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Quintus Curtius is an attorney, writer, translator, and former marine officer. Expertly blending history, biography, philosophy, and the author's personal experience, this penetrating collection of essays achieves what one reviewer called "a perfect fluency in [a] dialogue with truth." The unifying theme is the nature of masculine identity and how that identity has been manifested. Drawing on examples from history and using sources in their original languages, Quintus Curtius' soaring vision combines lucid explanation with a passionate intensity like few other writers.

Whoever neglects the second coming of Christ has only a mutilated gospel, for the Bible teaches us not only of the death and sufferings of Christ, but also of his return to reign in honor and glory. His second coming is referred to over 300 times. There is hardly any church that does not make a great deal of baptism, yet in all of Paul's epistles, baptism is spoken of only 13 times, while he speaks about the return of our Lord 50 times, and yet the church has had very little to say about it. The devil does not want us to see this truth, for nothing would wake up the church so much.

For over 1,000 years England has had a monarchy, and though the line of succession did not always pass smoothly, it has almost always been continuous. England has more often been faced with the claims of competing kings and queens than with a period of no monarch at all.

Based on popularity, sales, and global impact, these classic business and success books have been chosen as the best of breed. If you are a CEO, MBA, or run a business, you should have read or been exposed to these self-help and prosperity books. Any of these authors and their self-help books can seriously boost your mindset and consciousness of success, power, and happiness.

Only a few weeks old, Gypsy is left in a box outside a pet shop on Crete, Greece. Rescued by David, she spends her first year learning about olives, beaches, and reiki. David then decides to move to a tiny, almost uninhabited island. Gypsy goes too. She learns to catch crabs and live on beans and fish heads! One year later, Gypsy hitchhikes with David for eight days to Germany. After settling in with Petra and her two cats, Gypsy decides to write her autobiography.

The Champions of the Dragon have survived the darklings, bandits, flocks of harpies, cyclopes, and have finally reached the Wide Wall; now the hard part begins. Murland and the companions must now travel west beyond the Wide Wall, through the Forest of the Dead, past the Swamp of Doom, over the Horrible Hills, across the Long Sand, all the way to the shadowy peak of Bad Mountain. For Drak'Noir awaits her sacrifice.

Targar Negary entombs his only surviving child in a sarcophagus, possibly, thinking her to be a victim of the Black Plague that is sweeping Europe. Poor Talis must endure agonizing and seemingly endless hours of torture within her tomb, wondering who emplaced her there and why, if it was her father, seeking some sort of punishment. With Talis' air running out, she does not believe that she can survive this entombment and find out the reason for it.

One of the most artful narratives ever written concerning the life of "The Maid". Hilaire Belloc writes with a familiarity only possessed by those with an intimate knowledge of the facts. A Catholic, of both French and English descent; Belloc clearly had an emotional affinity for this episode in the long struggle between the two nations.

History has known many famous cats - Garfield, Mr Bigglesworth, Simon's Cat, the Aristocats, the Cheshire cat and the Keyboard Cat on YouTube. In recent years these feline things have replaced man's best friend as the most popular pet in the U.S. while the Ancient Egyptians once worshipped them as gods. This was a mistake and I'm here to tell you why. Man vs Cat is the story of one man, one woman and the six cats that changed their lives forever.

Talon follows the early years of a unique boy, a 15-year-old runt living on the barbarian island of Volnoss. Born premature during the frozen plague that took his mother, shunned by his father, and raised by his grandmother, Talon has always felt like he doesn't belong. For years he dreams of growing big and strong like the giants that surround him. But as the day of measure draws near, he begins to realize that he will never be named a Vald, and will be cast to the village of the Skomm to live a life of slavery.

Rodrigo Lopez, former physician to Queen Elizabeth, and his supposed accessories are questioned in the Tower on the charge of treason. Both the Earl of Essex and Lord Burghley agree that his confession must conform to the charge. This historical drama maintains the classical form of tragedy in English with seven scenes of dialogue and seven choral performances. By Aristotelian standards it may be recognized.

Follow the adventures of a Dueber Hampden wristwatch from its original owner, a physician living in New York City in 1923, across generations to a young college woman in Saudi Arabia in 2004. This is a collection of novellas originally appearing in the novel, Alexios, Before Dying: Velia and the Magician, Kimi and the Shaman, and Leta and the Sufi.

The story begins in 1924, on a residential street in New York City. Velia was 11 years old at the time, and had suffered for many years with symptoms of synesthesia. She befriends a street performer, known only as The Magician. They dream of rivaling Houdini until her desperate new friend endangers them both.

Murland Kadabra has always dreamed of becoming a great wizard. However, at age 19, the young apprentice has yet to successfully cast a single spell. He has been reduced to grounds keeper of Abra Tower, and has become the laughing stock of the wizarding school. But when the Most High Wizard Kazimir chooses him to be one of the five Champions of the Dragon, Murland's life changes forever.

Based on The Power of Awareness and The Power of Now, this is a summary book of secrets to control your awareness and mindful success. If you are familiar with Neville Goddard, Eckhart Tolle, or Wayne Dyer, you will learn the top secrets of practicing the power of mindfulness in the now. Go to the next level and listen to this short summary of the power of now concepts. Summary is by author George Mentz, JD MBA DSS.

A selection of poems that cover human themes and emotions. An eclectic mix of works; all real, observed in the wild or experienced. Topics covered: Love, sex, greed, hate, addiction, and the job of living.

Many moons ago a despotic cat named Charlie decided that he wanted to be a book critic. It would fit so nicely with his existing roles as food critic, dog critic and owner critic. Thus The Bleaklisted Books was born and Charlie has never looked back. This first volume of The Bleaklisted Books sees Charlie review (pull to pieces) an array of literary masterpieces, including Ulysses, Charlotte's Web and Anna Karenina. Book lovers - and even cat lovers - beware! This could be the stuff of nightmares.

Don't go to sleep. These tales will surely haunt your dreams. No one awakens from their dark embrace. If your nightmares are not filled with a child murderer and a reanimated, murderous corpse, you will never find rest from the deadly secrets of the past, dismemberment, or being buried alive. Sleep if you dare. Run if you can. You will never be safe again.

Whill has returned from the north crippled and defeated. His kingdom is quickly slipping out of his hands. Never one to be deterred, Whill begins plans to take the north once and for all and stop the necromancer's reign of terror. Roakore and his dwarves have struck a blow to the green dragon Reshikk. His son has awakened from his coma with a message from the gods, one that will usher in a new age.

Although it ended over 550 years ago, the Hundred Years' War still looms large in the historical consciousness of England and France, even if the name of the famous war is a misnomer. Actually a series of separate conflicts between the English and French monarchies, interspersed with periods of peace, its historical image is an odd one, in part because its origins were based on royal claims that dated back centuries.