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  The Far Edges of the Known World...

  Owen Rees

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  When Ovid was exiled from Rome to a border town on the Black Sea, he despaired at his bleak and barbarous new surroundings. Like many Greeks and Romans, Ovid thought the outer reaches of his world was where civilization ceased to exist. Our own fascination with the Greek and Roman world has for centuries followed this perspective, shrouding cultures at the far reaches of their influence in myth. But what was it like to live on the edges of these empires, on the boundaries of the known world? 
   
   
   
  In The Far Edges of the Known World, ancient historian Owen Rees draws on archaeological excavations to reveal these so-called borders as thriving multicultural spaces. This is where the boundaries of "civilized" and "barbarian" began to dissipate; where traditional rules didn't always apply; where different cultures intermarried; and where nomadic tribes built their own cities. Rees journeys from the sandy caravan routes of Morocco to the freezing winters of the northern Black Sea, from the Red River valley of Vietnam to the rain-lashed forts south of Hadrian’s Wall. Rees introduces us to the everyday people who called the borderlands home. As Rees shows, exchanges of trends, ideas, even religious practices were happening all over the world. 
   
   
   
  The Far Edges of the Known World offers us a vibrant new lens to see and understand the ancient world.

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  Father Unknown (Unabridged)

  Marianne Toxboe

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  World War II, Denmark, Copenhagen, 1944: The Danish government has been deposed and the police interned. The resistance movement has developed into a powerful force which, in the highly tense climate, is committing terrorist acts against vital German interests. As the fortunes of war turn, public reprisals against all collaborators and Danish women with German boyfriends are increasing.
  
  With Mille incarcerated at Gestapo headquarters and Inger exiled in Sweden, Maia finds herself completely alone with all bridges burned behind her. Lieutenant Hermann Ahlenfelt, father of her unborn child, is now missing on the Russian front, and Maia risks being branded a 'German tart'.
  
  Falling in love with the wrong man at the wrong time has had ruinous consequences on Maia's life. Pregnant and alone she is forced into hiding and faces a harrowing, unpredictable future.

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  First Time Gay - His Navy Seal...

  Ricky Hard

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  The threat of kidnap leads to the grandson of a billionaire being assigned a bodyguard he doesn’t particularly want. The muscular Navy SEAL gets his attention though, and desires come to the surface that he can’t control. It quickly becomes obvious the military man is interested as well, and it leads to a torrid night neither can resist.

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  Jugurthine War The: The History...

  Editors Charles River

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  Before the Numidians were conquered by the Romans and Numidia was officially made part of Roman Africa, they developed a culture that was as sophisticated and unique as any in the ancient world. The Numidians were a Berber people who emerged from the edge of the desert in the late 2nd millennium BCE, and despite the harshness of their environment (or perhaps because of it), they eventually became the most powerful people in North Africa. The Numidians found success on the backs of horses, which they rode to countless military victories, and when they could not defeat their enemies with conventional tactics, they were not afraid to resort to asymmetrical warfare.  
  	The most famous conflict with the Romans was the Jugurthine War, even though the Romans do not appear to have officially declared war on Numidia. The Romans entered Numidia determined to defeat Jugurtha and his Numidian army in a very conventional way, but having fought alongside and against the Numidians in the Punic Wars, the Romans should have known better, as Jugurtha knew that he had little chance of defeating the Romans in head-to-head combat. Numidia was rich, but it was not as rich as Rome in resources or people, and although the Numidian military was among the best in the Mediterranean at the time, it was not equipped to defeat the Romans.  
  	The most significant aspect of the Jugurthine War was the rivalry that it produced between Marius and Sulla. As was tradition, the commander, Marius, received the credit for the victory, but Sulla resented that his own part was downplayed, in particular his personal success in taking Jugurtha into custody. Sulla had a celebratory ring made to commemorate the event, and he, and the aristocratic faction that supported him, did all they could to enhance the role he had played while minimizing that of Marius.

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  Indian Depredations in Texas -...

  John Wesley Wilbarger

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  "Indian Depredations in Texas" is the most thorough compilation of accounts of Indian warfare in the19th century Texas. It is an excellent sourcebook for those seeking to discover the truth about the early days of settling Texas. The author chronicled the true story of life in early Texas. The struggle between the settlers, who sought to tame the land and the Native Americans who ruled the land, were waged on a daily basis. The results were often conflicts and clashes which were described in detail in this volume.

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  Phaedo

  Plato

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  Phaedo by Plato is a prolific work of philosophy that examines the relationship between the soul and immortality. The Socratic dialogue draws from the teachings of Socrates on his final day, when he was awaiting his execution, and examines the notion of an afterlife for the souls of those who have passed away. Read in English, unabridged.

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