Download or read book Atilus the Lanista written by E. C. Tubb and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2013-09-12 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a young boy Atilus Cindras had been taken from Britain to Rome as a slave, and trained in the gruesome arts of the gladiators. Fueled by his hatred for Rome, he'd risen to the top of his killing trade with his fierce and deadly skill, and won the coveted Rudis, the wooden sword that gave him his freedom. But he wants more from Rome than this, and gambles all of his money on a commercial venture that fails. Now deeply in debt, he's pulled into a partnership with wealthy patricians who want to use his knowledge as a lanista--a manager of gladiators--to make them all rich. When one of his backers betrays him, and when Rome erupts in fire in the summer heat, Atilus must use every skill, every bit of knowledge, to save himself and his new British wife from the all-engulfing flames, and then somehow find a way to return to his native land. The stunning, action-filled conclusion to the Atilus Trilogy!
Download or read book Atilus the Slave written by E. C. Tubb and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BLURB
Download or read book Atilus the Gladiator written by E. C. Tubb and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2013-08-05 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the cold, misty shores of Britain, which the Emperor Claudius had invaded, Atilus Cindras was taken as a boy slave to work and fight for the greater glory of the Roman Empire. Eventually, he was sent to a gladiator school, and there trained to fight--and perhaps die--in the arena. But Atilus survives the years of decadent slaughter, and gradually gains power and riches as he navigates through the steamy politics of ancient Rome under the Emperor Nero. But Nero is a spoiled, selfish ruler who is forever seeking the favor of the Roman masses. And when he decides to appease the people's lust for something new and original in the ring, he picks Atilus to train the first troupe of female gladiators. Little does Atilus know, however, that he's being played, both by the Emperor and by his cronies--just a little joke: a second troupe of female fighters to be pitted against the twenty women that Atilus is managing. And if Atilus loses, he'll be made a slave once more! The second novel in the Atilus Saga features more rousing action and political intrigue by a master storyteller!
Download or read book Talk Not At All written by E.C. Tubb and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2016-02-11 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This brand new collection of E.C. Tubb's clsasic short stories presents 3 long tales sure to thrill readers: "Talk Not at All," "Subtle Victory," and "The touch of Reality." From the author of the classic Dumarest of Terra saga!
Download or read book The Devil s Dictionary written by E.C. Tubb and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2016-02-11 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new collection of six tales of dark fantasy by a master storyteller. What happens when an occult scholar obtains an ancient grimoire and uses it to summon up the Devil? ... Three tramps find a metal vessel akin to Aladdin’s Lamp and release a Jinn who grants them a wish they might come to regret... The excavation of an ancient dolman releases an imprisoned evil... Could anyone trust the proprietor of the strange little shop who claimed to be a dealer in dreams? ... The mission of mercy that caused a space traveller to disappear... What happens when a man’s memories are utterly destroyed? ... Classic reading by a master of the weird tale -- and the author of the Dumarest of Terra series!
Download or read book Only One Winner written by E. C. Tubb and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2013-08-05 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stanson's scheme was audacious in its scope: highjack a space liner, kill the passengers and crew, and then live off the rich pickings for years to come. They won't even have to leave the well-stocked craft--and the security forces can never locate them in the void between the worlds. But Leahry, another ex-con, knows that everything has to go "just right" for the plan to succeed; and when things begin to go awry, the only option is to flee the ship in a rescue pod. The pair still have enough loot to live well--but if two can live comfortably, why, just one can live very well indeed! Here are four of Tubb's finest future crime stories--logical, relentless, and utterly without mercy! Plus, the author's never-before-published Guest of Honor speech at the 1970 World Science Fiction Convention!
Download or read book Assignment New York written by E. C. Tubb and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BLURB
Download or read book The Science Fantasy Megapack written by E. C. Tubb and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2013-09-09 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here are twenty-five stories of fantasy and science fiction selected from the pages of Wildside Press's Fantasy Adventure anthology series, selected by its editor, Philip Harbottle. Throughout its run of thirteen issues FA presented both original stories and classic reprints by veteran British SF and fantasy writers, including Sydney J. Bounds, John Russell Fearn, John Glasby, Philip E. High, and E. C. Tubb. They were soon joined by newer writers, most notably Eric Brown, and the series became a modern showcase for the best of British science fiction and fantasy writing. Included are: INTRODUCTION by Philip Harbottle THE CALL OF THE GRAVE by Brian Ball THE WARLORD OF KUL SATU by Brian Ball THE BROKEN SEQUENCE by Antonio Bellomi FINAL CONTACT by Sydney J. Bounds SUNSKIMMER by Sydney J. Bounds A TIME FOR CONTACT, by Sydney J. Bounds WRITER FOR HIRE by Sydney J. Bounds writing as David Somers THE TAPESTRY OF TIME by Eric Brown UNCERTAIN WORLD by Eric Brown I'LL KISS YOU GOODNIGHT by Frederick H. Christian ASSASSIN by Andrew Darlington PRISONER OF TIME by John Russell Fearn THE HOUSE ON THE MOORS, by John Glasby THE MARTIAN ENIGMA by John Glasby NIGHTFALL ON RONAN by John Glasby writing as A. J. Merak THE DRAINPIPE by Philip E. High THE GUNMAN by Philip E. High THE WISHING STONE by Philip E. High SOMETHING IN THE AIR by Gordon Landsborough THE DILETTANTES by E. C. Tubb EMERGENCY EXIT by E. C. Tubb THE GREATER IDEAL by E. C. Tubb YOU GO, by E. C. Tubb SEA CHANGE by Peter Oldale BRIDES FOR MARS by Eric C. Williams And don't forget to search this ebook store for "Wildside Megapack" to see more entries in this great series, covering science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery, westerns -- and much, much more!
