Left Coast's birthday is March 16, sandwiched
between the Ides of March and St. Patrick's Day. Every car dealership and
electronics store will be having a St. Patrick's Day sale, so we're going the
other way. Welcome to the "Left Coast Ides of March Sale" honoring our sixth birthday. Until
March 20, you can purchase any Left Coast book from our website via our US distributor at a 30% discount.
Increase your discount! Win a free
book!
To sweeten the celebration we'll offer this: improve on Caesar's last
words and we'll improve your discount. The Ides of March were made notorious by
the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC. According to the noted classics
scholar, William Shakespeare, his last words were "Et tu Brute! Then fall
Caesar!" Very dull. Certainly one of the wittiest Romans could have
extemporized a better last line than that. According to some classical writers,
he did: "Why, this is violence!" (Suetonius) or "Accursed Casca,
what does thou?" (Plutarch). This still leaves plenty of room for
improvement.
So, Left Coast readers, here is your challenge.
Come up with better "last words of Julius Caesar" than the classical
historians and Elizabethan dramatists have reported. Send it to us by March 18
and we'll send a secret code that gives you an additional 10% discount. Remember, it needs to be short--after
all, he had 23 stab wounds by the time he fell. And, though Caesar probably
declaimed in Greek or Latin, please submit your entries in English. The top
three responses will WIN A FREE
Left Coast paperback of your choice.
How it Works
- All Left Coast books are on sale at a 30%
discount between NOW and March 20, 2011.
- Books must be
ordered directly from our website
and through our US
distributor (U Chicago Press) and must include the discount code: L1011.
In the shopping cart, insert the code and hit "update" to get
the correct price.
- Give us your
nomination for "the last words of Julius Caesar" to increase
your discount. Submit it via email to [log in to unmask] on or
before March 18 and we will send you a different, secret, yes secret, code that will
allow you to purchase any Left Coast books at a 40% discount until March
20, 2011.
- The three best
"last words of Caesar" entries will receive a FREE Left Coast
paperback of your choice. The winning entries (and any others that aren't
obscene or libelous) will be posted on our Facebook page. Judging
this competition will be our crack team of Left Coast
classicists, none of whom ever took Latin in school.
Here is our attempt at improving on Caesar:
"There goes my chance of winning
Survivor: Rome!"
Let's see what you can do.
A heartfelt thanks to all of you.
Mitch Allen, Publisher
Caryn M. Berg, Ph.D.
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