The Golden Slave by Poul William Anderson ~ F...

The Dancing Mania by Justus Hecker audiobook. Genre: history In The Dancing Mania, physician and medical historian Justus Hecker investigates one of the strangest collective events recorded in European history: sudden outbreaks in which crowds of ordinary people began to dance un ...  Show more

Hunters Out of Space by Joseph E. Kelleam audiobook. Genre: scifi When Dr. Jack Odin returns to Opal - the hidden world inside our own world - he expects danger, but not desolation. The kingdom he once fought for has been shattered: cities drowned, allies missing, and the fragile ...  Show more

Synopsis: A Syrian man from Apamea, enslaved on the island of Sicily, renames himself King Antiochus and launches the first large-scale slave rebellion against the Roman Republic.   “The Sicilians, through the enjoyment of a long peace, grew very rich, and brought up an abundance ...  Show more

Synopsis: The Great King Tudhaliya’s sons, Arnuwanda and Suppiluliuma, take power in a time of growing famine.  The collapse of Mycenaean Greece intensifies the predations of Aegean and Mediterranean pirates, who threaten Hittite grain shipments and ally with the Libyans to launc ...  Show more

It’s 146 BC. Fire rises high over the North African coast. The once-thriving port city of Carthage is burning. Thousands of Roman soldiers have breached the defences and swarmed into the city, intent on wiping this city from the face of the earth. This is the fall of Carthage. ...

On 20 December 1848, Ellen Craft placed a top hat on her head, slipped her arm into a sling, and perched dark green glasses on her nose. Once her disguise was complete, Ellen and her husband William embarked on almighty journey. The couple were enslaved, and had assumed fake iden ...  Show more