The greatest mystery of the ancient world remains the identity of who set fire to the Great Library in Alexandria.One hundred years later, Heron of Alexandria—the city's most renown inventor and creator of Temple miracles—receives coin from a mysterious patron to investigate the crime. Desperate to be free of the debts incurred by her twin brother, she accepts and sets in motion a chain of events that will shake the Roman Empire and change the course of history forever.

Education is broken and most graduates are broke.The purpose of this book is to start an important dialogue about college education. I will make the case for why I believe 70% of college students should drop out. The concept of giving our trust to the educational system without accountability has not worked. I believe it's time to ask serious questions:- Why do we go to college in the first place?- Who should go to college and who shouldn't?- Can I succeed a...

An ex-cop with a past. A case police couldn't solve. One chance at redemption...Ex-New York detective Thomas Blume hunts the streets of London for the killers that tore his family apart. For justice, for closure, for revenge.But when Blume stumbles across a case that baffled local police, he unwittingly joins a world of criminals, corruption, and cops that will do anything to stop him.Now, in a country he doesn't understand and a city stack...

**"Kitty Thomas is a one-click author for me!" -Anna Zaires, NYT Bestselling author of Twist MeShe was a bored housewife until she was taken and trained for the pleasure of the highest bidder.**Vivian Delaney’s life seems privileged on the outside, but behind closed doors she’s trapped in a gilded cage. Her loveless marriage soon drives her into the arms of a charming and seductive Russian who says all the right things and knows exactly how to touch her.But Anton is...

In today's diet-crazed society, one main theme seems to emerge. Carbohydrate heavy foods like fruit are not good for you and if you eat them, you could get fat and even sick. This is a major principle of the low-carb movement.Is this assessment correct? What if that was all wrong? In the China Study, we will find out just how beneficial a plant-based diet is and why we don't need to fear carbs as much as we need to fear meat.The China Study by T. Colin Campbell and Thomas M...

The next generation of AI is here—use it to lead your business forward.If you read nothing else on artificial intelligence and machine learning, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you understand the future direction of AI, bring your AI initiatives to scale, and use AI to transform your organization.This book will inspire you to:...

So what if her arms are extremely short? Julie the T-rex wants to be a knight, and she's ready to prove herself to the king. Discussion questions, an interactive look-and-find section, and dinosaur facts complete this fun picture book from the Dinosaur Dreams series.

Art collecting can be time-consuming, complicated and confusing for the beginner......but it doesn't have to be.In this clear and easy-to-follow guide, learn the necessary knowledge and skills to begin building your own art collection.Art is the purest form of hope, dreams, and sentiments. A single image can reveal long-held secrets, spark the imagination, offer a sense of belonging and home.Art conveys the words the artist often might not have been able to ...

Over 100 recipes to accelerate the process of learning game design with UDK.Key FeaturesAn intermediate, fast-paced UDK guide for game artistsThe quickest way to face the challenges of game design with UDKAll the necessary steps to get your artwork up and running in gamePart of Packt's Cookbook series: Each recipe is a carefully organized sequence of instructions to complete the task as efficiently as possibleBook Descrip...

After losing her mother to cancer, Meredith packed her most prized belongings and her necessities, loaded up her service dog Max, and took off on a cross-country trip.And ended up settling in a small town in Tennessee.Chase - the local sheriff - is head over heels for her the moment their eyes meet.But Meredith is guarded. After a tragic night changed her life forever, left her with almost crippling anxiety, she doesn't trust easily.Yet, she can't say no to ...

A young boy emerges from life-saving surgery with remarkable stories of his visit to heaven. Heaven Is for Real is the true story of the four-year old son of a small town Nebraska pastor who during emergency surgery slips from consciousness and enters heaven. He survives and begins talking about being able to look down and see the doctor operating and his dad praying in the waiting room. The family didn't know what to believe but soon the evidence was clear. Colton said he met his miscarri...

Want spiritual transformation, but turned off by dogmatic religion? Discover the original, mystical teachings of Jesus in the Gospel of Thomas, the most important book left out of the Bible.Are you looking for a life-giving spirituality, but feel disillusioned by organized religion? Does “the church” seem more like the problem than the solution? Are you attracted to Jesus, but not so much to the tradition built up around him?You’re not alone—the earliest an...