There is a question sometimes put to scholars, a doubt often latent in scholars’ minds—How was it that Greek civilisation, with all its high ideals and achievements, fell so easily before what seems at first sight an altogether inferior culture? The difficulty is not solved by a reference to military resources or administrative skill, for moral strength is the only thing that matters in history, and a nation has never yet succeeded merely by pure intellect or by brute force. The fact is—an...

For most people, the largest purchase they will ever make in their lifetimes is a house. When facing the prospective of buying your first house, you can be both exciting and intimidated by the process. What do you do first? Who do you need to buy a house? What do you do when you find a house you like? What are option periods and earnest funds? Should I take out a FHA loan or a conventional loan? The questions just keeping popping into your head. Luckily, you have this ultimate guide on how...

In "Greek Athletics," Frederick Adam Wright meticulously explores the cultural and historical significance of athletic competitions in ancient Greece. Wright employs a scholarly yet accessible style, drawing upon extensive research, classical texts, and archaeological findings to elucidate the impact of such events on Greek society. The book is structured thematically, offering insights into the origins of the Olympic Games, the training regimens of athletes, and the various athletic festi...

Key Advances in Clinical Informatics: Transforming Health Care through Health Information Technology provides a state-of-the-art overview of the most current subjects in clinical informatics. Leading international authorities write short, accessible, well-referenced chapters which bring readers up-to-date with key developments and likely future advances in the relevant subject areas. This book encompasses topics such as inpatient and outpatient clinical information systems, clinical decisi...

Have you ever stopped and thought about why you parent your child the way that you do? Where did these practices come from? Why do you expect your children to respond to them in a particular way? Oftentimes, our parenting philosophies are rooted in what we experienced in our own childhoods. Perhaps your parents told you to “stop crying!” when you were upset as a child, so now you do the same with your kids. Now as an adult, do you struggle with expressing and processing your emotions in a ...

Perversion of Love aims to explore the reasons why we as Christians may struggle to love ourselves and others through the lens of what Dr. Gary Chapman defined, and what has been accepted by popular culture, as the five love languages. Christians have been given a Great Commission which is to spread the Gospel and make disciples. The method by which we fulfill this commission is the greatest commandments-to love God and love our neighbors as ourselves. God created us to love, but we have a...

How do you mend a broken heart? . . . Put it back into the sorceress it came out of.There's only one way to lift Mallory's death curse and Alec will do anything to save his friend.

If you can keep your cool when everyone else is losing theirs . . . maybe you don't realize how bad the situation really is.Rekhmire the Destroyer wants to annihilate the world (that's usually what destroyers do) and he isn't going to stop until he's achieved his stretch goal of turning everyone into a soldier for his undead army. Not on my watch. It's time to send this walking piece of leather back to the tomb he crawled out of. But how am I supposed to do that wh...

Smile, and the world smiles with you. Cause an apocalypse, and the Hounds drag you to Purgatory.After the events of Final Magic, Alec finds himself in a place where life is cheap and death is a constant companion.Time to win new friends and avoid new enemies.

The Destroyer of Worlds isn't always the Bad GuyI was the guy you came to when your spouse got bitten by a werewolf, or your boyfriend was kidnapped by a demon. I was the guy who knew what to do when an evil sorcerer casts a curse on you.At least, I WAS that guy.Until I destroyed the world.Now . . . I'm the guy who's gonna save it.

The night is dark . . . and full of preternatural killersIf Jason, Michael, and Freddy were merged into one being and given supernatural powers, the result would be something like Mister Scary. He's been carrying out his murders from the Shadow Land for way too long now. It's time to put him down.

A game of witches and spells . . . and thirteen magical bones.I'm back in Dearmont, and confused as hell. The world I left behind was on the brink of an apocalypse but now it's business as usual. New case, new mystery, new danger. Sounds fun, right?When a mega-rich guy with a penchant for occult relics creates a televised competition to find thirteen magical bones, I'm all in. I have to win this thing to make sure the supernatural equivalent of a nuclear bo...