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Au cours de l’époque hellénistique, la plupart des cités grecques adoptèrent des principes et des idéaux démocratiques communs : une citoyenneté unique marquée par l’égalité entre tous, la possibilit

The Academy has a new breed of teachers.They transform into the nightmares of legend. But they arent Isadoras greatest concern.The Sorcerers are always one step ahead. And the magicians at the academy are all that prevent them from crushing those without magic.It doesnt matter that Isadora is new to the world of powers. Shes part of the fight now.She must discover those agents, who threaten them in secret, before its too late or the fight will be over before its really begun.Unexpected Agents is book 3 of Magical Arts Academy, a complete 13 book novella series.

The Magical Arts Academy is anything but ordinary.Its the one place Isadora can learn the forbidden craft. With mythical beasts, animals with unusual gifts, and a team of peculiar magicians, Isadora finally has the chance to embrace an extraordinary future.But is the academy really as safe as Isadora thinks? Or will the Sorcerers find the way to infiltrate its defenses?Winged Pursuit is book 2 of Magical Arts Academy, a complete 13 book novella series.

Isadora is recruited to attend a secret school of magic.As she makes her way to the academy, a dark sect of sorcerers pursues her relentlessly, willing to use any spell in their vast arsenal of powers to stop her.With the help of Trixie, her horse, a dragon named Humbert, and a clandestine band of magicians, Isadora will work to overcome the sorcerers to begin her education in wizardry.What would you do if you were invited to study at the Magical Arts Academy? Enroll, of course! Join Isadora and her crew of magical misfits today.First Spell is book 1 of Magical Arts Academy, a complete 13 book novella series.

Dads Raising Children with Special Needs & Disabilities: A Guide for 21st Century Dadsis a father-to-father roadmap for navigating the journey with clarity and courage. Youll find practical guidance on advocacy, family life, emotional resilience, and long-term planningwritten with empathy, honesty, and a steady belief in your childs potential. Each chapter covers an important topic, includes an original poem as well as excerpts from a handful of SFN Dad To Dad Podcast guests, and, on a more lighthearted note, a Dad Joke. The book also includes a comprehensive curriculum for the reader or those using the book for small-group discussions.What youll take away:· Clear, actionable guidance you can use immediately· Confidence navigating schools, services, and support systems· Tools for reducing overwhelm and strengthening your family culture· Encouragement thats realhopeful without pretending its easyAll proceeds go to support the 21st Century Dads Foundation and Special Fathers Network, a dad-to-dad mentoring program for fathers raising children with special needs.

Book three in the No.1 New York Times bestselling Into Darkness series, following the dark rom-com sensations Lights Out and Caught Up. The game is on for these enemies-to-lovers with laugh-out-loud banter and scorching-hot brat play.I hate that woman.Tyler Neumann has spent years looking for his father, and not because he wants to meet the man. No, he wants to destroy him. And hell manipulate whoever he can to exact his revenge. Including Stella McCormick. Shes everything Tyler hates. Her wealth and privilege have protected her for her entire life, and Tyler thinks its time she finally paid the price. Whether shes ready to or not.I hate that man.Stella might not believe in love at first sight, but loathing at first sight - no question. From the moment she sets eyes on Tyler in her tattoo parlor, she knows hes the devil planning to make her life hell.Forced to play the part of his girlfriend and invite him into her familys glittering circles, Stella quickly clocks Tylers ulterior motives. But love and hate are two sides of the same coin, and soon she doesnt know which is worse: being blackmailed by a man who wants to ruin her, or that they cant seem to keep their hands off each other.Game On is an enemies-to-lovers dark romance with morally grey characters. Some themes and scenes may be disturbing to readers. Please check the content warning at the beginning of the book.Tropes:Enemies-to-loversForced proximityFake datingRom-com Morally gray MMC Black cat FMC Blackmail Kidnapping Power imbalance Age gap Betrayal and redemption Dark pastRevenge

Chatty Pets: Conversations with Our Four-Legged Companions is a heartwarming and playful glimpse into the minds of the animals we love most.

