Along with Sophocles and Euripides, Aristophanes is considered one of the three great Greek playwrights. Only eleven of his nearly forty plays survive in their entirety to this day. Of his extant works Aristophanes's "Lysistrata" is considered one of his finest and one of the truly great comedies from classical antiquity. Central to the work is the vow by the women of Greece to withhold sex from their husbands until they end the brutal war between...

Twelve previously unpublished writings on war and peace include such pieces as an essay on the destruction of Dresden, a story about the first-meal fantasies of three soldiers, and a meditation on the impossibility of shielding children from the temptations of violence.

A follow-up to "Three Cups of Tea" continues the author's story of his humanitarian efforts to bring education into disadvantaged Middle East regions, describing such events as the 2005 earthquake and a tense eight-day abduction by the Taliban.

Arriving at a deserted lake house to investigate an aborted call to police, Deputy Anna McCafferty walks into the middle of a heinous crime and is deprived of her weapon, car, and phone, and forced to flee, along with the twenty-five-year-old daughter of the murdered couple, into the surrounding forest to escape the perpetrators who must eliminate any potential witnesses.

Believe in yourself -- A peaceful mind generates power -- How to have constant energy -- Try prayer power -- How to create your own happiness -- Stop fuming and fretting -- Expect the best and get it -- I don't believe in defeat -- How to break the worry habit -- Power to solve personal problems -- How to use faith in healing -- When vitality sags, try this health formula -- Inflow of new thoughts can remake you -- Relax for easy power -- How to get...

Contains one hundred short essays in which the author shares specific strategies for dealing with stress, relationship problems, work-related issues, addictions, and general frustration by responding to life more gracefully.

"Healthy boundaries. We all know we should have them--in order to achieve work/life balance, cope with toxic people, and enjoy rewarding relationships with partners, friends, and family. But what do "healthy boundaries" really mean--and how can we successfully express our needs, say "no," and be assertive without offending others?"--

For 6 months in 1919 "after the war to end all wars," the big three, President Woodrow Wilson, British prime minister David Lloyd George, and French premier Georges Clemenceau met in Paris to shape a lasting peace. The author gives a dramatic and intimate view of those fateful days, which saw new political entities - Iraq, Yugoslavia, and Palestine among them - born out of the ruins of bankrupt empires, and the borders of the modern world redrawn....

Every person has a number over their head, even though you can't see it. It is a number representing the level of peace they are feeling - the fulfillment level of their life. Even you have a number. Wouldn't you like to know what it is? The world brings chaos via crime, war, political strife, and constant discord in the media. This "news" tends to only spread negativity, which oftentimes brings your peace levels down. When you don't have inner peace,...

A history professor describes the events during the year World War II ended, beginning a new era of prosperity in America, rebirth and rebuilding in Europe, and the start of the Cold War era. A global history of the pivotal year 1945 as a new world emerged from the ruins of World War II. Regime change had come on a global scale: across Asia (including China, Korea, Indochina, and the Philippines, and of course Japan) and all of continental Europe....