First published in 1988, the present volume contains the texts of papers read at a three-day Colloquium on bronzeworking centres in Western Asia from 1000 BC until the beginning of the Achaemenian period in 539 BC, which was held in the British Museum in July 1986. Each paper has been revised in the light of the discussion which followed it. The Colloquium was organized by Dr J E Curtis on behalf of the Department of Western Asiatic Antiquities and forms the first in a series which it is h...

Singapore has gained a reputation for being one of the wealthiest and best-educated countries in the world and one of the brightest success stories for a colony-turned-sovereign state, but the country's path to success was anything but assured. Its strategic location and natural resources both allowed Singapore to profit from global commerce and also made the island an attractive conquest for the world's naval powers, resulting in centuries of stunting colonialization. In Singapore: Un...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN OPEN BOOK AWARD • BUZZFEED BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR"[An] entrancing new voice . . . Aaron John Curtis will be your new literary obsession." —Marion Winik, The Boston Globe**"An inspired novel by an author whose voice absolutely sizzles on the page.” ―Nathan Hill, author of Wellness and The Nix“With amazing dexterity, Aaron John Curtis’s moving debu...

A saga of love and lust, personal tensions and rivalries, antagonisms and hatreds, The Flight of the Romanovs describes the last century of the Russian imperial dynasty, the Romanovs, from the youth of the future tsar Alexander III in the 1860s until the death in 1960 of his daughter, Olga Alexandrovna, the last grand duchess. John Curtis Perry and Constantine V. Pleshakov use a wealth of previously untapped sources, including unpublished diaries of many of the principal characte...

In her eighty-four years, Arlynn Swope endured many of lifes greatest challenges. She knew illness, poverty, a near-death pregnancy, mental illness in her immediate family, and the suicide of her husband. She lived through the Great Depression and dropped out of school in the ninth grade to help her family survive the 1930s. But through it all, she faced each of the many rocks in her road with love and grit. Hers is an uncommon tale from a most common Hoosier woman, the little woman who wa...

**A Kirkus Editor’s Pick • A Most Anticipated Book of 2025: Cowboys & Indians | Brit + Co | Debutiful Most Anticipated Book of 2025“With amazing dexterity, Aaron John Curtis’s moving debut novel, Old School Indian, combines raucous humor with respect for ancestral traditions.” —Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, New York Times bestselling author of The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois"A novel of pure heart and mastery.” ―Morgan Talty, bestsell...

The book examines how The Art of War can be applied to make businesses more successful. Utilizing tactics that have worked in modern militaries and regimes. The focus of the book is primarily on building businesses and how to get the most out of the workforce, from the lower level workers like maintenance people to the boardroom.

Tales of Xyphoid is an illustrated anthology written and drawn by John Morgan Curtis. This volume features Snapdragon, a collaboration with noted author Derek Merck. These tales also include the mysteries of Dr. Spooky, the wickedly wicked Whizzits, the hilarious adventures of Hael’s Story, the 1976 Self Protection Guide parody, a romantic tale of Strangelove, and a F#©%ed Up Fairy Tale.

Tales of Xyphoid is an illustrated anthology written and drawn by John Morgan Curtis. These tales include adventures of fantasy action hero John Blackmoon, the hilarious exploits of Stoner Dave, the deadly White Warrior, the hijinks of Hael's Story, and last a story about a boy who wakes up and discovers his eyebrows are missing. This book collects the first six issues of the hit independent comic book series, Tales of Xyphoid. The eBook includes an eleven page sketchbook.

CONTENTS (abridged list)THE ROMAN PERIODTHE SAXON PERIOD...HOUSE OF STUART RESTOREDHOUSE OF HANOVER

"Harvey's Views on the Use of the Circulation of the Blood" by John Green Curtis delves into the revolutionary ideas of William Harvey, who proposed that blood circulates throughout the body, challenging the long-held beliefs of his time. Curtis meticulously examines Harvey's experiments and observations, illustrating how they laid the groundwork for modern physiology. The book not only highlights Harvey's scientific contributions but also contextualizes them within the historical framewor...

Beth Montgomery is a theoretician, college professor, and an amateur car thief. After stumbling onto a dangerous theoretical discovery, she flees powerful forces aligning against her. Escaping to her ex-boyfriend’s ancestral estate in Central Europe, she shortly disappears entirely. Following her ex-boyfriend on the day of her final disappearance, he searches the castle grounds for clues to Beth’s disappearance. Along the way he methodically pieces together the relationship between Beth’s ...