The universe is not empty. It is hungry, it is ancient, and it is waiting.In the cold, indifferent vacuum of space, humanitys greatest discoveries are not scientific breakthroughsthey are terminal diagnoses. Lovecraftian Space Horrors: Volume 7 invites you to step beyond the safety of charted galaxies and into the creeping, cosmic dread of the unknown. Here, the rigid laws of physics are merely a fragile veil hiding realities that were never meant for the human mind to process.Journey alongside doomed explorers, broken soldiers, and mad scientists as they confront the impossible. Witness a planetary playwright orchestrating the bloody rise and fall of captive civilizations through invisible strings. Unearth a star system made entirely of living, parasitic bone desperate to rebuild a dead god. Follow a desperate pilgrim through a sea of razor-sharp thorns toward an impossibly colossal, crimson rose, and stand on the bridge of a stranded warship where the shadows whisper ancient, mind-shattering names.Blending the high-concept hard science fiction of Greg Egan and Liu Cixin with the visceral, gothic terror of Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, this collection of cosmic nightmares explores the terrifying intersection of biology, machinery, and dark divinity.The stars are not beacons of hope. They are the unblinking eyes of predators in the dark.Will you dare to look back?

Dacian Defiance: Gold Mines and Roman Wars is a sweeping historical narrative that resurrects one of the ancient worlds most compelling yet underappreciated civilizations the Dacian kingdom of the Carpathian Mountains and places it at the center of the story it has always deserved to occupy. Drawing on archaeological evidence, ancient literary sources, and the carved testimony of Trajans Column, this book tells the full arc of Dacian history: from its tribal origins in the Thracian cultural matrix of southeastern Europe, through the golden age of Burebistas unified kingdom, to the extraordinary reign of Decebalus and the cataclysmic Roman wars that ended Dacian independence forever.At the heart of this story lies a paradox that drives every chapter: the gold of the Apuseni Mountains the fabulous mineral wealth that made Dacia one of the richest kingdoms in the ancient world was simultaneously the foundation of Dacian civilization and the irresistible lure that drew Romes imperial ambitions northward across the Danube with a determination that no mountain fortress and no warrior courage could ultimately defeat. The same gold that funded Dacian fortress-cities, sustained the warrior aristocracy, and expressed itself in masterworks of ancient goldsmithing eventually built the Forum of Trajan, funded Romes golden age of construction, and paid for the monuments that celebrated the very conquest that had seized it.The book traces Romes growing obsession with Dacian wealth through the reigns of emperors Domitian and Trajan, examining with equal attention the Dacian response to Roman pressure under the brilliant and indomitable Decebalus a king whose military genius, diplomatic sophistication, and moral courage place him among the most remarkable leaders the ancient world produced. The two Dacian wars of 101 to 106 AD prosecuted by Trajan with the full weight of the Roman imperial military machine are reconstructed in vivid detail, from the engineering marvel of Apollodoruss bridge across the Danube to the desperate last defense of Sarmizegetusa Regia and the final, defiant suicide of the Dacian king in the mountain forests of his homeland.But this is not merely a military history. It is equally a cultural history an exploration of the sophisticated society, the remarkable religious philosophy of Zalmoxis, and the architectural and artistic achievements that made Dacia a genuine civilization rather than a simple barbarian obstacle to Roman expansion. It is also a history of aftermath: the Roman colonization of the conquered province, the emergence of a Daco-Roman cultural synthesis, and the extraordinary long-term legacy through which the Dacian spirit survived its military defeat to contribute to the formation of the Romanian people and nation.Written in rich, narrative prose that brings the ancient world to vivid life, Dacian Defiance: Gold Mines and Roman Wars is essential reading for anyone drawn to the drama of ancient civilizations, the brutal logic of imperial conquest, and the enduring human capacity for resistance against overwhelming power. It is, ultimately, the story of a people who refused even in defeat to be diminished.

