their toll on everyone Even though they are still together somehow the magic has gone out of their relationship and it's clear that Lily has fallen out of love with life Action must be taken! Dash teams up with Lily's brother and a host of their friends who have just twelve days to get Lily's groove back in time for
Christmas A warm wintry read that is guaranteed to be a favourite Christmas book for many years to come Look out for David and Rachel's other young adult novels Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist and Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List Also by David Levithan Every Day Another Day Marly's Ghost Two Boys Kissing How They Met and Other Stories David is the New York Times best-selling author of Boy Meets Boy and Marly's Ghost While among his many collaborations are Will Grayson Will Grayson with Fault in Our Stars author John Green and Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist with Rachel Cohn which became a major film Tiny Cooper from Will Grayson Will Grayson now has his own novel Hold Me Closer The Tiny Cooper Story David is also a highly respected children's book editor whose list includes many
luminaries of children's literature including Garth Nix Libba Bray and Suzanne Collins He lives and works in New York Rachel Cohn was born in Maryland but later moved to New York Her first novel Gingerbread was published in 2002 Since then she has gone on to write many other successful young adult and children's books several in collaboration with David Levithan She now lives and writes in Los Angeles assisted by two very cool cats
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' After reading this I wanted to read it all over again'
- Zoe Sugg aka Zoella This glorious new collaboration from the New York Times bestselling authors of Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist was personally selected by Zoella for the Zoella Book Club A teen romance set against the magical backdrop of New York City in December It is the ultimate Christmas book Dash & Lily have been dating for nearly a year but when Lily's beloved grandfather falls ill the repercussions take their toll on everyone Even though they are still together somehow the magic has gone out of their relationship & it's clear that Lily has fallen out of love with life Action must be taken! Dash teams up with Lily's brother & a host of their friends who have just twelve days to get Lily's groove back in time for Christmas A warm wintry read that is guaranteed to be a favourite Christmas book for many years to come Look out for David & Rachel's other young adult novels Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist & Naomi & Ely's No Kiss List Also by David Levithan Every Day Another Day Marly's Ghost Two Boys Kissing How They Met & Other Stories David is the New York Times best-selling author of Boy Meets Boy & Marly's Ghost While among his many collaborations are Will Grayson Will Grayson with Fault in Our Stars author John Green & Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist with Rachel Cohn which became a major film Tiny Cooper from Will Grayson Will Grayson now has his own novel Hold Me Closer The Tiny Cooper Story David is also a highly respected children's book editor whose list

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many luminaries of children's literature including Garth Nix Libba Bray & Suzanne Collins He lives & works in New York Rachel Cohn was born in Maryland but later moved to New York Her first novel Gingerbread was published in 2002 Since then she has gone on to write many other successful young adult & children's books several in collaboration with David Levithan She now lives & writes in Los Angeles assisted by two very cool cats

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