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A new translation that captures the gripping power of one of the
greatest war stories ever told-Julius Caesar's pitiless account of
his brutal campaign to conquer Gaul Imagine a book about an
unnecessary war written by the ruthless general of an occupying
army-a vivid and dramatic propaganda piece that forces the reader
to identify with the conquerors and that is designed, like the war
itself, to fuel the limitless political ambitions of the author.
Could such a campaign autobiography ever be a great work of
literature-perhaps even one of the greatest? It would be easy to
think not, but such a book exists-and it helped transform Julius
Caesar from a politician on the make into the Caesar of legend.
This remarkable new translation of Caesar's famous but
underappreciated War for Gaul captures, like never before in
English, the gripping and powerfully concise style of the future
emperor's dispatches from the front lines in what are today France,
Belgium, Germany, and Switzerland. While letting Caesar tell his
battle stories in his own way, distinguished classicist James
O'Donnell also fills in the rest of the story in a substantial
introduction and notes that together explain why Gaul is the "best
bad man's book ever written"-a great book in which a genuinely bad
person offers a bald-faced, amoral description of just how bad he
has been. Complete with a chronology, a map of Gaul, suggestions
for further reading, and an index, this feature-rich edition
captures the forceful austerity of a troubling yet magnificent
classic-a book that, as O'Donnell says, "gets war exactly right and
morals exactly wrong."
A translation that captures the power of one of the greatest war
stories ever told-Julius Caesar's account of his brutal campaign to
conquer Gaul Imagine a book about an unnecessary war written by the
ruthless general of an occupying army-a vivid and dramatic
propaganda piece that forces the reader to identify with the
conquerors and that is designed, like the war itself, to fuel the
limitless political ambitions of the author. Could such a campaign
autobiography ever be a great work of literature-perhaps even one
of the greatest? It would be easy to think not, but such a book
exists-and it helped make Julius Caesar a legend. This remarkable
translation of Caesar's War for Gaul captures, like never before in
English, the powerfully concise style of the future emperor's
dispatches from the front lines in what are today France, Belgium,
Germany, and Switzerland.
These notes treat of the Leaving Certificate Higher Level Economics
course. The coverage is as short and concise as possible to aid the
student's learning. It was necessary to omit certain topics such as
population economics and development, however all omissions concern
material which is not central to the course or an understanding of
economics. As such, these notes form the minimum course of
economics required to get an A1 in the Irish Leaving Certificate,
or at least to do very well. It is important to note that these
notes should be utilised in conjunction with past papers and past
marking schemes in order to maximise examination performance.
These notes treat of the Leaving Certificate Physics course. Only
the most important parts of any topic are included; as such, these
notes form 'the minimum you need to know to get an A1'. Clear
diagrams are included to illustrate important material in the text,
especially in Light 1: Geometrical Optics with its inherently
graphical nature. It is important to note that significant emphasis
is placed on the theoretical part of the syllabus: each student's
own experiment copybook should be their keystone for that aspect of
the course. However, for the sake of completeness appendix B forms
a concise overview of the mandatory experiments, with particular
emphasis on those salient points which frequently crop up in exams.
Moreover, the Applied Electricity option has been omitted since
seldom do students warm to it, and indeed very few teachers cover
it; the particle physics option is included instead in the Modern
Physics section.
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