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Raised like sisters, Mariamne and Salome are indulged with riches, position, and learning-a rare thing for females in Jerusalem. But Mariamne has a further gift: an illness has left her with visions; she has the power of prophecy. It is her prophesying that drives the two girls to flee to Egypt, where they study philosophy, mathematics, and astronomy in the Great Library of Alexandria.After seven years they return to a Judaea where many now believe John the Baptizer is the messiah....

Occupational disease is an important public health problem of the 21st century. Occupational disease still accounts for many preventable illnesses and injuries in the workplace. It is important to incorporate modern knowledge of disease epidemiology and cutting-edge diagnostic methods and treatment with the most recent developments in the management and prevention methods to better control work-related diseases and injuries. This book covers a selection of the common occupational diseases ...

Occupational disease is an important public health problem of the 21st century. Occupational disease still accounts for many preventable illnesses and injuries in the workplace. It is important to incorporate modern knowledge of disease epidemiology and cutting-edge diagnostic methods and treatment with the most recent developments in the management and prevention methods to better control work-related diseases and injuries. This book covers a selection of the common occupational diseases ...

HOUDINI HEART harkens back to the masters of suspenseful supernatural horror: Poe, Lovecraft, Shirley Jackson, but speaks with a wholly fresh voice. Once caught in its pages, there's no escaping Longfellow's terrible tale.Weeks ago, she was one of Hollywood's biggest writers, wed to one of its greatest stars. The doting mother of their golden child. But now? She's alone, tortured by a horrifying secret no woman could bear.Pursued by those she can't outrun, anguished by a gu...

Danger lurks beyond the ivy in this lush dark academia romance perfect for fans of Olivie Blake and Elise Kova.Bound by tradition. Consumed by love.Thirteen years after her mother’s suspicious death within the walls of the Eleusinia Institute, Cora Reed steps back through its iron gates with one goal: uncover the truth.By day, Cora throws herself into her alchemy studies; by night, she searches for clues to her mother’s fat...

Ki Longfellow, author of the acclaimed The Secret Magdalene, has now written the astonishing life of Hypatia, famed throughout the Mediterranean world, a beauty and a genius, yet for 17 centuries ignored by history.As the Roman Empire fights for its life and emerging Christianity fights for our souls, Hypatia is the last great voice of reason. A woman of sublime intelligence, Hypatia ranks above not only all women, but all men.Hypatia dazzled the world with her brilliance, wa...

The scale and variety of Chinese festivals have never ceases to amaze observers. But what are the origins of these festivals and how do they reflect traditional values in a civilization with more than 5,000 years of history?The reader will be intrigued to learn that the festivals did not all originate at the same time. In fact, many have been evolved with the development of the Chinese civilization. The presentation of the stories about these tradition festivals in comics will help...

The Tosa Diary reveals the life of a traveler in tenth-century Japan whose journey lasted 55 days on a ship from Tosa, where Ki no Tsurayuki served as governor, to Kyoto. This engaging translation provides the modern reader with a fascinating look at ancient Japanese life and travel, and is written with an artless simplicity and quiet humor. Seasickness, grief, and pride are just a few of the emotions readers will feel as Tsurayuki's personalized account unravels.Complete ...

An autobiographical novel that takes a life to pieces, putting forward not a coherent, straightforward narrative, but a series of dazzling images ranging from the ordinary to the unbelievable, fished from the depths of the author's memory as well as from the stream of his day-to-day life as an adult author. Interweaving flashes of the horrific Jeju Uprising and the Korean War with pleasant family anecdotes, stories of schoolroom cruelty, and bizarre digressions into his personal mythology,...

Danger lurks beyond the ivy in this lush dark academia romance perfect for fans of Olivie Blake and Elise Kova.Bound by tradition. Consumed by love.Thirteen years after her mother’s suspicious death within the walls of the Eleusinia Institute, Cora Reed steps back through its iron gates with one goal: uncover the truth.By day, Cora throws herself into her alchemy studies; by night, she searches for clues to her mother’s fat...

**A sweet and swoony novel of high spice and low stakes from the Coastal Rivals series author, Ki Stephens!She’s a cheerleader trading in her Oxford life for one year in Nashville. He’s a star quarterback who doesn’t do distractions. But when they team up for a no-strings-attached fling, they’ll have to break their own rules to keep playing the game.**After moving from England and breaking up with her underwhelming boyfriend, Ella Davies has one thing on h...

NikoMy life is great. I love my job, have awesome friends, and a great family.Women love me, even if they know it’s just for a night.I always thought love at first sight was bullshit. Then she came storming into my life.She tore through my every rule, rocked my world, and knocked me on my ass.There’s only one problem...she lied.Turns out my best friends little sister isn’t so little anymore.Everly...