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  The Field Campaigns of Alexander...

  Stephen English

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  Alexander the Great is one of the most famous men in history, and many believe he was the greatest military genius of all time (Julius Caesar wept at the feet of his statue in envy of his achievements). Most of his thirteen year reign as king of Macedon was spent in hard campaigning which conquered half the then-known world, during which he never lost a battle. Besides the famous set-piece battles (Granicus, Issus, Gaugamela, Hydaspes), Alexander's army marched thousands of miles through hostile territory, fighting countless smaller actions and calling for a titanic logistical effort.There is a copious literature on Alexander the Great, but most are biographies of the man himself, with relatively few recent works analyzing his campaigns from a purely military angle. This book will combine a narrative of the course of each of Alexander's campaigns, with clear analysis of strategy, tactics, logistics etc. This will combine with Stephen English's The Army of Alexander the Great and The Sieges of Alexander the Great, to form a very strong three-volume examination of one of the most successful armies and greatest conquerors ever known.

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  Dance with the Abyss - A Diary...

  Lachlan Holloway

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  Dance with the Abyss is an unfiltered journey into the mind of Lachlan Holloway, a reclusive musician whose struggle with mental illness, isolation, and identity unfolds through diary-like confessions. Set against the backdrop of his own haunting compositions, Lachlan's story captures the depths of despair and the consuming nature of silence as he confronts an inner presence that seems to pull him deeper with each passing day. 
  Through song titles that echo his unraveling—The Anchor, The Quiet Betrayal, The Worn Out Prayer, and The Cracked Mirror—Lachlan's entries reveal a mind grappling with its own reality, haunted by the fear of a fractured self, an "other half" that seems to be taking control. Each page pulls readers closer to the edge, blurring the line between his creations and the darkness that fuels them. 
  Dance with the Abyss is a powerful exploration of solitude, creativity, and the loss of self. Holloway's words are a testament to the fragility of the mind and the haunting beauty of those who dance on the brink, leaving readers to wonder if he finds redemption in his art—or succumbs to the void waiting on the other side.

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  The Last Children of Mill Creek

  Vivian Gibson

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  A bestselling memoir of a vibrant childhood spent in a thriving St. Louis African American community before “urban renewal” changed everything. Vivian Gibson grew up in Mill Creek Valley, a segregated working-class neighborhood in St. Louis that was razed in 1959 to build a highway, an act of racism disguised under urban renewal as “progress.” A moving memoir of family life at a time very different from the present, The Last Children of Mill Creek chronicles the everyday lived experiences of Gibson’s large family―her seven siblings, her crafty, college-educated mother, and her hard-working father―and the friends, shop owners, church ladies, teachers, and others who made Mill Creek into a warm, tight-knit African American community. In Gibson’s words, “This memoir is about survival, as told from the viewpoint of a watchful young girl―a collection of decidedly universal stories that chronicle the extraordinary lives of ordinary people.”  Winner of a Missouri Humanities award for literary achievement, The Last Children of Mill Creek is an important book for anyone interested in urban development, race, and community history―or for anyone who was once a child. Praise for The Last Children of Mill Creek2022 Missouri Author of the Year WinnerMissouri's “Great Reads from Great Places” Selection for the 2023 National Book Festival “This is a story borne aloft by the sheer human joy of storytelling, of memory, of tender love for a mother and a father and for a vanished time and place. It is a book that, while steadfastly refusing the American fiction of color blindness, just as steadfastly refuses to portray Black life through the single warped lens of white-induced pain.” —TheLos Angeles Review of Books

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  Out of Sight Out of Mind - Why...

  John Podmore

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  At the heart of his book is his conclusion that prison simply does not work, failing on three fundamental levels. The view of the popular media is that when prisoners are locked up they cannot commit crime. This is not true. Podmore shows how crime actually proliferates in prison, how serious organised crime is allowed to flourish there through bad management, and how the UK's prisons are a multi-million pound investment bank for the black economy. The public sees prison as a deterrent. This book shows that whilst it may deter the white, middle classes, for the majority of those behind bars it is merely a social tax, or as Norman Stanley Fletcher was told in Porridge, 'an occupational hazard'. It shows that for many across the spectrum of social exclusion it is a place of safety and preferable to life on the streets. Also, whatever spin is put on the figures it is clear that the majority of those leaving prison will quickly reoffend. OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND is a remarkable book that seeks to ignite a debate across society about a vital subject we ignore at our peril.

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  Sinopah the Indian Boy

  James Willard Shcultz

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  "This is the Story of Sinopah, a Blackfoot Indian boy; he who afterward became the great chief Pitamakan, or, as we say, the Running Eagle. I knew Pitamakan well; also, his white friend and partner in many adventures, Thomas Fox. Both were my friends; they talked to me much about their boyhood days, so you may know that this is a true story."
  Contents: 
  Sinopah gets his Name    
  Sinopah and Sinopah
  Sinopah and his Playfellows    
  Sinopah's Escape from the Buffalo    
  The Clay Toys    
  The Story of Scarface    
  The Buffalo Trap    
  Spinning Top    
  Sinopah's First Bow
  Tracking a Mountain Lion    
  Sinopah joins the Mosquito Society

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  Michelangelo Buonarotti - The...

  Kelly Mass

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  There is no doubt that Michelangelo is one of the most influential artists of all time, together with some other Renaissance geniuses such as Leonardo and Rafael. Michelangelo had a vision, a dream, and the talent to carry out those imaginations. His life, in our perspective, is a compilation of great works of art, architecture, sculptures, paintings, and intricate movements, contrast, colors, and anatomy of the human body. Religious and thematic symbolism are intertwined in his frescos and structures. Each year, millions of tourists admire his works. 
  Let us learn more about this great artist: What he went through, what he had to put up with, the processes of his artwork, and his own convictions and philosophies that kept him moving forward.

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