Elucidates the shared insight into the critique of tyrannical rule among Plato, Xenophon, and Aristotle.Universal Tyranny offers the first comprehensive interpretation of the critique of tyranny in the thought of Socrates's greatest students: Plato, Aristotle, and Xenophon. The Socratics are the only thinkers to confront the problem of tyranny on its own terms, as a permanent and plausibly attractive option in politics. They explore what people find attrac...

In "The Lost Million," the plot likely centers around a substantial fortune that has gone missing, triggering a series of mysterious and dangerous events. The novel typically follows the protagonist as they navigate through various challenges to uncover the truth behind the lost million. Themes of greed, deception, and adventure are likely prominent in this narrative, consistent with Le Queux's style.Le Queux's writing is characterized by its engaging and fast-paced storytelling, with well...

All it took was one look, and my panties dropped—literally.Castor DeMatteo has been off-limits since I was a teenager. He used to be a nice jock who'd rustle my hair like I was his kid sister. Now? He's a capo of the Valentino crime family, lathered in ink and covered in gold rings… everywhere. How do I know? Because one night, at the restaurant where I work, he rented the back room and asked me to work it. There's only one problem… He's my brother's best friend.

Donny Valentino is the name that haunts me.This was supposed to be my last hush money payment to a dirty cop for a crime I didn't commit. I've been tethered to danger since I was a little girl because of my last name. Of course, when I see the light at the end of the tunnel, it's stripped from me… by him, a ruthless up-and-coming mob boss with no business being this hot.Donny's the guy they call to kill the hitmen. And now he's trapped me for the rest of my...

The final issue of the year comes when the nights in the Northern Hemisphere are at their longest and coldest. It’s at this time that fiction is needed the most. Against the backdrop of darkness, we gather close and whisper tales to entertain and inspire—and to remind ourselves that dawn will return.Welcome to issue #135. In these pages are the continuation of Flashlight, Knife and Flowered Crown. Hands of a Toolmaker presents another tale of rage, but this time it is contained and...

People say 'love never dies'… but love might be the death of Seraphina.Seraphina has been alive since the Middle Ages, when her boyfriend, Cyrus, managed to perfect a method of alchemy that lets them swap bodies with any human being. She doesn't want to die, so she finds young people who are on the brink of death, and inhabits their bodies. When we meet Sera, she has landed in the body of a girl named Kailey who was about to die in a car accident. For the first time, Sera falls in ...

The Newbery Medal–winning classic novel about the courage and faith—and the love of a dog—that give a family strength in the face of inhumanity.The boy knows that times are tough for his family. Every night, his father goes out hunting with their great coon dog, Sounder, to try to put food on the table. But even with the little they bring back, there is still never enough for the family to eat.When the boy awakens one morning to a sweet-smelling ham on the ...

What do you do when a client threatens to stop doing business with your company because he finds out about a one-night stand you had with his daughter's friend?I'll tell you what my siblings make me do.They make me take our innocent IT Director with us to the client's largest fundraising event… as my fake girlfriend.They think this will help with my image and possibly salvage our relationship with our client.Lexi is not my usual type at all....

"You have two options, Genesis. Marry into the Russian bratva or sign my contract."Julian Bellini.Italian mobster.Ruthless casino owner.My best friend's brother.When he finds out my parents secretly arranged for me to marry into the Russian bratva in exchange for their debt, he offers me an out.He'll pay the debt if I sign his contract.But that contract comes at a cost.One that might ruin me.Contai...

**2013 Biblical Archaeology Society (BAS) Award for Best Book Relating to the New TestamentFrank Moore Cross Award, American Schools of Oriental Research (2013)**Apocalypticism is not a peripheral topic in biblical studies. It represents the central, characteristic transformation of Hebrew thought in the period of the Second Temple. It therefore constituted the worldview of Jesus, Paul, and the earliest Christians, and it is the context in which the New Testament books were...

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In If This Is the Way the World Works William O. Avery and Beth Ann Gaede ask two primary questions: First, what principles from science are so broadly accepted that scientists themselves are willing to say, "This is the way the world works"? Second, how do congregations and their leaders behave when they operate in concert with these seemingly universal principles? Avery and Gaede explore five principles form the philosophy of science that suggest an alternative way to view congregational...