Carpe Diem: Put a Little Latin in Your Life
Liber prosperissimus et mirabilis ex Britannia ad Americam tandem advenit! Umquam vexatus es quando homo inritans "sine qua non" aut "mea culpa" dicit Aut postmeridiana tempora vetera, quando verba obscura ediscere conatus es, terrunt \ Nil desperandum!\ Linguae Latinae hoc in itinere iucundo, qui omnia ex lectione grammatica ab Monte Pythone ad Angelinae Jolia in pelle notas et omnia optima in historiae litteratae annis duo milliis ex poese et litteris excerpta habet, Henricus Mons pulvem ex...
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In this lighthearted guided tour of Latin, journalist and former Latin tutor Harry Mount breathes life back into the greatest language of all, drawing on everything from a Monty Python grammar lesson to Angelina Jolie's tattoos. The New York Times - Timothy Farrington The silliness is partly tactical, an attempt to counter Latin's rap as a fusty "relic to be worshiped." Mount's pragmatism springs from an infectious love for the language whose "power and beauty," refreshingly, he touts above any practical benefit. He works hard to convert readers to the Latinist cause, and in the end, Carpe Diem makes a better recruiting pamphlet than textbook.
\ Timothy FarringtonThe silliness is partly tactical, an attempt to counter Latin's rap as a fusty "relic to be worshiped." Mount's pragmatism springs from an infectious love for the language whose "power and beauty," refreshingly, he touts above any practical benefit. He works hard to convert readers to the Latinist cause, and in the end, Carpe Diem makes a better recruiting pamphlet than textbook.\ —The New York Times\ \ \ \ \ From the Publisher"Stephen Hoye maximizes on the author's sense of humor with just the right timing in his delivery and just the right nuance in his voice.... [A] clever narrator." —-AudioFile\ \
