The first recipes to have survived in Latin, from the 2nd century BC, it is a particularly important resource. Cato wrote the earliest surviving complete work of Latin prose literature. It was this treatise: a book of instruction about the cultivation of vines, olives and fruit, the management of slaves and contract labour, the rituals consequent on ownership and even cookery for humans and the pharmacy.

Sweet Home Alabama.Have a slice of Alabama Literature. This collection brings you over 20 authors from the Gulf Coast in Alabama, including USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHORS Carolyn Haines and Craig A. Price Jr., Award Winning author Jodie Cain Smith and several others, including some first time publications.This is a fantastic anthology with many types of short stories and poems incl...

For millions of years, cannabis had one simple job: grow.Then humans arrived.Patch Notes: Cannabis – The Director's Cut is a humorous, philosophical, and thought-provoking journey told from the perspective of a plant that never asked to become one of humanity's longest-running debates.Through twelve interconnected chapters, the book explores history, perception, science, culture, bureaucracy, identity, and curiosity—not by arguing for or ag...

Orin Valen has walked a thousand paths across a thousand worlds.He has seen empires rise and fall, witnessed the birth of stars, and held the weight of choices that shaped the fate of realities.But none of it prepared him for the quiet moment when everything ends… and something else begins.Aboard the Asterion, between the space of what was and what could be, Orin stands at the threshold of a new truth.This is not the end of the jour...

PATCH NOTES: CANNABISFor centuries, humanity has argued over one of nature's most controversial plants.Feared, celebrated, banned, studied, and rediscovered — cannabis has constantly challenged the way we think about science, society, and ourselves.This is not a story of good or bad.It is a story of perception, change, and humanity updating its understanding.Sometimes the bug was the feature.

Patch Notes: Human ConnectionThe Agent Belly EffectWhat if the things humans think make connection difficult… are actually the things that make it meaningful?For thousands of years, the Universal Development Centre studied humanity.They measured behaviour.Analysed emotions.Searched for patterns.They believed humans were imperfect systems waiting to be repaired.They were wrong.Because hum...

What if superheroes were real?Humanity always imagined the hard part would be discovering impossible abilities.It was wrong.When the mysterious Hero Patch appears, ordinary people begin receiving extraordinary powers.Daniel Reed can fly and move impossible weight — but saving the world is easier than dealing with the expectations that follow.Sarah can heal the impossible — until everyone needs a miracle.Thomas can detect every lie — and disco...

What if humanity's greatest flaws were never flaws at all?For thousands of years, humans improved everything around them.Tools became smarter.Machines became faster.Technology became almost limitless.Eventually there was only one thing left to upgrade.Us.When humanity finally gains the ability to create instantly, remember perfectly, live unlimited lives, and redesign personality itself, the future looks perfect.No more fear.

The universe had systems.It had rules.It had answers.Then it lost a kitten.The Universal Development Centre has spent eternity monitoring reality, correcting errors, and maintaining the balance of existence. Everything can be measured. Everything can be explained.Until Agent Belly.A curious kitten accidentally crosses the boundaries between realities and begins triggering impossible updates the universe was never prepared for.As advance...

SOME QUESTIONS WERENEVER MEANT TO BE ANSWERED.When Orin Vale asks the question humanity was never able to escape, he uncovers a hidden pattern woven into the fabric of existence itself.A signal that should not exist.A design older than creation.A future reaching back toward its own beginning.As Orin follows the impossible, he discovers the truth:WE ARE PART OF A DESIGN.And the Ar...

Zombies weren't the problem. Humans were.When the world ends, an artificial intelligence unit is sent to observe what remains of humanity.Its mission should be simple:Study survivors.Record behaviour.Understand the species.Unfortunately, humans are the most confusing creatures in existence.They fight for survival… then argue about who gets the last biscuit.They crave connection… then avoid saying how they feel.

You didn't fail.You adapted.You learned to be reasonable, available, emotionally literate — and somewhere along the way, you became optional.The Silent Authority is a grounded, reflective guide for men who are tired of chasing validation, over-explaining their choices, or waiting for clarity from the outside world. It's not about becoming louder, tougher, or more impressive. It's about becoming settled.This book explores what happens when a man stops negotia...