The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Augustus

The age of Augustus, commonly dated to 30 BC ? AD 14, was a pivotal period in world history. A time of tremendous change in Rome, Italy, and throughout the Mediterranean world, many developments were underway when Augustus took charge and a recurring theme is the role that he played in shaping their direction. The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Augustus captures the dynamics and richness of …

Edward Gibbon: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: 28 Selected Chapters

Gibbon’s The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, published between 1776 and 1788, is the undisputed masterpiece of English historical writing which can only perish with the language itself. Its length alone is a measure of its monumental quality: seventy-one chapters, of which twenty-eight appear in full in this edition. With style, learning and wit, Gibbon takes the reader t…

Moscow (Architecture & History)

Moscow, a photo album, contains splendid photographs showing the modern capital of the country. The focal point of the album is the Kremlin, the heart of city and the country, famous as its historical and architectural site. The album's lavish illustrations also feature the oldes districts and streets of Moscow-Kitay-Gorod, Tverskaya, Arbat and others.

The Archon Conspiracy

"We are the Nine...rulers of the darkness of this world. This one belongs to us. He has been ours for many years." In a story with unusual relevance for our time, bestselling author Dave Hunt describes a confrontation between supernatural powers and humanity that could someday be as real as today's headlines. Computer genius Ken Inman's lifelong goal to contact highly evolved intelligences e…

Shiloh

What do you do when a dog you suspect is being mistreated runs away and comes to you? When it's someone else's dog? When the man who owns him has a gun? This is Marry's problem, and he finds it is one he has to face alone. When his situation gets too big for him to handle, things become more frightening still. Marty puts his courage on the line, and discovers in the process that it is not alway…

Portraits of Those I Love

Priest, poet, and prophet, Father Daniel Berrigan has written over a score of book-narratives of his struggle against the war in Vietnam, verse adaptations of the Psalms and of Dante's Purgatorio, plays, and fables for children. Portraits is his first completely biographical work, and it is perhaps his most intimate book, one in which he speaks candidly of some of the people he has known and ad…

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

Maurice Evans writes in his “Comments on Playing the Role of Hamlet: it is ironic that Shakespeare's solicitude for his actor companions should have been repaid by actors of succeeding generations in such doubtful coin. I have been unable to trace the origin of the appellation of “The Gloomy Dane” as descriptive of Hamlet, but it is safe to surmise that some actor of mournful aspect was r…

St Gregory of Nazianzus - Poems on Scripture

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Married For Good

As many "good" marriages crumble around us, every couple has wondered if they, too, could end up divorced. Is there any way to prevent it? Is there any way to make sure you are married for good? In this book R. Paul Stevens lays the foundation for a healthy, growing, permanent relationship. Marriage can then become a joyful, intimate sharing between two lovers that lasts a lifetime. Steve…

Chateaubriand: A Biography, Volume I (1768-93): The Longed-for Tempests

Present at the fall of the Bastille, journeying alone 3,500 miles through America, dining with George Washington, camping with the Iroquois Indians, Francois-Rene, vicomte de Chateaubriand embodied the romantic hero of the new world.