"SPQR A History of Ancient Rome" by Mary Beard

I have read A History of Ancient Rome by British writer Mary Beard. This author is renowned. In fact, I watched a Television Series in which Mary Beard was talking about the Roman Empire. Furthermore, she won a royal award in Spain.

                   READ THIS IN SPANISH Una Historia de la Antigua Roma

                                                     A History of Ancient Rome

The author has spent nearly 50 years studying the Old Roman Empire in order to write this book. We all know details regarding Ancient Rome but the positive aspect in this book is that Mary Beard explains everything in a deep tone with concrete examples.

This book tells of the creation of Rome until the emperor Caracalla concedes the Roman citizenship to all citizens of the Roman Empire.

This is a very well-written book and very interesting and I even felt pity when I was ending it. Mary Beard is dean at Cambridge University and she writes for The Times similarly.

A History of Ancient Rome is an extraordinary book that contains plenty of anecdotes, characters, details, and facts from Ancient Rome which will make you understand how important this world is.

I have always enjoyed the world of Ancient Rome, its emperors for instance, thanks to this reading I have learned a lot and this book is a good read.

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A HISTORY OF ANCIENT ROME MARY BEARD

"Oy U Luzi Chernova Kalyna" Ukranian Folk Song

  Vladimir Putin had a whim for attacking Ukraine and now this country is being destroyed and its citizens massacred.

READ THIS IN SPANISH Canción de la Resistencia Ucraniana

Amongst so much pain and desperation, we also find emotive stories. Andriy Khlyvyuk is a hip-hop and rock singer who sings for a band called Boombox and seeing how serious the situation in Ukraine is, he left the United States and came back to Kyiv in order to fight for his country.

Oy U Luzi Chernova Kalyna

In the streets of the Ukrainian capital, clad in military clothes and wearing weapons he sang a traditional Ukrainian song that tells of the red kalyna, a typical Ukrainian flower.

The song appeared on the Internet and a band from South Africa called The Kiffness has remixed this song which is now viral as it is a very touching and beautiful tune that you can discover now:

OY U LUZI CHERNOVA KALYNA

All the money this song is generating will be given to the reconstruction of Ukraine.

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"Gomorrah" by Roberto Saviano

I had heard a lot regarding Italian writer Roberto Saviano. In fact, he has appeared plenty of times on television for instance because apart from his knowledge he is sentenced to death this is why he has been living with protection 24 hours per day for nearly 20 years insofar as his book Gomorrah, which I have just read, was a success hence this made the Italian mafia to declare he was going to be killed. 

                         READ THIS IN SPANISH Gomorra de Roberto Saviano

                                                                   Gomorrah Roberto Saviano

I have always enjoyed reading stories about the mafia and besides, I really love movies about this subject but the most incredible thing of this book is that everything contained therein is true as the famous sentence goes: Reality overcomes fiction 

This book similarly has become a movie and a television series and we should not be strange as the happenings described inside the book are extraordinary.

We learn from different mafia clans which operate in the south of Italy, about their wars, murders, or businesses that not only take place in Italy but in the whole world.

Furthermore, the way Roberto Saviano writes is outstanding and he gives a proper tone to the narration. The author tells everything as a witness as he is from this part of Italy.

A really great and well-written book yet it has condemned its author to a reclusive life insofar as the mafia wants to kill him one way or another. However, it is nearly 20 years since the publication of the book and Roberto Saviano is alive to date.

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Gomorra

GOMORRAH ROBERTO SAVIANO

Eazy: Kanye West Takes Revenge on Pete Davidson

Kanye West is officially separated from the celebrity Kim Kardashian hence to "celebrate" it the great rapper has made the following music video in which he takes revenge on Pete Davidson who is the new boyfriend of his erstwhile wifey and works at Saturday Night Live. Discover this incredible music video

                         READ THIS IN SPANISH Kanye West

Kanye West Eazy

KANYE WEST EAZY 

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Historic Rise of the Ebro River

 Last December, the Ebro river experienced a huge increase in its flow in Zaragoza, northern Spain. You can discover it on this post.

READ THIS IN SPANISH: Río Ebro

Historic Rise of the Ebro River

HISTORIC RISE OF THE EBRO RIVER

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