Benjamin Isaac is one of the most distinguished historians of the ancient world, with a number of landmark monographs to his name. This volume collects most of his published articles and book chapters of the last two decades, many of which are not easy to access, and republishes them for the first time along with some brand new chapters. The focus is on Roman concepts of state and empire and mechanisms of control and integration. Isaac also discusses ethnic and cultural relationships in th...

A preeminent physicist unveils a field-defining theory of the origins and purpose of life.Why are we alive? Most things in the universe aren't. And everything that is alive traces back to things that, puzzlingly, weren't.For centuries, the scientific question of life's origins has confounded us. But in Every Life Is on Fire, physicist Jeremy England argues that the answer has been under our noses the whole time, deep within the laws of thermodynami...

Hells Gate is a fiction based on the authors thought line on what Hells Gate, the entrance to Hell Fire would look like. In the authors eyes, the devil eclipses and predominates mans heart with diabolic terrible evils which manifest either in sane minds, ambitious avarice drowsiness of lust and power or a kind of wickedness for nothing. In his admirably balanced mind, the author recounts his journey to heaven where he was shown the beauty of eternity, its peace and perfection beyond human ...

The Solitary Verses are collection of poetry which is written about some spheres of human challenges and the unexplainable issues of the myths in life. The poems are also meant to encourage us that in all the problems that we might face, there is hope if we put our trust in the creator of the universe. This literary work is the first in its series.

The Mossad is widely recognized today as the best intelligence service in the world. It is also the most enigmatic, shrouded in secrecy. In Mossad, authors Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal take us behind the closed curtain with riveting, eye-opening, boots-on-the-ground accounts of the most dangerous, most crucial missions in the agency's sixty-year history. These are real Mission: Impossible true stories brimming with high-octane action—from the breathtaking capture o...

An essential introduction to democratic socialism, and a galvanizing argument for its power to drive positive change in America and beyond.“Bhaskar Sunkara has delivered a razor-sharp guide to socialism’s history, transformative promise, and path to power.” —Naomi Klein, #1 bestselling author of DoppelgangerEvery day, more Americans are embracing democratic socialism, as shown by the stunning popularity of Zohran M...

The Trump administration’s “Peace to Prosperity” vision for the Middle East was unveiled on January 28, 2020. What followed over the next eleven months was one of the most fascinating and consequential periods of US foreign policy in a generation, leading to five normalization agreements between Israel and Muslim states. The Abraham Accords achieved what had seemed impossible for decades and set the Middle East on a trajectory toward a broad regional peace.Aryeh Lightstone is uniqu...

This autobiography collection contains My Life and Work: The Autobiography of Henry Ford, My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Isaac Newton, and The Autobiography of Galileo Galilei.

A beautiful and urgent exploration of the experience of child poverty from Tom Percival, creator of the bestselling Big Bright Feelings series, for fans of Boy at the Back of the Class. Working in partnership with the National Literacy Trust, £1 from the sale of a hardback copy in the UK will go towards supporting children in poverty.'Powerful and moving with the potential to change lives' Hannah Gold'Full ...

It’s not always easy being Death: a witty and gloriously gothic tale of friendship and discovery from bestselling Jenni Spangler.Twelve-year-old Valentine Crow has lived his entire life at the Foundling Hospital. Now, he and his best friend Philomena are leaving to begin their new lives as apprentices – but Valentine has been assigned to Death himself. Valentine finds himself in an impossible situation when his best friend’s name appears on the list of souls to tak...

This literary piece is a fiction. The setting is in Maiduguri the capital of Bornu State in Nigeria. The Protagonist is Ahmed. The story line is about a young graduate whose mother took over the upkeep of her two sons after her husband Mr Peter lost his job and took to drinking ‘burukutu,’ a local drink in Northern Nigeria. At the height of abject poverty, the family struggled and survived with the petty trade of Mrs Peter who sold the local beans cake known as ‘akara’ or ‘quasai’ for the ...

Walking On The Tiny Edge is a unique literary classic without chapters. Rather, the Author adopted a fictional style of having subtitles with topics that are relevant with the current happenings. The Author used some figurative expressions which includes lots of imagery and metaphors that are garnished with satirical pour of issues. These are current challenges that beset Nigeria, Africa and the world especially the coronavirus that has brought the world to its knees altering our ways of l...