Product Description: Romans had tried to impose order on the Iberian Peninsula for three generations. The native populations there have finally found a leader who can go toe to toe with their foreign governors, a man named Viriathus. This novel is about the Roman efforts to defeat Viriathus and his ingenious attempts to turn the tables on the invaders...read more

Product Description: In the previous year, Rome finally defeated and demolished Carthage. At the same time, a war in the Peloponnese gave Rome the excuse to take complete, direct control of most of the Greek cities. The question the senate faces is whether to demolish Corinth, the richest city in Greece, or use it as a source of continuing profits...read more

Product Description: This is the story of Rome's final destruction of Carthage after almost 150 years of on again, off again warfare. Although Rome committed more soldiers to this war than any other outside of Italy, the ultimate victory (inevitable though it seems now, and seemed then) was far more difficult than expected...read more

Product Description: Distraction is a story about difficulties the Romans had in preserving an empire. In 149 BC they took on a major war. While fighting that war, they found themselves trying to preserve their control over other territory and people (previously pacified) not entirely satisfied at being semi-dependent...read more

Product Description: Fractures is a fictional study of Roman politics at multiple levels: within a family, within a clan, among a variety of politicians in Rome, and between Rome and other states. In 151 BC Servius Fulvius Flaccus has returned from a tour of duty in Hispania, been part of the Triumph of his last commander, and now wants to resume his real work: advancing through the public offices that a man of his rank should be able to hold...read more

Product Description: In 153 BC, after three generations of Roman government and misgovernment, both the eastern, "nearer," province of Roman Spain: "Citerior," and the distant western province: "Ulterior," flame with violent insurrections, revolts further fueled by invaders from from unconquered Lusitania...read more

Product Description: Inspired by Chinese art and lore, Western art and music, and the natural world, Anna Hu’s one-of-a-kind pieces have catapulted her to the top of the jewelry firmament in a few short years. This volume celebrates the completion of her first 100 works, or “Opus 1,” as she calls the collection...read more

Product Description: In 155 BC, Servius Fulvius Flaccus is handed a big farm near Salernum and travels south from Rome to manage it. Servius knows he is inexperienced. Although Servius is 23 years old and a veteran of a campaign against the Gauls, his father has kept him from taking any independent action...read more

Product Description: Just in the theaters alone, I must have cut over four hundred locks of hair from every type of nationality, and ages and from eight to fifty years old from 1977 to1989. I’m still living with my hair fetish, probably will until the day I die...read more

Product Description: Of interest to collectors, this describes, illustrates and identifies forceps, surgical saws, lancets, stethoscopes, syringes, and many other unusual contents of the doctor''s bag, surgeon''s case or dentist''s surgery.'

Product Description: 8045k-6 "A powerful, yet easy-to-use resource for training people in data modeling principles. I highly recommend it for anyone who needs to develop data modeling competence." Clive Finkelstein, Information Engineering Services, www...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Provides tips for improving performance, precautions for system protection, troubleshooting advice, and coverage of new features, including archiving, moving, and transporting applications

Product Description: Logic programming is an emerging approach to computer science where programs are viewed as sets of logical axioms and computation is viewed as carefully controlled logical deduction. The approach currently finds practical realization in the programming language PROLOG...read more

Relates the dramatic stage life of magician and escape artist Harry Houdini.