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  • Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World

    Series Book 5 - Ancient Cultures
    The second edition of Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World updates Donald G. Kyle’s award-winning introduction to this topic, covering the Ancient Near East up to the late Roman Empire.• Challenges traditional scholarship on sport and spectacle in the Ancient World and debunks claims that there were no sports before the ancient Greeks• Explores the cultural exchange of Greek sport and Roman ... Read more

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  • Spectacles of Death in Ancient Rome

    The elaborate and inventive slaughter of humans and animals in the arena fed an insatiable desire for violent spectacle among the Roman people. Donald G. Kyle combines the words of ancient authors with current scholarly research and cross-cultural perspectives, as he explores * the origins and historical development of the games * who the victims were and why they were chosen * how the Romans ... Read more

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  • A Companion to Sport and Spectacle in Greek and Roman Antiquity

    Series series Wiley Companions to the Ancient World
    A Companion to Sport and Spectacle in Greek and Roman Antiquity presents a series of essays that apply a socio-historical perspective to myriad aspects of ancient sport and spectacle.Covers the Bronze Age to the Byzantine EmpireIncludes contributions from a range of international scholars with various Classical antiquity specialtiesGoes beyond the usual concentrations on Olympia and Rome to ... Read more

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  • The Texas Right

    The Radical Roots of Lone Star Conservatism

    Series Book 39 - Elma Dill Russell Spencer Series in the West and Southwest
    In The Texas Right: The Radical Roots of Lone Star Conservatism, some of our most accomplished and readable historians push the origins of present-day Texas conservatism back to the decade preceding the twentieth century. They illuminate the initial factors that began moving Texas to the far right, even before the arrival of the New Deal.By demonstrating that Texas politics foreshadowed the ... Read more

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    But what if you can harness the power of the law of attraction and hypnosis? What if you become so influential that the universe has no choice but to submit to your bidding? What if you achieve a laser-sharp focus that you effortlessly tick off everything on your to-do list?This book will provide you a set of proven techniques that can help you to transform your life by developing self-control, ... Read more

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