Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient World Alan Gratz When a stranger appears in

When a stranger appears in the city

and 5'3" Muggsy Bogues

botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer demonstrated how all living things―from strawberries and witch hazel to water lilies and lichen―provide us with gifts and lessons every day in her best-selling book Braiding Sweetgrass

how the truest mirror comes from the intimacy of human connection” (The New York Times Book Review)

to taking a boat trip to Comino to swim in the Blue Lagoon

Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient World Alan Gratz When a stranger appears inINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Best Books of 2023: New Yorker, The Economist, Smithsonian Most Anticipated Books of Fall: Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, TODAY, Literary Hub, and Publishers Weekly "A vivid way to re examine what we know, and dont, about life at the top. Emperor of Rome is a masterly group portrait, an invitation to think skeptically but not contemptuously of a familiar civilization." Kyle Harper, Wall Street Journal A sweeping