Quante volte e capitato, organizzando o partecipando a un evento, che sembrasse andare tutto bene eppure restasse quella sensazione che fa dire: Bello, ma?Questo libro nasce da anni di eventi realizzati e osservati dallautrice, Valeria Pennone.Gli errori visti, e commessi, lhanno portata alla consapevolezza che spesso la soluzione e molto piu semplice di quanto si possa pensare.In questo testo non si parla di inseguire leffetto wow, ma di tornare allessenziale: curarsi davvero delle persone, gia dal primo invito.Il galateo, in queste pagine, non e teoria ne nostalgia: e un metodo concreto. Un linguaggio di attenzione, cura e rispetto, per far sentire ogni ospite davvero accolto.Capitolo dopo capitolo, si scoprono quelle piccole cose che migliorano davvero il risultato di un evento: quando e perche indicare il dress code, come allestire con equilibrio i diversi spazi, come gestire arrivi e accoglienza in modo elegante. Si parla, inoltre, del modo di porsi, della gestualita, dei momenti conviviali e di come scegliere tavoli e mise en place a seconda delloccasione, perche sono elementi che incidono molto piu di quanto si pensi.Con uno stile diretto e ricco di esempi reali, lautrice svela il dietro le quinte del mestiere: imprevisti, scelte rapide, soluzioni e accorgimenti che alzano il livello, trasformando un evento ben organizzato in un evento che si fa ricordare. Una lettura piacevole e illuminante per chi lavora, o vuole lavorare, nel settore, e per chiunque desideri capire come si costruisce davvero un appuntamento riuscito, che sia una cena, un meeting aziendale, un congresso o una grande manifestazione. Perche tutto funziona quando le persone si sentono considerate. È da li che nasce ogni vero successo.IN QUESTO LIBRO SCOPRIRAI: Come gestire inviti, dress code e comunicazione, per una prima impressione impeccabile. Qual e il segreto della vera accoglienza, con attenzione concreta anche alle esigenze piu specifiche. In che modo comportamento, postura e linguaggio del corpo influenzano la comunicazione e le relazioni, in ogni contesto. Posti, equilibri e distanze sia in sala che a tavola: come le disposizioni migliorano conversazioni, confort e networking. Le regole doro con gli ospiti stranieri: differenze culturali e abitudini, per evitare gaffe e fraintendimenti. Come orientarsi tra le diverse tipologie di eventi e capire cosa cambia davvero (e perche), anche quando si lavora allestero.

Two ants. Two dreams. One encounter that changes everything...He is a frail winged male, too small for the rigid hierarchy of the anthill. All he ever had was an unreachable dream.She is a celestial beauty who yearned for recognition and great achievements, yet felt herself suffocating within the cramped walls of the underground city.Their meeting marks the beginning of a grand transformation. By giving each other the courage to be themselves, they dare to do the impossible: build a new, free worlda world where rules are created by the heart, not by instincts.About the book:This work is a fantasy allegory that blends outward simplicity with layers of profound meaning. Through the image of an ant civilization, it explores the essence of humanity: freedom, fear, and the right to choose.The heroes find themselves in a state familiar to manyfeeling "out of place." Together, they learn to distinguish true desires from those imposed by society, choosing what matters over what is safe. Their journey unfolds under the powerful motto: Victoria Amoris!Appealing to both children and adults, this story is for those who seek meanings, not just answers. It will inspire you to reflect on the freedom of choice and nudge you toward your own path of self-discovery. And know this: you will succeed, even if you are an ant!

