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Arimnestos is a farm boy when war breaks out between the citizens of his native Plataea and their overbearing neighbours, Thebes. Standing in the battle line for the first time, alongside his father and brother, he shares in a famous and unlikely victory. But after being knocked unconscious in the melee, he awakes not a hero but a slave. Betrayed by his jealous and cowardly cousin, the freedom he fought for has now vanished, and he becomes the property of a rich citizen.

Little Sammy Went vanishes from her home in Manson, Kentucky - an event that devastates her family and tears apart the town’s deeply religious community. Kim Leamy, an Australian photographer, is approached by a stranger who turns her world upside down - he claims she is the kidnapped Sammy and that everything she knows about herself is based on a lie. In search of answers, Kim returns to the remote town of Sammy’s childhood to face up to the ghosts of her early life. But the deeper she digs into her family background the more secrets she uncovers....

An action-packed tale of betrayal and revenge set amid the war between Alexander the Great's generals and climaxing in the most spectacular battle of the ancient world. Satyrus and Melitta, twin heirs to a rich kingdom on the Black Sea, become desperate fugitives when their mother, the Scythian warrior-princess Srayanka, is cut down in a savage act of betrayal. Accompanied by their tutor, the Spartan Philokles, they must make a perilous journey west, pursued by ruthless assassins, to find sanctuary with the army of their father's closest friend, Diodorus.

This superlative collection of children's stories brings together a feast of fantastic fiction, read in full by a host of top narrators and with a comprehensive track listing for ease of listening. Comprising everything from fairytales for little ones to thrilling adventures for pre-teens, these unabridged readings are ideal for families to keep, treasure and dip into as their children grow.

A mysterious terrorist organisation has carried out several attacks against the Federation and Klingon Empire. Tensions are running high in a region already crippled by conflict. The perpetrators are tracked to the Lembatta Cluster, a mysterious region of space whose inhabitants, the Renao, regard the Alpha Quadrant s powers as little more than conquering tyrants. The Federation are desperate to prevent more bloodshed, and have sent their most powerful warship, the USS Prometheus, into the Cluster to investigate the threat before all-consuming war breaks out.

Meet the greatest Greek general you've never heard of: Philopoemen. In his day, a leader as skilled and as dangerous as Hannibal: a ferocious fighter, a superb general, and credited as the inventor of modern 'special operations'. More importantly, he was a brilliant political leader. He commanded Greek forces at the turn of the third century BC, when mighty Rome, fresh from the destruction of Carthage, and Imperial Macedon, the greatest power of the day, chose Greece as their battlefield.

Arimnestos of Plataea grew up wanting to be a bronzesmith, like his father. Then, in the chaos of war, he was taken to a city in the Persian empire and sold as a slave. To win his freedom he had to show that he could fight and kill. Now, to preserve that freedom, he must kill again. For the Persians are coming. A vast army sent by King Darius to put down the rebellious Greeks and burn the city of Athens to the ground. Standing against them on the plain of Marathon is a much smaller force of Athenians, alongside their Plataean allies. To defeat such overwhelming force seems impossible.

Das Abenteuer geht weiter – Kali das Erzähl-Kamel, Sem der Esel und Bruni die Goldfischdame sind weiterhin auf dem Weg zum Mittelmeer, um dort für Bruni ein Schiff zu finden, welches sie zurück zu Jörn auf dessen Kutter bringen soll, nachdem sie bei einem Sturm über Bord gegangen ist, … da war doch schon mal jemand, der bei einem Sturm ins Meer gefallen ist … und Kali beginnt zu erzählen von Jona und dem Wal und wie sein Ur-Ur-Ur-Ur-Ur-Ur-Ur-Großvater Kali Babba das miterlebte. Klar, Wale sind groß und auch Jörns Kutter sollte besser nicht auf einen Wal treffen.

Der Podcast für alle, die noch nicht fertig sind. Mit Sport, Gesundheit, Ernährung, Spaß an Fitness und dem Leben ;-)Wir sind Christian Anderl und Daniel Lustig. Ein 50 jähriger Papa und Fotograf, der die letzten 15 Jahre zu viel gesessen ist und ein Ausdauer Coach, der Athleten mit der richtigen Mischung aus Schlaf, Ernährung und Training zu Höchstleistungen bringt. Mit diesem Podcast wollen wir nicht zuletzt zeigen, wie einfach es sein kann auf seine Gesundheit zu achten und auf entspannte weise wesentlich Leistungsfähiger zu werden.Auch als Video Podcast: https://youtube.com/...

