Books with author Virgil Virgil

Choices are part of our everyday lives. We make them from the time we get up in the morning until we lay our heads down at the end of the day and close our eyes. Most choices are seemingly insignificant, while others can impact those around us whether intentional or unintentional. Some choices even define us as "heroes" or "villains". This book is about a specific period in time in a place most of us have never been and about people we will never meet, and yet their choices and the ramifications of those choices defined a period of history. Choices made by a select few caused the death of up to six million Jews as well as a combined total of millions of others who did not fit into the Nazi ideology. Many people joined in the cruelty and malice because they agreed with the thinking of the select few. Others, disagreed, but felt they had no choice but to follow. And yet, against all odds there were those who stood up to the tremendous evil in Nazi Germany without thought of personal cost. This book looks at the lives of eleven people and the choices they made. The mere mention of some of the names are synonymous with evil and catapult an image of monsters and pure horror, while others create a feeling of honor, respect and awe at the courage they demonstrated. They risked their lives to save people they didn't even know and if you mention the word "hero" to them, they will in almost every case say, they are not heroes and they only wished they could have done more. Interestingly enough there are two brothers in this book; one is a villain and the other a hero. What made them make such different choices? I wrote this book for two reasons: 1) It is our solemn duty to ensure that the memory of the Holocaust endures and the testimonies given of the atrocities that took place is remembered so it never happens again. The best way to do that is to teach it to the children. They in turn teach it to their children and it lives forever along with the memory of those who perished. Children and youth were not immune to the pain, loss and death of the Holocaust as is the case in war. This book is written especially to the middle school aged children as an introduction to the main participants in the Holocaust.2. Our children need to realize like the heroes and villains in this book, their choices too will touch other’s lives. Will they join in and be a bully to the student who is different in their classroom or will they stand by his or her side and befriend them and become their ally? Will they befriend the child all alone at the lunch table or in class? The idea is for them to stop and think before difficult choices are made. My two passions are children and the Holocaust. It's for them this book is written in hopes lessons will be learned, courageous choices will be made and the memory of the Holocaust will endure.

World War Two is a hard time to live in. This proves all too true when Yarden's family is split apart inside of a concentration camp. Yarden and Gabriel, Yarden's last remaining family, are forced to work like slaves, their bodies used for experiments. Every day, every week, every month, they are tortured, the flames of their souls slowly going out. Then, one day something changes. Yarden is given something supernatural - a gift, if you will. With time trickling away, and his family's death drawing near, Yarden is asked a question: If you have the power to help, should you? If not, can you trust someone else to do something you should've done?

The Aeneid by VirgilHow is this book unique?Tablet and e-reader formattedOriginal & Unabridged EditionAuthor Biography includedIllustrated versionThe Aeneid (/ɨˈniːɪd/; Latin: Aenēis [ae̯ˈneːɪs]) is a Latin epic poem, written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who 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's wanderings from Troy to Italy, and the poem's second half tells of the Trojans' ultimately victorious war upon the Latins, under whose name Aeneas and his Trojan followers are destined to be subsumed. The hero Aeneas was already known to Greco-Roman legend and myth, having been a character in the Iliad, composed in the 8th century BC. Virgil took the disconnected tales of Aeneas's wanderings, his vague association with the foundation of Rome and a personage of no fixed characteristics other than a scrupulous pietas, and fashioned this into a compelling founding myth or national epic that at once tied Rome to the legends of Troy, explained the Punic wars, glorified traditional Roman virtues and legitimized the Julio-Claudian dynasty as descendants of the founders, heroes and gods of Rome and Troy.

About The Aeneid by VirgilHow is this book unique?E-reader & tablet formatted, Font Adjustments100% Original contentUnabridged EditionAuthor Biography InsideIllustrations includedThe Aeneid (/ɨˈniːɪd/; Latin: Aenēis [ae̯ˈneːɪs]) is a Latin epic poem, written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who 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's wanderings from Troy to Italy, and the poem's second half tells of the Trojans' ultimately victorious war upon the Latins, under whose name Aeneas and his Trojan followers are destined to be subsumed. The hero Aeneas was already known to Greco-Roman legend and myth, having been a character in the Iliad, composed in the 8th century BC. Virgil took the disconnected tales of Aeneas's wanderings, his vague association with the foundation of Rome and a personage of no fixed characteristics other than a scrupulous pietas, and fashioned this into a compelling founding myth or national epic that at once tied Rome to the legends of Troy, explained the Punic wars, glorified traditional Roman virtues and legitimized the Julio-Claudian dynasty as descendants of the founders, heroes and gods of Rome and Troy.

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The Aeneid is an epic poem written between 29 and 19 BC. It tells story of Aeneas, a Trojan who traveled to Italy and became the ancestor of the Romans. The first six of the poem's twelve books tell the story of Aeneas' wanderings from Troy to Italy, and the poem's second half tells of the Trojans' ultimately victorious war upon the Latins, under whose name Aeneas and his Trojan followers are destined to be subsumed. Publius Vergilius Maro, Virgil, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He is known for three major works of Latin literature, the Eclogues, the Georgics, and the Aeneid.

After a century of civil strife in Rome and Italy, Virgil wrote Aeneid to honour the emperor Augustus by praising Aeneas – Augustus' legendary ancestor. As a patriotic epic imitating Homer, Aeneid also provided Rome with a literature equal to the Greek. It tells of Aeneas, survivor of the sack of Troy, and of his seven year journey – to Carthage, falling tragically in love with Queen Dido; then to the underworld, in the company of the Sibyl of Cumae; and finally to Italy, where he founded Rome. It is a story of defeat and exile, of love and war, hailed by Tennyson as 'the stateliest measure ever moulded by the lips of man'. "From the beginning to the end of this English poem...the reader will find the same sure control of English rhythms, the same deft phrasing, and an energy which urges the eye onward."--The New Republic