A city in peril. A lost boy. Can one engineer save them both?In a world buried under eternal snows, five giant, electric crystal pillars are all that separate the last habitable city from destruction. Rebecca Dalton is determined to lead the corps that keeps them running, but when a series of mysterious power spikes lures her out of the safety of the citys highest floors, shell need more than just her engineering skills to escape her hunters.Lost and terrified in her new surroundings, Rebecca enlists the help of Jakes, a gruff but handsome boy from the citys lowest and most dangerous floors. Jakes claims to resent everything about Rebecca and her high-class upbringing, but as the unlikely pair face off against roving gangs, malicious military men, and the terrible plot that sent Rebecca tumbling down in the first place, shell discover hes more closely entwined with her world than she ever could have imagined.Will Rebecca unravel the mysteries surrounding Jakes and the power spikes threatening her city or will humanitys last bastion finally fall?Downfall is the first book in the young adult, crystal punk series, Chronicles of Castia. If you like clean, slow burn romance; side characters you can fall in love with; and a wonder-filled world that you can get lost in, youll love Abigail Morrisons immersive tale.Buy Downfall to fall in love with this new series today.

A person born in 1900 entered a world of horse-drawn carriages, candlelight, and telegraphs. A world where most people died within fifty miles of their birthplace, infectious disease killed children routinely, and human knowledge lived only in libraries accessible to elites.That same person, living to 2000, exited a world where human footprints marked the Moon.The Source Code, Volume IV: The 20th Century documents the eighty-five discoveries that made that transformation possible. Quantum mechanics. Relativity. Penicillin. The transistor. DNAs double helix. Nuclear fission. The internet. CRISPR. The Human Genome Project. Each one examined in full what it is, who achieved it, the problem it solved, the science behind it, its immediate impact, and the chain of consequences running unbroken to right now.This is where the series shifts into a different gear. Volumes I through III traced how humanity built its intellectual foundations across two and a half millennia. Volume IV shows what happened when those foundations met the full force of modern scientific method, institutional funding, and industrial-scale research. The pace of change didnt just accelerate it became almost incomprehensible. The transistor went from laboratory curiosity to commercial product in five years. The World Wide Web was globally significant almost immediately. Discoveries that once took centuries to move from insight to application were now taking months.Every entry follows the same eight-part structure that has defined the series accessible enough for any curious reader, rigorous enough for any serious one. MIT-level scholarship. No prerequisites required.This volume doesnt flinch from the full picture. Fritz Habers process feeds billions and enabled chemical weapons. Nuclear physics saves lives in hospitals and ended them at Hiroshima. Antibiotics transformed medicine and created resistant superbugs. The same century that mapped the human genome built weapons capable of ending humanity. Both sides of that ledger are documented honestly.We live inside the twentieth centurys discoveries. Every device you own. Every medicine keeping someone alive. Every satellite overhead.Volume IV of The Source Code. The century that rewrote what it means to be human.

This morning you checked your phone. The touchscreen, the processor, the GPS, the battery, the camera every single feature traces its ancestry through discoveries documented in the previous four volumes of this series. Al-Khwarizmis algebra from 820 AD runs in the processor. Ibn al-Haythams optics from 1021 AD lives in the camera. Newtons calculus from 1687 helps the GPS satellites stay accurate. Euclids geometry from 300 BC underpins the chip design.You are not using modern technology. You are running 5,000 years of accumulated human knowledge. Simultaneously. Every second.The Source Code, Volume V: The Convergence is where the series arrives at now. Sixty discoveries from 2000 to 2026 the Human Genome Project, CRISPR, deep learning, mRNA vaccines, reusable rockets, quantum computing, gravitational wave detection, and more each examined in full depth with the same eight-part structure that has defined the series from Volume I. But this volume does something the others couldnt: it traces every modern breakthrough backward through all five volumes, showing exactly which ancient, medieval, industrial, and twentieth-century discoveries had to succeed first.The mRNA vaccine protecting you from COVID-19 required lipid nanoparticles, molecular biology, immune system research, mass manufacturing, and clinical methodology developed across twenty centuries. One injection executes over two thousand years of accumulated knowledge in your immune system.Every Google search executes thousands of years of discovery in milliseconds.This volume is honest about where that trajectory leads. For the first time in history, the source code is modifying itself. AI writes code. CRISPR edits genes. The pace of discovery now produces more scientific papers in a single year than existed in total before 1900. The promise is staggering. So are the stakes.The ancient world isnt dead its running. The medieval period isnt past its present. The Industrial Revolution isnt history its the infrastructure you live inside.Volume V of The Source Code. Five thousand years of human knowledge, converging in this moment, in you, reading these words.

