This major summary of the current state of archaeological research on the Swift Creek culture is the first comprehensive collection ever published concerning the Swift Creek people.The Swift Creek people, centered in Georgia and surrounding states from A.D. 100 to 700, are best known from their pottery, which was decorated before firing with beautiful paddle-stamped designs--some of the most intricate and fascinating in the world.Comprehensive in scope, thi...

The understanding of warfare in ancient Mesoamerica has blossomed in recent years. In this volume, the authors use recent empirical studies to help us understand the patterns and nature of Mesoamerican warfare. Using evidence from ceramics, settlement pattern, epigraphy, ethnohistory, and ethnography, these projects define the martial nature of Mesoamerican societies and link it to ritual, political economy, and other cultural systems. The studies range from preclassic to post-contact and ...

On January 10, 1999, a mobster walked into a psychiatrist’s office and changed TV history. Celebrating one of the greatest television series of all time, the New York Times bestseller The Sopranos Sessions is a must-have for any fan of the groundbreaking show.Renowned television critics Matt Zoller Seitz and Alan Sepinwall, who were among the first to write about The Sopranos

Fans of a certain multi-award-winning HBO dramatic series and lovers of fine eating everywhere will love the ultimate guide to making every event the perfect occasion, served up by the Garden State's most gracious hostess, Carmela Soprano.From graduation parties to holiday gatherings to poolside barbecues, Carmela gives you everything you need to keep your personal crew as happy as a clam in red sauce: over 75 delicious new Neapolitan-based recipes as well as score...

The vivid, lucid and extremely illuminating diary of Salmon P. Chase remained scattered until 1954 when they were published under the editorship of eminent Civil War historian David H. Donald. Chase served as Secretary of the Treasury in President Lincoln's cabinet from 1861 to 1864, during the Civil War, despite the crisis he instituted the establishment of a national banking system and the issue of paper currency. Ambitious, talented and underhand, his diaries reveal the Civil War at its...

Part of a world I loathe.Part of a family who hates me more than I hate myself.Living with a girl who reminds me of my darkness.I'm. In. Hell.Also known as the Cosa Nostra.My life was over the minute I stepped off that plane.Son to a murdered mob boss.Heir to a throne of murder and lies.My name is Dante Nicolasi.And there will be blood.

The Espionage Novel MEGAPACK® presents 4 classic novels of espionage and adventure. Included are:TIGER MILK, by David GarthThe story of a lone-wolf fight against a Nazi undercover ring in the U.S.THE FIVE ARROWS, by Allan ChaseHigh intrigue in South America, with the future of democracy on the continent at stake!THE SHOCKING SECRET, by Holly Roth"An astonishing book: don't miss it!" -- Boston Globe.THE CORPSE THAT TALKED, by Richard Telf...

THIS ISSUE INCLUDES the story, Little City Blues by Annie Reed, which has been selected for inclusion in the 2021 Best Mystery Stories of the Year Anthology published by Otto Penzler!!!! This story was also on the short list for the Derringer Award.Crime has always been with us, throughout history.And with crime comes the people who resolve that chaos.Let's explore lawlessness from distant Egypt to Twentieth Century America. Discover the many ways that crim...

Passion causes people to do strange things.Sometimes criminal things.Come dip into crimes, great and small, and feel the passion these writers all give to these moments in a person's life.Or the last moments of another's.Passionate Crimes--So Criminal, It's Good.And be sure to pick up all the past issues of MCM! Published quarterly.

Is the top still spinning? Was it all a dream? In the world of Christopher Nolan's four-time Academy Award-winning movie, people can share one another's dreams and alter their beliefs and thoughts. Inception is a metaphysical heist film that raises more questions than it answers: Can we know what is real? Can you be held morally responsible for what you do in dreams? What is the nature of dreams, and what do they tell us about the boundaries of "self" and "other"? Inception an...

We always want to know who's doing what, what is happening behind closed doors, who's actually aligned with whom.So we send out our spies, our talented chameleons, to gather information for us.But things rarely go as planned.What you'll find here are fascinating, thrilling, and even funny stories about spies and their world.MCM - So Criminal, It's Good.

Sometimes, thieves don't get their hands dirty when it comes to crime. Sometimes, it's easy to pass along blame and culpability.Particularly when the office is your backdrop, and the money isn't cold cash.Come enjoy the MCM syndicate's take on White Collar Crime...if you dare.Now in our sixth year!So Criminal, It's Good.