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When the great Roman orator Cicero was murdered in the Autumn of 43 BCE, his tongue was seen as such a powerful weapon against his enemies that Fulvia, the wife of Marc Antony, had it cut out of his severed head and pierced with pins. Marcus Tuillius Cicero, however, was more than a brilliant orator. His was born on January 3 106 BCE and was assassinated on December 7, 43 BCE. The arc of his life almost perfectly mirrors the decline and fall of the Roman Republic. His actions and reactions to the rising tyranny of the world around him continue to fascinate and inspire today. The story of Cicero’s life is full of peaks and troughs, uncertainty and scandal.
In this gripping new biography, Catharine Edwards breathes new life into one the ancient world’s most notable figures and offers a fresh take on the end of the Roman Republic. Edwards examines Cicero’s life for what it can tell us about a turbulent society in which longstanding tensions and inequalities were exacerbated by the wealth of empire, and ambitious generals battled to seize control and remake Rome. As democratic institutions are radically subverted by strongmen and their lackeys in our own world, Catherine Edwards’ CICERO’S TONGUE is a thrilling mirror reflecting both the distant past and the tumult of history playing out again all around us.
In this gripping new biography, Catharine Edwards breathes new life into one the ancient world’s most notable figures and offers a fresh take on the end of the Roman Republic. Edwards examines Cicero’s life for what it can tell us about a turbulent society in which longstanding tensions and inequalities were exacerbated by the wealth of empire, and ambitious generals battled to seize control and remake Rome. As democratic institutions are radically subverted by strongmen and their lackeys in our own world, Catherine Edwards’ CICERO’S TONGUE is a thrilling mirror reflecting both the distant past and the tumult of history playing out again all around us.
At the Academie of the Grand Duchy of Sieuxerr, every mage with the healer’s gift has five years to master their power and to prepare for the infamous Grand Exam—a five-day trial whose results will determine their entire future.
The list of exam rules includes:
• You will perform five practical cases.
• Your exam group is chosen at random.
• You pass together, or fail together.
It does not include: On the first day, your exam group will find a classmate’s dead body in the exam hall. And as they will soon discover, this particular group all have something to hide . . . and all have a connection with the dead girl, a brilliant scholar who would have been first in their class.
Five scholars. Five secrets. Five days in which to solve a murder, pass the most important exam of their lives, and uncover a secret larger than all of their own combined. One with the potential to change the world.
Are you ready? Let’s begin.
The list of exam rules includes:
• You will perform five practical cases.
• Your exam group is chosen at random.
• You pass together, or fail together.
It does not include: On the first day, your exam group will find a classmate’s dead body in the exam hall. And as they will soon discover, this particular group all have something to hide . . . and all have a connection with the dead girl, a brilliant scholar who would have been first in their class.
Five scholars. Five secrets. Five days in which to solve a murder, pass the most important exam of their lives, and uncover a secret larger than all of their own combined. One with the potential to change the world.
Are you ready? Let’s begin.
Dorothy Gale has been betrayed by the Wizard of Oz; he used her, broke her, and left her stranded in a strange land.
Now she’s forced to team up with the last person she should trust: the Tin Woodman. A heartless mercenary with an axe to grind and nothing left to lose. Because the Wizard didn’t just steal his heart, he took Tin’s little brother, Gabriel, too.
Everything about Tin is dangerous. And the closer Dorothy gets, the harder it is to tell what scares her more—his blade, or the fire he ignites within her.
But defeating the Wizard won’t be easy. His magic hums beneath every brick and coils through every whisper, until you’re walking in circles on the Yellow Brick Road. He has all of Oz under his spell and more power than anyone. Or does he?
Because Dorothy is more than she seems, and the longer she’s in Oz, the more she remembers. Things about her past, about what she is, and about the magic awakening inside her.
Now she’s forced to team up with the last person she should trust: the Tin Woodman. A heartless mercenary with an axe to grind and nothing left to lose. Because the Wizard didn’t just steal his heart, he took Tin’s little brother, Gabriel, too.
Everything about Tin is dangerous. And the closer Dorothy gets, the harder it is to tell what scares her more—his blade, or the fire he ignites within her.
But defeating the Wizard won’t be easy. His magic hums beneath every brick and coils through every whisper, until you’re walking in circles on the Yellow Brick Road. He has all of Oz under his spell and more power than anyone. Or does he?
Because Dorothy is more than she seems, and the longer she’s in Oz, the more she remembers. Things about her past, about what she is, and about the magic awakening inside her.
En is a weapon.
