Resultados para "Horace" en Antologías y relatos breves

Nine hilarious adventures. One unforgettable Scout. Meet Horace Horrise – the UK's funniest, liveliest and naughtiest young person. From desperately trying to become a Scout to finally earning his investiture, Horace's journey is packed with mishaps, misunderstandings, good intentions and spectacular chaos. Every adventure stands on its own, but together they tell the wonderfully funny story of one boy's determination to do his best... even when everything goes gloriously wrong.

Quintus Horatius Flaccus was born on December 8, 65 BC in the southeastern region of Hellenized Italy. He died on November 27, 8 BC. Horace was the son of a freedman of modest means. In the civil war between Antony and Octavian, he threw in his lot with Antony and fled along with the rest upon their defeat at Phillipi in 42 BC. His subsequent discovery by Maecenas and eventual rehabilitation with the Augustan regime was one of history's most fortunate reconciliations.

There's a new wind blowing in this dazzling collection of new Rumpole stories: for the first time Rumpole finds himself appearing for an asylum-seeker at the Appeals Tribunal and, worst of all, his chambers have become a smoke-free zone.

A “tense, taut, and thrilling” (Marie Claire) novel about a teenage girl, a predatory teacher, and a school’s complicity from the highly acclaimed, bestselling National Book Award finalist and author of A Short History of Women. They were on a lark, three teenaged girls speeding across the...