Carpe Diem: Put a Little Latin in Your Life
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (655 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B000YHH1YC |
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| Number of Pages | : | 147 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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And you can get your hands on that invitation at any age.". In this lighthearted guided tour of Latin, journalist and former Latin tutor Harry Mount breathes life back into the greatest language of all, drawing on everything from a Monty Python grammar lesson to Angelina Jolie's tattoos. Even more abundant are words derived from Latin roots: arena (from harena, meaning sand”), auditorium ("a place of audience"), stadium (a running track)and those are just the theatrical ones! It's inescapable. Consider the sayings in everyday use: alter ego, ad nauseam, caveat emptor, modus operandi, per se, and, of course, the ever-popular e pluribus unum. Filled with fascinating tidbits and humorous asides, Carpe Diem will delight the word lovers who made Eats, Shoots and Leaves such a monster hit. It's also the most daunting of languages, one that is seemingly obscure and filled with arcane rules and often accompanied by unpleasant memories of adolescence. Whether we're aware of it or not, Latin is all around us. But, as Mount says in Carpe Diem, "Knowing a bit of Latin is an invitation to the biggest room in the building, with a view down the corridor to all the succeeding ages
A clever narrator." ---AudioFile . "Stephen Hoye maximizes on the author's sense of humor with just the right timing in his delivery and just the right nuance in his voice
Kiyosaki. He graduated from Oxford University with a first class degree in ancient history. Stephen Hoye has won thirteen AudioFile Earphones Awards and two prestigious APA Audie Awards, including one for the New York Times bestseller Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. A deputy comment editor for the Daily Telegraph, he also writes for the Daily
Just the American version of the British edition A Great Book but very disappointed in that this is merely the American version of the original British book "Amo,Amas,AmatAnd all That.Only difference is that this edition is a little larger and has a table of contents. Some of the photos are better shots of the same subjectsOtherwise it's the identical book. Too bad this was not indicated in the product description.Amo, Amas, Amat and All That: Ho. "Combination of the audio book and the text is just great, highly recommended." according to Suvendu Mahapatra. I loved the audio narration and then bought the book (kindle edition) which made the total experience even better. The narration pace is such that it is really easy to follow the book as you listen. Personally I can't imagine just reading the book will be as much fun. Enjoyed every bit and motivated to invest more in learning Latin!!. Comfortable Latin Outside of the Textbook Kindle Customer As I am relatively new to Latin and beginning to teach it as well, I've enjoyed the "comfortable" approach to this beautiful language. I listen to it in the car, but can't wait to re-read it on the kindle to catch some of the details that cannot really be caught on audio. Enjoy it for reviewing the grammar, history, poetry and trivia of Latin, but use it along with the printed or kindle version to