Battle spells are written into her skin, she’s trained to work through pain, and she’s magically compelled with loyalty to the archmage. When she’s sent on a mission to retrieve a group of infamous traitors from exile in a land of unpredictable and deadly magic, she’s forced to team up with a common soldier to have any chance of success, or survival.
Tamol is a disaster.
En isn’t fooled by her silver tongue and good looks. Tamol is flighty, cowardly and the worst soldier En has ever met. But when disaster strikes and leaves En without a commander, Tamol is the only person En can rely on. That is, until En discovers Tamol is one of the very traitors she seeks.
The empire never forgets.
Years ago, the exiled traitors were just normal students with a vision for a better kingdom. They put their lives on the line fighting for it and lost. So they were exiled to the Far Peninsula to die.
Now, with the empire under renewed threat, the exiles are called back for a fresh round of interrogation and it’s En’s job to bring them in. The perfect soldier would never betray a direct order no matter how much she starts to question her command. Would she?
But the might of an unforgiving empire isn’t the greatest force in all the land. Something monstrous is living in the Far Peninsula that does not discriminate between soldiers, traitors, and kings.
Battle spells are written into her skin, she’s trained to work through pain, and she’s magically compelled with loyalty to the archmage. When she’s sent on a mission to retrieve a group of infamous traitors from exile in a land of unpredictable and deadly magic, she’s forced to team up with a common soldier to have any chance of success, or survival.
Tamol is a disaster.
En isn’t fooled by her silver tongue and good looks. Tamol is flighty, cowardly and the worst soldier En has ever met. But when disaster strikes and leaves En without a commander, Tamol is the only person En can rely on. That is, until En discovers Tamol is one of the very traitors she seeks.
The empire never forgets.
Years ago, the exiled traitors were just normal students with a vision for a better kingdom. They put their lives on the line fighting for it and lost. So they were exiled to the Far Peninsula to die.
Now, with the empire under renewed threat, the exiles are called back for a fresh round of interrogation and it’s En’s job to bring them in. The perfect soldier would never betray a direct order no matter how much she starts to question her command. Would she?
But the might of an unforgiving empire isn’t the greatest force in all the land. Something monstrous is living in the Far Peninsula that does not discriminate between soldiers, traitors, and kings.
Technology has always driven political competition. For decades, the US set the international rules on innovation, standards, and export regulations, using soft power and federal funding to both develop cutting edge tech and prevent its rivals from acquiring it. But in the digital era, major breakthroughs in everything from AI systems to autonomous drones now come from private companies, not government labs. It is already too late for superpowers to stop the outward flow of research and expertise. The fallout from this shift could dramatically reshape our world, and America is running out of time to act.
BYTES AND BULLETS is an analytically rich account of how technology is upending global competition. Through engaging stories and original research, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace senior fellow Steve Feldstein shows how America’s primacy is being undercut at every turn by commercialization, China’s growing capabilities, and new regional powers building their own spheres of influence. He offers eye-opening insights from modern conflicts and proposes concrete strategies that democracies must adopt to shape the future.
BYTES AND BULLETS is an analytically rich account of how technology is upending global competition. Through engaging stories and original research, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace senior fellow Steve Feldstein shows how America’s primacy is being undercut at every turn by commercialization, China’s growing capabilities, and new regional powers building their own spheres of influence. He offers eye-opening insights from modern conflicts and proposes concrete strategies that democracies must adopt to shape the future.
As a Zeus descendant, Pollux “Lux” Keraunos never intended to be a villain. But if the cyber-crime hat fits, he’ll wear it to destroy the tyrant Hero Council led by his brother.
Then his brother vanishes (not Lux’s fault). Zeus’s line must continue, and the Hero Council turns to Lux as the heir—with the caveat that he trains under Erik Thorson, his brother’s Viking-wannabe BFF. Lux’ll use this to bring down the Council, and he isn’t falling for Erik’s smoking hot with a heart of gold persona—Even if Erik didn’t know Lux’s brother was corrupt. Even if Erik actually helps people—and believes Lux can, too.
As Lux tries the good guy role, the truth behind his brother’s disappearance surfaces, and he’ll have to decide if he still wants to destroy the Council . . . or if he wants someone else more.
Hero? Villain? Or a secret third option: disaster bisexual with a savior kink?
Then his brother vanishes (not Lux’s fault). Zeus’s line must continue, and the Hero Council turns to Lux as the heir—with the caveat that he trains under Erik Thorson, his brother’s Viking-wannabe BFF. Lux’ll use this to bring down the Council, and he isn’t falling for Erik’s smoking hot with a heart of gold persona—Even if Erik didn’t know Lux’s brother was corrupt. Even if Erik actually helps people—and believes Lux can, too.
