Product Description: Capitalizing on the rich historical record of late antiquity, and employing sophisticated methodologies from social and economic history, this book reinterprets the end of Roman slavery. Kyle Harper challenges traditional interpretations of a transition from antiquity to the Middle Ages, arguing instead that a deep divide runs through 'late antiquity', separating the Roman slave system from its early medieval successors...read more

Product Description: The transformation of the Roman world from polytheistic to Christian is one of the most sweeping ideological changes of premodern history. At the center was sex. Kyle Harper examines how Christianity changed the ethics of sexual behavior from shame to sin, and shows how the roots of modern sexuality are grounded in an ancient religious revolution...read more

Product Description: This coming of age novel takes a stark look into the lives of two pre-teens lost in a self-induced snowstorm of depression, emptiness, and distress. Sophie is jaded by her peers and social structure while Liam is struggling with the fallout from his parents' divorce...read more