Veni Vidi Didici I Came I Saw I Learned

History can be dry, history can be dull, but it never has to be. This compilation of history stories is the result of a history teacher and ancient world nerd spending four years collecting interesting and obscure stories from history. What began as a way of sharing the interesting stories from classes on Roman gluttony and mad kings slowly morphed into a mishmash of all sorts of history tales. The only fine strand of fate that binds the stories together, they were interesting enough to warrant sharing. Hidden within these pages are tales of Byzantine flamethrowers, Greek misogyny (women were wetter than men it seems), Pirate lords from China and Wales, Calendrical confusions, and everything in between. Titled Veni, Vidi, Didici (I came, I saw, I learned) in an effort to be clever and play off Julius Caesar claim "veni, vidi, vici" (I came, I saw, I conquered), this book is a lone man's attempt to bring forgotten stories to light with occasional levity and brevity. Read it, enjoy it, learn from it.

This engaging Latin guide offers a lively introduction to the so-called “dead language” with basic skills and vocabulary plus jokes, songs, and more. Seize the day with a fun, new guide to the ultimate language. Whether you’re looking to show up your teacher or have a laugh with friends, Veni Vidi Didici will give you the knowledge to drop some Latin that’s sure to impress, including: • Cool Slang • Lighthearted insults • Funny Jokes • Timeless Games • Famous Sayings • Clever Puzzles Veni Vidi Didici goes beyond basics, offering silly stories and historical factoids that will keep you entertained for hours.

Global Safari is a memoir-travelogue, offering an account of the author's intercontinental travel experiences from his local village to the more global "village", from Africa to Europe, the Americas, and Asia. This book is a story about courage, international friendship, hope, survival, procrastinated return and homecoming to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The book shows the process of achieving international competency and cosmocitizenship, or global citizenship, through a "world-ready" education, working, networking, and immersion into world cultures and languages. Its distinguishing.

Geodesy (the measurement of the size and shape of the earth), fascinating since the time of Erathosenes, became a basic science for the space program. Irene Fischer was a leader in the construction of the World Geodetic System (has an Earth reference ellipsoid named in her honor) when it was still being done by surveyors, piecing together terrestrial, gravitational and astronomical data. By the 1970s, satellite geodesy and marine geodesy were just coming into their own. Using her career, Fischer revels in explaining how the science unfolded, and how misunderstandings occur across scientific fields, e.g., why the "standard ocean" and the geoid do not easily translate across the fields of oceanography and geodesy. Her account should appeal to those writing the history of women in science. Government science, too, is less well studied than academic science even though some fields, such as geodesy, were always government led. Fischer provides food for thought, as well, to those who claim to study the management of science in bureaucratic settings different from those of industry or academia. Peppered among these themes are Fischer's solutions to historical mysteries such as why Columbus' used a figure for the size of the earth's circumference that was so much smaller than Erastothenes' or Posidonius' (with the added benefit of making it easier to persuade his patrons).

Genius Latin phrases you should be using on a daily basis. Veni Vidi Vici- I came, I saw, I conquered Specification: Simple matte cover Convenient size 6" x 9" (15.24 x 22.86 cm) Interior: College Ruled, White Paper Pages: 100 View our other books by clicking the "Latin Phrases Journals" link above.

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Genius Latin phrases you should be using on a daily basis. Veni, Vidi, Vici- I came, I saw, I conquered Specifications: Cover Finish: Matte Dimensions: 6" x 9" (15.24 x 22.86 cm) Interior: College Ruled, White Paper, Lined Pages: 100

This children's book mixes fact with fiction, offering a combination of learning and escapism, whilst focusing on the wellbeing and feel good factor for children. It covers the consequences of our behaviour. No matter how troublesome we may have been, we're still able to change for the better. From across the land the most troublesome boys and girls are sent to White Dove School of Conduct. A school nested nicely between nowhere and somewhere on the outskirts of the little known country of Darkshire. The school is a place where those children who have been rejected are accepted and offered one last chance. Each arrives transformed into a different animal - from a penguin to an elephant, or even a snake. For newly arrived Charlie Dee, it is all too much. Not only does he find himself at a school that is more like a zoo, with historical and mythological figures for teachers, but he must also come to terms with being a pangolin, and though it is natural for a pangolin to eat termites, it is not acceptable when that termite happens to be one of your classmates!