An unknown pursuer chases a woman bearing a cold, darkened heart. Frustrated, she enters into lighter areas of life, cornered by something good. The prey? Dr. Lissa Ryons, forensic scientist at the heart of the busy United Nations Headquarters. Discovered in the Lost and Found, is a formal cloth table napkin. On both sides are writings of an unknown language and perplexing diagrams. The unusual napkin is sent to her department for analysis. Due to the napkin's uncommon properties, Dr. Ryon...

Inventing Ancient Culture discusses aspects of antiquity which we have tended to ignore. It asks the reader how far we have reinvented antiquity, by applying modern concepts and understandings to its study. Furthermore, it challenges the common notion that perceptions of the self, of modern societal and institutional structures, originated in the Enlightenment. Rather, the authors and contributors argue, there are many continuities and marked similarities between the classical and the mode...

From the ancient Olympic games to the World Series and the World Cup, athletic achievement has always conferred social status. In this collection of essays, a noted authority on ancient sport discusses how Greek sport has been used to claim and enhance social status, both in antiquity and in modern times.Mark Golden explores a variety of ways in which sport provided a route to social status. In the first essay, he explains how elite horsemen and athletes tried to ignore the importa...

A thoroughly revised and updated edition of Mark Golden’s groundbreaking study of childhood in ancient Greece.First published in 1990, Children and Childhood in Classical Athens was the first book in English to explore the lives of children in ancient Athens. Drawing on literary, artistic, and archaeological sources as well as on comparative studies of family history, Mark Golden offers a vivid portrait of the public and private lives of children from abou...

An actionable audio guide to living with Bipolar Disorder for Patients and Families.Today only, get this audio bestseller for a special price.Millions of people suffer from Bipolar Disorder and throw away their lives and their future because they don’t know how to deal with this condition. Don't let this happen to you!Here Is A Preview Of What You'll Learn...Understanding Bipolar To Get HelpWhy Should I Get Help Anyway?Your Doctor’s Bipolar T...

Sport in the Ancient World from A to Z covers an extraordinarily wide range of Greek and Roman sporting activities.Arranged in an easy-to-use dictionary format, this volume includes more than 700 entries discussing ancient athletes, festivals, important sites, equipment and concepts. The approach throughout is comprehensive yet succinct, with key topics, such as athletic festivals, chariot racing, prizes and the role of women receiving more detailed discussion.Each...

This cultural history of Ancient Sparta chronicles the rise of its legendary military power and offers revealing insight into the people behind the myths.The Spartans of ancient Greece are typically portrayed as macho heroes: noble, laconic, totally fearless, and impervious to pain. And indeed, they often lived up to this image. But life was not as simple as this image suggests. In truth, ancient Sparta was a city of contrasts.We might admire their physical...

From the bestselling author of How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf comes the first book in the hilarious and charming Half-Moon Hollow series—a quirky paranormal romance about a no-nonsense vampire concierge and a dangerously attractive vampire with a deadly problem.Iris Scanlon, the only daytime vampire concierge in Half-Moon Hollow, has seen more of the undead than she ever wanted. Handling their daylight errands—from letting in the plumber to picking up ...

A magisterial account of how a tiny city-state in ancient Greece became history’s most influential civilization, from the bestselling author of acclaimed biographies of Cicero, Augustus, and HadrianFilled with tales of adventure and astounding reversals of fortune, The Rise of Athens celebrates the city-state that transformed the world—from the democratic revolution that marked its beginning, through the city’s political and cultural golden age, to its dec...

A history of gladiators-with an added bite!It’s hard for modern readers to truly grasp the spectacle that was arena sports in ancient Rome, which pitted man against man and man against beast in mortal combat. Our modern games of football and hockey, or even boxing and MMA, truly pale in comparison. The Gladiators is a comprehensive survey of these ancient sports, focusing on gladiatorial combat and the beast hunts (venationes). While many books ha...

"An intense, well-written suspenseful murder thriller mystery" - Readers' Favorite, 5-star review“Where was I? In some kind of tomb?”When ghostwriter Megan Scott and investigative reporter Michael Elliott agree to speak at an exclusive boarding school, the undisclosed deaths of two students overshadow their agenda. Fear mounts as a powerful ice storm cuts them off from the rest of the world—harboring a potential murderer in their midst.

Western civilization began with the Greeks. From the highpoint of the 5th century BC through the cultural triumphs of the Alexandrian era to their impact on the developing Roman empire, the Greeks shaped the philosophy, art, architecture, and literature of the Mediterranean world. Beginning with the Homeric period, once believed to be a realm of myth, Paine takes the reader on a journey through more than 12 centuries of Greek culture. He shows what archaeologists have revealed of the Troja...