"To be or not to be.""Heres looking at you, kid.""You cant handle the truth.""Winter is coming."You know these lines. Youve used them. You may not remember where they came from but they came from somewhere specific: a stage, a screen, a character in a precise dramatic moment when language achieved something so exact that it escaped its original context and entered the permanent vocabulary of human experience.Dialogue Across Millennia traces over 1,100 of those moments across twenty-five centuries of dramatic art from the marble amphitheaters of ancient Athens to the streaming platforms of 2026.The journey begins with Sophocles, whose chorus warned that no man should be counted happy until he is dead, and ends with the present day. Between those two points lies the full sweep of theatrical and cinematic history: Greek tragedy and Roman comedy, Shakespeares unprecedented density of extractable wisdom, Molieres savage social observation, Wildes weaponized wit, Ibsens domestic demolitions, and the golden age of Hollywood where Humphrey Bogart improvised a line between takes that would outlast the century.Then television which gave audiences something theater and cinema never could: years of daily intimacy with the same characters, until their catchphrases became indistinguishable from the fabric of daily life.Every entry provides four elements: the Source, the Creator, the Context situating the line within its dramatic and emotional significance and Modern Usage, tracing exactly how the line traveled from its original moment into contemporary speech.The patterns that emerge are revelatory. The same themes recur across twenty-five centuries: the instability of fortune, the corruption of power, the absurdity of mortality, the consolations of love. Different eras, different technologies, different audiences the same fundamental human need for language equal to experience.This is the dialogue that would not end. From Sophocles to Seinfeld, from the Chorus of Antigone to the writers room of Breaking Bad twenty-five centuries of human beings finding, in dramatic language, the words they couldnt find for themselves.

In the next installment of the swoon-worthy Princes of London series, Christy Carlyle takes readers on a heart-pounding hunt through Norfolk where a legendary treasure hunter and a fierce local woman battle over a Viking hoard, each determined to claim it for their ownand neither willing to lose their heart in the processDominic Prince is passionate, tenacious, and determined to carve out a legendary name for himselfjust like his famous treasure-hunting father. When an American tycoon funds his expedition to uncover a Viking hoard in Norfolk and ship it across the Atlantic, Dominic sees his chance to claim glory. If he can unearth a treasure trove so magnificent it lands him on the front pages of newspapers in both England and America, his success will finally be undeniable.Tess Hawthorne doesnt quite know what to make of the entirely too handsome scoundrel who shows up in her village seeking the very treasure shes been hoping to find all her life. When he asks to employ her knowledge and familiarity with the locals to assist on the dig, she accepts.But she doesnt want whatever treasure they find to leave England, and she certainly doesnt want to lose her heart to the man determined to claim it

She risked everything for the game. She never meant to wager her heart.Irish Mary OSullivan is many thingsa gifted actress, a relentless dreamer, a sharp-eyed gambler, and occasionally an enterprising pickpocket. When a stolen invitation grants her access to an exclusive, high-stakes poker tournament in fashionable seaside Brighton, Mary seizes the chance of a lifetime. The winnings could save her struggling theatre troupeand fund her escape to America and the New York stage.Disguised in borrowed silk and a fabricated identity, Mary plays her most dangerous role yet: an empty-headed heiress with money to burn. But her performance falters when she meets the Honorable James Pendleton, a devastatingly perceptive gentleman whose keen intelligenceand unexpected proposal of alliancethreaten to expose her secrets.As their clandestine partnership deepens into undeniable attraction, the glittering gambling salons turn treacherous. Alliances fracture. Scandals erupt. Every card turned raises the stakes. With deception closing in and danger mounting, Mary must decide what shes truly willing to risk.Because in a game where fortune favors the bold, winning may cost her everything including the future she never planned to want.Perfect for Readers Who Love Historical romances with clever, daring heroines High-stakes plots where desire and danger collide Witty banter and slow-burn attraction Disguises, secrets, and hidden identities Love stories where the greatest gamble is the heart

