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What does the face of power look like? Who gets commemorated in art and why? And how do we react to statues of politicians we deplore? In this book - against a background of today’s “sculpture wars” - Mary Beard tells the story of how for more than two millennia portraits of the rich, powerful, and famous in the Western world have been shaped by the image of Roman emperors, especially the “Twelve Caesars”, from the ruthless Julius Caesar to the fly-torturing Domitian.

Everyone believed I was an idiot to leave Blade Spencer - rich, handsome, and head-over-heels in love with me. But I did it for his own good, determined to take the secret to my grave. I moved to Seattle, pursued my career as a journalist at Unabridged magazine, and almost convinced myself I didn’t need a man. I had enough virtual admirers, and my email was jam-packed with marriage proposals and X-rated pictures - not to mention hysterically funny letters from a clever fan. Imagine my surprise when I show up at work and Blade is my new boss.

In The Whistler, Lacy Stoltz investigated a corrupt judge who was taking millions in bribes from a crime syndicate. She put the criminals away, but only after being attacked and nearly killed. Three years later, and approaching 40, she is tired of her work for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct and ready for a change. Then she meets a mysterious woman who is so frightened she uses a number of aliases. Jeri Crosby's father was murdered 20 years earlier in a case that remains unsolved and that has grown stone cold.

This is the story of plucky, optimistic newsboy Michael O’Halloran. Michael was orphaned at a young age and asks nothing of the world but to "Be Square!" In this a warm and joyous story, he makes life sunnier for those around him, bringing joy to all who know him, and to readers everywhere.

After a heartbreaking TV bake-off, Star Bloom thought her restaurant dreams were spoiled, until an anonymous donor leaves her a small fortune. She can’t wait for the grand opening and an appearance from the special guest who stole her heart. Tyler Jackman is living every animator's dream. But not even a big-budget movie contract can make him forget the beautiful girl he left behind. When his friend invites him back to town, he plans a romantic surprise. Their celebration ends in a bitter aftertaste when Star’s signature frosting shows up in a poisoned man’s post-mortem.

Looking at Eve, Leah, Bathsheba, the Proverbs 31 Woman, and others, listeners will learn what these women can teach us about ourselves. Author Mary DeMuth combines her storytelling and scholarly skills to create a truly unique book that will help women understand misunderstanding, moving through and beyond it toward soul health.

Inflamed journeys across the human body - through our digestive, endocrine, circulatory, respiratory, reproductive, immune and nervous systems - illuminating the hidden relationships between our biological systems and the profound injustices of our political and economic systems. This boldly original book shows how inflammation is connected not just to the food that we eat and the air that we breathe, but is also linked to the traumatic events we experience, the stories we tell, and the arts of diagnosis that physicians practice - and fail to practice - every day.

Snatched from her home, Princess Kyra is forced to await valiant knights to come save her from a magical land filled with danger. Whoever makes it back to the castle with her first wins the right to be king. But some of the knights are not so honorable, and the princess realizes that in order to survive, she must take matters into her own delicate hands.

Best-selling author and speaker Mary Jelkovsky’s story of battling an eating disorder and conquering her deepest insecurities has been featured in Teen Vogue, Health, and Shape magazine. Now in this empowering book, Mary shares the advice, research, and exercises that she used to build her self-confidence and finally learn how to love herself. Written like a letter to a close friend, this self-improvement book provides practical advice and exercises that will help you finally give yourself the gift of self-love.

In this comprehensive 2006 audio program, Dr. Mary Pullig Schatz helps listeners use progressive relaxation techniques to manage stress-related conditions and illnesses such as fatigue, muscular tension, high blood pressure, tension headaches, asthma, insomnia, ulcers, irritable bowel syndrome, chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia, allergies, and much more. In three guided sequences, she gently helps listeners relax their muscles and breath.

Mary-Frances Makichen answers this question and many others in this part self-help guide, part love letter to her late husband, Walter. The refreshingly entertaining self-help guide includes 50 bite-sized chapters full of everyday wisdom, including practical tips to integrate the practices the author recommends into your life. It can be listened to beginning to end or when you need advice the most.

Lady Merritt Sterling, a strong-willed young widow who's running her late husband's shipping company, knows London society is dying to catch her in a scandal. So far, she's been too smart to provide them with one. But then she meets Keir MacRae, a rough-and-rugged Scottish whisky distiller, and all her sensible plans vanish like smoke. They couldn't be more different, but their attraction is powerful, raw and irresistible.

The African meaning of slavery was different in its nature and purpose from that which emerged with the Slave Trades. The native institution is at the heart of a cluster of institutions, which marked the end of the last recorded “Reorganization” process. Those among the Africans, who opted for the preservation of their environment, won the debate. Thus, they labeled the losers “insurgents”, ordered many of these ancient master smiths, masons, and scientists to be put to death.

The wulfriths. It all began with a woman. A battle. A crown. The conqueror. The conquered. Medieval England - forever changed by the Battle of Hastings. And the rise of the formidable Wulfriths. Having lost all - the woman he loved, great friendship, and lands - Sir Guy wants only to end the insurrection plaguing England. But being the conqueror’s man puts him at odds with his conscience when a disastrous siege against the resistance yields only one thing of value - his capture of a Saxon rebel known as the virgin widow.

Oran lives on Little Drum, where music is everything. Every islander has a birth instrument and a life song - and the ancestors, called ghasts, linger to hear the music. But when the duchess arrives from the mainland bringing orders of silence, she threatens the ghasts' existence, the very soul of the community. When Oran hears of a mythical instrument with the power to manipulate hearts, she brings her ghast best friend, Alick, on a quest to find it, play it and change the duchess' mind.

Sophie has survived her 19th birthday and another attempt on her life. But as the days pass, she realizes there are significant signs that her chances of reaching 20 are not in her favor. With Sophie's resolve weakening, Wes is convinced that a different fate is locked in memories from a past lifetime. If only they can access them.

It happened very recently, a dispute was held between a Christian and a Jewish proselyte. Alternately, with contentious cable, they each spun out the day until evening. By the opposing din, moreover, of some partisans of the individuals, truth began to be overcast by a sort of cloud.

Deciding that her life was insufficiently grounded in real-world experience, the author, a Quaker reared as a Catholic, embarked on a year of tending sheep. In this often hilarious book, she describes her time in the barn as well as an extended visit to a Buddhist monastery in France.

Five short, humorous stories about neighborhood kids in the mid-'80s, and their adventures with Bigfoot, Giant Turtles, Monster Chickens. A brief reminder of our childhood days, too.

Where do you get a top grandmother at short notice? It's not easy, but Pearl's got Winston to help her, and you can do anything when your best friend is the world's brainiest guinea pig. Then Pearl meets Gran, and the surprises begin.