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  Ancient Greece’s Most Important...

  Editors Charles River

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  Nearly 2,500 years after the Golden Age of Athens, people across the world today continue to be fascinated by the ancient Greeks, but who did the Ancient Greeks look up to? The answer to that question can be found in Homer’s The Odyssey, in which Odysseus makes note of “a great town there, Cnossus, where Minos reigned.” It was perhaps the earliest reference to the Minoan civilization, a mysterious ancient civilization that historians and archaeologists still puzzle over, but a civilization that renowned historian Will Durant described as "the first link in the European chain.” Nearly 2,000 years before Homer wrote his epic poems, the Minoan civilization was centered on the island of Crete, a location that required the Minoans to be a regional sea power. And indeed they were, stretching across the Aegean Sea from about 2700-1500 BCE with trade routes extending all the way to Egypt. 
  In the Archaic and Classical periods, Rhodes often stood as a prime exemplar of the highs and lows of its fellow Greek cities, and as the largest island of the Dodecanese, Rhodes’ history is largely in line with that of the rest of those islands. Rhodes would reach the zenith of its power in the Hellenistic period following the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE. Even as the rest of the city-states waned compared to the much larger kingdoms of Alexander’s successors in Egypt and Asia, Rhodes would come to the forefront as a main power in the Greek world, standing toe-to-toe with these Hellenistic kingdoms.  
  It was during the Classical era that, especially under the tyrants (dictators) of the Greek city of Syracuse, Sicily came the closest to being governed as a single, unified, and independent state. In time, it came to challenge the powerful trade empire of Carthage, a former Phoenician colony in North Africa, and it vied with the cities and kingdoms of mainland Greece for primacy in the Greek world.

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  No Treason: The Constitution of...

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  This is a concise summary and analysis of  No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority, by Lysander Spooner.
   
  It is not the original book and is not affiliated with or endorsed by  Lysander Spooner.
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  No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority is a provocative and thought-provoking exploration of the principles of government, liberty, and individual sovereignty. Written in the aftermath of the American Civil War, this bold text challenges the legitimacy of the U.S. Constitution, arguing that no individual can be morally bound by a contract they did not willingly and explicitly consent to. With sharp reasoning and a relentless critique of state authority, this book invites readers to reconsider the nature of governance and the true meaning of freedom. An essential read for anyone interested in libertarian philosophy, political theory, and the enduring questions of consent and authority.

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  Your Life Is A Book: How To...

  Brenda Peterson, Sarah Jane...

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  Your Life is a Book podcast by acclaimed memoirist, Brenda Peterson, and her literary agent, Sarah Jane Freymann, is a practical and inspiring guide. We offer storytelling insights and writing prompts on finding your voice, self-discovery, and the publishing process. Oprah.com chose Your Life is a Book as “self-help advice that works,” and “the process of writing about your past can lead to a boost in self-acceptance, self-awareness, and fulfillment.” Memoir is like a love story, with all the ecstasies, disappointments, and turning points of any relationship. It is a pilgrimage to come home to your life story and legacy. Bonus feature: NPR New Dimensions interview (https://newdimensions.org/the-story-of-your-soul-with-brenda-peterson/) excerpt with Peterson on “The Story of Your Soul.” www.BrendaPetersonBooks.com

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  They Came for the Schools - One...

  Mike Hixenbaugh

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  NATIONAL BESTSELLER 
  The urgent, revelatory story of how a school board win for the conservative right in one Texas suburb inspired a Christian nationalist campaign now threatening to undermine public education in America—from an NBC investigative reporter and co-creator of the Peabody Award–winning and Pulitzer Prize finalist Southlake podcast.  
  Award-winning journalist Mike Hixenbaugh delivers the immersive and eye-opening story of Southlake, Texas, a district that seemed to offer everything parents would want for their children—small classes, dedicated teachers, financial resources, a track record of academic success, and school spirit in abundance. All this, until a series of racist incidents became public, a plan to promote inclusiveness was proposed in response—and a coordinated, well-funded conservative backlash erupted, lighting the fire of a national movement on the verge of changing the face of public schools across the country. 
  They Came for the Schools pulls back the curtain on the powerful forces driving this crusade to ban books, rewrite curricula, limit rights for minority and LGBTQ students—and, most importantly, to win what Hixenbaugh’s deeply informed reporting convinces is the holy grail among those seeking to impose biblical values on American society: school privatization, one school board and one legal battle at a time. 
  They Came for the Schools delivers an essential take on Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis, as they demean public schools and teachers and boost the Christian right’s vision. Hixenbaugh brings to light fascinating connections between this political and cultural moment and past fundamentalist campaigns to censor classroom lessons. Finally, They Came for the Schools traces the rise of a new resistance movement led by a diverse coalition of student activists, fed-up educators, and parents who are beginning to win select battles of their own: a blueprint, they hope, for gaining inclusive and civil schools for all.

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  Make Yourselves Gods - Mormons...

  Peter Coviello

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  From the perspective of Protestant America, nineteenth-century Mormons were the victims of a peculiar zealotry, a population deranged––socially, sexually, even racially––by the extravagances of belief they called “religion.” Make Yourselves Gods offers a counter-history of early Mormon theology and practice, tracking the Saints from their emergence as a dissident sect to their renunciation of polygamy at century’s end. 
    
  Over these turbulent decades, Mormons would appear by turns as heretics, sex-radicals, refugees, anti-imperialists, colonizers, and, eventually, reluctant monogamists and enfranchised citizens. Reading Mormonism through a synthesis of religious history, political theology, native studies, and queer theory, Peter Coviello deftly crafts a new framework for imagining orthodoxy, citizenship, and the fate of the flesh in nineteenth-century America. What emerges is a story about the violence, wild beauty, and extravagant imaginative power of this era of Mormonism—an impassioned book with a keen interest in the racial history of sexuality and the unfinished business of American secularism.

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  Three Questions - The Wisdom of...

  Leo Tolstoy, Tim Zengerink

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  What are the most important things in life—and how do we know when to act on them? 
  In Three Questions, Leo Tolstoy delivers a timeless story about a king in search of wisdom. When scholars fail to give him clear answers, a visit to a humble hermit reveals the truth through action rather than words. 
  This modern audiobook adaptation captures the heart of Tolstoy’s parable with simple, clear language, making its message of mindfulness, service, and human connection resonate for today’s listener. 
  What You’ll Hear in This Modern Translation: 
  •	A short, beautiful story about life’s most meaningful questions 
  •	A journey of discovery through compassion, humility, and presence 
  •	A timeless lesson told with quiet power and emotional warmth 
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  Refined for clarity and accessibility, this audiobook preserves the original’s soul while making its message more relatable than ever. 
  Listen today—and rediscover what truly matters.

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