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Here Beard introduces us to the emperor’s wives and lovers, rivals and slaves, court jesters and soldiers, and the ordinary people who pressed begging letters into his hand―whose chamber pot disputes were adjudicated by Augustus, and whose budgets were approved by Vespasian, himself the son of a tax collector.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith its finely nuanced portrayal of sex, class, and politics, Emperor of Rome goes directly to the heart of Roman fantasies (and our own) about what it was to be Roman at its richest, most luxurious, most extreme, most powerful, and most deadly, offering an account of Roman history as it has never been presented before.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e160 images, 16 page color insert\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liveright Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":56851582288038,"sku":"9781324095606","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/4637\/7638\/files\/91_W4sVuTiL._SL1500.jpg?v=1733516989"},{"product_id":"times-echo-music-memory-and-the-second-world-war-by-jeremy-eichler-paperback","title":"Time's Echo: Music, Memory, and the Second World War by Jeremy Eichler (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNPR \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e• WINNER OF THREE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARDS \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e• Finalist for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction • A stirring account of how music bears witness to history and carries forward the memory of the wartime past \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e• \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eOF LONDON \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1785, when the great German poet Friedrich Schiller penned his immortal “Ode to Joy,” he crystallized the deepest hopes and dreams of the European Enlightenment for a new era of peace and freedom, a time when millions would be embraced as equals. Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony then gave wing to Schiller’s words, but barely a century later these same words were claimed by Nazi propagandists and twisted by a barbarism so complete that it ruptured, as one philosopher put it, “the deep layer of solidarity among all who wear a human face.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen it comes to how societies remember these increasingly distant dreams and catastrophes, we often think of history books, archives, documentaries, or memorials carved from stone. 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While Black women were aided by some activists like Sarah and Angelina Grimke and the suffrage cause found unwavering support in Frederick Douglass, many women played on the fears of white supremacists for political gain rather than take an intersectional approach to liberation. Here, Davis not only contextualizes the legacy and pitfalls of civil and women’s rights activists, but also discusses Communist women, the murder of Emmitt Till, and Margaret Sanger’s racism. 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