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Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius

Anthony R Birley

Routledge
1993
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Marcus Aurelius, the philosopher-emperor who ruled the Roman Empire between AD 161 and 180, is one of the best recorded individuals from antiquity. Even his face became more than usually familiar: the imperial coinage displayed his portrait for over 40 years, from the clean-shaven young heir of Antonius to the war-weary, heavily bearded ruler who died at his post in his late fifties.His correspondence with his tutor Fronto, and even more the private notebook he kept for his last ten years, the Meditations, provides a unique series of vivid and revealing glimpses into the character and peoccupations of this emporer who spent many years in terrible wars against northern tribes.In this accessible and scholarly study, Professor Birley paints a portrait of an emporer who was human and just - an embodiment of the pagan virtues of Rome.
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Hadrian

Hadrian

Anthony R Birley; Anthony R. Birley

Routledge
2000
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Hadrian's reign (AD 117-138) was a watershed in the history of the Roman Empire. Hadrian abandoned his predecessor Trajan's eastern conquests - Mesopotamia and Armenia - trimmed down the lands beyond the lower Danube, and constructed new demarcation lines in Germany, North Africa, and most famously Hadrian's Wall in Britain, to delimit the empire.The emperor Hadrian, a strange and baffling figure to his contemporaries, had a many-sided personality. Insatiably ambitious, and a passionate Philhellene, he promoted the 'Greek Renaissance' extravagantly. But his attempt to Hellenize the Jews, including the outlawing of circumcision, had disastrous consequences, and his 'Greek' love of the beautiful Bithynian boy Antinous ended in tragedy.No comprehensive account of Hadrian's life and reign has been attempted for over seventy years. In Hadrian: The Restless Emperor, Anthony Birley brings together the new evidence from inscriptions and papyri, and up-to-date and in-depth examination of the work of other scholars on aspects of Hadrian's reign and policies such as the Jewish war, the coinage, Hadrian's building programme in Rome, Athens and Tivoli, and his relationship with his favourite, Antinous, to provide a thorough and fascinating account of the private and public life of a man who, though hated when he died, left an indelible mark on the Roman Empire.
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Episodes in the History of Medical Science

Episodes in the History of Medical Science

Anthony R. Rees

ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBLISHING CO INC
2026
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Episodes in the History of Medical Science: Discovery Confronts Orthodoxy highlights key moments in history where scientific and medical advances faced acceptance and rejection by the prevailing orthodoxy. This book places present-day disease protection in context by exploring significant medical and scientific theories, their success stories, challenges, and the frequent resistance to new ideas. It shows how acceptance of scientific discoveries often lags due to conservatism within the scientific community and broader socio-political and cultural influences. The book examines the origins of medical theory and practice, from the revolutionary ideas of Hippocrates and Galen to the rise of Islamic Medicine and the scholasticism of the Middle Ages. It covers the arrival of syphilis in Europe and the ensuing medical debates, the historical battle against smallpox through variolation and vaccination, and the skepticism faced by groundbreaking discoveries in the 19th and 20th centuries. Key topics include the gene debate, the thalidomide tragedy, the antibody revolution, and the paradigm shift in understanding stomach ulcers. The narrative also addresses the modern era's anti-vaccinationism and vaccine hesitancy, emphasizing the ongoing tension between scientific integrity and public acceptance. Episodes in the History of Medical Science: Discovery Confronts Orthodoxy is a valuable resource for medical professionals, researchers, historians, and students. It underscores the importance of scientific and medical integrity, the pursuit of truth, and validated scientific communication. By providing historical insights and examples of perseverance in the face of skepticism, this book offers valuable lessons for improving public health and understanding the dynamic journey of medical science.
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Obsessions

Obsessions

Anthony R Galetti

Anthony R Galetti
2021
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. In the year 2019, a man spends his declining years with his cat. His home is in a lightly forested area, providing them with calm, scenic views. Both their healths are in decline; the man's from a hard-to-diagnose disease, the cat's from old age. In the year 2294, a patrol cruiser was launched into the service of the third fleet. It served under several captains until it was pirated in 3045. Its new captain now uses the ship and a one-of-a-kind technology to steal from outposts and settlements all over a large section of Earth's territories. One is intent on collecting, while the other is intent on protecting. Little does the other know, but both their fates are tightly intertwined. Past, present, and future lose perspective in this prequel/sequel to Searching Arcania: .
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Searching Arcania

Searching Arcania

Anthony R Galetti

Anthony R Galetti
2020
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After awakening along from a long cryogenic sleep, Kyle finds himself searching this strange planet of Arcania for a people who have faded into myth. He soon finds he's not along in his quest and seeks out those who can help.
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Natalie's Good Fortune: A Tale of Piracy and Adventure: The Adventures of Natalie Brennan

Natalie's Good Fortune: A Tale of Piracy and Adventure: The Adventures of Natalie Brennan

