This novel is set in ancient Rome, during the Late Republic (around 120 BC). The main events in the novel begin after the death of Gaius Sempronius Gracchus, who was assassinated in the Forum along with several thousand of his followers, due to his unpopular agrarian reforms, which threatened the status quo of the rich patricians and knights of the Republic. Set in a tumultuous time, this novel, the first in a series of three novels, explores the culture shock that the staid, conservative Romans experience when they encounter the free-spirited barbarians. Marcus Aemilius Scaurus, a powerful senator in Rome, has formed an alliance with a powerful barbarian chief and over a period of years, has convinced the senate to sign a treaty to further Rome's long term interests. One of the conditions in the treaty requires the barbarian chief to give his daughter in marriage to a Roman knight, of the Ordo Equester, in order to show his goodwill and also ensure that the treaty terms will be honored. The story begins here, with the chief's daughter beginning a long journey to Rome, furnished with a proper Roman escort by the senate and accompanied by her new husband, who is a fastidious young man with ambitions of his own. There are also complications as the barbarian princess insists that her new husband permit her barbarian lover to accompany them on their journey to Rome, as her counselor.

Barbarians in the Republic: The Long Journey to Rome

Literature & Fiction

One, Skarr

Genre Fiction

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Traffic: A Book About Culture

Olsen, Leif Thomas

Contemporary

<p>Astrid Masson is the daughter of game ranger parents and lives in Africa. Lana Cooper lives in a run-down town in the north of England and resides with her obnoxious parents. The destinies of the two girls collide after a series of strange and tragic events. They meet at a college in the Highlands of Scotland and discover that they each bear an identical special mark. It is a mark given by the Ancients to those who will be warrior priests and priestesses. Special powers accompany the sign - powers to be used to fight against evil. They use these powers for good until malevolent forces seduce them into the service of the evil Dark Lord. More than their lives come into jeopardy when they fall into great danger of losing their immortal souls. The future of mankind hangs in the balence as the girls finally confront the man of evil!</p>

The Sign of Omega: Awakening

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Russell, W. L.

Fantasy

Salford Sunrise

Timbs, Trevor

The Cyprus Event

Kirkwood, Alexander

But That's Another Story

Sydney, G J

Biographies & Memoirs

Ripples of the Heart

Romance

Khatib, Mira

African Encounters

Gebhardt, Vic

Dramas & Plays

A British Government cabinet minister in London, who is being blackmailed: The blackmailer with a grudge against him, in Dorset: An American drug trafficker, on Dorset's exclusive Sandbanks Peninsular: A multi-millionaire businessman, inextricably interwoven with them both, who was once a KGB spy, and is now the keeper of the Constantine List. Jake Dillon is the capricious, gritty, former Army Intelligence officer. Sent by his masters in London to the Dorset coast. His team are told that he's there, to investigate the mysterious sinking of the cabinet minister's luxury power cruiser, the Gin Fizz. And to retrieve valuable and potentially incriminating items from the safe on board. But, within days of Dillon arriving, a sinister succession of events takes place. This curious tale of; scuba-diving, blackmail, murder, and greed, moves effortlessly around the European chessboard. Reaching out to the Highlands of Scotland, the Balearic Island of Mallorca, and the mysterious city of Marrakech.

The Constantine Legacy

Towning, Andrew

This study emphasizes on the working of the triangular structure politics-business-bureaucracy) in the context of One-party Dominance System and aims to analyze the factors that led to the rise and decline of the Liberal Democratic Party's rule in Japan during the period 1955-1993.         The study highlights the importance and role of each aspect of the triangle during the different phases of postwar Japan. It stresses that it is the functioning of this triad, which led to the deterioration of Japanese politics giving rise to high corruption and numerous scandals finally bringing down the One-party Dominance system. In other words, if there was no tripod structure, the continuation of one-party rule was in question and also it was only because the structure was there the Liberal Democratic Party, the ruling party could succumb to the rising demands in the later periods leading to its overall downfall. The issues focused in such analysis are the factors responsible for the longevity of LDP rule, the changes and variation in the whole set up responding to different periods of time, and the major advantages and disadvantages of the whole system.          This is an empirical study with the principal objective of undertaking an intensive research into the structure and functioning of the triumvirate structure. This study is based both on primary and secondary sources. To substantiate the argument, a case study on environmental policy-making in Japan is carried out to show how the different branches reacted to situation of more substantial in nature and how they group up in tackling major issues to keep themselves in power.

The Triangle at Work: Politics, Bureaucracy, Business in Japan During One-Party Dominance 1953-93

History

Mishra, Sudhir Kumar

Asia

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