As Lux tries the good guy role, the truth behind his brother’s disappearance surfaces, and he’ll have to decide if he still wants to destroy the Council . . . or if he wants someone else more.
Hero? Villain? Or a secret third option: disaster bisexual with a savior kink?
The election of Ronald Reagan in 1980 was a sharp right turn for American governance. After decades on the fringes, the conservative right had their eyes set on tax cuts, an aggressive foreign policy, and law and order. But there was one area of the federal government that was less talked about at the time, but no less crucial: the courts. In her first narrative book of political history, Alex Wagner shows how a few devoted Reaganites kept their focus when no one else would, and how we’re all still living with the effects.
Ed Meese, a native Californian, former DA, and aide to Reagan from his days as governor, saw that goal very clearly. Get as many judges on the bench as possible and make sure they’re as conservative as he was: on abortion rights, on taxes, on criminal justice. To help him achieve this goal, he enlisted a few fellow true-believers: Paul Weyrich, the firebrand organizer; Joe Coors, the beer magnate whose fortune funded many of Weyrich’s efforts; and Robert Bork, the towering legal intellect of the right, and an important mentor to a few young law students starting a new organization called The Federalist Society.
Told with Alex Wagner’s trademark sardonic wit and deadpan delivery, THE STEAL is a wild romp through a slice of American history that proves that the long game pays off when championed by the right group of people, no matter how unlikely.
Ed Meese, a native Californian, former DA, and aide to Reagan from his days as governor, saw that goal very clearly. Get as many judges on the bench as possible and make sure they’re as conservative as he was: on abortion rights, on taxes, on criminal justice. To help him achieve this goal, he enlisted a few fellow true-believers: Paul Weyrich, the firebrand organizer; Joe Coors, the beer magnate whose fortune funded many of Weyrich’s efforts; and Robert Bork, the towering legal intellect of the right, and an important mentor to a few young law students starting a new organization called The Federalist Society.
Told with Alex Wagner’s trademark sardonic wit and deadpan delivery, THE STEAL is a wild romp through a slice of American history that proves that the long game pays off when championed by the right group of people, no matter how unlikely.
ASH AND HONOR is a masterclass of narrative journalism, putting into a shocking new context what really happened on September 11, 2001. Investigative journalist Jeffrey Robinson weaves together the stories of more than 60 eye-witnesses to history, many of whom have never spoken publicly.
The pilot in the cockpit of what was possibly “the fifth plane”; the pilots of the fighter jets on a suicide mission to stop the attack; the pilot of Air Force One, facing a direct threat to the plane, who told himself, “Time to be Tom Cruise.”
Officials in a bunker five stories below the White House, where an illegal order was made to shoot down a civilian passenger jet; in a tense meeting in the National Military Command Center’s top-secret Air Threat Conference; and in NORAD’s underground Cheyenne Mountain, where the commanding General declared “Battle stations” deep inside and ordered the 30-ton hardened steel blast doors shut.
And the FAA’s national operations manager, who ordered all planes in the air to land; the Canadian Minister of Transport, who dealt with 238 planes and 33,000 passengers diverted to Canada; and a three-star general in Alaska, who stared down Vladimir Putin, while Russian bombers flew right up to the edge of US airspace as America’s nuclear response was put on worldwide alert.
ASH AND HONOR is a thrilling, first-hand account of the ash and honor of America’s darkest day.
The pilot in the cockpit of what was possibly “the fifth plane”; the pilots of the fighter jets on a suicide mission to stop the attack; the pilot of Air Force One, facing a direct threat to the plane, who told himself, “Time to be Tom Cruise.”
Officials in a bunker five stories below the White House, where an illegal order was made to shoot down a civilian passenger jet; in a tense meeting in the National Military Command Center’s top-secret Air Threat Conference; and in NORAD’s underground Cheyenne Mountain, where the commanding General declared “Battle stations” deep inside and ordered the 30-ton hardened steel blast doors shut.
And the FAA’s national operations manager, who ordered all planes in the air to land; the Canadian Minister of Transport, who dealt with 238 planes and 33,000 passengers diverted to Canada; and a three-star general in Alaska, who stared down Vladimir Putin, while Russian bombers flew right up to the edge of US airspace as America’s nuclear response was put on worldwide alert.
ASH AND HONOR is a thrilling, first-hand account of the ash and honor of America’s darkest day.
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