Athens has long been famed as the birthplace of democracy. But who actually had the power in Ancient Athens? And was the democracy an unqualified success? Tracing the development of democracy from its origins, and making use of ancient sources, this book examines these and other questions about a famous and intriguing political story

Athenian Democracy

History

Barrow, Reginald H.

Europe

Focus

Juvenal: Satires (Latin Texts Series) (Latin Edition)

Literature & Fiction

Ferguson, J.

Humor & Satire

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER AND OFFICIAL TIE-IN TO THE AWARD-WINNING MOTION PICTURE STARRING GARY OLDMAN, WHO TOOK HOME BEST ACTOR AT THE OSCARS FOR HIS SUBLIME TURN AS WINSTON CHURCHILL. From the prize-winning screenwriter of The Theory of Everything, this is a cinematic, behind-the-scenes account of a crucial moment which takes us inside the mind of one of the world's greatest leaders - and provides a revisionist, more rounded portrait of his leadership. May, 1940. Britain is at war, European democracies are falling rapidly and the public are unaware of this dangerous new world. Just days after his unlikely succession to Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, faces this horror - and a sceptical King and a party plotting against him. He wonders how he can capture the public mood and does so, magnificently, before leading the country to victory. It is this fascinating period that Anthony McCarten captures in this deeply researched, gripping day-by-day (and often hour-by-hour) narrative. In doing so he revises the familiar view of Churchill - he made himself into the iconic figure we remember and changed the course of history, but through those turbulent and dangerous weeks he was plagued by doubt, and even explored a peace treaty with Nazi Germany. It's a scarier, and more human story, than has ever been told.

Darkest Hour FILM TIE

Biographies & Memoirs

McCarten, Anthony

Leaders & Notable People

El escondite

Cunningham Perez Allington,Cramer

"I dream of a 'missionary option'... a missionary impulse capable of transforming everything..." Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium Do you have the same dream as Pope Francis? Would you like to see your parish, apostolate, or family flourishing in Christ like never before? In Making Missionary Disciples, Curtis Martin, founder of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS), explores how to build a vibrant culture of faithfulness and fruitfulness. He doesn't just remind us how every disciple is called on mission to share the love and truth of Jesus Christ. He gives us practical ways to do this in our ordinary daily lives. Experience the transformation for which we all long-through Making Missionary Disciples. "Making Missionary Disciples is a small book ... like a mustard seed or a grain of wheat; when these are planted in the earth they reveal a surprising explosive force ... [It] shows us Jesus' methods of evangelization." Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops "... these pages will be of great help for all those who are engaged in the service for the new evangelization, which is so urgent and needed in our times." Archbishop Rino Fisichella, -President of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization "This groundbreaking book gives us an inside look at the process of forming disciples from the founder of one of the most powerful Catholic missionary organizations in the world." Jennifer Fulwiler, SiriusXM radio host

Making Missionary Disciples

Curtis, Martin

Preface to the Faerie Queene

Graham Hough

HOW TO BECOME A VIRGIN

How to Become a Virgin

First published in 1991 and now available in paperback, a second volume of autobiography in which Quentin Crisp, arguably England's best known homosexual, recalls his outrageous exploits and his encounters, both hostile and tender.

Politics & Social Sciences

CRISP, Quentin

Social Sciences

Poetic Gems

McGonagall, William

Poetry

Ripper & the Royals

Fairclough, Melvyn

Ancient Civilizations

This book is the personal memoir of one of the most eminent classical scholars of his generation. the virtue of this absorbing book is the authors unflinching desire to present the whole truth as he remembers it. it is a work of genuine inquiry or as the Greeks called it history

Marginal Comment: A Memoir

Dover, Kenneth

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