![]() ![]() Sassy and her seemingly bottomless sack are ready to greet the world with power and pizzazz!” Ms. I wanted to create a little girl with both spunk and sparkle, a child with grace and glitter. She wasted no time in telling me, ‘You need to write some books for girls like me!’ Sassy was born that day. “Something was missing in the books available to her. “Several years ago I met a little girl, an avid reader, who was about eight or nine years old,” she says. ![]() Draper explains how she came to write the Sassy series. She also wrote Forged by Fire, the 1998 Coretta Scott King Award winner, as well as Tears of a Tiger, winner of the CSK/John Steptoe New Talent Award, and The Battle of Jericho and November Blues, both Coretta Scott King Honor Books. She is also the author of many books for teens, including the New York Times bestsellers Copper Sun, the 2007 Coretta Scott King Award winner, and We Beat the Street. Draper is the acclaimed author of the Sassy series. ![]()
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![]() ![]() It explores not only how Rome grew from an insignificant village in central Italy to a power that controlled territory from Spain to Syria, but also how the Romans thought about themselves and their achievements, and why they are still important to us. ![]() SPQR is a new look at Roman history from one of the world's foremost classicists. And its debates about citizenship, security and the rights of the individual still influence our own debates on civil liberty today. Its myths and stories - from Romulus and Remus to the Rape of Lucretia - still strike a chord with us. ![]() Its history of empire, conquest, cruelty and excess is something against which we still judge ourselves. ![]() ![]() ![]() But many found the book tedious and the repetitive names confusing. ![]() Most of us enjoyed learning the historical context and the many small details of day-to-day life. An engaging, absorbing account of one of our greatest writers. Also, she is an observer of the society in which she lives and writes about it so clearly and with considerable accuracy and humour. Jane Austen is seen in the context of her family and her times (late 18th century) but is not a 'typical' woman in some ways, as she doesn't get married or have children. Much research and detail has gone into this work, but it is made interesting and accessible to the reader. Claire Tomalin is a skilled biographer who draws the reader in with her down to earth, easy to read style. ![]() ![]() We felt that the author had very little information about Jane really, but fleshed out her biography with lots of information about relatives, friends and acquaintances. Comments from GroupsĪ very interesting social history of Jane Austen's time. Sourcing local archives, Tomalin produces a picture of this author's life, and English society at the end of the 18th century. The six novels of Jane Austen picture a world of civility and reassuring stability, but her work also connected with some key events of the period. ![]() ![]() ![]() Tracking delivery Saver Delivery: Australia postĪustralia Post deliveries can be tracked on route with eParcel. NB All our estimates are based on business days and assume that shipping and delivery don't occur on holidays and weekends. Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.ġ-2 days after each item has arrived in the warehouseġ The expected delivery period after the order has been dispatched via your chosen delivery method.ģ Please note this service does not override the status timeframe "Dispatches in", and that the "Usually Dispatches In" timeframe still applies to all orders. Items in order will be sent via Express post as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.Ģ-10 days after all items have arrived in the warehouse ![]() ![]() Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. ![]() ![]() The central paradox of the novel is that the American’s who are fighting for freedom are doings so while defending their right to withhold freedom from others. Octavian’s coming-of-age is coupled with the College falling on hard times and the start of the Revolution. Over the course of the novel Octavian grows more aware of the uniqueness and injustice of his situation. This goes right down to Octavian having his excrement weighed after every bowel movement to study the efficiency of his digestive system. ![]() ![]() ![]() In time it is revealed that Octavian and his mother are slaves living in Boston in the 1760’s-70’s and while treated well materially, Octavian is also something of a lab rat, under constant observation by the scientists of the Novanglian College of Lucidity. Octavian and his mother are royalty, and although they are far from home, they live in luxury with fine foods and clothing, a classical education, and sophisticated society. Young Octavian lives with his mother Cassiopeia and a crowd of Natural Philosophers who go by numbers instead of names. ![]() Anderson begins like a science fiction story, reminiscent of The Baroque Cycle. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation. ![]() |