From critically acclaimed, bestselling author of The Light Pirate comes a powerful, deeply resonant novel about an ambitious archaeologist in pursuit of a rare artifact from an ancient civilization that would not only change her life but potentially society at large.Lily Brooks-Daltons novels are rich literary feasts." Geraldine Brooks, bestselling author of Horse Professor Ember Agni is a rising star in archeology, trying to balance an unfulfilling career in academia and a crumbling marriage, all while pursuing her true passion: unearthing a lost empire that no one else believes existed. Just as shes about to give up on the ambitious expedition she spent a decade trying to fund, a message arrives from overseas. A former student claims to have found something extraordinaryan artifact that hints at the forgotten world lying beneath historys tidy surface. With vindication finally within reach, Ember risks everything for the sake of discovery and undertakes an odyssey that will either make her name or ruin her. Driven by unwavering faith in her vision of the past, she challenges the limits of her nation, her colleagues, and herself in order to exhume the missing pieces of how humanity began. But as she journeys deep into an untouched wilderness, in dogged pursuit of a dead civilization, she collides with the wreckage of her own life. On the brink of either discovery or destruction, Ember must choose who she wants to be, and to what kind of world she wants to belong.

From the award-winning, New York Times best-selling author of Cod and Salt, To Catch a Fish is an entertaining and beautifully written illustrated collection of essays that explore a lifetime fascination with fishing. For as long as there have been humans, there have been humans trying to catch fish. The two speciesfish and manlive in constant tension. One chases the other. One tries to get away. Some of usauthor Mark Kurlansky includedare hard-wired for that chase. Guiding readers through the waters and into the mind of the fish, Kurlansky considers who fish are and why they behave the way they do, and along the way delves into the many approaches to catching a fish, their ecology, and the ins and outs of cooking and eating your catch. Whether youre a seasoned angler or a novice, or simply want to explore the world of fish, the forty short essays in this collection and the dazzling illustrations by Bri Dostie, shed new light on these creatures and our relationship to them. This publication conforms to the EPUB Accessibility specification at WCAG 2.0 Level AA.

The bridge is at eighty-four percent. Avra Solis sits in a maintenance alcove with a numb left hand, a depleted Fire, and a folded piece of paper listing six things she used to feel. The machine architecture inside her skull reports hourly. The girl underneath counts ventilation cycles to confirm she still exists.Scion tells her to stop gripping the Fire. To let it exist without directionpresence, not weapon. The instruction contradicts everything the bridge was built to do. It is also the only thing that slows the construction consuming her.Isen is captured. Dr. Leit is imprisoned. Rumis supply network is shattered. Kess has forty-seven fighters, a seventeen-year-old analyst named Sera, and a girl whose neural architecture is more machine than human. The Continuitys suppression grid covers the city. Directive LuxAvras sister Liora, buried inside seven hundred years of constructed controlcommands from the Chapel at the infrastructures core.But the pre-Continuity tunnels are warm. Scions original architecture remembers what it was built to do: preserve. And Avra discovers that the non-grasping Fire moves through the old systems like warmth through stonecostless, self-sustaining. A heartbeat, not a weapon.To reach the Chapels core and free 412,709 stored consciousnesses, Avra must walk through suppression fields with an open hand, sing through a bond that was never designed for music, and offer her sister the one thing the Directives architecture was built to prevent: feeling.The conclusion of The Fire and the Bridge trilogy.