The Carthaginian explorer Hanno left the Mediterranean to sail south. Instead, the grandmother of all storms has pushed him north. His small fleet of war galleys, battered, crews exhausted, supplies depleted, are pinned by tide and wind against a hostile shore. The shore is lined with hundreds of local tribesmen armed to the teeth. He doesn't speak their language. They don't speak his. Only one man speaks both. An itinerant trader. But can he trust him, can he make friends, allies even, ab...

Set in the 1950's, this epic, Warholian novel presents a brilliant and wholly original take on the years leading up to the Kennedy assassination.Where were you when you first heard President Kennedy had been shot? This is a question most people can answer, even if the answer is "I wasn't born yet." In this epic novel, David Bowman makes the strong case that the shooting on November 22nd, 1963 was the major, defining turning point that catapulted the world into an e...

Hanno has made friends with the local tribe and even married the chief's daughter, but can he get home? He needs to repair his ships, but his tools don't work so well on the local oak. Can he turn this to his advantage? Meanwhile, what of the trader; can he be trusted? Could he be dealt with without offending his father-in-law? Should he do so anyway? What is this mysterious fortress, Mai Dan? Could these be allies?

Carthage has a trick nobody else has realized. Their ships are mass-produced. English oak is stronger than any timber available in the Mediterranean. Could this be turned to Carthage's advantage? Would an oak fleet rule the True Sea? Can Carthaginian engineering help his allies to achieve peace with the neighboring tribes? Will the Mai Dan cow their rivalry? Can he convince them that trade with Carthage is better than war with Carthage and her allies? Its 460BC. England is changing. Cartha...

This edited collection examines how fantasy sports play has established a prominent and promising foothold in the larger sports ecology. Often considered an isolated activity for the hardcore sports fan, fantasy sports play have since been incorporated into sports broadcasting and editorial coverage, sports marketing and promotions, and even into the very sports themselves with athletes and teams using the activities to draw fans further into the sports experience. This edited collection i...

This entry in the BEA Electronic Media Research Series, born out of the April 2017 BEA Research Symposium, takes a look at video games, outlining the characteristics of them as cognitive, emotional, physical, and social demanding technologies, and introduces readers to current research on video games. The diverse array of contributors in this volume offer bleeding-edge perspectives on both current and emerging scholarship. The chapters here contain radical approaches that add to the litera...

Maths but not as you know it; a fresh take that develops problem-solving skills with new and innovative resources that place contemporary contexts at the centre of learning to maximise student potential.- Supports a wide ability range with challenges for all levels.- Provides assessment practice and guidance with practice questions and worked examples to help each student to reach their potential by boosting the skills they need to understand the demands of t...

Handro is taking a well-earned sabbatical, a chance to rest in Athens, now captured. One night a slight sound disturbs him. The spreading wetness by his side tells him his sleeping companion has been murdered. Is the assassin still in the room? Who is he? Why does he want Handro dead? All is not as it seems, as even his allies are turning against him. Has the whole of Greece gone mad?It is 393 BC and Handro is fighting for his own life in his own bed while the world waits breathles...

With the installation of a new dynasty and the end of the civil war, Carthage hopes to rebuild the peace it had prospered in for so long. Sensing weakness, others have different ideas. Suddenly the brave yeomen with their longbows that had stood their ground and won the civil war must fight a different enemy. Out of the east, across the Danube, comes a new enemy. The Parthians are the undisputed masters of horse archery. Finally, the northern longbow and the Parthian short composite bow wi...

When two mighty empires meet, history dictates that only one will stand and the other must fall. Persia covers more land area than all of Carthage's territory. Carthage controls the Mediterranean and its wealth from shore to distant shore. As the two empires confront each other in a hundred little skirmishes, one will survive and one will fall. It is 330BC and if Persia falls only one small emerging state will stand in the way of Carthaginian suzerainty.Rome looms on the horizon for...

The Parthians dealt a bitter blow to the military elite of Carthage. Now Hannibal II will lead a punitive expedition across the Danube and, after an epic trek, will assail the wild bowmen from the east. This time the longbow will not be outclassed.It is 149 AD, and this time Carthage is fighting for revenge.

Unsettled by the Persian advances into Africa from Egypt and feeling threatened by the increased Persian military presence along the East Coast of the Mediterranean from the Dardanelles all the way to the borders of Egypt, Carthage must act. The Persians are expecting a naval attack from a naval power, so when the Carthaginians strike from the desert, surprise is paramount.It is 339 BC and Carthage faces its greatest enemy yet.