Fünf Minuten im Leben eines Bootsbesitzers - Ein Kaffee auf Wi-Hio. Ein eigenes Boot zu besitzen ist der Lebenstraum vieler. Der Autor hat es gewagt und sich ein kleineres, knapp acht Meter langes Segelboot geholt. In fünf Minuten gibt er kurze unterhaltsame, faszinierende und fesselnde Einblicke in das Leben eines Bootsbesitzers. Traumhafte Momente auf dem Wasser, malerische Sonnenuntergänge, Begegnungen mit Tieren und viel Freiheit, Lebensgestaltung und Weite. Aber der Podcast gibt auch einen etwas anderen, ungeschönten, Blick frei darauf, wie es wirklich ist, ein Boot zu besitzen. Denn ...

In den ersten beiden Staffeln von Kohlrabenschwarz hat sich die SOKO um Polizeiseelsorger Stefan Schwab (Michael Kessler) zahlreichen mysteriösen Fälle gestellt, in denen uralte Märchen und Sagen auf erschreckende Weise Realität wurden. Nun steht das Team vor seiner größten Herausforderung: Der wahre Drahtzieher tritt endlich in Erscheinung und verfügt über eine unheimliche Fähigkeit, die ihn nahezu unbesiegbar macht. Doch bevor die Soko in den finalen Kampf zieht, müssen erst noch entführte Prinzessinnen gerettet, archaische Sagengestalten besiegt und die Geheimnisse unsterblicher Wesen ergründet werden.

Transform your relationships. Speak your truth. Get what you deserve—with Kwame Christian as your guide. This is the #1 negotiation podcast in the world with over 15 million downloads, but it’s about so much more than that. This isn’t about manipulation or domination—it’s about showing up more powerfully, leading with authenticity, and speaking your truth with more clarity. Whether you’re leading a team, parenting through stress, or learning to speak up without fear, the skills you’ll build here will transform how you show up in every area of your life. Kwame doesn’t just ...

Sir William Gold is looking forward to a lucrative career as a hired sword in the endless warring between Italy's city states. But when a message comes from the Grand Master of the Hospitaliers, William is forced to leave his dreams of fame and fortune behind him. The Hospitaliers are gathering men for a crusade, and Sir William must join them. Yet before they set out for the holy land, the knights face deadly adversaries much closer to home . . .

Fifteenth-century Europe. Tom Swan is not a professional soldier. He's really a merchant and a scholar looking for remnants of ancient Greece and Rome - temples, graves, pottery, fabulous animals, unicorn horns. But he also has a real talent for ending up in the midst of violence when he didn't mean to. Having used his wits to escape execution, he begins a series of adventures that take him to street duels in Italy, meetings with remarkable men - from Leonardo Da Vinci to Vlad Dracula - and from the intrigues of the War of the Roses to the fall of Constantinople.

After the bloody trials of Alexandria, Sir William Gold is readying for a pilgrimage to Jerusalem to ease the burden on his soul. He hopes, too, that the Holy City might allow his relationship with Emile, cousin of the Green Count of Savoy, to develop. But the Roman emperor of Constantinople has been taken hostage by an unknown enemy, and the Green Count is vital to the rescue effort. It is up to Sir William to secure his support, but he soon finds that his past, and his relationship with Emile, might have repercussions he had not foreseen.

The opening of the pioneering Liverpool & Manchester Railway in 1830 marked the beginning of the railway network's vital role in changing the face of Britain. Fire & Steam celebrates the vision of the ambitious Victorian pioneers who developed this revolutionary transport system and the navvies who cut through the land to enable a country-wide railway to emerge.

This game-changing book, How to Untie a Balloon, was written by former hostage negotiator and founder of Conflictish®, Ryan Dunlap. He guides listeners into the messy world of human interaction and behavior. Listeners will gain practical tips to navigate some of the problematic behaviors they experience with others that contribute to conflict.

The Federation races to discover the culprits of several terrorist attacks, sending their flagship, the USS Prometheus, to stop war breaking out in the galaxy. The situation in the Lembatta Cluster is deteriorating rapidly. Fleets from the Federation and Klingon Empire are heading for the borders. The crews of the USS Prometheus and IKS Bortas are racing against time to break the cycle of violence that is spreading through the Alpha Quadrant.

1368. War is coming between France and Spain, and England, and in Italy the pope and the Visconti princes are battling for bloody supremacy. The worst years of Sir William Gold's life are about to begin. Leaving the side of his commander, Sir John Hawkwood, William embarks on a journey to serve the Count of Savoy, finding fame and favour in his service. But when his wife and children are struck down by the plague, William uses the poisoning of the Duke of Clarence as an excuse to escape on a witch hunt across Southern France and embark on a pilgrimage that he'd always pledged to do.

From 1934 until 1944, Mussolini met Hitler numerous times, and the two developed a relationship that deeply affected both countries. While Germany is generally regarded as the senior power, Christian Goeschel demonstrates just how much history has underrepresented Mussolini's influence on his German ally. Goeschel, a scholar of 20th-century Germany and Italy, revisits all of Mussolini and Hitler's key meetings and asks how these meetings constructed a powerful image of a strong Fascist-Nazi relationship that still resonates with the general public.