Roman unit standards played a important role, both ceremonially and on the battlefield. With the armies of the late Roman Republic and early Empire continually engaged on the frontiers, the soldiers selected for the dangerous honor of carrying them were figures of particular renown and splendor. Standard-bearers wore special armor, with the heads and pelts of animals such as bears, wolves, or even

The moral uncertainty and apathy in our society to the plight of unborn children springs from the failure to identify them as real people. As a Board Certified Family Practitioner, Dr. John Hey provides numerous captivating vignettes from his fifty year-long practice of medicine, experiences that brought him to understand that these Little People are precious to God, protected by God, and deserving

Written by Dr Alexandre Zagoskin, who is a Reader at Loughborough University, Quantum Mechanics: A Complete Introduction is designed to give you everything you need to succeed, all in one place. It covers the key areas that students are expected to be confident in, outlining the basics in clear jargon-free English, and then providing added-value features like summaries of key ideas, and even lists

Downstairs Church is a gritty and grace-filled story about the miracles that happen in the basement of the addiction and mental health recovery community that all believers can learn from, bringing a vulnerability and hope that is needed in today\'s addiction and trauma-saturated world.

The Harry Potter Hardcover Boxed Set includes J.K. Rowling\'s seven phenomenal Harry Potter books in hardcover, housed in a collectible trunk-like box with sturdy handles, lockable lid, and bonus decorative sticker set.Inspired by the traveling trunk of a Hogwarts student, this stunning boxed set contains all seven of J.K. Rowling\'s beloved, bestselling Harry Potter books in handsome hardcover editions

Sometimes you just need a classic With the NKJV Classic Verse-style, Center-Column Reference Bible from Thomas Nelson, you get the full text of the Holy Bible in the trustworthy New King James Version, presented in a tried-and-true format: classic verse-style Scripture layout for easy navigation and more than 72,000 cross-references conveniently located in the center column. The traditional format

A great reissuing of a perennially popular split-page book inviting children to howl with laughter at the fantastic and fantastical food concoctions they

Princess Truly is not afraid of anything, in these rhyming stories perfect for early readers! Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic\'s early reader line, Acorn, aimed at children who are learning to read. With easy-to-read text, a short-story format, plenty of humor, and full-color artwork on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and fluency. Acorn books plant

Foreword by Gordon Neufeld, PhD Based on the work of one of the world\'s foremost child development experts, Rest, Play, Grow offers a road map to making sense of young children, and is what every toddler, preschooler, and kindergartner wishes we understood about them. Baffling and beloved, with the capacity to go from joy to frustration in seconds, young children are some of the most misunderstood

The system of Enochian magick, discovered and developed by John Dee and Edward Kelley in the 1500s, has fascinated ritual magicians for centuries. Enochian magick played a prominent role in the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and its successors, and Aleister Crowley attained many of his greatest mystical insights and initiatory successes using the system. In this modern application of the approach

\"I prefer not to,\" he respectfully and slowly said, and mildly disappeared. Academics hail it as the beginning of modernism, but to readers around the world--even those daunted by Moby-Dick--Bartleby the Scrivener is simply one of the most absorbing and moving novellas ever. Set in the mid-19th century on New York City\'s Wall Street, it was also, perhaps, Herman Melville\'s most prescient story:

Ever since a strange encounter when she was a child, Sakura Mamiya has had the power to see ghosts. Now in high school, she just wishes the ghosts would leave her alone When her mysterious classmate Rinne Rokudo shows up, Sakura finds herself following him into the amazing world between life and death A school trip goes awry when Rinne and Sakura pretend to be dating--and end up hating each other

New York Times Bestseller R. A. Salvatore returns with one of fantasy\'s most beloved and enduring icons, the dark elf Drizzt Do\'Urden, in an all-new trilogy full of swordplay, danger, and imaginative thrills, Centuries ago, in the city of Menzoberranzan, the City of Spiders, the City of Drow, nestled deep in the unmerciful Underdark of Toril, a young weapon master earned a reputation far above his

The autobiography of an American icon \'I never think that people die. They just go to department stores\' Andy Warhol - American painter, filmmaker, publisher, actor and major figure in the Pop Art movement - was in many ways a reluctant celebrity. Here, in his autobiography, he spills his secrets and muses about love, sex, food, beauty, fame, work, money, success, New York and America and its place

With the help of guides from the Wai Wai indigenous community, Pip Stewart and the team took on the perilous world-first challenge of following the Essequibo River from source to sea. In this book, Pip shares the lessons she learned on her incredible journey, which can help us all embrace the wildness within ourselves and live more every

Deals with compulsive questions about every aspect of our lives. What would be your ideal job if you didn\'t have to worry about money? Would you like to have more responsibility or less? How far would you go for a promotion? When did you last stand up for what you believe in? What are you afraid

Drawing on firsthand experience as a prison psychiatrist, his own family history, and literature, Gilligan unveils the motives of men who commit horrifying crimes, men who will not only kill others but destroy themselves rather than suffer a loss of self-respect. With devastating clarity, Gilligan traces the role that shame plays in the etiology of murder and explains why our present penal system only

Dimitrov explores the tension of living between the world of imagination and our growing sense of political