Age of Heroes by James Lovegrove (Pantheon #8)Requirements: .ePUB reader, 573 KBOverview: The demigods of Ancient Greek myth are alive and well and ready for war.Except the demigods of Ancient Greek myth are alive and, well… dying.Heracles, Perseus, Theseus, Orpheus, Achilles, Hippolyta, Aeneas, King Minos, Helen of Troy – for centuries they have survived on […]
Heroic: The Golden Age by Evan Currie Requirements: .ePUB reader, 412 KBOverview: Five years ago, the world changed forever. We were discovered. No once noticed. We were invaded. No one realized. We fought back. No one… cared. In the last moments before defeat, our enemy deployed a bioweapon, spreading an invisible pandemic to the winds. […]
A Spur Called Courage: SOE Heroes in Italy by Alan OgdenRequirements: .ePUB reader, 10mbOverview: In this inspiring new study of the SOE and Italian Resistance, 17 extraordinary stories of individual SOE officers illustrate the many and varied tasks of SOE missions throughout the different regions of Italy from 1943-1945. Through their gallantry, ingenuity, and determination, […]
The Heroic Age of Diving : America’s Underwater Pioneers and the Great Wrecks of Lake Erie by Jerry Kuntz Requirements: .PDF reader, 11.1 MBOverview: A comprehensive history of the first three decades of underwater exploration in antebellum America. Beginning in 1837, some of the most brilliant engineers of America’s Industrial Revolution turned their attention to […]
The Modern Hercules Images of the Hero from the Nineteenth to the Early Twenty-First Century by Alastair J.L. BlanshardRequirements: .PDF reader, 11 MBOverview: The Modern Hercules explores the reception of the ancient Greek hero Herakles the Roman Hercules in western culture from the nineteenth century to the present day, exploring the heros transformations of identity […]