Anthony R. Fanning

Bilge Barrel Press
2012
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A tropical island paradise might as well be a prison when you're marooned; so learns sixteen year old, Natalie Brennan Satterfield, a proper English lady of London society. Set in 1722, NATALIE'S GOOD FORTUNE follows Natalie's adventures after the death of her mother in London when she sails for the colonies of America to join her father. Halfway across the Atlantic, the ship is beset by pirates. Managing a daring escape, the girl is marooned on an island only to face perils of which she little equipped to handle. To her good fortune, she finds a former privateer and pirate living on the island who teaches her to cope with the savage new world into which she has been cast. Determined, she learns she must work, she must think for herself, and she must fight. Everything the young English socialite has been taught she cannot do she is compelled to learn in order to survive and to escape her island prison. Natalie discovers more dangers ahead, the kind a pampered and privileged society girl should never know. Fleeing capture by pirates, escaping bloodthirsty cannibals, encountering a ship of half dead madmen, struggling to survive raging storms at sea, battling buccaneers on the open ocean, and finding a new family in those with whom she shares her adventures, Natalie lives the adventures of a lifetime, all packed into the year before her seventeenth birthday.ADVISORY - The stories in these books often describe graphic violence, strong sexual situations, nudity, alcohol consumption, drunkenness, smoking, and questionable morals which are generally applied to people who are underage in today's society.
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The Devil's Footprint: Rescue of the Innocents

The Devil's Footprint: Rescue of the Innocents

Anthony R. Fanning

Bilge Barrel Press
2013
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Piers and Cathleen Satterfield, siblings to Natalie Brennan, have been kidnapped by the ruthless Captain William Abraham. Joan Satterfield must pay the ransom demand of risk having her children dismembered and killed. Enlisting the aid of her estranged daughter-in-law, Natalie Brennan, she is determined to rescue Piers and Cathleen. With no promise of reward or treasure, Natalie and her step-mother are joined by Black John and Bill in search of the fierce pirates. From Charles Town to Nassau to Philadelphia, the small but determined crew sails in search of the helpless children. With the help of a desperate young stowaway Natalie puts her plan in motion and sets off on her boldest adventure yet.Set sail once again with the girl who never gives up and never gives in. Follow the perils faced by her young brother and sister as they learn to cope with a crew of sinister pirates. Discover the spirit which moves them all to push ever forward to face the greatest challenge of their lives.ADVISORY - The stories in these books often describe graphic violence, strong sexual situations, nudity, alcohol consumption, drunkenness, smoking, and questionable morals which are generally applied to people who are underage in today's society.
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The Diplomat of Florence

The Diplomat of Florence

Anthony R Wildman

Plutus Publishing Australia
2020
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Florence, 1498. The long rule of the Medici is over and a new regime has emerged from the turbulence, a genuine republic of the people. But Florence is weak and threatened by a new warlord who is rampaging across central Italy-Cesare Borgia. Niccol Machiavelli is young and inexperienced when he becomes second secretary of the Florentine chancellery, but he is destined to become his city's leading diplomat. As he tries to counter the Borgia threat, Machiavelli is plunged into the grim realities of power politics, negotiates with kings and popes, and learns that no one can be trusted.In the tradition of Hilary Mantel, this is the story of a skilled diplomat whose name has become a byword for treachery and double dealing.
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The Queen's Player

The Queen's Player

Anthony R Wildman

Plutus Publishing
2022
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Will Shakespeare, newly returned from his adventures in Italy, has at last got his start in the career that will define his life, by joining one of London's acting troupes, the Queen's Men. An unexpected death while the company is on tour seems about to give him his big break, but instead he finds himself drawn reluctantly back into the murky world of espionage in a year when England faces the challenge of the Spanish Armada and the possibility of invasion.Alive with period detail, this meticulously researched second novel in Anthony Wildman's Lost Years series takes the reader deep into the world of Elizabethan theatre just as it is entering upon its golden age, when giants such as Christopher Marlowe and Robert Greene were turning the world of English literature on its head.
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A Place like No Other

A Place like No Other

Anthony R. E. Sinclair

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
2021
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From famed zoologist Anthony Sinclair, an account of his decades-long quest to understand one of Earth's most spectacular ecosystemsWith its rich biodiversity, astounding wildlife, and breathtaking animal migrations, Serengeti is like no other ecosystem on the planet. A Place like No Other is Anthony Sinclair's firsthand account of how he and other scientists discovered the biological principles that regulate life in Serengeti and how they rule all of the natural world.When Sinclair first began studying this spectacular ecosystem in 1965, a host of questions confronted him. What environmental features make its annual migration possible? What determines the size of animal populations and the stunning diversity of species? What factors enable Serengeti to endure over time? In the five decades that followed, Sinclair and others sought answers. What they learned is that seven principles of regulation govern all natural processes in the Serengeti ecosystem. Sinclair shows how these principles can help us to understand and overcome the challenges facing Serengeti today, and how they can be used to repair damaged habitats throughout the world.Blending vivid storytelling with invaluable scientific insights from Sinclair's pioneering fieldwork in Africa, A Place like No Other reveals how Serengeti holds timely lessons for the restoration and conservation of our vital ecosystems.
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A Place like No Other

