Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus never intended his collection of personal writings to be published, but it has become the foremost work of Stoic philosophy and advice to survive from ancient times.Described by President Bill Clinton as his favorite book and carried by Secretary of Defense and Marine Corps General James Mattis on deployments throughout his career, the Meditations provides a unique insight on life and leadership from the most powerful man in the worl...

In the beginning, fairy tales were all we had.Tales to explain the unexplained, to impart morality, and culture. But more often than not, to warn.From the editors of the From the Rock anthologies comes a new selection of stories, carefully curated from some of Newfoundland and Labrador’s favourite authors. Between these pages, old tales are revisited, familiar foes lurk, and fairy tales for the modern age are born.Including the work of Bron...

WINNING THE MIND GAME OF ESPIONAGEOfficial C.I.A. declassified material.New introduction and glossary.Over four hours of unique, fascinating listening: discover the arcane art of the counterintelligence interrogator.IMPORTANT: this manual was fi...

With this collection of essays, Anthony J. Martin invites us to investigate animal and human traces on the Georgia coast and the remarkable stories these traces, both modern and fossil, tell us. Readers will learn how these traces enabled geologists to discover that the remains of ancient barrier islands still exist on the lower coastal plain of Georgia, showing the recession of oceans millions of years ago.First, Martin details a solid but approachable overview of Georgia barrier ...