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  Circus Maximus and the Colosseum...

  Editors Charles River

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  The ambitious and fearless emperors that built the legendary Roman Empire from scratch, the broad-shouldered and bronzed gladiators with their iconic plume helmets and glinting swords, and elaborate parties attended by toga-wearing Romans fueled by alcohol, violence, orgies, and other godless acts all paint a picture of Roman life. 
  At the Circus Maximus, the guttural cheers of the spectators reverberated across the enormous open space, but their cries could hardly be heard over the rumble of the ground. On the ellipse-shaped track, 5 charioteers would skew their bodies and steer their magnificent vehicles around the curves. Gusts of sand and dirt flew up from the whizzing wheels and encircled the pounding hooves of the stunning stallions. Distracted personnel and guards dragging their feet were considered fair game. As one chariot careened to the side, preparing to collide with another chariot, a row of guards might have to try to duck out of the way in the nick of time. Some would be trampled by hooves. Chariot races were dangerous for participants too. A charioteer could become disoriented and fail to position himself as his horses moved instinctively, sending his body catapulting forward out of the chariot. Needless to say, chariot racing in Rome was a nail-biting spectacle. 
  When the Colosseum was built in the late 1st century A.D., the Romans, a people known for their architectural acumen, managed to amaze themselves. Martial believed the Colosseum was so grand a monument that it was even greater than the other Wonders of the Ancient World, which had been written about and visited endlessly by the Romans and Greeks in antiquity. The Colosseum was a spectacular achievement in architecture, something new and innovative, and therefore an amazing “Wonder” in its own way. The Colosseum is a large stadium even by today’s standards, and its great size conveys the power of the empire as it dominates the landscape and towers over nearby buildings.

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  Wigan Road - Diaries of a...

  Walter Roy Sharp

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  If you have been employed or are thinking of a life in property, then this book will give you an insight into how challenging and exciting a career could await you in so many different spheres: in public service with local authorities, the cooperative movement and the private sector. You will need to be ambitious, a good communicator and able to be adaptable. Fortune will then follow the brave!

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  Tribal Mind - Pack Instinct...

  B 3

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. 
  Why does identical behaviour appear noble when our group does it and monstrous when another group does the same? 
   
  Stand near the edge of a campfire on a moonless night and look out into the dark. Inside that glowing circle, human beings are capable of astonishing gentleness, selfless cooperation and an instinct for sacrifice that borders on the miraculous. Step beyond that ring of light, and the rules of humanity invert. 
   
  This is not a failure of character or education. It is coalitional psychology doing exactly what two million years of natural selection designed it to do. 
   
  In Tribal Mind, author B³ delivers an unsparing, forensic and deeply relatable autopsy of the human herd instinct. Across ten tightly argued, evidence-backed chapters, this volume reveals that our political, religious and digital allegiances are not dispassionate philosophies chosen by reason. They are evolutionary uniforms worn to survive lethal ancestral environments, keep the perimeter secure and signal unwavering loyalty to the pack. 
   
  Inside this provocative investigation, you will discover: 
   
  Tribe Before Nation: How nomadic hunter-gatherer coalitional warfare forged the biological blueprint of human solidarity, from Scottish Highland clan feuds to modern sports rivalries. 
   
  Us and Them: Henri Tajfel's minimal group discovery, proving that human brains sort strangers into warring factions based on arbitrary visual cues within milliseconds. 
   
  The Invention of the Enemy: Why internal cohesion demands an external adversary, from Cato demanding the annihilation of Carthage in the Roman Senate to modern political campaign machines. 
   
  When Identity Becomes Belief: Why theological schisms at the Council of Nicaea and Protestant pamphlet wars were never about abstract doctrine, but about boundary markers dividing the faithful from the condemned.

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  Sugar Secrets: The Truth About...

  Quentin Ashworth

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  Sugar Secrets: The Truth About Sweetness and Health 
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  General Grant and the Verdict of...

  Dr. Frank P. Varney

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  General Ulysses S. Grant is best remembered today as a war-winning general, and he certainly deserves credit for his efforts on behalf of the Union. But has he received too much credit? Have others who fought the war with him suffered unfairly? General Grant and the Verdict of History explores these issues. 
   
   
   
  Professor Frank P. Varney examines Grant's relationship with three noted Civil War generals: the brash and uncompromising "Fighting Joe" Hooker; George H. Thomas, the commander who earned the sobriquet "Rock of Chickamauga"; and Gouverneur Kemble Warren, who served honorably in every major action of the Army of the Potomac before being relieved less than two weeks before Appomattox. 
   
   
   
  Dr. Varney had studied the tempestuous relationship between Grant and Union General William S. Rosecrans. During the war, Rosecrans was considered to be on par with Grant himself; today, he is largely forgotten. Rosecrans's star dimmed, argues Varney, because Grant orchestrated the effort. Grant used official reports, interviews with the press, and his memoirs to influence how future generations would remember the war and his part in it. Aided greatly by his two terms as president, his memoirs, and the dramatic backdrop against which those memoirs were written, our historical memory has been influenced to a degree greater than many realize.

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  The Communist Manifesto

  Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels

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  "The Communist Manifesto," co-authored by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in 1848, is a profound critique of capitalism and a blueprint for a new social order, communism. It argues that the proletariat, or working class, will lead the revolution against the capitalist system's inherent class inequalities. 
  Spanning four sections, the manifesto traces class struggles, critiques the bourgeoisie, reviews socialist and communist literature, and examines the position of communists relative to opposition parties. 
  In reading this key political tract, remember it is a product of its time. Yet its discourse on wealth, power, and economic disparity remains relevant today. This timeless work invites us to critically examine our society, offering crucial insights into socio-political ideologies shaping our world.

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