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In this fascinating audio course on the Roman monarchy, republic, and empire, you will explore the essentials of Roman civilization: the creation of a city at the center of world history, its political legacy, its architectural and cultural achievements, its treatment of women and slaves, and its tragic flaws. You will begin by placing ancient Rome in world history by looking at its origins and contexts in terms of geography and chronology.

This concise, three-segment audio series by award-winning Catholic historian Christopher Bellitto is designed to thoughtfully answer your questions. In Picking Popes, Dr. Bellitto reviews the colorful history of picking popes, conclaves, and cardinals. You'll find plenty of anecdotes and analyses from a history professor who works with the media during papal transitions.

The very word "reformation" is shrouded in conflict, bringing to mind new beginnings, partisan church politics, and the dawn of a modern world vision. Indeed, when you hear it, you probably think of a single event - Martin Luther posting The Ninety-Five Theses on the door of Castle Church in Wittenberg in 1517. The truth, however, is much more nuanced - and interesting - than that. Join award-winning historian, Prof. Christopher M. Bellitto, PhD, in The Reformations, a fascinating journey through Church history.

Explore some of the most powerful theological ideas, economic tensions, and political struggles that shaped Western civilization. This series traces western European civilization - with detours to the East - from the transformation of the Roman Empire to a thousand-year medieval period that started slowly before 1000, flowered for 300 years, and then declined sharply with the Black Death and social revolts until Constantinople fell in 1453 and Columbus sailed in 1492.

August 1, 1914, Berlin: Kaiser Wilhelm II cancels the German invasion of Belgium over the objections of his generals, sending his armies east against Russia instead of west to France, and sets off a chain of events that will radically change the course of modern history. Gray Tide in the East is the best-selling counterfactual history of the First World War, if the Germans had not invaded Belgium in 1914 and thereby brought Great Britain and, eventually, the United States into the war.

Auf dem Weg zum Fest erleben sie viele spannende Abenteuer. Filous pfiffige Ideen sind gefragt, als durch ein unerwartetes Hochwasser seine Tierfreunde in große Not geraten. Können die Waldbewohner mit Filous Hilfe gerettet werden? Schnell erkennen alle, wie wichtig die Gemeinschaft ist.

Life on the straight and narrow is easier said than done for a pair of crooks like Jimmy “Slash” Braddock and Melvin “Pecos Kid” Baker. But these reprobates are doing their damnedest to make an honest go of it. They’ve managed to safely deliver a church organ to a mountain parish when their sometime employer—Chief U.S. Marshal Luther T. “Bleed-’m-So” Bledsoe—recruits them for a job only fools would take.

Welcome to the Sleep Yourself Rich Meditations. These meditations are backed with science and ancient wisdom to allow you to subliminally instruct your consciousness, to allow you to receive more wealth and abundance. Each chapter is designed for you to meditate.

From the author of the powerful memoir The Night I Didn’t Flinch comes a chilling new descent into psychological horror. For thirty years, the North Maine Woods swallowed campers whole. From 1978 to 2008, young couples vanished along logging roads and remote campsites. Their bodies were never recovered.

In The Night I Didn’t Flinch, author Chris Waters takes listeners on a gripping journey through his childhood marked by trauma, rebellion, and survival. From sleeping in homemade treehouses to stealing cars, from group therapy circles inside the Texas Youth Commission to receiving a leadership award from Governor George Bush, this memoir is both a brutally honest confession and a triumphant declaration.

Shortlisted for the 2024 Financial Times Business Book of the Year “An exceedingly important book!” —General David Petraeus, US Army (Ret.), former Director of the CIA “Essential reading for understanding how technology will change the future of warfare.” —Chris Miller, New York...

This is more than a book; it's an invitation to elevate your consciousness. Whether you seek spiritual growth, a stronger connection with the divine, or a new take on human existence, this book is your guide. It's a powerful reminder that the journey of awakening is a path of beauty, leading from the human to the spiritual and offering a holistic understanding of existence.

Eine spannende Zusammenstellung faszinierender Biografien und Persönlichkeiten! Wie genial, schillernd und erfolgreich sind die führenden Wirtschaftsgrößen Deutschlands wirklich? Dieser Frage und vielen weiteren unterhaltsamen Facetten geht die Financial Times Deutschland in diesem beeindruckenden Nachschlagewerk nach. Im Rahmen von 101 Portraits bekannter Wirtschaftsvertreter wie Gloria von Thurn und Taxis, Schokoladenhersteller Alfred Ritter und Weißbierbrauer Werner Brombach wird beleuchtet, wie die Führungspersönlichkeiten ihre Unternehmen führen und Krisen begegnen.

When an amateur journalist encounters a mysterious radio program while driving alone one late night, he is presented with a set of instructions with potentially fatal consequences. After escaping with his life, obsession takes hold and he is determined to find out who is behind the broadcast and who else it has affected. His investigation leads him to speak with travelers and truckers, vagabonds and vacationers, models and rock stars, each with their own sinister encounter with the strange program. His search draws him into a world of deadly discovery.

An early classic of American literature, The Red Badge of Courage tells the story of Henry Fleming, a young soldier in the Union Army, who flees the battlefield and later returns in shame, seeking to redeem himself by receiving a war wound - a “red badge of courage” - in the conflict. Hailed for over a century as one of the finest ever war novels, Crane’s tale is an early example of American realism and naturalism.

It's a "three-pipe problem"! Holmes and Watson are in for another rousing adventure in classic Holmesian style. They are joined by their erstwhile friend, Inspector Lestrade, and aided by the Baker Street Irregulars; Holmes' brother, Mycroft; and Mrs. Hudson, who is always there with a hot cup of tea. Holmes and Watson are also joined by some new friends, including English royalty, the Fenians, an Indian illusionist, and the beautiful Susan Spaulding, whom Watson finds devastatingly alluring.

Lydia Jones is an elderly professional medium and author. She has recently become a widow, and not wishing to be a burden to her daughter, she makes the decision to move to a secluded residential home for the elderly. Life at the Hall at first seems idyllic, in fact, the perfect place to live out her remaining years. Then, things begin to change.

Sweaty guys, muscly bodies, shared showers - everything I love about the gym! Find out what happens, before, during, and after workouts in these three steamy stories in one collection. With first-timers, groups, and plenty of MM adult fun, this bundle contains everything you secretly wish would happen when you head for a fitness session!

“It’s a shame for that cheerleader’s uniform to go to waste”, the big, muscular footballer said to Alex. “And you’re just the right size”. When innocent college-boy Alex is bought at the charity auction, he expects to do a few hours chores. But Jake, the hottest footballer player on the team, has other ideas. He dresses Alex as a sissy cheerleader and makes him perform some very intimate services. In this scorching hot story of a first time, Alex is made into a sissy and fully owned by the big muscular footballer in a way that neither of them will ever forget.

This is a SoundCraft Audiobooks production featuring digitally enhanced performances of some of history's greatest speeches - all presented as they might have originally been heard. The immersive audio experience presented here - complete with sound effects, music, and atmospherics - allows the listener to feel as if they were in attendance when these speeches were first delivered.