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  Rome and the Near East - The...

  Charles River Editors

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  Rome faced many formidable enemies over the course of nearly 1,000 years, but perhaps none were as enigmatic and forgotten as King Mithridates VI of Pontus. Despite numerous ancient sources detailing the life of the foreign monarch and his wars with Rome, and despite being an interesting character who endured years as a fugitive in his youth, enjoyed a fascination with poisons, and held mercy and pragmatic ruthlessness in a delicate balance, very few scholarly books and works have been produced about the king. It may be that his largely unsuccessful military campaigns have contributed to his disappearance from active historical examination, but despite his poor record in engagements against the Romans, the Kingdom of Pontus dominated much of Asia Minor in the 1st century BCE, and the Romans themselves considered the kingdom one of its most dangerous enemies. According to Plutarch, when Mithridates died, the Roman soldiers felt that “in the person of Mithridates ten thousand enemies had died.” By then, it had required three of Rome’s most famous generals - Sulla, Lucullus, and Pompey - to finally subdue his kingdom.   
  	Among all the periods in ancient Egyptian history, the Ptolemaic Kingdom and its most famous ruler, Cleopatra, may be the most well-known today. By the 4th century BCE, it appeared as though ancient Egypt was in its final death throes. It had long ceased to be an influential kingdom in the Near East and Mediterranean regions, and it had been ruled over by a succession of foreign peoples including Libyans, Nubians, Assyrians, and Persians. But just when Egypt seemed doomed to pass forever into obscurity, it was reinvigorated by outsiders, most notably Alexander the Great. While in the process of campaigning to destroy the Achaemenid Persian Empire and conquer the world in 331 BCE, he made a pit stop in Egypt that forever changed the course of Egyptian history.

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  A Venn Diagram of One - An...

  Lenny McAllister

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  In an age of noise, outrage, and tribal certainty, the most radical act of leadership is listening to the soft, still voice instead of the echo chamber—and moving in faith even when you have to stand alone. 
  What does it mean to belong in a country that keeps demanding you pick a side? 
  In A Venn Diagram of One: An American Story, Lenny McAllister refuses the false choice—and tells the truth about what it costs to live outside America’s political and cultural silos. With the clarity of a civil rights advocate and the conviction of a bridge-builder, he traces a life shaped by “inflection points” that demanded reflection—and then direction through faith, works, and leadership. 
  This is not a sanitized memoir or a tidy policy manual. It is an urgent, deeply personal call to reclaim what makes America work: the courage to think critically, love boldly, and act with purpose before our divisions harden into destiny. 
  McAllister shares the story behind the labels—from episodes overcoming domestic violence and a near-fatal shooting to award-winning second acts—and shows how his life became proof that America’s best strength has always been found at the intersections: out of many, one. 
  Inside, you’ll discover:A bold framework for America’s “second act,” built on three pillars: Security, Empowerment, and Opportunity.How to turn national inflection points into reflection points—and choose a better direction personally and civically.Why echo chambers are eroding our shared future—and how to build bridges without surrendering conviction.A vision for restoring the American Dream through hope, action, and the power of the pivot.A challenge to be historic, not trendy, and reclaim the “United” in the United States—starting now. 
  If you’re tired of being told you must hate your neighbor to love your country, this book is your invitation to something braver. 
  America doesn’t need louder voices. It needs more Venn Diagrams of One.

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  The Open Conspiracy

  H. G. Wells

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  This is a guidebook on world control and management, a program that Wells believed should be orchestrated (and would be successful) through what he called the "Open Conspiracy". This conspiracy is fully outlined in this work and is designed to be run by many separate organizations working together, as opposed to being run by just one group. Is this required reading for the world's most powerful people? Maybe it is. Or maybe it should be. Wells was a visionary and genius whose work should be paid attention to. Chapters include The Idea of the Open Conspiracy, We Have to Clear and Clean Up Our Minds, The Revolution in Education, Religion in the New World, What Mankind Has to Do, Modern Forces Antagonistic to the Open Conspiracy, The Resistances of the Less Industrialized Peoples to the Drive of the Open Conspiracy, The Open Conspiracy Begins as a Movement of Discussion, Explanation and Propaganda, Development of the Activities of the Open Conspiracy, Human Life in the Coming World Community, and more.

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  Kotromanić Dynasty The: The...

  Editors Charles River

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  Much has been written about Western intervention during the breakup of Yugoslavia, and whether it made matters worse, prevented worse atrocities, or was simply ineffective. In early 1992, however, what was clear was that Europe was hopelessly divided over the best course of action to take towards Yugoslavia, and after several years of fighting, the Bosnian War was one of the most violent conflagrations in Europe since the end of World War II.  
  	Depending on the source, many authors have focused on different catalysts for Yugoslavia’s demise, but Vesna Drapac may have succinctly summed the situation up when he wrote that by the end, the state “lacked a reason to exist.” There is certainly something in this sentiment, but the disintegration came at an enormous cost. 
  	Given what happened in Yugoslavia, it should be little surprise that Bosnia did not have its fully-established borders until the 19th century, and even in modern times, in many respects the people distinguished and defined Bosnia as a polity more than its shifting borders, and regardless of whether Bosnia operated as an independent state or kingdom. It was during the Middle Ages that Bosnia’s culture and ethnic makeup truly began to coalesce, despite the politically rocky nature of the era in the Balkans. 

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  Lesbian Cuckold – Humiliating My...

  Daniel P.

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. What if your darkest desire was also the salvation of your relationship? 
   
  Emma and Rose have been together for ten years. Ten years of love... and routine, of silence, of looks that no longer burn. Until a suspicious message on Rose's phone changes everything. Instead of breaking apart, Emma lets herself be carried away by an unexpected flood: the thrill of watching. Of spying. Of obeying. 
   
  What starts as a suspicion turns into a dynamic of power, lust, and submission that awakens the deepest desires of both. Rose, dominant, cruel, and addicted to control, finds a new way to love through play, humiliation, and exposure. Emma, sweet, emotional, and insecure, discovers that being used, shared, and marked gives her something she thought she'd lost: pleasure... and belonging. 
   
  This is an intense, uncensored erotic story about a couple's relationship reborn through pain, surrender, and consensual perversion. Featuring explicit scenes, BDSM dynamics, cuckolding, fetishes, and moments of deep emotional connection, this novel is not for sensitive readers. 
   
  But if you dare to watch, feel, and surrender... welcome to this journey where love and humiliation dance to the same rhythm.

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  Beethoven

  Romain Rolland

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  Amongst all the figures in the history of Western art forms, Beethoven is one of the most radical and influential. Not only did he produce some of the most celebrated and recognizable music of all time, but his influence dramatically accelerated the development of musical composition. He was instrumental in raising the status of the composer from that of a court servant to one of an independent artist. 
  Much has been written on Beethoven, including many substantial biographies. The most notable of these is a monumental work by Alexander Wheelock Thayer. But there are also many shorter and more accessible works, like this entertaining text by novelist, art historian, and music critic, Romain Rolland. A passionate devotee of music, Rolland also wrote a number of substantial essays about other musicians, including biographical sketches of Handel, Wagner, and Berlioz. 
  The book also contains the famous Heiligenstadt Testament, selected letters, and recorded thoughts of the great composer.

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