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  • Advances in Group Work Research

    by Aaron Brower, Sheldon D Rose ...
    In this comprehensive overview of the state of the art in the field, group workers and social scientists explore group research issues. Learn how they grapple with the major problems associated with doing research on treatment groups. While discussing the outcomes of their group treatment programs, the authors address such issues as non-random assignment, impact of group process on outcome, ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

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    Spies in History

    From the Ancient World to the Silver Screen

    by Stephen Alford, Alastair Benn, Henrik Berggren, Jack Dickens, Helen Fry, Matthew Hefler, Paul Lay, Paul Lay, Ronan Mainprize, Alec Marsh, Owen Matthews0, Clare Mulley1, Rose Mary Sheldon2, Martin Neuding Skoog3, James Snell4, Oliver Soden5, Jonathan Sumption6, D. J. Taylor7, Rikard Westerberg8 ...
    Narrated by Alister Austin9 ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 13 min

    The public appetite for spies, both real and fictional, seems inexhaustible. But where and when did spying begin and how has the art and craft of espionage developed over the centuries? Spies in History is a collection of portraits of some of the most famous spies we know, but it also includes some lesser known and more surprising names. A remarkable line-up of distinguished historians, scholars ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Kill Caesar!

    Assassination in the Early Roman Empire

    by Rose Mary Sheldon ...
    "Why were Rome's first emperors—the good, the bad, and the ugly—so vulnerable to conspiracies and assassination? . . . an expert analysis . . . compelling." —Adrienne Mayor, author of The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates and Rome's Deadliest EnemyExploring the history of internal security under the first Roman dynasty, this groundbreaking book answers the enduring question: If there ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Kill Caesar!

    Assassination in the Early Roman Empire

    by Rose Mary Sheldon ...
    Exploring the history of internal security under the first Roman dynasty, this groundbreaking book answers the enduring question: If there were 9,000 men guarding the emperor, how were three-quarters of Rome’s leaders assassinated? Rose Mary Sheldon traces the evolution of internal security mechanisms under the Julio-Claudians, evaluating the system that Augustus first developed to protect the ... Read more

    $38.89 USD

  • Ambush

    Surprise Attack in Ancient Greek Warfare

    by Rose Mary Sheldon ...
    A historian of military intelligence presents a revelatory account of ancient Greek battle tactics, including the use of espionage and irregular warfare.There are two images of warfare that dominate Greek history. The better known is that of Achilles, the Homeric hero skilled in face-to-face combat and outraged by deception on the battlefield. The alternative model, also taken from Homeric epic, ... Read more

    $9.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Guarding the Caesars

    Roman Internal Security under the Flavian Dynasty

    by Rose Mary Sheldon ...
    Guarding the Caesars is the story of the survival of the Flavian emperors in Rome. The dynasty produced three of the most famous and productive rulers in the Roman Empire. Vespasian built the Colosseum. Titus won the Great Jewish War of 66–70, and his men were responsible for the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem. Domitian, perhaps Rome’s greatest builder, is responsible for many of the ... Read more

    $42.89 USD

  • Intelligence Activities in Ancient Rome

    Trust in the Gods but Verify

    by Rose Mary Sheldon ...
    Series series Studies in Intelligence
    Professor Sheldon uses the modern concept of the intelligence cycle to trace intelligence activities in Rome whether they were done by private citizens, the government, or the military.Examining a broad range of activities the book looks at the many types of espionage tradecraft that have left their traces in the ancient sources:* intelligence and counterintelligence gathering* covert action* ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

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  • A Companion to the Punic Wars

    Edited by Dexter Hoyos ...
    Series series Wiley Companions to the Ancient World
    A Companion to the Punic Wars offers a comprehensive new survey of the three wars fought between Rome and Carthage between 264 and 146 BC.Offers a broad survey of the Punic Wars from a variety of perspectivesFeatures contributions from an outstanding cast of international scholars with unrivalled expertiseIncludes chapters on military and naval techniques, strategies, logistics, and Hannibal as a ... Read more

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  • Gladiators

    Violence and Spectacle in Ancient Rome

    by Roger Dunkle ...
    The games comprised gladiatorial fights, staged animal hunts (venationes) and the executions of convicted criminals and prisoners of war. Besides entertaining the crowd, the games delivered a powerful message of Roman power: as a reminder of the wars in which Rome had acquired its empire, the distant regions of its far-flung empire (from where they had obtained wild beasts for the venatio), and ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Leading the Roman Army

    Soldiers & Emperors, 31 BC–235 AD

    by Jonathan Eaton ...
    A historian and archeological scholar examines the complex relationship between Roman emperors and their armies.For the emperors of Ancient Rome, effective political management of the army was vital to the overall stability of the empire. In Leading the Roman Army, historian Jonathan Mark Eaton examines how emperors endeavored to control the military from the battle of Actium in 31 BC, to the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Companion to Ancient Macedonia

    Edited by Joseph Roisman, Ian Worthington ...
    Series Book 84 - Wiley Companions to the Ancient World
    The most comprehensive and up-to-date work available on ancient Macedonian history and material culture, A Companion to Ancient Macedonia is an invaluable reference for students and scholars alike.Features new, specially commissioned essays by leading and up-and-coming scholars in the fieldExamines the political, military, social, economic, and cultural history of ancient Macedonia from the ... Read more

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  • The Army in the Roman Revolution

    by Arthur Keaveney ...
    The Roman Revolution is one of the most momentous periods of change in history, in which an imperial but quasidemocratic power changed into an autocracy.This book studies the way the Roman army changed in the last eighty years of the Republic, so that an army of imperial conquest became transformed into a set of rival personal armies under the control of the triumvirs. It emphasizes the ... Read more

    $60.99 USD