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Six interconnected stories of love, loss, and betrayal — where memory and desire collide, and the past is never truly past.In his dazzling new collection, Israeli–Australian author Ben Sharafski uncovers the hidden dramas of everyday life with striking insight and poignancy. His characters navigate landscapes alive with memory, desire, and quiet deception. Love affairs ignite and fade, family histories emerge in tantalising fragments, and the past casts a long shadow over the prese...

Carthage is, without a doubt, one of the great ancient civilizations. At its peak, the wealthy Carthaginian empire dominated the Mediterranean against the likes of Greece and Rome, with commercial enterprises and influence stretching from Spain to Turkey, and at several points in history it had a very real chance of replacing the fledgling Roman empire or the failing Greek poleis (city-states) altogether as master of the Mediterranean. Although Carthage by far preferred to exert e...

Dive into the World of Spanish with "69 Short Spanish Stories"!Begin or continue your journey to mastering the Spanish language with our meticulously crafted collection. Specifically designed for A1/A2 level learners, this book offers a unique and engaging way to deepen your understanding of both the language and the rich Spanish culture.Why "69 Short Spanish Stories" Should Be Your Go-To Language Tool:1. Curated for Beginne...

A vivid and powerful portrait of urban life and social transformation, The New Carthage is one of Georges Eekhoud's most acclaimed works, offering readers a compelling exploration of ambition, inequality, and the forces shaping modern society. Set within a rapidly expanding industrial city, the novel follows characters whose lives are deeply affected by economic change, social mobility, and the tensions between tradition and progress. As fortunes rise and fall, personal aspirations collide...

Stop Memorizing Spanish. Start Actually Using It.Want to actually learn Spanish without endless grammar drills and vocabulary lists? Spanish Short Stories for Beginners turns language learning into an entertaining journey, helping you build vocabulary and understand everyday Spanish through stories, conversations, and practical phrases.Follow Jack and Rose through engaging adventures while learning Spanish naturally in cont...

It's 1951, and US Air Force Captain Brian Flynn hails from Roswell, New Mexico. He's twenty-six, queer, and back in the closet thanks to his homophobic father. And he's deeply tired of alien jokes. But Brian has bigger worries than his hometown's recent extraterrestrial reputation. Brian's the new security director at a top-secret atomic energy research facility in the sage-dusted plains of Idaho. His job is simple: keep any plutonium from walking out the door, keep the scientists safe fro...

Winter 218/17 BCE. Hannibal has crossed the Alps and is ravaging the Roman colonies in Cis-Alpine Gaul. The Gallic Boii and Insubres, hostile to Rome, have risen in rebellion, joining Carthage and threatening the tenuous Roman grip on the Po valley.At the besieged Roman colony of Placentia, deep in hostile territory, Flavius, spymaster, father and patriot of Rome, finds himself drawn deeper into a deadly cat and mouse game with Punic agents. As the war turns against Rome with milit...

10 Spanish Short Stories to Boost Your Reading and Listening ComprehensionReading is one of the best activities you can do to learn new vocabulary and grammar structures. When coupled with audio material to boost your reading comprehension, it becomes an even more fun and effective method to improve your Spanish.Learn Spanish Vocabulary in ContextThe short stories will not just teach you new Spanish words, but also help you better u...

Embark on a delightful journey to fluency with 26 captivating Spanish short stories!Are you ready to move beyond basic Spanish and dive into real, engaging stories? This collection is designed for beginners, gently guiding you towards intermediate understanding with a gradual increase in complexity. Each story is crafted to be both enjoyable and educational, featuring:Vibrant Illustrations to introduce you the story....

The Carthaginians are well known as Rome's great enemy of the three Punic wars and Hannibal, their greatest general, is a household name. While narrative histories of the Punic wars (especially the second) and biographies of Hannibal abound, there have been few studies dedicated to detailed analysis of Carthaginian armies and warfare throughout the city-state's entire existence. Joshua Hall puts that right with this in-depth study of their tactics, equipment, unit organization, army compos...

The Rise and Fall of Ancient Carthage by Epic Epoch(Disclaimer: This is an original work of historical non-fiction by Epic Epoch.)How did a city of traders build an empire that terrified Rome—and end up erased from history? This is the dramatic story of Ancient Carthage, from seafaring glory and Hannibal's march to the brutal end at the hands of Rome."Delenda est Carthago." – Cato the Elder ("Carthage must be destroyed.")

"The battles for control of the lands of Middle SeaThis book usefully, concisely and comprehensively describes the history of the conflict that raged for a century between the Roman Republic and the Carthaginian Empire. In the ancient world these were among the largest conflicts ever fought. At the outset of this struggle the Carthaginians, who had come from Phoenician beginnings, were the dominant power in the Mediterranean region. Rome was aggressively in the ascendant grasping te...