You picked up this book because you have always been fascinated by the secret war that ran beneath the Cold War, and you want the stories that the movies get wrong. You have heard the names, the tunnels, the moles, the defectors, and the spy planes, and you want to know what actually happened, who really lived those lies, and how close the world really came to disaster. Or maybe you are new to the subject and you simply want a page-turner that is also true. Whatever brought you here, you s...

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Updated for 2020. Come eye-to-eye with leopards and get to know all about their lives through simple text and dazzling photographs.

Most people decide to eat better on a Sunday night, full of energy and good intentions, and then abandon the plan by Wednesday. The reason is rarely a lack of knowledge. It is that life gets busy, the fridge sits empty after a long day, and ordering takeout feels easier than cooking from scratch. This book closes that gap with the simplest possible solution: fast, healthy, affordable meals built from 2 humble ingredients that have fed humans for thousands of years, beans and grains.

Come eye-to-eye with the world's cheetahs and get to know all about their lives through simple text and dazzling full-color photographs.

Come eye-to-eye with the world's leopards and get to know all about their lives through simple text and dazzling full-color photographs.

Explore how animals use antlers and horns.

Updated for 2020. Come eye-to-eye with cheetahs and get to know all about their lives through simple text and dazzling photographs.

Updated for 2020. Explore which animals have antlers and horns and how they use them.

Known as Mitra to the Indians, Mithra and Zarathustra (Zoroaster in Greek) to the Iranians, and Mithras to the Romans, this is the oldest of all living deities. Mithras was recognized as the greatest rival of Christianity, a greater threat even than the religion of Isis. If Rome had not become Christian, it would have become Mithrasian. Mithraisians had a sacrament that included wine as a symbol of sacrificial blood. Bread in wafers, or small loaves marked with a cross, was used to symboli...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A book in the best tradition of popular history—the untold story of Ireland's role in maintaining Western culture while the Dark Ages settled on Europe. • The perfect St. Patrick's Day gift!Every year millions of Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but they may not be aware of how great an influence St. Patrick was on the subsequent history of civilization. Not only did he bring Christianity to Ireland, he instilled a sense of literacy and ...

Did you know that the ancient Romans left sixty days of winter out of their calendar, considering these two months a dead time of lurking terror and therefore better left unnamed? That they had a horror of even numbers, hence the tendency for months with an odd number of days? That robed and bearded druids from the Celts stand behind our New Year’s figure of Father Time? That if Thursday is Thor’s day, then Friday belongs to his faithful wife, Freya, queen of the Norse gods? That the name ...