The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Roman Empire
The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Roman Empire

Author: Eric Nelson

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 9780028641515

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You’re no idiot, of course. The battle scenes in Gladiator had you on the edge of your seat and wondering where you could find more information on the rise and fall of ancient Rome. But so far, your search has left you feeling like a blundering barbarian. Pick yourself up off the coliseum floor! Consult The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to the Roman Empire—a fun-to-read introduction to the fascinating history, people, and culture of ancient Rome. In this Complete Idiot’s Guide®, you get: --The history of the Roman Empire’s rise and fall. --An idiot-proof introduction to the great epic literature of the Roman Republic. --A survey of the Romans in arts and popular culture. --Fascinating details of some of history’s most nefarious emperors, including Nero, Caligula, and Commodus.

Between Resistance and Martyrdom
Between Resistance and Martyrdom

Author: Detlef Garbe

Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 866

ISBN-13: 9780299207908

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Between Resistance and Martyrdom is the first comprehensive historical study of the persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses during the Holocaust era. Refusing to perform military service under Germany's Third Reich due to their fundamental belief in nonviolence, Jehovah's Witnesses caught the attention of the highest authorities in the justice system, the police, and the SS. Although persecuted and banned from practicing their beliefs by the Nazi regime in 1933, the Jehovah's Witnesses' unified resistance has been largely forgotten. Basing his work on a wide range of sources, including documents and archives previously unconsidered as well as critical analyses of Jehovah's Witness literature and survivor interviews, Detlef Garbe chronicles the Nazis' relentless persecution of this religious group before and during World War II. The English-language edition of this important work features a series of original photographs not published in the German edition. These striking images bring a sense of individual humanity to this story and help readers comprehend the reality of the events documented. Between Resistance and Martyrdom is an indispensable work that will introduce an English-speaking audience to this important but lesser-known part of Holocaust history.

Christian Sects in the Nineteenth Century
Christian Sects in the Nineteenth Century

Author: Caroline Frances Cornwallis

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2018-09-20

Total Pages: 77

ISBN-13: 3734035694

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Reproduction of the original: Christian Sects in the Nineteenth Century by Caroline Frances Cornwallis

Unprotected Sects (The Secret Life of a Celibate Monk)
Unprotected Sects (The Secret Life of a Celibate Monk)

Author: Nathan Vanek

Publisher:

Published: 2020-09-06

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 9781989442135

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A fascinating, often humorous and brutally honest look at the journey of a monk, a yogi, specifically focusing on the sexual component to a spiritual life. Vanek had spent seven years as a Vippassana Buddhist Bikkhu and over forty years as a Bramachari Yogi. He lived in the mid-ranges of the Himalayas studying, teaching and running a business in religious icons for over twenty-five years. 'Unprotected Sects' is both his story and a description of the celibate-bramachari lifestyle he embraced. While people have many ideas about bramacharya, Vanek attempts to describe the reality, along with the rewards and possible pitfalls..