A Place like No Other

Anthony R. E. Sinclair

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
2025
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From famed zoologist Anthony Sinclair, an account of his decades-long quest to understand one of Earth's most spectacular ecosystemsWith its rich biodiversity, astounding wildlife, and breathtaking animal migrations, Serengeti is like no other ecosystem on the planet. A Place like No Other is Anthony Sinclair's firsthand account of how he and other scientists discovered the biological principles that regulate life in Serengeti and how they rule all of the natural world.When Sinclair first began studying this spectacular ecosystem in 1965, a host of questions confronted him. What environmental features make its annual migration possible? What determines the size of animal populations and the stunning diversity of species? What factors enable Serengeti to endure over time? In the five decades that followed, Sinclair and others sought answers. What they learned is that seven principles of regulation govern all natural processes in the Serengeti ecosystem. Sinclair shows how these principles can help us to understand and overcome the challenges facing Serengeti today, and how they can be used to repair damaged habitats throughout the world.Blending vivid storytelling with invaluable scientific insights from Sinclair's pioneering fieldwork in Africa, A Place like No Other reveals how Serengeti holds timely lessons for the restoration and conservation of our vital ecosystems.
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Perturbation Techniques for Flexible Manipulators

Perturbation Techniques for Flexible Manipulators

Anthony R. Fraser; Ron W. Daniel

Springer
1991
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A manipulator, or 'robot', consists of a series of bodies (links) connected by joints to form a spatial mechanism. Usually the links are connected serially to form an open chain. The joints are either revolute (rotary) or prismatic (telescopic), various combinations of the two giving a wide va­ riety of possible configurations. Motive power is provided by pneumatic, hydraulic or electrical actuation of the joints. The robot arm is distinguished from other active spatial mechanisms by its reprogrammability. Therefore, the controller is integral to any de­ scription of the arm. In contrast with many other controlled processes (e. g. batch reactors), it is possible to model the dynamics of a ma­ nipulator very accurately. Unfortunately, for practical arm designs, the resulting models are complex and a considerable amount of research ef­ fort has gone into improving their numerical efficiency with a view to real time solution [32,41,51,61,77,87,91]. In recent years, improvements in electric motor technology coupled with new designs, such as direct-drive arms, have led to a rapid increase in the speed and load-carrying capabilities of manipulators. However, this has meant that the flexibility of the nominally rigid links has become increasingly significant. Present generation manipulators are limited to a load-carrying capacity of typically 5-10% of their own weight by the requirement of rigidity. For example, the Cincinatti-Milicron T3R3 robot weighs more than 1800 kg but has a maximum payload capacity of 23 kg.
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The Growth of a La Recherche Du Temps Perdu

The Growth of a La Recherche Du Temps Perdu

Anthony R. Pugh

University of Toronto Press
2004
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For forty years, scholars have had access to a vast array of documents that reveal the stages by which a few modest episodes grew into the vast and complex structure the world reveres as Marcel Proust's unique novel, A la recherche du temps perdu. Although many soundings have been made in this corpus, which comprises manuscript pages, exercise books, typescripts, and publisher's proofs, Anthony Pugh's study is the first attempt to provide a comprehensive view of the story that the documents reveal, at least in the years before the outbreak of war in 1914. A crucial feature of the research is the rigorous establishment of the chronological sequence of the documents, a task complicated by Proust's habit of returning to sketches already written, amplifying them with extensive additions in the margins and on the facing pages, often reorganizing them, and finally reworking them in another form, sometimes physically intercalating pages of the first version into the new one. Anthony Pugh analyses with scrupulous care every document, facing all the multi-faceted problems they present, and showing why many solutions, some of them widely accepted by Proust scholars, have to be questioned. It emerges from this investigation that however unsystematic Proust was in his method of composing, there is an inner logic in the way he oscillates between writing new incidents and editing texts already extant. Now, for the first time, the whole story of the way in which A la recherche du temps perdu grew during the first six years of its gestation is told in full, both in its general thrust and in its fine details.
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Counting Coup and Cutting Horses

Counting Coup and Cutting Horses

Anthony R. McGinnis

Bison Books
2010
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Counting Coup and Cutting Horses is the comprehensive history of more than 150 years of intertribal warfare between northern Plains tribes and a study of the complex rivalries that prevailed among the Native societies that migrated into and around the region. It is a sweeping drama about the warriors' perpetual search for glory—from the plains of Nebraska to the grasslands of Saskatchewan, from the fields of Minnesota to the forests of Montana. It is also about the attempts of private interests (such as fur trading companies) and the U.S. government to control tribal warfare for their own purposes, and, ultimately, to end it. Anthony R. McGinnis consulted a wide variety of sources, including early travelers' accounts, government reports, and studies by other authorities, to provide a full account of the intricate cultural systems of the Arapahos, Assiniboines, Blackfeet, Sioux, Shoshonis, and Cheyennes. Depicting one of the most fascinating periods in western history, Counting Coup and Cutting Horses describes warriors such as Dull Knife, Plenty Coups, and Sitting Bull; women such as Sacagawea, Deer Little Woman, and Buffalo Calf Road; the cycle of raids and revenge; the impact of horses and guns; and the role of the American and Canadian governments.
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