Added by: lucius5 | Karma: 1660.85 | Non-Fiction, Other | 9 October 2009
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This handbook encompasses all aspects of ancient Greek life - from the beginnings of the Minoan civilization in Crete to the defeat by the Roman world in 30 BC. Coverage includes government, religion, music, art and visual culture, education and daily life.
Symbols of the United States Government: Ben's Activity Book
This activity and coloring book is full of information, illustrations, and activities that teach students of all ages about symbols of the United States Government. Created as a supplement to the Government Printing Office's educational website, "Ben's Guide to the United States Government," this activity book can also be useful as a stand alone instructional tool.
Jon Stewart - America (The Audiobook): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
Jon Stewart, host of the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning The Daily Show, and his coterie of patriots deliver a hilarious look at American government. Jon Stewart, along with the writers of The Daily Show, combines his riotous wit and razor-sharp insight in this hilarious book. American-style democracy is the world's most beloved form of government, which explains why so many other nations are eager for us to impose it on them.
Welcome to an era of diminished expectations and continuing dangers; a world where policymakers must steer between the imminent threat of deflation while countering investors’ (reasonable) fears that swelling public debts and massive monetary easing could eventually lead to high inflation; an uncharted world where government borrowing reaches a scale not seen since the second world war, when capital controls ensured that savings stayed at home.
Garland provides a series of biographical portraits of the most significant Byzantine women who ruled or shared the throne between 527 and 1204.
Revealed are stories of imperial women who had considerable resources, powerful patronage, their own courts of women, eunuchs and ministers and who wielded an enormous amount of influence, such as total government control and the power to issue coinage and decrees.
