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The Tomb of Zeus (Laetitia Talbot Mysteries)

10 reviews
Barbara Cleverly

Delta, 2007

Historical Mystery Writing at its best
What a lot of fun! Barbara Cleverly consistently delivers interesting locales and histories. This new series with Laetitia Talbot is reminiscent of the Maisie Dobbs books. It is a real joy to read.

Behavioral Coaching

2 reviews
Suzanne Skiffington, Perry Zeus

McGraw-Hill Book Company Australia, 2003

A welcomed and timely reference...
This exciting, new book marks a new stage in the maturation of the coaching industry and presents a coherent definition and model of behavioural coaching based upon scientific, validated behavioural principles. It provides structured models and strategies for bringing about durable and measurable change in individuals and organizations. Both authors are respected leaders in their fields and have ...

Z Is for Zeus: A Greek Mythology Alphabet (General Alphabet)

1 review
Helen L. Wilbur

Sleeping Bear Press, 2008

Sans Percy Jackson, of course
People love them their alphabet books. An alphabet book is like a blank sheet of paper. You can impose upon it any form, content, or random natterings you so desire. Designers love to create design-heavy versions (ala The Graphic Alphabet). Authors use them to convey eclectic stories and rhymes (Chicka Chicka Boom Boom). And then there are the people who use them as almost non-fiction texts. ...

Suzy Zeus Gets Organized: A Novel (Tin House)

7 reviews
Maggie Robbins

Bloomsbury USA, 2005

the smartest, funniest book i have read in YEARS
sassy, sly, and sparkling, suzy zeus is a gift to us all, as is her creator, maggie robbins. buy this book! now! DO IT!

Thundering Zeus: The Making of Hellenistic Bactria (Hellenistic Culture and Society)

4 reviews
Frank L. Holt

University of California Press, 1999

Jumpin Jehoshaphat
Frank Holt continues his assault on the deity of Alexander in this well-researched followup to "Alexander the Great and Bactria." Holt looks at the foundation and early history of Hellenistic Bactria, starting with the Diadochi. His analysis of the data - including a careful reappraisal of the oft misleading numistics - is fairly convincing. A good book for anyone interested in Central ...

The Complete Guide to Coaching at Work

11 reviews
Perry Zeus, Suzanne Skiffington

McGraw-Hill Book Company Australia, 2001

I Use This As a Master-Level Coaching Text Book
This book is written as university-level textbook on the coaching profession. It covers what coaching is and how it is used in business today, particularly in Australia the Author's setting. The authors provide coaching models and do a thorough job of describing the core issues and skills of which coaches must be aware. Part one of the book defines coaching as "a conversation, a dialogue, ...

From Abacus to Zeus: A Handbook of Art History

3 reviews
James Smith Pierce

Prentice Hall, 2003

From Abacus to Zeus
In Abacus to Zeus, you will find a wonderful, concise, approachable 'quick and dirty' reference for those new to studying the visual arts. James Pierce brings together many of the pesky, essential--and formerly, ellusive--details in an accessible reference. Deffinitions with illustrations, terms and stories of mythology, religious art,and a chronology of artists and architects (complete with ...

Zeus: A Journey Through Greece in the Footsteps of a God

9 reviews
Tom Stone

Bloomsbury USA, 2008

Zeus, Journey Through Greece in the Footsteps of a God
A wonderful scholarly, but immensely readable odyssey through Greece. Stone visits ancient sanctuaries and shrines throughout the mainland and islands, and discusses the myth and the reality of this glorious civilization.

Change Me into Zeus's Daughter: A Memoir

56 reviews
Barbara Robinette Moss

Scribner, 2001

Find Joy In the Most Desparate of Situations
Change Me Into Zeus's Daughter is a powerful and poignant story of impoverished life as experienced by Barbara Moss. Surrounded by poverty, alcoholism, abuse, malnutrition and facial deformities, Moss could easily have allowed herself to be trapped in that negative world. Instead, through determination and the kindness of a few strangers along the way, she rose above adversity and has been ...

ZEUS (Gods and Heroes of the Ancient World)
Ken Dowden

Routledge, 2006

Sovereign ruler of the universe, controller of the weather, all-seeing father of gods and men: Zeus was the chief deity of the ancient Greek pantheon. His places of worship ranged from the household to Olympia, the greatest of all sanctuaries. His significance is reflected in the many chapters dedicated to him in books on Greek religion and myth but this is the first attempt to capture him in the round, in a single volume, for many years. In a ...

Critical Pedagogy and Race (Educational Philosophy and Theory Special Issues)

Wiley-Blackwell, 2005

Critical Pedagogy and Race argues that a rigorous engagement with race is a priority for educators concerned with equality in schools and in society. * A landmark collection arguing that engaging with race at both conceptual and practical levels is a priority for educators. * Builds a stronger engagement of race-based analysis in the field of critical pedagogy. * Brings together a melange of theories on race, such as ...

The Gods of Reason: An Authentic Theology for Modern Hellenismos

4 reviews
Timothy Jay Alexander

Lulu Press, Inc., 2007

Another Exellent Book
I received The Gods of Reason, by Timothy Jay Alexander, because I was impressed with his previous books, Hellenismos Today, and A Beginner's Guide to Hellenismos. I began reading this book with some unease, as I knew that it was a theological and philosophical discussion. I am not an intellectual or a scholar, so I was worried that this work would be over my head. Those that are ...

Between Zeus and the Salmon: The Biodemography of Longevity
Committee on Population, National Research Council

National Academies Press, 2000

Demographers and public health specialists have been surprised by the rapid increases in life expectancy, especially at the oldest ages, that have occurred since the early 1960s. Some scientists are calling into question the idea of a fixed upper limit for the human life span. There is new evidence about the genetic bases for both humans and other species. There are also new theories and models of the role of mutations accumulating over the life ...

From Atalanta to Zeus: Readers Theatre from Greek Mythology (Readers Theatre)

1 review
Suzanne I. Barchers

Teacher Ideas Press, 2001

Great Short Mythology skits
If you are teaching Greek Mythology, this is the book for you. the book includes everything from a pronunciation guide to delivery and costumes suggestions. This is a great way to either begin or end a unit on lythology, pair it with some read-a-louds of Greek or Roman myths and your students will become well versed in ancient Greece. Just be certain to use the pronunciation key because some of ...

The Tomb of Zeus
Barbara Cleverly

Bantam Dell, 2007

Born into a background of Bristish privilege, Laetitia Talbot has been raised to believe there is no field in which she may not excel. She has chosen a career in the male-dominated world of archaeology, but she approaches her first assignment in Crete the only way she knows how - with dash and enthusiasm. Until she enters the Villa Europa, where something is clearly utterly amiss... Her host, a charasmatic archaeologist, is racing to dig up the ...

A Gift from Zeus

5 reviews
Jeanne Steig

Joanna Cotler, 2001

Don't date an Olympian...
unless you want to be dead or inanimate. This book is delightfully wry in its retellings, and William Steig's illustrations strike the perfect (irreverent) note. It's not really a kids' book, mostly because few kids will appreciate the dry humor, but I think there are plenty of 10 and ups who will understand what is going on (and if they don't, no big deal). True, I won't be able to get away ...

Great Zeus and All His Children

3 reviews
Donald Richardson

Greyden Press, 1993

That's a lot of kids!!!
Great Zeus and All His Children is an excellent place to start the study of Greek mythology. Although it should really be stressed that this book is for ADULTS, it is interesting reading full of heroic journeys and tragic tales. A must read for anyone interested in mythology. NOT FOR YOUNG READERS!!!!

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