A finalist for the National Book Award\, Mayor’s study of Mithradates brings the first century B.C. to vivid life. The leader of the ancient Black Sea kingdom of Pontus was a purported descendant of Alexander the Great\, a tireless enemy of the Romans\, and apparently an expert in poisons\, responsible for one of the first attempted genocides in Western history.
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Squires - The Integration Debate DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T051609Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100425T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100425T220000Z UID:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/2010-big-read-gayle-wald-faith-and-doubt-%E2%80%9C-lesson-dying URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/2010-big-read-gayle-wald-faith-and-doubt-%E2%80%9C-lesson-dying SUMMARY:2010 Big Read with Gayle Wald - Faith and Doubt in “A Lesson Before Dying DESCRIPTION:Ernest Gaines’s novel stages a fascinating argument between doubt and faith. This argument unfolds in the relation between the teacher-narrator\, Grant\, and his antagonist\, the Reverend\, but it also involves the women in the novel and the imprisoned young man\, Jefferson. GWU English Professor Gayle Wald\, a specialist in 20th-century African American literature and culture and author of Shout\, Sister\, Shout!\, a 2007 biography of the gospel performer Sister Rosetta Tharpe\, will lead this session\, which includes opening remarks and a community discussion of skepticism and belief\, secular and sacred\, in Gaines’s award-winning book
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