Download or read book The Conspiracy of the Prince of Macchia G B Vico written by Giorgio A. Pinton and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2013 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In September of 1701, events transpired in Naples that, through frequent retellings, became popularly known as “the conspiracy of the Prince of Macchia.” Rapidly gaining fame, this apparently anonymous narrative was soon incorporated by different historians in their history of the transition years between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. But who was the initial bard or narrator, the town clerk or citizen who first gave testimony of this event by creating a Latin text of the story of the Prince of Macchia? Giambattista Vico was not among the claimants to the authorship of the fabulous story that changed the future of the Kingdom of Naples. Nevertheless, four scholars across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries were themselves convinced, and managed to convince the intellectual world as well, that Vico, then a young teacher of rhetoric at the University of Naples, was indeed the source of this original Latin narration of this oft retold Neapolitan history. This book provides the original Latin text with a parallel translation, as well as historical context and analysis of both the text’s authorship history and the account itself.
Download or read book Festivals Games and Amusements written by Horace Smith and published by . This book was released on 1831 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Age of Petronius Arbiter written by Charles Beck and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Epigrams from Martial written by Martial and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 1969 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Lesser Declamations written by Quintilian and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mock trial--Roman style. The Lesser Declamations, dating perhaps from the second century AD and attributed to Quintilian, might more accurately be described as emanating from "the school of Quintilian." The collection--here made available for the first time in translation--represents classroom materials for budding Roman lawyers. The instructor who composed these specimen speeches for fictitious court cases adds his comments and suggestions concerning presentation and arguing tactics--thereby giving us insight into Roman law and education. A wide range of scenarios is imagined. Some evoke the plots of ancient novels and comedies: pirates, exiles, parents and children in conflict, adulterers, rapists, and wicked stepmothers abound. Other cases deal with such matters as warfare between neighboring cities, smuggling, historical (and quasi-historical) events, tyrants and tyrannicides. Two gems are the speech opposing a proposal to equalize wealth, and the case of a Cynic youth who has forsworn worldly goods but sues his father for cutting off his allowance. Of the original 388 sample cases in the collection, 145 survive. These are now added to the Loeb Classical Library in a two-volume edition, a fluent translation by D. R. Shackleton Bailey facing an updated Latin text.
Download or read book Dublin Examination Papers written by Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland) and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sports Violence written by J.H. Goldstein and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Books about sports, even those written by scholars, are frequently little more than hagiography. They extol the virtue of athletics for participant and spectator alike. Of greater rarity are those that look critically at the political, social, economic, and psychological underpinnings of contemporary sports. Violence in sports is among the relatively neglected issues of serious study. Sports Violence is perhaps the first collection of scholarly theory and research to examine in detail aggression within and surrounding sports. As such, it seeks to present the broadest possible range of interpretations and perspectives. The book is, therefore, both interdisciplinary and international in scope. Two chapters, by Guttmann and Vamplew, are concerned with historical analyses of sports violence. Definitions and perspectives on aggression in general, and sports-related aggression in particular, are the topics of Chapters 4 through 7 by Smith, Bredemeier, Mark, Bryant, and Lehman, and Mummendey and Mummendey. Here, a wide variety of social and psychological theories are brought to bear on the conceptualization of aggression on the playing field and in the stands. Dunning and Liischen, both sociologists of sport, examine the origins, structure, and functions of violence, of sports, and of their interconnections. Psychological interpreta tions and research are presented in chapters by Russell and Keefer, Goldstein, and Kasiarz, while Bryant and Zillmann examine the portrayal and effects of aggression in televised sports.
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Download or read book An Etymological Dictionary of the Latin Language written by Francis Edward Jackson Valpy and published by . This book was released on 1828 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Etymological Dictionary of the Latin Language by Francis Edward Jackson Valpy, first published in 1828, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.
